2022 Tamworth Borough Council election

The 2022 Tamworth Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Tamworth Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1]

Results summary

2022 Tamworth Borough Council election^[2]^[3]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	70.0	18	25	83.3	7,945	47.5	-9.4
	Labour	2		20.0	1	3	10.0	6,743	40.3	+11.6
	Independent	1	1	10.0	0	1	3.3	1,789	10.7	+2.7
	UKIP	0		0.0	1	1	3.3	N/A	N/A	-4.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	263	1.6	-0.4

Ward results

Amington

Amington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosey Claymore	940	54.4	−6.0
	Labour	Carol Dean	788	45.6	+15.3
Majority			152	8.8
Turnout			1,767	27.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.7

Belgrave

Belgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Jay	637	42.4	−18.5
	Labour	Bob Bayley	538	35.8	+2.6
	Independent	Pete Clay	237	15.8	N/A
	Green	John Scattergood	92	6.1	N/A
Majority			99	6.6
Turnout			1,513	26.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.6

Bolehall

Bolehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sarah Daniels	883	57.4	+21.4
	Conservative	Michael Oates	654	42.6	−16.2
Majority			229	14.8
Turnout			1,559	27.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	18.8

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Price	972	52.7	−4.4
	Labour Co-op	Lee Wood	873	47.3	+17.5
Majority			99	5.4
Turnout			1,869	30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.0

Glascote

Glascote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jan Wadrup	614	51.0	+25.9
	Conservative	Brandon Mitchell	590	49.0	+0.2
Majority			24	2.0
Turnout			1,233	22.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	12.9

Mercian

Mercian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Kingstone	998	53.1	+14.2
	Conservative	Steven Pritchard	521	27.7	−11.4
	Labour Co-op	Craig Adams	360	19.2	−0.6
Majority			477	25.4
Turnout			1,887	34.8
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	12.8

Spital

Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Smith	842	41.7	−13.6
	Labour	Liam Bone	622	30.8	+5.7
	Independent	William Bryan	554	27.5	N/A
Majority			220	10.9
Turnout			2,026	32.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.7

Stonydelph

Stonydelph
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Turner	704	50.4	−9.8
	Labour Co-op	Chris Bain	522	37.4	+6.3
	Green	Adam Bayliss	171	12.2	N/A
Majority			182	13.0
Turnout			1,410	25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.1

Trinity

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Bailey	1,130	64.3	−6.5
	Labour	Denise Bayley	627	35.7	+10.7
Majority			503	28.6
Turnout			1,781	31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.6

Wilnecote

Wilnecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Clements	955	51.0	−5.4
	Labour	Dave Foster	916	49.0	+15.6
Majority			39	2.0
Turnout			1,897	27.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.5

Changes 2022–2023

In August 2022, six Conservative councillors left the party to sit as independents, being Michelle Cook (elected 2019), Danny Cook, Peter Thurgood and John Wade (all elected 2021), and Rosey Claymore and Ben Price (both elected 2022).^[4]

Belgrave by-election, 2 March 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul David Thompson	334
	Labour	Craig Lee Mark Adams	314
	Independent	Charlie Rose Taylor Castanheira (Charlie Taylor)	251
	Reform UK	Ian Stuart Cooper	40
	Green	Adam Christopher Bayliss	35
Turnout			976	17.4
	Conservative hold

By-election triggered by resignation of Conservative councillor Richard Ford.^[5]

References

^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "Tamworth election result". BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ Newbould, Daniel (9 August 2022). "Six councillors resign from Conservative party of Tamworth Borough Council - full statements". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[1] "Notice of Election" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[2] "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[3] "Tamworth election result". BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[4] Newbould, Daniel (9 August 2022). "Six councillors resign from Conservative party of Tamworth Borough Council - full statements". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[5] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Tamworth Borough Council. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

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