Lichfield Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · West Midlands · 47 seats in 22 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

The Conservatives run Lichfield Council as a minority administration. The council has 47 councillors in 22 wards. Seats by party: Conservative 21, Labour 14, Lib Dem 7, Other 4, Green 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with two unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Conservative (Minority)

47 seats - 24 for a majority

Labour 14Conservative 21Lib Dem 7Green 1Other 4

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +4 Green +1 Conservative −2 Labour −3

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (47 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Conservative38.7%23

Labour34.9%17

Lib Dem17.0%7

Green4.9%0

Other4.5%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 47 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Conservative 21

3 short of the 24 needed for a majority

Closest result

Leomansley

Conservative won the last seat by 2 votes over Labour, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Armitage with Handsacre

Conservative hold, 11 December 2025 (4 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

59%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib Dem

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 22 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Alrewas & Fradley Derick Cross, Richard Stephenson, Sonia Claverley	4 May 2023 Conservative 43.5% lead 6.3 pts
Armitage with Handsacre Thomas Marshall, Martyn Punyer, Richard Cox	4 May 2023 Conservative 52.9% lead 20.0 pts
Boley Park Mark Warfield, Doug Pullen	4 May 2023 Conservative 41.5% lead 9.2 pts
Boney Hay & Central Paul Taylor, Sharon Taylor, Diane Evans	4 May 2023 Labour 61.8% lead 23.6 pts
Bourne Vale Brian Yeates	4 May 2023 Uncontested
Chadsmead Miles Trent, Paul Ray	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 43.4% lead 12.8 pts
Chase Terrace Sue Woodward, Steven Norman	4 May 2023 Labour 75.0% lead 50.0 pts
Chasetown Laura Ennis, Darren Ennis	4 May 2023 Labour 72.0% lead 44.0 pts
Colton & the Ridwares Keith Vernon	4 May 2023 Conservative 52.6% lead 25.9 pts
Curborough Matthew Wallens, Colin Ball	4 May 2023 Labour 64.7% lead 29.4 pts
Fazeley Alex Farrell, John Hill	4 May 2023 Conservative 61.0% lead 22.0 pts
Hammerwich with Wall Janice Silvester-Hall, Leona Leung	4 May 2023 Conservative 53.2% lead 6.4 pts
Highfield Wai-Lee Ho, Serena Mears	4 May 2023 Conservative 58.4% lead 16.8 pts
Leomansley Jamie Checkland, Andrew Smith, Richard Henshaw	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 26.0% lead 0.1 pts
Little Aston & Stonnall Joseph Powell, Phil Whitehouse	4 May 2023 Conservative 45.6% lead 25.2 pts
Longdon Rob Strachan	4 May 2023 Conservative 70.5% lead 41.0 pts
Mease Valley Philip Bennion	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 56.3% lead 12.6 pts
Shenstone David Salter	4 May 2023 Conservative 69.1% lead 38.2 pts
St John's John Smith, Jeyan Anketell, Rosie Harvey-Coggins	4 May 2023 Labour 28.6% lead 3.8 pts
Stowe Russ Bragger, Ann Hughes, Hugh Ashton	4 May 2023 Labour 37.0% lead 3.6 pts
Summerfield & All Saints Sharon Banevicius, Michael Galvin, Kathy Coe	4 May 2023 Labour 46.4% lead 7.9 pts
Whittington & Streethay Claire Booker, Andrew Rushton, Richard Holland	4 May 2023 Conservative 33.7% lead 0.4 pts

Alrewas & Fradley

Derick Cross IndependentRichard Stephenson ConservativeSonia Claverley Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative43.5%

Labour37.2%

Lib Dem19.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mike Wilcox Elected	Conservative	748
Sonia Elizabeth Wilcox Elected	Conservative	695
Derick George Cross Elected	Conservative	682
Tobias William Ryder	Labour	640
David Peter Whatton	Labour	621
Ian Coxon	Labour	502
Alasdair Brooks	Lib Dem	332

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 24 July 2025

Conservative42.4%

Reform27.0%

Labour19.3%

Lib Dem11.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard Stephenson Elected	Conservative	690	42.4%
Brandon Scott Clark	Reform	439	27.0%
Glen Robert Bown	Labour	314	19.3%
Morag MacLean	Lib Dem	185	11.4%

Armitage with Handsacre

Martyn Punyer ConservativeRichard Cox ConservativeThomas Marshall Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative52.9%

Labour32.9%

Lib Dem14.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Richard Ernest Cox Elected	Conservative	823
Tom Marshall Elected	Conservative	749
Nicola Jayne Hawkins Elected	Conservative	665
Jacob Steven Marshall	Labour	512
Marvin Lee Shortman	Labour	478
Christopher Andrew Willis	Labour	469
Morwenna Rae	Lib Dem	220

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 11 December 2025

Conservative46.7%

Reform31.9%

Labour9.4%

Lib Dem7.3%

Green4.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Martyn Punyer Elected	Conservative	630	46.7%
Andrew John Clissett	Reform	431	31.9%
James Alan Blackman	Labour	127	9.4%
Morag MacLean	Lib Dem	99	7.3%
David Cullen	Green	63	4.7%

Boley Park

Doug Pullen ConservativeMark Warfield Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative41.5%

Labour32.3%

Lib Dem26.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Douglas Robert Pullen Elected	Conservative	678
Mark Andrew Warfield Elected	Conservative	660
Andrew Fox	Labour	528
Scott Hollingsworth	Lib Dem	428
Raj Kulkarni	Labour	425

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Boney Hay & Central

Diane Evans LabourPaul Taylor LabourSharon Taylor Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour61.8%

Conservative38.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Di Evans Elected	Labour	731
Paul Taylor Elected	Labour	686
Sharon Taylor Elected	Labour	664
James Gilbert Craik	Conservative	452
Steven Victor Swain	Conservative	414
Keith Andrew Willis-Croft	Conservative	413

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bourne Vale

Brian Yeates Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Uncontested. Elected: Brian Yeates (Conservative).

Chadsmead

Miles Trent Lib DemPaul Ray Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem43.4%

Independent30.6%

Conservative26.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Paul Ray Elected	Lib Dem	545
Miles Trent Elected	Lib Dem	432
Joanne Grange	Independent	384
Elaine Patricia Hutchings	Conservative	327
Paul Jones	Conservative	218

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Chase Terrace

Steven Norman LabourSue Woodward Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour75.0%

Conservative25.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sue Woodward Elected	Labour	577
Steven Gerald Norman Elected	Labour	532
Richard Cross	Conservative	192
Matt Warburton	Conservative	176

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Chasetown

Darren Ennis LabourLaura Ennis Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour72.0%

Conservative28.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Darren Michael Oliver Ennis Elected	Labour	507
Laura Jane Ennis Elected	Labour	467
Norma Bacon	Conservative	197
Antony Charles Jones	Conservative	149

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Colton & the Ridwares

Keith Vernon Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative52.6%

Labour26.7%

Green20.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Keith Michael Vernon Elected	Conservative	317	52.6%
Paul Golder	Labour	161	26.7%
David Cullen	Green	125	20.7%

Curborough

Colin Ball LabourMatthew Wallens Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour64.7%

Conservative35.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dave Robertson Elected	Labour	516
Colin John Ball Elected	Labour	509
Daniel Floyd	Conservative	282
Edward Sheasby	Conservative	258

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Reform38.5%

Conservative23.2%

Labour21.9%

Green9.3%

Lib Dem7.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Matthew John Wallens Elected	Reform	381	38.5%
Daniel Floyd	Conservative	230	23.2%
Liz Stamatelatos	Labour	217	21.9%
David Melhuish	Green	92	9.3%
Paul McDermott	Lib Dem	70	7.1%

Fazeley

Alex Farrell ConservativeJohn Hill Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative61.0%

Labour39.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alex Farrell Elected	Conservative	526
John David Thomas Hill Elected	Conservative	519
Anne Thompson	Labour	336
David Stephen Thompson	Labour	309

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hammerwich with Wall

Janice Silvester-Hall ConservativeLeona Leung Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative53.2%

Labour46.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Janice Silvester-Hall Elected	Conservative	509
Leona Leung Elected	Conservative	489
Carolyn Harriet Gittings	Labour	447
Lorna Sarah McGinty	Labour	374

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Highfield

Serena Mears IndependentWai-Lee Ho Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative58.4%

Labour41.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Wai-Lee Ho Elected	Conservative	602
Serena Jane Mears Elected	Conservative	538
Robyn Ennis	Labour	428
Jane Elizabeth Smith	Labour	353

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Leomansley

Andrew Smith ConservativeJamie Checkland ConservativeRichard Henshaw Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem26.0%

Conservative25.9%

Labour25.4%

Green22.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Richard Henshaw Elected	Lib Dem	734
Jamie Checkland Elected	Conservative	731
Andy Smith Elected	Conservative	718
James Alan Blackman	Labour	716
Jamie Christie	Lib Dem	711
Sally Jane Gilbert	Conservative	696
Ben Watkins	Labour	669
Paul Ecclestone-Brown	Green	642

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Little Aston & Stonnall

Joseph Powell ConservativePhil Whitehouse Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative45.6%

Independent20.4%

Independent17.9%

Labour16.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Philip John Whitehouse Elected	Conservative	705
Joseph Powell Elected	Conservative	701
Ruth Elizabeth Graham	Independent	315
Elizabeth Little	Independent	277
Stuart Harrison	Labour	250

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Longdon

Rob Strachan Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative70.5%

Labour29.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Robert William Strachan Elected	Conservative	384	70.5%
Catherine Mary Wood	Labour	161	29.5%

Mease Valley

Philip Bennion Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem56.3%

Conservative43.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Phil Bennion Elected	Lib Dem	318	56.3%
Ashley Yeates	Conservative	247	43.7%

Shenstone

David Salter Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative69.1%

Labour30.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
David Salter Elected	Conservative	443	69.1%
Matthew Lee Field	Labour	198	30.9%

St John's

Jeyan Anketell GreenJohn Smith Lib DemRosie Harvey-Coggins Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour28.6%

Lib Dem24.8%

Conservative22.6%

Green21.0%

Independent2.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rosie Harvey-Coggins Elected	Labour	781
Jeyan Anketell Elected	Labour	747
John Smith Elected	Lib Dem	678
Deb Baker	Conservative	617
Colin Greatorex	Conservative	575
Simon Charles Partridge	Green	574
Tim Matthews	Conservative	545
John Madden	Independent	79

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stowe

Ann Hughes LabourHugh Ashton Lib DemRuss Bragger Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour37.0%

Lib Dem33.4%

Conservative29.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ann Laura Hughes Elected	Labour	758
Russ Bragger Elected	Labour	740
Hugh Ashton Elected	Lib Dem	684
Paul McDermott	Lib Dem	667
Angela Lax	Conservative	605
Marcus Paul Simmons	Conservative	527
Jon O'Hagan	Conservative	472

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Summerfield & All Saints

Kathy Coe LabourMichael Galvin LabourSharon Banevicius Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour46.4%

Conservative38.5%

Independent15.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kathy Coe Elected	Labour	574
Michael Galvin Elected	Labour	528
Sharon Banevicius Elected	Labour	528
Heather Tranter	Conservative	477
Richard Stephenson	Conservative	392
Nicola Vivienne Greensill	Conservative	380
Sammy Goody	Independent	187

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Whittington & Streethay

Andrew Rushton Lib DemClaire Booker IndependentRichard Holland Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative33.7%

Labour33.3%

Lib Dem33.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Richard Holland Elected	Conservative	741
Claire Estelle Booker Elected	Labour	733
Andrew Philip Rushton Elected	Lib Dem	727
Alan White	Conservative	724
Harry Warburton	Conservative	694
Jennifer Mackintosh	Labour	643
Mark Geoffrey Pritchard	Labour	546

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

5 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Alrewas & Fradley	Derick Cross	Conservative 2023	Independent
Curborough	Matthew Wallens	Reform 2025	Independent
Highfield	Serena Mears	Conservative 2023	Independent
St John's	Jeyan Anketell	Labour 2023	Green
Whittington & Streethay	Claire Booker	Labour 2023	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

4 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
11 December 2025	Armitage with Handsacre	Conservative hold	46.7%
24 July 2025	Alrewas & Fradley	Conservative hold	42.0%
1 May 2025	Curborough	Reform gain from Labour	38.5%
3 November 2022	Chasetown	Labour gain from Conservative

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Lichfield	79%	Labour	Labour 29%
Tamworth	21%	Labour	Reform 32%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Lichfield

106,445 residents in 45,626 households

Voted Leave in 2016

59% 7 above GB

Degree or higher

34% same as GB

No qualifications

17% 1 below GB

Own their home

73% 12 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

13% 4 below GB

Rent privately

13% 7 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

25% 6 below GB

Aged 65 and over

28% 6 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.