2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election

The 2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1]

2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 44 seats to Stoke-on-Trent City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Jane Ashworth Abi Brown
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 2020 2011
Leader's seat Burslem Meir Park
Last election 16 seats, 32.4% 15 seats, 34.8%
Seats won 29 14
Seat change Increase13 Decrease1
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Ann James
Party City Independents Independent
Last election 12 seats, 25.6% 1 seat, 4.0%
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Decrease11 Decrease1
Council control before election


No overall control

 Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

Result
2023 Stoke-on-Trent City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 42 14 Decrease1 31.82 38.72 29,697
  Labour 44 29 Increase13 65.90 46.92 35,983
  City Independents 15 1 0 Decrease11 2.27 7.70 5,908
  Independent 15 0 0 Decrease1 0 5.33 4,084
  Green 6 0 0 0 0 1.24 953
  Reform UK 1 0 0 0 0 0.06 46
  Communist 1 0 0 0 0 0.03 25

Ward candidates

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Abbey Hulton
Abbey Hulton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Watkins 429 50.12 +18.42
Independent Mel Baddeley 272 31.78 -13.22
City Independents Amanda Webber 109 12.73 -15.87
Reform UK Luke Shenton 46 5.37

Baddeley, Milton and Norton
Baddeley, Milton and Norton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dave Evans 1,743 17.40
Conservative Carl Edwards 1,581 15.79
Labour Duncan Walker 1,508 15.06
Labour Daniel Mazhar 1,480 14.78
Conservative Jenny Taylor 1,443 14.41
Labour Fiona Wood 1,443 14.41
Independent Gary Elsby 817 8.16

Basford and Hartshill
Basford and Hartshill (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaun Pender 930 82.74
Conservative Waheed Karim 194 17.26

Bentilee, Ubberley and Townsend
Bentilee, Ubberley and Townsend (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Colclough 883 33.74
Labour Lynn Watkins 717 27.40
City Independents Sharon Edwards 308 11.77
City Independents Dale Morrey 217 8.29
Conservative Christine Warren 249 9.51
Conservative James Richardson 243 9.29

Birches Head and Northwood
Birches Head and Northwood (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Blakemore 957
Labour Adrian Knapper 830
City Independents Jean Bowers 694
City Independents Ralf O'Neill 509
Conservative Wil Weaver 432
Conservative Harold Gregory 412
Green Morrighan Bridie Jordan 98

Blurton
Blurton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lorraine Beardmore 705 52.93
Labour Kath Banks 495 37.16
Independent Brian Ward 75 5.63
City Independents Susan Whalley 57 4.28

Boothen
Boothen (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andy Platt 662 66.80
Conservative Fesar Hussain 126 12.71
Independent Mark Anthony Warrington 107 10.80
Green Adam Colclough 96 9.69

Bradeley and Chell Heath
Bradeley and Chell Heath (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurmeet Singh Kallar 787 79.80
Conservative Dany Suleman 125 12.56
Independent Steven Taylor 83 8.34

Bucknall and Eaton Park
Bucknall and Eaton Park (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Heather Blurton 693 49.68
Labour Sam Hackney 648 46.45
City Independents Andrew Colin Bates 54 3.87

Burslem
Burslem Central (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jane Ashworth 700 75.43
Conservative Waqas Shahzad 228 24.59

Burslem Park
Burslem Park (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Glen Watson 676 61.51
Conservative Lesley Adams 423 38.49

Dresden and Florence
Dresden and Florence (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
City Independents Lilian Jean Dodd 637 49.53
Labour Nigel Ross 517 40.20
Conservative Siona Louise Williams 132 10.26

Etruria and Hanley
Etruria and Hanley (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Majid Khan 803 56.04
Independent Qamar Sohail 381 26.59
Conservative Khalil Ahmed 249 17.38

Fenton East
Fenton East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mubsira Aumir 513 47.54
Independent Alan James Gerrard 340 31.51
Conservative Grant Christian Barnes 226 20.95

Fenton West and Mount Pleasant
Fenton West and Mount Pleasant (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lyn Mary Sharpe 581 47.39
Independent Cheryl Elizabeth Gerrard 331 27.00
Conservative Khawar Ali 289 23.57
Communist Jordan Roden 25 2.04

Ford Green and Smallthorne
Ford Green and Smallthorne (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Diane Williams 755 68.08
Conservative Candi Chetwynd 354 31.92

Goldenhill and Sandyford
Goldenhill and Sandyford (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chandra Mohan Kenneganti 860 71.43
Labour Jeffrey Birks 265 22.01
Independent Alan Edward Dutton 79 6.56

Great Chell and Packmoor
Great Chell and Packmoor (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Akkurt 774 21.03
Labour David Mountford 710 19.29
Conservative Jan Bridges 621 16.87
City Independents Ann James 602 16.35
Conservative James Robert Smith 508 13.80
City Independents David Owens 466 12.66

Hanford, Newstead and Trentham
Hanford, Newstead and Trentham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Jellyman 2,283 20.50
Conservative Maxine Clark 2,070 18.58
Conservative Rachel Kelsall 2,069 18.57
Labour John Cunnison 1,328 11.92
Labour Lauren Davison 1,169 10.49
Labour Clare Stanier 1,063 9.54
City Independents Andrew George Gilbride 583 5.23
Green Debbie Patricia Georgakakou 574 5.15

Hanley Park, Joiner's Square and Shelton
Hanley Park, Joiner's Square and Shelton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alastair Scott Watson 1,245 29.96
Labour Amjid Wazir 1,231 29.62
Conservative Murtaza Alam 754 18.15
Independent Alirom Raza 471 11.34
Conservative Raja Ravi Varma Sangaraju 455 10.93

Hartshill Park and Stoke
Hartshill Park and Stoke (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniela Maria Santoro 630 68.18
Conservative Nathan Andrew Purchase 242 26.19
Independent David Edward Barker 52 5.63

Hollybush
Hollybush (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Finlay Gordon-McCusker 631 55.25
Conservative Shaun Bennett 393 34.41
City Independents Michelle Francis Whalley 118 10.33

Lightwood North and Normacot
Lightwood North and Normacot (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sadaqat Maqsoom 1,288 57.04
Labour Omar Ali 970 42,96

Little Chell and Stanfield
Little Chell and Stanfield (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Williams 676 57.34
Conservative Imran Khurshid 335 28.41
Independent Anthony Screen 168 14.25

Longton and Meir Hay South
Longton and Meir Hay South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Robinson 684 55.37
Conservative Asman Ali 549 44.63

Meir Hay North, Parkhall and Weston Coyney
Weston Coyney (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig David Beardmore 1,409 32.21
Conservative Ross Andrew Irving 1,293 29.56
Labour Samantha Yates 942 21.54
Labour Zain Albadeen Mohammed 730 16.69

Meir North
Meir North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Desiree Gail Elliott 485 52.26
City Independents Michelle Suzanne Swift 279 30.06
Conservative Sam Hussain 164 17.67

Meir Park
Meir Park (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Abi Brown 982 73.45
Labour Taimour Arfan 260 19.45
Green Jenny Louise Harper 95 7.11

Meir South
Meir South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Faisal Hussain 684 52.53
Labour Bagh Ali 618 47.47

Moorcroft and Sneyd Green
Moorcroft and Sneyd Green (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Javid Iqbal Najmi 1,198
Labour Laura Anne Carter 1,157
Conservative Tariq Mahmood 787
City Independents Joanne Powell-Beckett 720
City Independents Kerry Ellis 555
Conservative Marilyn Anne Marathe 483

Penkhull and Springfields
Penkhull and Springfields (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Ann Hill 719 55.87
Conservative Dean Richardson 478 37.14
Green Tom Holland 90 6.99

Sandford Hill
Sandford Hill (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Bell 615 58.96
Conservative Ally Simcock 428 41.04

Trent Vale and Oakhill
Trent Vale and Oakhill (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Waseem Akbar 592 52.72
Independent Jackie Barnes 400 35.62
Independent Bridge Allport 131 11.67

Tunstall
Tunstall (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tabrase Din 650 45.81
Labour Co-op Joy Garner 392 27.63
Independent Lee Wanger 377 26.57

References
  1. "Local elections 2023: What to expect from May's polls in England". BBC. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. "Statement of Persons Nominated". Stoke-on-Trent City Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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