Lichfield District Council elections

Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England, is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - present

Council elections

• Lichfield District Council election, 1973
• Lichfield District Council election, 1976
• Lichfield District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• Lichfield District Council election, 1983
• Lichfield District Council election, 1987
• Lichfield District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3][4]
• Lichfield District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5][6]
• Lichfield District Council election, 1999
• Lichfield District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[7][8]
• Lichfield District Council election, 2007
• Lichfield District Council election, 2011
• Lichfield District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[9]

By-election results

1999-2003

Fazeley By-Election 27 July 2000[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Littlefield	380	50.2	+11.5
	Conservative	Frank Worrall	287	37.9	+14.2
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Robinson	90	11.9	+11.9
Majority			93	12.3
Turnout			757	22.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

All Saints By-Election 11 April 2002[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Constable	188	49.2	+2.7
	Labour	Hazel Worrallo	160	41.9	-11.6
	Liberal Democrat	R Paul	34	8.9	+8.9
Majority			28	7.3
Turnout			382
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Boney Hay By-Election 11 April 2002[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J James	292	63.6	-7.8
	Conservative	M Bamborough	114	24.8	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat	K Morgan	53	11.5	+11.5
Majority			178	38.8
Turnout			459	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Summerfield By-Election 11 April 2002[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Isaacs	194	58.1
	Conservative	K Humphreys	84	25.1
	Liberal Democrat	I Jackson	56	16.8
Majority			110	33.0
Turnout			334	15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2003-2007

Alrewas and Fradley By-Election 5 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		557	53.8	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat		352	34.0	+12.3
	Labour		126	12.2	-10.8
Majority			205	19.8
Turnout			1,035	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chadsmead By-Election 15 December 2005[12][13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Thomas	192	39.2	-5.9
	Labour	Darren Gilbert	181	36.9	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Marion Bland	117	23.9	+10.2
Majority			11	2.3
Turnout			490	18.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2007-2011

Whittington By-Election 9 July 2009[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Strachan	345	65.1	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Penny Bennion	185	34.9	+5.1
Majority			160	30.2
Turnout			530
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Lichfield". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
2. The District of Lichfield (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. "Local elections". BBC Online. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Lichfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
9. legislation.gov.uk - The Lichfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
10. "Mayor gets in". Birmingham Mail. 2000-07-28. p. 7.
11. "Tory's joy at votes victory". Birmingham Mail. 2002-04-12. p. 8.
12. "Thomas wins vote". Birmingham Mail. 2005-12-22. p. 11.
13. "Chadsmead district council election declaration" (PDF). Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
14. "Whittington By-Election". Lichfield District Council. Retrieved 2009-10-18.

• By-election results

External links

• Lichfield District Council