2022 Tamworth Borough Council election - Wikipedia
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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]
| 2022 Tamworth Borough Council election[2][3] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| 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 |
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]
By-election triggered by resignation of Conservative councillor Richard Ford.[5]
- ^ "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.