Tamworth local elections

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One third of Tamworth Council in Staffordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Staffordshire County Council instead.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
No overall control	1976 - 1978
Conservative	1978 - 1980
Labour	1980 - 1983
Conservative	1983 - 1986
Labour	1986 - 1987
Conservative	1987 - 1988
No overall control	1988 - 1990
Labour	1990 - 2004
Conservative	2004 - present

[edit] Council elections

Tamworth Council election, 1998

Tamworth Council election, 1999

Tamworth Council election, 2000

Tamworth Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[1]

Tamworth Council election, 2003

Tamworth Council election, 2004

Tamworth Council election, 2006

Tamworth Council election, 2007

Tamworth Council election, 2008

[edit] By-election results

Castle By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,045	76.0
	Conservative		220	16.0
	Liberal Democrat		86	6.3
	Independent		24	1.8
Majority			825	60.0
Turnout			1,375
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolehall By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		515	71.2	-10.1
	Conservative		116	16.0	+3.1
	Socialist Labour		52	7.2	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat		40	5.5	+5.5
Majority			399	55.2
Turnout			723	13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		551	71.9	-5.1
	Conservative		99	12.6	+1.9
	Socialist Labour		58	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrat		58	7.6	-4.7
Majority			452	59.3
Turnout			766	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Trinity By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		532	63.2	+0.4
	Conservative		260	30.9	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat		50	5.9	-2.8
Majority			272	32.3
Turnout			842	16.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Spital By-Election 10 December 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		610	55.6	+13.5
	Labour		405	36.9	-12.4
	Liberal Democrat		82	7.5	-1.1
Majority			205	18.7
Turnout			1,097	19.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stoneydelph By-Election 10 December 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		240	73.9	+36.0
	Conservative		67	20.6	+13.5
	Liberal Democrat		18	5.5	+3.8
Majority			173	53.3
Turnout			325	6.9
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Amington By-Election 14 December 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		415	46.3	+8.3
	Conservative		359	40.1	-21.9
	Independent		82	9.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrat		40	4.5	+4.5
Majority			56	6.2
Turnout			896	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Trinity By-Election 17 July 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		478	49.2	+0.2
	Labour		351	36.2	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat		141	14.5	-0.3
Majority			127	13.0
Turnout			970	16.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 8 November 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Couchman	619	40.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Ian Cooper	613	39.9	-7.7
	British National Party	Lynne Smith	208	13.6	+13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Pinkett	95	6.2	-8.0
Majority			6	0.4
Turnout			1,535	27.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] References

• Tamworth election results
• By-election results

[edit] External links

• Tamworth Council