Election Name: | 2019 Lichfield District Council election |
Country: | Staffordshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2015 Lichfield District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2023 Lichfield District Council election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Seats For Election: | All 47 seats to Lichfield District Council |
Majority Seats: | 24 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 42 seats, 54.6% |
Seats1: | 34 |
Seat Change1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 20,120 |
Percentage1: | 49.0% |
Swing1: | 5.6% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 4 seats, 26.8% |
Seats2: | 10 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 11,606 |
Percentage2: | 28.3% |
Swing2: | 1.5% |
Party4: | Independent politician |
Last Election4: | 0 seats, 3.8% |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | 2 |
Popular Vote4: | 1,643 |
Percentage4: | 4.0% |
Swing4: | 0.2% |
Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 4.7% |
Seats5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 5,605 |
Percentage5: | 13.7% |
Swing5: | 9.0% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2019 Lichfield District Council election took place on 2 May to elect members of Lichfield District Council in Staffordshire, England. The whole council - 47 members - was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.
Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Independent, UKIP and Green Party candidates stood in the election. Between one and three members of the council were elected from each ward, depending on the electorate's size.
The Conservatives maintained control of the council.
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Elected candidates in bold.
Bernard Brown resigned from the council in July 2020, as council meetings were being held exclusively online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and he was unable to attend as he did not have access to the Internet.[1]