The Old Mining College Centre in Burntwood, home of Burntwood Town Council
The Old Mining College Centre in Burntwood, home of Burntwood Town Council

Labour have won control of Burntwood Town Council.

The Old Mining College Centre in Burntwood, home of Burntwood Town Council
The Old Mining College Centre in Burntwood, home of Burntwood Town Council

They were already seven candidates up before the votes were counted after a number of uncontested ward.

But the council went from the Conservatives having overall control to just six councillors.

Boney Hay and Central
Rob Birch (Lab) – 614
Beverley Bishop (Lab) – 511
Christine Evans (Lab) – 611

Joanne Hancox (Lab) – 483
Robin Place (Cons) – 530
Brad Westwood (Lab) – 499

Gorstey Lea
Nicola Greensill (No party declared) – 245
Peter Griffin (Lab) – 104
Valerie Griffin (Lab) – 120
Keith Willis-Croft (Cons) – 268

Highfield
Norma Bacon (Cons) – 175
Jane Smith (Lab) – 84

Hunslet
Andrew Bullock (Lab) – 116
Elaine Kirkham (Lab) – 127
Samuel Tapper (Cons) – 189

Summerfield and All Saints
Brian Bacon (Cons) – 551
Bernard Brown (Lab) 528
Laura Ennis (Lab) – 536

Ivan Holdsworth (Lab) – 445
Thomas Loughbrough-Heron (Cons) – 466
Stephen Taylor (Lab) – 476
Roy Tovey (Lab) – 324

The list of councillors in the uncontested wards is:

Chase Terrace
Sharon Banevicius (Lab)
Paul Flanagan (Lab)
Steven Norman (Lab)
Susan Woodward (Lab)

Chasetown
Jamie Denton (Lab)
Darren Ennis (Lab)
Carolyn Gitings (Lab)

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Rob
6 years ago

Remarkable performance by the Gorstey Lea Griffins in the face of a Conservative meltdown.

John Griffin
6 years ago

Thanks Rob and a Glasgow Wave to you too from my wife and me.
Highfields area required over a 25% swing to Labour. If you look at the three wards (Gorstey Lea, Hunslet and Highfields) the % for Tories and Labour was similar and no great improvement in an area where the Lichfield-domiciled Tories felt no need to canvass. While we accept that there was no chance of a victory, we did not run from defeat as the Tories did.
And if ever your lack of class was in doubt, it isn’t now.

Rob
6 years ago

I don’t comment on class, I leave it to the warriors.