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# Burntwood councillor calls election poster ban undemocratic
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/burntwood-councillor-calls-election-poster-ban-undemocratic/
- Published: 2010-02-24T10:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2010-02-23T19:08:41.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 21:47

A decision to ban election posters from lamposts in Lichfield and Burntwood has been branded “undemocratic” by a councillor.

![Cllr Steve Norman](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/steve-norman.jpg "steve-norman")

Cllr Steve Norman

Cllr Steve Norman (Lab, Summerfield) made his comments after a decision by Staffordshire County Council to prevent any political adverts from going up in the region.

The zer0-tolerance stance was [announced by Staffordshire County Council Leader Philip Atkins](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2010/02/11/political-parties-warned-over-election-posters-in-lichfield-and-burntwood/), but Cllr Norman has called for the decision to be reviewed. He explained:

> “It’s undemocratic because it puts smaller parties like the Greens and even the Liberal Democrats at a disadvantage as they have fewer volunteers to help with leafleting. A good poster display – taken down within the three weeks prescribed by law of course – can make up for this to some degree.”

The decision has also been questioned by Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant.

Writing on his [Twitter account](http://twitter.com/Mike%5FFabricant?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk), the Conservative MP said:

> “Disappointed that for the 1st time, we are not allowed to put posters up on lampposts in LichVegas thru the election. We always win at that!”