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# Candidates confirmed ahead of local elections in Lichfield and Burntwood
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/candidates-confirmed-ahead-of-local-elections-in-lichfield-and-burntwood/
- Published: 2021-04-09T15:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-10T04:56:21.000Z
- Description: The runners and riders for the forthcoming local elections in Lichfield and Burntwood have been unveiled.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

The runners and riders for the forthcoming local elections in Lichfield and Burntwood have been unveiled.

![Polling Station sign](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/polling-station.jpg)

Members of Staffordshire County Council will be elected on 6th May, with the Summerfield and All Saints Lichfield District Council ward also being contested in a by-election.

Lichfield City Council will have a by-election for the Stowe ward, while the new Staffordshire Commissioner will also be decided when voters go to the polls next month.

**Staffordshire County Council*:*

**Burntwood North**

- Jamie Christie (Liberal Democrats)
- Thomas Loughbrough Rudd (Conservatives)
- Sue Woodward (Labour)

**Burntwood South**

- Darren Ennis (Labour)
- John Paul Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- Mike Wilcox (Conservatives)

**Lichfield City North**

- Kathy Coe MBE (Labour)
- John Madden (Independent)
- Stephen Sanders (Green Party)
- Janice Silvester-Hall (Conservatives)
- Miles Trent (Liberal Democrats)
- Christopher Wilkinson (Independent)

**Lichfield City South**

- Hugh Ashton (Liberal Democrats)
- Paul Ecclestone-Brown (Green Party)
- Colin Greatorex (Conservatives)
- Ann Hughes (Labour)

**Lichfield Rural East**

Phillip Bennion (Liberal Democrats)  
Lorna McGinty (Labour)  
Alan White (Conservatives)

**Lichfield Rural North**

- Janet Eagland (Conservatives)
- Peter Longman (Independent)
- Paul McDermott (Liberal Democrats)
- Simon Partridge (Green Party
- David Whatton (Labour)

**Lichfield Rural South**

- David Smith (Conservatives)
- John Smith (Liberal Democrats)
- Brad Westwood (Labour)

**Lichfield Rural West**

- Richard Cox (Conservatives)
- Janet Higgins (UKIP)
- Mark Pritchard (Labour)
- Fiona Robertson (Liberal Democrats)

***Lichfield District Council Summerfield and All Saints by-election:***

- Michael Galvin (Labour)
- John Paul Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
- Eileen Heather Tranter (Conservatives)

***Lichfield City Council Stowe ward by-election:***

- Lottie Harrington (Labour)
- Bob Harrison (Conservatives)
- Richard Henshaw (Liberal Democrats)
- John Madden (Independent)
- Stephen Sanders (Green Party)
- Christopher Wilkinson (Independent)

***Staffordshire Commissioner:***

- Ben Adams (Conservatives)
- Deneice Florence-Jukes (Independent)
- Tony Kearon (Labour and Co-operative)
- Michael Riley (Reform UK)
- Richard Whelan (Liberal Democrats)