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# Voters to decide whether to hold by-election for vacant Burntwood Town Council seat
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/voters-to-decide-whether-to-hold-by-election-for-vacant-burntwood-town-council-seat/
- Published: 2022-01-24T10:32:50.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-24T10:32:58.000Z
- Description: Voters in an area of Burntwood will be given the chance to decide if they want a by-election to be held to select their new councillor.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Burntwood, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

![Ballot box](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ballot-box.jpg)

Voters in an area of Burntwood will be given the chance to decide if they want a by-election to be held to select their new councillor.

It comes after Cllr Thomas Loughbrough-Rudd’s [decision to stand down](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/burntwood-councillor-resigns-from-two-roles-amid-tree-funding-controversy/) as the member for the Summerfield and All Saints ward at Burntwood Town Council in the wake of a tree funding controversy.

If ten registered voters write requesting a fresh vote then a by-election will take place.

But if that number is not reached, councillors will co-opt a new representative onto the town council.

Voters have two weeks if they wish to request the by-election by writing to the Returning Officer, District Council House, Frog Lane, Lichfield, WS13 6YU.