Tamworth Borough Council is made up of 10 electoral wards, each of which is represented by three Councillors. Each Council Member is elected for a four year term. A local election is held three years out of four. Staffordshire County Council elections are held in the fourth year. Information regarding forthcoming elections will appear here in due course.

2012 Election Results

Notices concerning the local election taking place on 3 May 2012 can be found in the more information section on this page.

Tamworth Borough Council is now made up of 22 Conservative members, 7 Labour members and 1 Independent member.

Forthcoming Elections

The wards and councillors whose term of office ends in May 2012 are as follows:

Amington – Evelyn Rowe (C); Belgrave – Robert Pritchard – (C); Bolehall – John Faulkner (L); Castle – Alan Lees (C); Glascote – Nicola Oates (C); Mercian – Vacant; Spital – Ron Cook (C); Stonydelph – Daniel Cook (C); Trinity – Gerry Pinner (L); Wilnecote – Mary Oates (C)

Candidates and Agents Presentation (pdf)

Candidates and Agents Guidance Pack (pdf)

Nomination Pack (pdf)

Recent Elections

On 6 May 2011 the Borough Election and Referendum on the Parliamentary Voting System was held in Tamworth. To see the results of these elections and all others held since 1999 please select the link on the right hand-side.

Absent Vote Refresh 2012

Absent Voters (i.e. those who vote by post or who nominate a proxy) are required to provide a signature and date of birth when they first apply. When you are sent your postal vote for an election you are required to provide your signature and date of birth on a postal voting statement.  These 'personal identifiers' are checked against those you provided on your original postal vote application form, to ensure that they match.  This is to prevent someone else from using your vote.  If they do not match, your vote cannot be counted.  Your personal identifiers are always kept separate from your ballot paper, so no-one knows how you have voted.

This Absent Vote signature refresh exercise will be undertaken every January.

An important part of these security measures is providing a fresh specimen signature every 5 years, since people's signatures and circumstances can change over time.  The legislation requires the Electoral Registration Officer to carry out the first annual refresh of signatures by 31 January 2012  in order to ensure that the signatures for as many absent voters as possible are refreshed, producing as accurate a record as possible and potentially limiting the number of postal votes that are rejected due to mismatched identifiers.

Therefore, anyone who has had a postal, proxy or proxy-postal since January 2007 will be sent a signature refresh form for us to legally request your latest signature.

If you have a disability which means that you either cannot provide a signature or sign in a consistent and distinctive way, please indicate this on the form. If you no longer want to vote by post or proxy you must notify the Electoral Services Office in writing in order to avoid any unnecessary reminders. If you do not return the signature refresh form by the deadline your existing absent vote facility will be cancelled and you will have to vote in person or make a new application.

Notice of Publication of Revised Register of Electors

I hereby give notice that a revised version of the Full Register of Electors for the Borough of Tamworth will be published on 1 March 2012 in accordance with the Representation of the People Act 1983, section 13 (3) and the Representation of the People Regulations 2001, section 36.

The Register will be available for viewing at:

Marmion House

Lichfield Street

Tamworth

B79 7BZ

The Edited Register which leaves out the names and addresses of people who have asked for their names to be excluded from that version of the Register is also available for inspection. this version may be bought by any person and used for any purpose.

A person inspecting the Full Register and who makes copies of any part of it or records any particulars included in it, otherwise than by means of hand written notes, shall be guilty of an offence and may be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000.

For further information regarding registration, elections or to purchase a copy of the Edited Register please contact the Elections Office in writing at the address above, by telephone on 01827 709263 or by email at elections@tamworth.gov.uk

John Wheatley

Electoral Registration Officer