Five Labour candidates in Chase Terrace and Summerfield wards were elected unopposed.
[2] One significant issue in the election campaign was a new traffic system the Labour council had just introduced on 1 April.
This had banned vehicles from the centre of the city during the daytime and led to complaints from shopkeepers about loss of business.
[4] During the campaign Lichfield was one of the councils visited by Conservative leader William Hague, on 29 April, with the overall local elections seen by commentators as crucial to his leadership of the party.
[13] However, there was controversy as the new opposition councillors claimed that the Conservatives did not give them as many seats on the council committees that they were legally due following the election.