2024 Redditch Borough Council election
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All 27 seats to Redditch Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Matthew Dormer Joseph Baker
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat West Batchley & Brockhill
Current seats 16 12
Seats needed Increase 2
Incumbent Leader

Matthew Dormer
Conservative



The 2024 Redditch Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 27 members of Redditch Borough Council in Worcestershire will be elected following boundary changes.

Background

Redditch was a traditionally Labour council. Labour controlled the council from 1976 until 2000, and again from 2004 to 2006.[1] The Conservatives took control of the council from no overall control in 2010, but lost control to Labour in 2012.[2]

The Conservatives retook the council in 2018,[3] and have controlled the council ever since. In the most recent election, the Conservatives lost 5 seats with a vote share of 38.8%, and Labour gained 5 with 43.8%.

Boundary changes

Redditch usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[4] The change reduces the number of councillors by 2.

Old wards[5] No. of seats New wards No. of seats
Abbey 2 Astwood Bank and Feckenham 3
Astwood Bank and Feckenham 2 Batchley and Brockhill 3
Batchley 3 Central 3
Central 2 Greenlands and Lakeside 3
Church Hill 3 Headless Cross and Oakenshaw 3
Crabbs Cross 2 Matchborough and Woodrow 3
Greenlands 3 North 3
Headless Cross and Oakenshaw 3 Webheath and Callow Hill 3
Lodge Park 2 Winyates 3
Matchborough 2
West 2
Winyates 3

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[6] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 16 Conservative 16 Conservative
Labour 13 Labour 12 Labour
Liberal Democrats 0 Liberal Democrats 1 Liberal Democrats

Changes:

Summary

Election result

2024 Redditch Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 27
  Labour 27
  Liberal Democrats 15
  Green 11
  Independent 1

Candidates

Astwood Bank & Feckenham

Astwood Bank & Feckenham Ward (3)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brandon Clayton
Labour Gilly Cooper
Liberal Democrats David Gee
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Hall
Conservative Chris Holz
Labour Colin Smith
Labour Matt Smith
Green Glen Theobald
Conservative Craig Warhurst

Batchley & Brockhill

Batchley & Brockhill Ward (3)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sara Allmark
Labour Joe Baker
Conservative Lucy Harrison
Conservative Finlay Heath
Labour Wanda King
Conservative Christopher Marshall
Labour Sachin Mathur
Liberal Democrats Martin Mcleod
Liberal Democrats Kerrie Miles
Green Lea Room

Central

Central Ward (3)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Boyd
Liberal Democrats Glenn Harris
Labour Sharon Harvey
Green David Heaselgrave
Liberal Democrats Roy Magara
Conservative Ummar Memi
Conservative Sully Mohammed
Conservative Junior Qadeer
Labour Gary Slim

Greenlands & Lakeside

Greenlands & Lakeside Ward (3)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Juma Begum
Conservative Susan Clarke
Conservative Peter Fleming
Labour Andrew Fry
Labour Joanna Kane
Conservative Timothy Pearman
Liberal Democrats Jade Taylor
Green Kevin White

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw Ward (3)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Baker-Price
Labour Juliet Barker Smith
Conservative Roger Bennett
Green Stuart Davies
Liberal Democrats Andrew Fieldsend-Roxborough
Liberal Democrats Edward Killworth
Labour David Munro
Conservative Helen Sanders
Labour Ian Woodall

Matchborough & Woodrow

Matchborough & Woodrow Ward (3)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Juliet Brunner
Conservative Theo Ellinas
Labour James Fardoe
Green Kath Manning
Conservative Emma Marshall
Labour Jane Spilsbury
Liberal Democrats Diane Thomas
Liberal Democrats Andy Thompson
Conservative Nathan Winter
Labour Paul Wren

North

North Ward (3)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Ashley
Conservative Mike Chalk
Labour Bill Hartnett
Green Jo Heaselgrave
Labour Sid Khan
Conservative Kerry Simons
Labour Monica Stringfellow
Liberal Democrats Mark Tomes

Webheath & Callow Hill

Webheath & Callow Hill Ward (3)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Salman Akbar
Green Margot Bish
Green Claire Davies
Conservative Matthew Dormer
Labour Monica Fry
Liberal Democrats Ann Gee
Labour Mark Harvey
Green Sharon Howard
Labour Hannah McGahan
Conservative Gemma Monaco

Winyates

Winyates Ward (3)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Clare Beckhelling
Conservative Amanda Canning
Conservative Luke Court
Conservative Julian Grubb
Liberal Democrats John Marsh
Labour Alan Mason
Labour Rita Rogers
Labour Jen Snape

References

  1. ^ "Redditch Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Tories lose control of Worcester and Wyre Forest, Labour gain Redditch". BBC News. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2018: Tories gain control of Redditch council". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  4. ^ "The Redditch (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/654, retrieved 25 March 2024
  5. ^ "The Borough of Redditch (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2002/2986, retrieved 25 March 2024
  6. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Redditch Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Redditch Labour councillor defects to Lib Dems ahead of May election". Redditch Standard. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Astwood-Bank-Feckenham-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Batchley-Brockhill-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Central-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Greenlands-Lakeside-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Headless-Cross-Oakenshaw-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Matchborough-Woodrow-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ^ "North-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Webheath-Callow-Hill-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Winyates-SOPN.pdf" (PDF). www.redditchbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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