2024 Worcester City Council election
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All 35 seats to Worcester City Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Lynn Denham Marjory Bisset
Party Labour Green
Last election 13 seats, 28.0% 10 seats, 28.4%
Seats before 13 11
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 8 seats, 25.4% 4 seats, 16.3%
Seats before 7 4
Joint leaders before election

Lynn Denham (Labour)
Marjory Bisset (Green)
No overall control

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Worcester City 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 35 members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire will be elected following boundary changes.

Background

Worcester has been controlled by both the Conservatives and Labour for long periods. From 1980 to 1999, Labour held a majority on the council.[1] The Conservatives then held a majority from 2003 to 2008 after a period of no overall control, and again from 2011 to 2012.[2]

The Conservatives regained control in 2015, but the council reverted to no overall control a year later;[3] 2021 to 2022 was also a period of Conservative majority.[4][5] In the previous election, the Green Party gained 5 seats with 28.4% of the vote, Labour gained 1 with 28.0%, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 16.3%, and the Conservatives lost all the seats they were defending with 25.4%. Following the election, Labour and the Green Party formed a majority coalition, with the party leaders serving as joint leaders of the council.[6]

Boundary changes

Worcester usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[7]

Old wards[8] No. of seats New wards No. of seats
Arboretum 2 Arboretum 2
Battenhall 2 Battenhall 2
Bedwardine 3 Cathedral 2
Cathedral 3 Claines 3
Claines 3 Dines Green and Grove Farm 2
Gorse Hill 2 Fort Royal 2
Nunnery 3 Leopard Hill 2
Rainbow Hill 2 Lower Wick and Pitmaston 2
St Clement 2 Nunnery 3
St John 3 Rainbow Hill 2
St Peter's Parish 2 St Clement 2
St Stephen 2 St John's 2
Warndon 2 St Nicholas 2
Warndon Parish North 2 St Peter's Parish 2
Warndon Parish South 2 St Stephen 2
Warndon and Elbury Park 3

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[9] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 13 Labour 13 Labour
Green 10 Green 11 Green
Conservative 8 Conservative 7 Conservative
Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats

Changes:

Councillors standing down

Councillor Ward First elected Party Date announced
Simon Geraghty St Clement 2000 Conservative 13 April 2024[14]

Summary

Election result

2024 Worcester City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 35
  Green 35
  Conservative 35
  Liberal Democrats 23
  Independent 7
  TUSC 5
  Reform UK 2
  UKIP 1

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Worcester Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[15] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Arboretum

Arboretum (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zoe Coldicott
Conservative Angela Stanley
Green Hannah Cooper*
Green Karen Lewing*
Labour Nazrul Haque
Labour Andrew Tull
Liberal Democrats Jon Taylor
Liberal Democrats Alison Morgan
TUSC Calvin Fowler

Battenhall

Battenhall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Parveen Akhtar
Conservative Naseeb Hussain
Green Louis Stephen*
Green Paul Sobczyk
Labour Graham Taylor
Labour Ian Benfield
Liberal Democrats Pyers Symon

Cathedral

Cathedral (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adele Rimell
Conservative Chris Rimell
Green Jon Bodenham
Green Leisa Taylor
Independent Francis Lankester
Labour Lynn Denham*
Labour Adam Scott
Liberal Democrats Andrew Smith
Liberal Democrats Stuart Wild
TUSC Archie Harrison

Claines

Claines (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trish Nosal
Conservative Chris Thorp
Conservative Tom Wisniewski
Green Simon Bovey
Green Mandy Neill
Green Claire Nichols
Labour Louis Allaway
Labour Tom Henri
Labour Joy Squires
Liberal Democrats Mel Allcott*
Liberal Democrats Jessie Jagger*
Liberal Democrats Karen Lawrence*

Dines Green & Grove Farm

Dines Green & Grove Farm (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margarete Cawte
Conservative Mike Wilson
Green Katherine Pingree
Green Nicola Silverster
Labour Robyn Norfolk*
Labour Matt Lamb*
Liberal Democrats Andrew Holmes
TUSC Mark Davies
UKIP Martin Potter

Fort Royal

Fort Royal (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antonio Martins
Conservative Maria Martins
Green Helen McCarthy
Green Justin Kirby
Independent Naheem Zafar
Independent Resnu Meah
Labour Atif Sadiq*
Labour Jaabba Riaz*
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lee

Leopard Hill

Leopard Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Lippett
Conservative Jithin Bittu
Green Andrew Cross*
Green Katie Collier*
Labour Jamsheyd Ali
Labour Sunil Desayrah
Liberal Democrats Paul Jagger
Liberal Democrats Bart Ricketts

Lower Wick & Pitmaston

Lower Wick & Pitmaston (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Amos*
Conservative Lucy Hodgson
Green Alaric Stephen
Green Stephen Brohan
Labour Sue Smith*
Labour Aaron Daniels
Liberal Democrats John Ondreasz
TUSC Eloise Davies

Nunnery

Nunnery (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allah Ditta
Conservative Leon Babu
Conservative Lucy Owen
Green Barbara Mitra
Green Alice Ponder
Green Jacek Zmarzlik
Independent Asfand Ali
Independent Mikaeel Zafar
Independent Nadeem Ahmed
Labour Pat Agar*
Labour Elaine Willmore*
Labour Bash Ali*
Liberal Democrats Scott Butler
Reform UK David Carney

Rainbow Hill

Rainbow Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Rouse
Conservative Keith Burton
Green Josh Trimmer
Green Nick Weeks
Labour Adrian Gregson*
Labour Zoe Cookson
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpenter

St. Clement

St. Clement (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bertie Ballinger
Conservative Seb James
Green Tor Pingree*
Green Alex Kinnersley
Labour Ian Craigan
Labour Jacqui Wilde
Liberal Democrats Steve Mather
Reform UK Max Windsor-Peplow

St. John's

St. John's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Burge
Conservative Alexander Snell
Green Annie Swift
Green Rob Ottolangui
Labour Richard Udall*
Labour Jenny Barnes
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Hodgson*
Conservative Janet Lippett
Green Martyn Hencher
Green Clare Wratten
Labour Chris Taylor
Labour Mike Stafford
Liberal Democrats Sarah Murray*
Liberal Democrats John Rudge

St. Peter's

St. Peter's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Woolgar
Conservative Steve Mackay
Green Elena Round*
Green Steve Cockeram*
Labour Jenny Benfield
Labour Stephen Tallett
Liberal Democrats Ken Carpenter
Liberal Democrats John Renshaw

St. Stephen

St. Stephen (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jason Wild
Conservative Angelika Wisniewska
Green Neil Laurenson*
Green Alex Mace
Labour Ruth Coates
Labour Mark Willmore
Liberal Democrats Andrew Melville

Warndon & Elbury Park

Warndon & Elbury Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Cleary*
Conservative James Stanley*
Conservative Shazad Ditta
Green Phil Gilfillan
Green Sarah Dukes
Green Sue Braithwaite
Independent Mohammed Awais
Labour Jill Desayrah*
Labour Naz Hussain
Labour Ed Kimberley
Liberal Democrats Simon Cottingham
TUSC Jason Ford

References

  1. ^ "Worcester City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ "BBC News - Vote 2012 - Worcester". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Conservatives lose control Worcester". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Worcester result - Local Elections 2021". BBC News. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Worcester result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ^ Knott, Jonathan (18 May 2023). "City appoints joint leaders despite Labour scepticism". Local Government Chronicle. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ^ "The Worcester (Electoral Changes) Order 2024", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2024/122, retrieved 31 March 2024
  8. ^ "The City of Worcester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2002/3225, retrieved 31 March 2024
  9. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Worcester City Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  10. ^ Barnett, Christian (9 May 2023). "Tributes paid as councillor dies less than a week after being re-elected". Worcester News. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Nunnery Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  12. ^ Albutt, Charlotte (15 August 2023). "More tributes paid to councillor and his 'lifetime of service'". Worcester News. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Warndon Parish South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Long-serving former leader steps down from city council". Worcester News. 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  15. ^ "All the candidates standing for election to Worcester City Council". Phil Wilkinson-Jones. Worcester News. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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