The 2021 Worcester City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect councillors to Worcester City Council in England. [1]
2021 Worcester City Council election [2] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 5 | 2 | 41.7 | 13 | 18 | 51.4 | 9,189 | 39.2 | +2.3 | |
Labour | 3 | 4 | 25.0 | 8 | 11 | 31.4 | 6,530 | 27.8 | +1.7 | |
Green | 3 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 4 | 11.4 | 5,289 | 22.6 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 2 | 5.7 | 2,129 | 9.1 | -0.2 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 150 | 0.6 | New | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 0.2 | New | ||
British Resistance | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Karen Lewing | 928 | 45.5 | +20.1 | |
Labour | Joy Squires | 696 | 34.1 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Anja Potze | 347 | 17.0 | -5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Taylor | 69 | 3.4 | -3.9 | |
Majority | 232 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,063 | 43.5 | |||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | 12.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Louis Stephen | 1,285 | 60.5 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Rodford | 652 | 30.7 | -14.9 | |
Labour | Paul Mountain | 145 | 6.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ken Carpenter | 43 | 2.0 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 633 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,138 | 51.6 | |||
Green hold | Swing | 13.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Amos | 1,417 | 54.5 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Sue Smith | 672 | 25.9 | +4.1 | |
Green | Frazer Bufton | 234 | 9.0 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Ondreasz | 194 | 7.5 | -1.5 | |
Women's Equality | Leisa Taylor | 81 | 3.1 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 745 | 28.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,612 | 38.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynn Denham | 1,251 | 40.3 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Shafaz Ditta | 1,211 | 39.0 | +1.7 | |
Green | Hannah Cooper | 374 | 12.1 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Fenton | 130 | 4.2 | -3.9 | |
Reform UK | Julie Bower | 102 | 3.3 | N/A | |
TUSC | Archie Harrison | 34 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 40 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,117 | 36.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Karen Lawrance | 1,269 | 41.8 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Louie Lynch | 1,199 | 39.5 | -3.1 | |
Labour | James Linsey | 278 | 9.1 | +4.2 | |
Green | Stephen Dent | 245 | 8.1 | -0.2 | |
Reform UK | Paul Hickling | 48 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 70 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,058 | 47.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Stanley | 560 | 51.5 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Roger Berry | 408 | 37.5 | -3.6 | |
Green | Susan Avery | 79 | 7.3 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Morgan | 40 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 152 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,105 | 28.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jim Carver | 1,129 | 50.5 | +21.7 | |
Labour | Zoe Cookson | 807 | 36.1 | -7.0 | |
Green | Barbara Mitra | 214 | 9.6 | -5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Fletcher | 56 | 2.5 | N/A | |
British Resistance | Carl Mason | 28 | 1.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 322 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,247 | 35.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 14.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adrian Gregson | 551 | 48.8 | -10.6 | |
Conservative | Parveen Akhtar | 317 | 30.2 | +7.1 | |
Green | Stephen Brohan | 144 | 13.7 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Carpenter | 52 | 5.0 | +1.6 | |
TUSC | Calvin Fowler | 24 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 234 | 18.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,095 | 26.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Geraghty | 933 | 55.1 | +9.8 | |
Green | Victoria Pingree | 423 | 25.0 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Paul Walters | 283 | 16.7 | -12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Jackson | 55 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 510 | 30.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,705 | 39.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robyn Norfolk | 800 | 44.8 | -12.1 | |
Conservative | Joseph Amos | 622 | 34.9 | +17.2 | |
Green | Alaric Stephen | 201 | 11.3 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Mather | 115 | 6.4 | N/A | |
TUSC | Mark Davies | 46 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 178 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,808 | 28.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 14.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Neil Laurenson | 1,086 | 61.8 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Sam Ness | 433 | 24.6 | -3.1 | |
Labour | Christopher Giles | 182 | 10.4 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Cottingham | 56 | 3.2 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 653 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,768 | 40.8 | |||
Green hold | Swing | 3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Owen Cleary | 369 | 43.3 | +19.3 | |
Labour | Ceri Stalker | 357 | 41.9 | -15.1 | |
Green | Sarah Dukes | 76 | 8.9 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Murray | 50 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 12 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 857 | 21.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 17.2 | |||
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