2022 Worcester City Council election

2022 Worcester City Council election
13 out of 36 seats to Worcester City Council ; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2022 Worcester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election; ; No overall control

Last updated March 21, 2023

The 2022 Worcester City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect councillors to Worcester City Council in England.

Results summary

2022 Worcester City Council election^[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	3	30.8	11	15	42.9	7,668	31.5	-7.7
	Labour	6	1	46.2	6	12	34.3	7,854	32.2	+4.4
	Green	2	1	15.4	4	6	17.1	4,349	17.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	7.7	1	2	8.6	3,596	14.8	+5.7
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	746	3.1	N/A
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	93	0.4	+0.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	59	0.2	-0.4

Ward results

Battenhall

Battenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tom Piotrowski	1,346	68.4	+7.9
	Conservative	Peter Rodford	398	20.2	-10.5
	Labour	Graham Taylor	189	9.6	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pyers Symon	36	1.8	-0.2
Majority			948	48.2
Turnout			1,975	48.1
	Green hold		Swing	9.2

Bedwardine

Bedwardine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shafaz Ditta	841	31.8	-22.7
	Labour	Sue Smith	818	30.9	+5.0
	Independent	Joe Amos	575	21.7	N/A
	Green	Katie Collier	213	8.0	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	John ONdreasz	155	5.9	-1.6
	Reform UK	Max Windsor-Peplow	30	1.1	N/A
	TUSC	Eloise Davies	16	0.6	N/A
Majority			23	0.9
Turnout			2,655	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.9

Cathedral

Cathedral
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jabba Riaz	1,513	51.6	+11.3
	Conservative	Raffi Ali	843	28.7	-10.3
	Green	Jon Bodenham	320	10.9	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jessie Venegas	211	7.2	+3.0
	TUSC	Archie Harrison	48	1.6	+0.5
Majority			670	22.9
Turnout			2,963	34.9
	Labour hold		Swing	10.8

Claines

Claines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mel Allcot	1,933	70.2	+28.4
	Conservative	Louie Lynch	534	19.4	-20.1
	Labour	Tom Henri	153	5.6	-3.5
	Green	Steve Dent	134	4.9	-3.2
Majority			1,399	50.8
Turnout			2,758	42.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	24.3

Gorse Hill

Gorse Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Altaf	535	46.0	-5.5
	Labour	Edward Kimberley	364	31.3	-6.2
	Green	Heather McNeillis	239	20.6	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Morgan	25	2.1	-1.6
Majority			171	14.7
Turnout			1,173	30.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Nunnery

Nunnery (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Agar	1,156	50.8	+14.7
	Labour	Basharat Ali	959	42.1	+6.0
	Conservative	Adele Rimell	728	32.0	-18.5
	Conservative	Tomasz Wisniewski	661	29.0	-21.5
	Green	Barbara Mitra	302	13.3	+3.7
	Green	Nicola Silvester	186	8.2	-1.4
	Independent	David Carney	171	7.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Fenton	127	5.6	+3.1
Turnout			2,277	35.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rainbow Hill

Rainbow Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zoe Cookson	535	52.1	+3.3
	Conservative	Parveen Akhtar	300	29.2	-1.0
	Green	Nick Weeks	135	13.1	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cottingham	57	5.6	+0.6
Majority			235	22.9
Turnout			1,034	25.3
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

St. John

St. John
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matt Lamb	990	59.3	+14.5
	Conservative	Laszlo Meszaros	444	26.6	-8.3
	Green	Tor Pingree	116	6.9	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jackson	91	5.4	-1.0
	TUSC	Mark Davies	29	1.7	-0.9
Majority			546	32.7
Turnout			1,675	26.7
	Labour hold		Swing	11.4

St. Peter's Parish

St. Peter's Parish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steve Cockeram	896	44.7	+27.7
	Conservative	Anja Potze	643	32.1	-22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Renshaw	312	15.6	N/A
	Labour	Chris Giles	125	6.2	-11.9
	Reform UK	Paul Hickling	29	1.4	N/A
Majority			253	12.6
Turnout			2,006	44.8
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	25.2

Warndon Parish North

Warndon Parish North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hodgson	571	40.6	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Murray	516	36.7	+29.1
	Labour	Ian Craigan	224	15.9	-15.0
	Green	Emily Bond	94	6.7	-3.0
Majority			55	3.9
Turnout			1,412	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.4

Warndon Parish South

Warndon Parish South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Roberts	863	53.3	+16.5
	Labour	Ruth Coates	382	23.6	+7.6
	Green	Andrew Cross	284	17.5	-17.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Rudge	90	5.6	+0.4
Majority			481	29.7
Turnout			1,622	35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Warndon

Warndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Desayrah	446	50.7	+8.8
	Conservative	Chris Rimell	307	34.9	-8.4
	Green	Sue Avery	84	9.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Carpenter	43	4.9	-1.0
Majority			139	15.8
Turnout			881	22.6
	Labour hold		Swing	8.6

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