2023 Bromsgrove District Council election

2023 Bromsgrove District Council election
All 31 seats to Bromsgrove District Council ; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Bromsgrove District Council election
Leader before election; Karen May; Conservative	Leader after election; Karen May; Conservative ; No overall control

Last updated December 11, 2024

The 2023 Bromsgrove District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Bromsgrove District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. Following the election the Conservatives remained the largest party but lost their majority, leaving the council under no overall control.^[1]

An administration comprising the Conservatives and independent councillors subsequently formed, with Conservative leader Karen May continuing to serve as leader of the council.^[2]

Overall result

2023 Bromsgrove District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	11	2	8	6	35.5	37.2	10,061	-7.0
	Labour	22	8	3	0	3	25.8	22.6	6131	+0.7
	Independent	13	7	3	1	2	22.6	18.3	4967	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	21	5	3	1	2	16.1	19.2	5198	+5.8
	Green	9	0	0	0		0	2.7	741	+0.9
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0	0.2	63	+0.2
	TUSC	2	0	0	0		0	0.2	63	+0.2
	Residents	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	–5.0

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:^[3]^[4]

Alvechurch South

Alvechurch South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Bailes	531	57.2	N/A
	Conservative	Spencer Loades	231	24.9	12.5
	Labour	Eric Godfrey	131	14.1	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Nicholl	34	3.7	1.0
Majority			300
Turnout			929	40.4	6.2
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Alvechurch Village

Alvechurch Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rachel Bailes	487	55.5	N/A
	Labour	Martin Mcleod	166	18.9	14.3
	Conservative	Barry Thornton	133	15.1	4.6
	Green	Martin Ball	64	7.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Stevens	25	2.8	N/A
Majority			321
Turnout			878	38.8
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Aston Fields

Aston Fields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Elledge	347	35.8	14.1
	Conservative	Kyle Daisley	283	29.2	20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martine Reynolds	277	28.6	N/A
	Green	Nick Trow	56	5.8	N/A
Majority			64
Turnout			968	32.6	2.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.3

Avoncroft

Avoncroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Nicholl	409	44.3	20.0
	Labour	John Ellis	322	34.9	8.0
	Conservative	Philip Thomas*	189	20.5	30.2
Majority			87
Turnout			923	32.6	0.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	25.1

Barnt Green & Hopwood

Barnt Green & Hopwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charlie Hotham*	682	68.5	13.6
	Conservative	Amritjot Nannar	185	18.6	0.7
	Labour	Kiran Gulia	123	12.4	N/A
Majority			497
Turnout			995	41.7	4.7
	Independent hold		Swing	7.2

Belbroughton & Romsley

Belbroughton & Romsley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen May*	1,354	68.8	7.7
	Conservative	Simon Nock	1,096	55.7	15.5
	Labour	Ros Cooke	381	19.3	1.4
	Independent	Susan Jones	316	16.0	N/A
	Independent	Gary Prescott	287	14.6	N/A
	Independent	Stan Francis	107	5.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1969	37.0	3.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bromsgrove Central

Bromsgrove Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhan Robinson*	763	72.9	22.8
	Conservative	Luv Datta	154	14.7	21.1
	Labour	David Peters	118	11.3	2.8
Majority			609
Turnout			1047	44.7	1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	22.0

The Conservative candidate announced his withdrawal on 17 April although his name remained on the ballot paper.^[5]

Catshill North

Catshill North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bernard McEldowney	203	35.9	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Glanville	191	33.8	8.7
	Conservative	Mohammed Amin	141	25.0	32.5
Majority			12
Turnout			565	26.5	0.1
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	34.2

Catshill South

Catshill South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shirley Webb*	300	51.1	8.0
	Labour	Jenny Smith	204	34.8	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Murphy	77	13.1	6.4
Majority			96
Turnout			587	26.7	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.0

Charford

Charford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Ammar	284	57.7	19.1
	Conservative	Sam Johnson	142	29.7	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Bell	62	12.6	N/A
Majority			327
Turnout			495	21.5	5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	12.8

Cofton

Cofton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anita Dale	318	37.5	5.8
	Labour	Christine McDonald	277	28.5	16.1
	Green	Jill Harvey	175	20.6	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Nicklin	68	8.0	1.6
Majority			41
Turnout			849	32.5	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.2

Drakes Cross

Drakes Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sue Baxter*	372	56.5	1.7
	Conservative	Trevor Holman	195	29.6	12.2
	Green	Matt Tovey	48	7.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bell	43	6.5	N/A
Majority			177
Turnout			661	27.1	5.4
	Independent gain from Residents		Swing

The Residents Association candidate changed affiliation to Independent.

Hagley East

Hagley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Lambert	387	45.7	22.5
	Independent	Lorraine Johnson	353	41.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gibbons	105	12.4	N/A
Majority			34
Turnout			846	34.5	6.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hagley West

Hagley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steven Colella*	827	78.0	0.1
	Conservative	Jayne Willetts	155	14.6	7.5
	Green	Susan Robbins	78	7.4	N/A
Majority			672
Turnout			1,062	35.8	6.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Hill Top

Hill Top
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hopkins	401	67.1	23.6
	Conservative	Martin Connellan	100	16.7	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Woodhouse	55	9.2	N/A
	TUSC	Chloe Leslie	42	7.0	N/A
Majority			301
Turnout			602	33.2	9.2
	Labour hold		Swing	15.5

Hollywood

Hollywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Forsythe	538	73.9	17.3
	Labour	Douglas Bridger	186	9.4	16.1
Majority			352
Turnout			728	31.0	5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lickey Hills

Lickey Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bakul Kumar	522	55.2	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet King*	332	35.1	21.3
	Labour	John Cochrane	87	9.2	N/A
Majority			190
Turnout			945	42.2	2.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Lowes Hill

Lowes Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Robinson	660	73.3	49.4
	Conservative	Rod Laight*	233	25.9	20.7
Majority			427
Turnout			900	35.1	3.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Marlbrook

Marlbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Jones*	439	50.6	5.8
	Labour	Alan Cooper	220	25.3	6.3
	Green	Peter Harvey	142	16.4	8.1
	Reform UK	Mason Koh Cherrington	63	7.3	n/a
Majority			219
Turnout			868	36.1	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norton

Norton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hunter*	926	89.4	12.7
	Conservative	Kumar Muniandy	110	10.6	12.7
Majority			816	78.8	25.4
Turnout			1,043	40.7	1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+12.7

Perryfields

Perryfields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kit Taylor	240	47.3	9.8
	Labour	Antony Maslen	175	34.5	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna McKenna	90	17.8	N/A
Majority			65
Turnout			507	33.5	4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rock Hill

Rock Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harrison Rone-Clarke*	453	61.2	15.8
	Conservative	Richard Williams	170	23.0	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Appleyard	69	9.3	0.5
	Green	Lee Rowley	41	5.5	N/A
Majority			283
Turnout			740	30.7	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Rubery North

Rubery North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter McDonald*	518	64.4	2.6
	Conservative	Andrew Beaumont*	278	34.6	1.6
Majority			240
Turnout			804	33.2	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Rubery South

Rubery South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Esther Gray	465	56.3	19.8
	Conservative	Nick Psirides	289	35.0	4.7
	Green	Julian Gray	67	7.6	0.5
Majority			176
Turnout			826	32.6	3.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sanders Park

Sanders Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Marshall	347	37.5	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Verlinden	243	26.3	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Boulton	198	21.4	34.2
	Independent	David Pardoe	138	14.9	N/A
Majority			104
Turnout			926	33.5	1.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sidemoor

Sidemoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme Stewart	352	45.4	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Clarke	213	27.5	5.3
	Conservative	Henry Morris	183	23.6	13.6
	TUSC	Judi Byrne	21	2.7	N/A
Majority			139
Turnout			775	28.7	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Slideslow

Slideslow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Evans	637	64.2	46.7
	Conservative	Michael Thompson*	342	34.5	30.5
Majority			295
Turnout			992	36.7	1.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Tardebigge

Tardebigge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Whittaker*	442	55.1	1.4
	Labour	Sean Shannon	198	24.1	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Clarke	110	13.4	4.4
	Green	John Smout	70	8.5	N/A
Majority			244
Turnout			823	34.1	2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wythall East

Wythall East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Justin Stanley	378	54.2	3.0
	Independent	Keith Yates	311	44.6	N/A
Majority			67
Turnout			697	28.3	5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wythall West

Wythall West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Peters	353	50.9	N/A
	Conservative	Geoff Denaro*	336	48.5	1.0
Majority			17
Turnout			693	30.0	3.1
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections

Sidemoor By-Election 19 September 2024^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Clarke	276	52.6	+25.1
	Conservative	Rita Dent	141	26.9	+3.3
	Labour	Jennifer Smith	87	16.6	−28.8
	Green	Peter Measham	21	4.0	+4.0
Majority			135	25.7
Turnout			525
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

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[1] "First meeting of 'hung' Bromsgrove council since election to be held on Wednesday". Bromsgrove Standard. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[2] "Bromsgrove District Council to consider committee system as it announces new leader and chairman". Bromsgrove Standard. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[3] "District council election results" (PDF). www.bromsgrove.gov.uk. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[4] "Your councillors by political grouping". Bromsgrove District Council. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[5] Brinkworth, Alison (17 April 2023). "Bromsgrove Tory local elections chaos as Luv Datta resigns after 'urgent investigation'". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

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