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All 31 seats to Bromsgrove District Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Bromsgrove District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
2023 Bromsgrove District Council election | ||||||||||
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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 |
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election: [3] [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | Name deleted on request | 63 | 7.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 219 | ||||
Turnout | 868 | 36.1 | 0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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