2023 Wychavon District Council election

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2023 Wychavon District Council election
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All 43 seats to Wychavon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.5%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Bradley Thomas Margaret RowleyJulie Tucker
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green
Last election36 seats, 53.5%6 seats, 25.7%2 seats, 8.2%
Seats before3563
Seats won2976
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote25,67814,1467,465
Percentage46.6%25.7%13.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.9%Steady2.svg 0.0%Increase2.svg 5.4%
 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Labour Independent
Last election0 seats, 6.1%1 seat, 6.1%
Seats before01
Seats won10
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote4,6412,898
Percentage8.4%5.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.3%Decrease2.svg 0.8%
Wychavon UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Wychavon District Council election
Leader before election

Bradley Thomas
Conservative

Leader after election

Bradley Thomas
Conservative

The 2023 Wychavon District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, decreasing the number of seats from 45 to 43. [1]

Contents

The Conservatives lost seats, but retained their majority on the council. [2]

Summary

Election result

2023 Wychavon District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 432904Decrease2.svg 767.446.625,678–6.9
  Liberal Democrats 26710Increase2.svg 116.325.714,146±0.0
  Green 15620Increase2.svg 414.013.67,465+5.4
  Labour 13110Increase2.svg 12.38.44,641+2.3
  Independent 12000Decrease2.svg 10.05.32,898–0.8
  Reform UK 2000Steady2.svg0.00.4228N/A

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows: [3] [4]

Badsey & Aldington

Badsey & Aldington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philippa Capel 372 56.2 N/A
Labour Mary Campbell29043.8N/A
Majority8212.4N/A
Turnout 66928.4N/A
Registered electors 2,360
Conservative win (new seat)

Bengeworth

Bengeworth (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emma Stokes* 441 38.6 –9.9
Conservative Mark Goodge 433 37.9 –12.0
Green Stephen Squires34830.5N/A
Green Linda Tucker34129.9N/A
Independent Julie Haines28625.0N/A
Independent Callum Gailey26623.3N/A
Turnout 1,14223.6–1.5
Registered electors 4,831
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bowbrook

Bowbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rowley* 644 65.5 +1.1
Conservative Tony Rowley33934.5–1.1
Majority30531.0
Turnout 99341.7+1.4
Registered electors 2,382
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg1.1

Bredon Hill

Bredon Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beverley Hardman 537 59.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Derrick Watt36740.6N/A
Majority17018.8N/A
Turnout 91038.2N/A
Registered electors 2,380
Conservative win (new seat)

Bredon

Bredon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Hardman* 647 61.2 –17.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Doley25123.7N/A
Green Martin Everett15915.0N/A
Majority39637.5N/A
Turnout 1,06339.6+3.0
Registered electors 2,683
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Bretforton & Offenham

Bretforton & Offenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aaron Powell* 397 55.5 N/A
Labour Matthew Rea21429.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ounsted10414.5N/A
Majority18325.6N/A
Turnout 72131.7N/A
Registered electors 2,274
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham

Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emma Kearsey 1,102 58.6 N/A
Conservative Emma Sims 1,072 57.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alison Cort56129.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Anne Lord51827.5N/A
Reform UK Phil Harmer1437.6N/A
Turnout 1,88235.9N/A
Registered electors 5,244
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Dodderhill

Dodderhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rick Deller 472 59.5 N/A
Green Sue Howarth32140.5N/A
Majority15119.0N/A
Turnout 79829.7N/A
Registered electors 2,687
Conservative hold

Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington

Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Turier* 800 51.3 N/A
Conservative Rob Adams* 776 49.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tom Revell76549.1N/A
Conservative Mark Ward*61739.6N/A
Turnout 1,55930.9N/A
Registered electors 5,047
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Droitwich East

Droitwich East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Neil Franks 944 61.7 N/A
Green Nicola Morris 813 53.1 N/A
Conservative Kate Fellows55836.5–21.0
Conservative Alex Sinton*50733.1–32.1
Reform UK Warwick Bambrook855.6N/A
Turnout 1,53035.2+3.8
Registered electors 4,353
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Droitwich South East

Droitwich South East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Morris* 1,102 64.3 –4.6
Conservative John Grady* 904 52.7 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Wendy Carter63437.0N/A
Liberal Democrats John Littlechild54331.7+13.9
Turnout 1,71431.8–4.0
Registered electors 5,383
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Droitwich South West

Droitwich South West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Bowden* 828 53.8 +1.2
Conservative Gregory Wilkins 616 40.0 –7.5
Labour Alan Humphries48531.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Adrian Key46130.0–10.7
Labour Alex Knudsen37924.6N/A
Turnout 1,53929.8–3.8
Registered electors 5,163
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Droitwich West

Droitwich West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Duffy* 422 40.1 –7.3
Conservative Jenny Chaudry* 378 35.9 –4.5
Labour Valerie Humphries34833.0+0.9
Labour Anthony Kelly32731.1+4.7
Liberal Democrats Rod Hopkins26625.3–5.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Wiseman21620.5N/A
Turnout 1,05324.9+2.6
Registered electors 4,226
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Eckington

Eckington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Middlebrough 370 34.3 N/A
Independent Tim Knight35532.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Pauline Newcombe26124.2N/A
Green Mike Le Brun928.5N/A
Majority151.4N/A
Turnout 1,08045.7N/A
Registered electors 2,362
Conservative hold

Evesham North

Evesham North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlie Homer 401 33.7 –6.2
Labour Mary Tasker 376 31.6 +5.7
Conservative Nick Taylor35329.7–8.4
Labour David Tasker32527.3N/A
Independent Tim Haines27923.5N/A
Independent Emma Nishigaki25221.2–12.7
Liberal Democrats Diane Colvin16213.6N/A
Independent Sam Bastow685.7N/A
Turnout 1,18927.0–2.9
Registered electors 4,404
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Evesham South

Evesham South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Julie Tucker* 623 55.9 –1.8
Green Ed Cohen* 511 45.9 +11.0
Conservative Stan Brotherton30327.2–2.9
Conservative Paul Bennett29826.8–4.3
Independent Kyle Hotchkins18616.7N/A
Independent Joe Caine15413.8N/A
Turnout 1,11425.2–3.4
Registered electors 4,420
Green hold
Green hold

Fladbury

Fladbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angie Crump 518 53.7 +17.7
Conservative Matthew Winfield44646.3–17.7
Majority727.4N/A
Turnout 97143.1+6.9
Registered electors 2,254
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg17.7

Hampton

Hampton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Dyke* 688 41.3 N/A
Conservative Robert Raphael* 660 39.6 N/A
Conservative John Clatworthy 619 37.2 N/A
Labour Brian Gregory43426.1N/A
Labour Heather Kelleher43326.0N/A
Independent Peter Scurfield34921.0N/A
Independent Terri Gailey33620.2N/A
Independent Ann Lyon31819.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Diana Brown29217.5N/A
Liberal Democrats David Quayle25115.1N/A
Turnout 1,66525.1N/A
Registered electors 6,638
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hartlebury

Hartlebury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Hartley 444 57.5 –13.6
Green Edward Broadley15720.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Parsons12215.8–13.1
Independent Sheridan Tranter496.3N/A
Majority28737.2
Turnout 77631.3+2.2
Registered electors 2,476
Conservative hold

Harvington & Norton

Harvington & Norton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bradley Thomas* 484 51.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pete Johnson27632.3N/A
Green Sarah Cohen13515.8N/A
Majority20819.6N/A
Turnout 90138.3N/A
Registered electors 2,353
Conservative hold

Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons

Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Hannah Robson 1,047 62.9 N/A
Green Judith Ciotti 944 56.7 N/A
Conservative Thomas Havemann-Mart*55233.2N/A
Conservative Neil Tustin53532.1N/A
Turnout 1,65234.4N/A
Registered electors 4,800
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Inkberrow

Inkberrow (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Hurdman 1,076 64.6 N/A
Conservative Nick Dawkes 1,070 64.3 N/A
Green David Chamberlain54933.0N/A
Green Doug Hincks48128.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Greene40224.1N/A
Turnout 1,93337.2N/A
Registered electors 5,203
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Claines & Salwarpe

North Claines & Salwarpe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Wright* 815 56.9 N/A
Conservative Daniel Birch 813 56.8 N/A
Labour James Knudsen55438.7N/A
Turnout 1,43228.6N/A
Registered electors 5,012
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ombersley

Ombersley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Day* 578 76.1 +2.3
Labour Catherine Neville18223.9N/A
Majority39652.2
Turnout 76631.3–4.9
Registered electors 2,447
Conservative hold

Pershore

Pershore (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dan Boatright* 1,763 71.9 +19.1
Liberal Democrats Jodi Arnold 1,466 59.8 +13.5
Liberal Democrats Charles Tucker* 1,435 58.5 +6.2
Conservative Val Wood68928.1–12.8
Conservative Michael Hodges62125.3–9.8
Conservative Sam Tarran50320.5N/A
Labour John Rees29412.0–4.7
Turnout 2,45337.0–1.2
Registered electors 6,622
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Pinvin

Pinvin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Tucker* 795 79.5 N/A
Conservative Sharon Stirling20520.5N/A
Majority59059.0N/A
Turnout 1,00539.8N/A
Registered electors 2,523
Liberal Democrats hold

Upton Snodsbury

Upton Snodsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Robinson* 635 69.9 –3.7
Liberal Democrats Trevor Battersby27330.1+3.7
Majority36239.8
Turnout 91341.2+2.0
Registered electors 2,218
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.7

By-elections

Evesham South

Evesham South by-election 10 August 2023 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Peter Knight 319 45.2
Conservative Stan Brotherton17725.1
Independent Julie Haines8211.6
Labour David Tasker7911.2
Independent Julie Haines365.1
Liberal Democrats David Quayle121.7
Majority14220.1
Turnout 705
Green hold Swing

Badsey and Aldington

Badsey and Aldington by-election 29 August 2024 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Ward 186 32.7 −23.5
Liberal Democrats Matthew Jones16428.8+28.8
Independent Rob Robinson15627.4+27.4
Labour Mary Campbell6311.1−32.7
Majority223.9
Turnout 569
Conservative hold Swing

Harvington and Norton

Harvington and Norton by-election 29 August 2024 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Craig Reeves 327 42.6 +42.6
Conservative Steve Mackay19525.4−26.5
Liberal Democrats Pete Johnson19225.0−7.3
Labour Alan Humphries536.9+6.9
Majority13217.2
Turnout 767
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "The Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/26, retrieved 11 February 2024
  2. ↑ "Wychavon election result". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Albutt, Charlotte (5 May 2023). "Wychavon District Council 2023 election count underway". Worcester News. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Wychavon District Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Evesham South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Badsey and Aldington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Harvington and Norton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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