2024 Worcester City Council election

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2024 Worcester City Council election
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All 35 seats to Worcester City Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderLynn DenhamMarjory Bisset
Party Labour Green
Last election13 seats, 28.0%10 seats, 28.4%
Seats before1311
Seats won1712
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote16,20318,092
Percentage29.5%32.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.5%Increase2.svg 4.5%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election4 seats, 16.3%8 seats, 25.4%
Seats before47
Seats won51
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 6
Popular vote7,89411,082
Percentage14.3%20.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.0%Decrease2.svg 5.3%
Worcester UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Worcester City Council election
Joint leaders before election

Lynn Denham (Labour)
Marjory Bisset (Green)
No overall control

Contents

Leader after election

Lynn Denham
Labour
No overall control

The 2024 Worcester City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 35 members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire were elected following boundary changes. The council remained under no overall control.

Background

Worcester has been controlled by both the Conservatives and Labour for long periods. From 1980 to 1999, Labour held a majority on the council. [1] The Conservatives then held a majority from 2003 to 2008 after a period of no overall control, and again from 2011 to 2012. [2]

The Conservatives regained control in 2015, but the council reverted to no overall control a year later; [3] 2021 to 2022 was also a period of Conservative majority. [4] [5] In the previous election, the Green Party gained 5 seats with 28.4% of the vote, Labour gained 1 with 28.0%, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 16.3%, and the Conservatives lost all the seats they were defending with 25.4%. Following the 2023 election, Labour and the Green Party formed a coalition, with the party leaders serving as joint leaders of the council. [6] The Green leader, Marjory Bisset, did not stand for re-election in 2024. [7]

Boundary changes

Worcester formerly elected its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. The 2024 election saw both a review of ward boundaries and a change to elections being held for all councillors every four years instead. All councillors were therefore elected to the new wards. [8]

Old wards [9] No. of seatsNew wardsNo. of seats
Arboretum2Arboretum2
Battenhall2Battenhall2
Bedwardine3Cathedral2
Cathedral3Claines3
Claines3Dines Green and Grove Farm2
Gorse Hill2Fort Royal2
Nunnery3Leopard Hill2
Rainbow Hill2Lower Wick and Pitmaston2
St Clement2Nunnery3
St John3Rainbow Hill2
St Peter's Parish2St Clement2
St Stephen2St John's2
Warndon2St Nicholas2
Warndon Parish North2St Peter's Parish2
Warndon Parish South2St Stephen2
Warndon and Elbury Park3

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [10] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 13 Labour 13 Labour 17
Green 10 Green 11 Green 12
Conservative 8 Conservative 7 Conservative 1
Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 5

Changes 2023–2024:

Councillors standing down

CouncillorWardFirst electedPartyDate announced
Simon GeraghtySt Clement2000 Conservative 13 April 2024 [15]
Marjory Bisset Green [7]

Election result

2024 Worcester City Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 351740Increase2.svg 448.629.516,203+1.5
  Green 351210Increase2.svg 134.332.918,092+4.5
  Liberal Democrats 23510Increase2.svg 114.314.37,894-2.0
  Conservative 35106Decrease2.svg 62.920.111,082-5.3
  Independent 7000Steady2.svg02.31,288+1.8
  Reform UK 2000Steady2.svg00.5294+0.3
  TUSC 5000Steady2.svg00.4206-0.1
  UKIP 1000Steady2.svg00.168+0.1

Following the election, Labour formed a minority administration. Their leader Lynn Denham, who had been one of two joint leaders before the election, was appointed sole leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 14 May 2024. [16]

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Worcester Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024. [17] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Arboretum

Arboretum (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Hannah Cooper* 1,183 67.2
Green Karen Lewing* 1,090 61.9
Labour Andrew Tull31417.8
Labour Nazrul Haque26114.8
Conservative Zoe Coldicott1518.6
Conservative Angela Stanley1206.8
Liberal Democrats Jon Taylor1066.0
Liberal Democrats Alison Morgan945.3
TUSC Calvin Fowler331.9
Turnout 1,76136.70
Registered electors 4,798
Green hold
Green hold

Battenhall

Battenhall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Louis Stephen* 1,367 71.6
Green Paul Sobczyk 1,213 63.5
Labour Graham Taylor32216.9
Labour Ian Benfield30616.0
Conservative Parveen Akhtar30015.7
Conservative Naseeb Hussain25313.2
Liberal Democrats Pyers Symon593.1
Turnout 2,02243.1
Registered electors 4,690
Green hold
Green hold

Cathedral

Cathedral (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Denham* 644 45.4
Labour Adam Scott 541 38.1
Green Jon Bodenham52537.0
Green Leisa Taylor46432.7
Conservative Adele Rimell22515.9
Conservative Chris Rimell21615.2
Independent Francis Lankester1117.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Smith433.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Wild372.6
TUSC Archie Harrison332.3
Turnout 1,46733.2
Registered electors 4,419
Labour hold
Labour hold

Claines

Claines (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mel Allcott* 1,798 73.0
Liberal Democrats Jessie Jagger* 1,401 56.9
Liberal Democrats Karen Lawrence* 1,333 54.1
Conservative Chris Thorp47319.2
Conservative Trish Nosal37315.1
Conservative Tom Wisniewski36014.6
Labour Joy Squires33313.5
Labour Louis Allaway30912.5
Green Mandy Neill28911.7
Labour Tom Henri26712.5
Green Claire Nichols23611.7
Green Simon Bovey2219.6
Turnout 2,63540.5
Registered electors 6,500
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Dines Green & Grove Farm

Dines Green & Grove Farm (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Lamb* 609 57.6
Labour Robyn Norfolk* 478 45.2
Conservative Margarete Cawte21119.9
Conservative Mike Wilson20619.5
Green Katherine Pingree15314.5
Green Nicola Silverster12111.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Holmes716.7
UKIP Martin Potter686.4
TUSC Mark Davies383.6
Turnout 1,05823.32
Registered electors 4,537
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Fort Royal

Fort Royal (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jaabba Riaz* 655 53.7
Labour Atif Sadiq* 504 41.3
Green Helen McCarthy27422.4
Independent Naheem Zafar25220.6
Independent Resnu Meah23619.3
Green Justin Kirby17914.7
Conservative Antonio Martins13010.7
Conservative Maria Martins12810.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lee836.8
Turnout 1,27535.4
Registered electors 3,607
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Leopard Hill

Leopard Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Andrew Cross* 1,029 65.8
Green Katie Collier* 906 57.9
Conservative Jithin Bittu36423.3
Conservative Tony Lippett34622.1
Labour Jamsheyd Ali19912.7
Labour Sunil Desayrah17611.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jagger644.1
Liberal Democrats Bart Ricketts462.9
Turnout 35.6
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Lower Wick & Pitmaston

Lower Wick & Pitmaston (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Amos* 817 49.4
Labour Sue Smith* 752 45.5
Labour Aaron Daniels65339.5
Conservative Lucy Hodgson56934.4
Green Stephen Brohan19411.7
Green Stephen Alaric17010.3
Liberal Democrats John Ondreasz1297.8
TUSC Eloise Davies231.4
Turnout 1,81339.89
Registered electors 4,545
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Nunnery

Nunnery (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Agar* 994 51.1
Labour Elaine Willmore* 963 49.6
Labour Bash Ali* 807 41.5
Conservative Allah Ditta47224.3
Conservative Leon Babu44222.7
Conservative Lucy Owen41721.5
Green Barbara Mitra34017.5
Green Alice Ponder30215.5
Independent Nadeem Ahmed26013.4
Reform UK David Carney20310.4
Liberal Democrats Scott Butler1849.5
Green Jacek Zmarzlik1578.1
Independent Asfand Ali1467.5
Independent Mikaeel Zafar1437.4
Turnout 31.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rainbow Hill

Rainbow Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Gregson* 550 47.1
Labour Zoe Cookson* 525 45.0
Green Nick Weeks48841.8
Green Josh Trimmer46439.8
Conservative Keith Burton16113.8
Conservative Mike Rouse968.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpenter504.3
Turnout 1,24426.4
Registered electors 4,709
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Clement

St. Clement (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tor Pingree* 788 52.4
Green Alex Kinnersley 598 39.8
Conservative Bertie Ballinger53335.5
Conservative Seb James48232.1
Labour Ian Craigan26317.5
Labour Jacqui Wilde17911.9
Reform UK Max Windsor-Peplow946.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Mather594.6
Turnout 37.2
Green hold
Green gain from Conservative

St. John's

St. John's (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Udall* 864 68.7
Labour Jenny Barnes 630 50.1
Green Rob Ottolangui35528.2
Green Annie Swift32225.6
Conservative Susan Burge16413.0
Conservative Alexander Snell1249.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson554.4
Turnout 1,40132.8
Registered electors 4,277
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Murray* 796 52.0
Liberal Democrats John Rudge 569 37.2
Conservative Stephen Hodgson*41527.1
Green Martyn Hencher38525.1
Conservative Janet Lippett29819.5
Green Clare Wratten29519.3
Labour Mike Stafford17211.2
Labour Chris Taylor1328.6
Turnout 1,59539.3
Registered electors 4,059
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St. Peter's

St. Peter's (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Steve Cockeram* 832 47.7
Green Elena Round* 724 41.5
Liberal Democrats John Renshaw53730.8
Conservative James Woolgar42824.5
Conservative Steve Mackay42824.5
Liberal Democrats Ken Carpenter21612.4
Labour Jenny Benfield18110.4
Labour Stephen Tallett1428.1
Turnout 36.2
Green hold
Green hold

St. Stephen

St. Stephen (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Alex Mace 995 69.8
Green Neil Laurenson* 981 68.9
Conservative Jason Wild25618.0
Labour Ruth Coates22415.7
Conservative Angelika Wisniewska20214.2
Labour Mark Willmore1389.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Melville533.7
Turnout 1,54938.1
Registered electors 4,065
Green hold
Green hold

Warndon & Elbury Park

Warndon & Elbury Park (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jill Desayrah* 868 58.1
Labour Ed Kimberley 788 52.7
Labour Naz Hussain 708 47.4
Conservative James Stanley*38926.0
Conservative Owen Cleary*38826.0
Conservative Shazad Ditta32521.7
Green Sue Braithwaite28819.3
Green Sarah Dukes23515.7
Green Phil Gilfillan16511.0
Independent Mohammed Awais1409.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Cottingham1117.4
TUSC Jason Ford805.4
Turnout 22.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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