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2023 Malvern Hills District Council election
All 31 seats to Malvern Hills District Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Malvern Hills District Council election
Leader before election; Tom Wells; Independent; No overall control	Leader after election ; Tom Wells; Independent; No overall control

The 2023 Malvern Hills District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Malvern Hills District Council in Worcestershire, England.^[5]^[6] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, reducing the number of seats on the council from 38 to 31.^[7]

Summary

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a coalition of the independents and Greens, led by independent councillor Tom Wells. The Liberal Democrats had also been part of the ruling coalition following the 2019 election, but withdrew from it in 2020.^[3] There had also been a split amongst the independent councillors in 2022 which led to the formation of a new group called the Malvern Hills Independents, which subsequently registered itself as a political party with the Electoral Commission.^[8]^[4]

Following the election the council remained under no overall control. The independents and Greens both increased their numbers of seats, largely at the expense of the Conservatives, and the independent and Green coalition continued to run the council.^[9]

The Liberal Democrat group leader prior to the election, Kaleem Aksar, did not stand for re-election. They chose Paul Bennett as their new group leader after the election.^[10]

Election result

2023 Malvern Hills District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	17	11	2	0	6	35.5	25.7	10,470	+3.5
	Conservative	26	7	0	1	8	22.6	28.3	11,538	–0.6
	Green	12	7	1	0	2	22.6	18.2	7,394	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	21	3	0	2	6	9.7	16.3	6,635	–11.3
	Malvern Hills Independents	4	3				9.7	6.8	2,759	N/A
	Labour	6	0	0	0	1	0.0	4.2	1,717	–2.7
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	202	N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Malvern Hills District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.^[11] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.^[12]^[13]

Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick

Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	MH Independents	Sarah Rouse*	1,030	71.0
	MH Independents	Peter Whatley*	992	68.4
	Conservative	Paul Selway-Swift	300	20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hardwick	239	16.5
Turnout			1,451	37.2
Registered electors			3,902
	MH Independents win (new seat)
	MH Independents win (new seat)

Baldwin

Baldwin (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Cumming*	905	62.6	–15.0
	Conservative	Paul Cumming*	902	62.4	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Cramp	436	30.2	+7.8
	Green	Seyi Latunde-Dada	382	26.4	N/A
Turnout			1,445	37.7
Registered electors			3,833
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barnards Green

Barnards Green (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Mark Driscoll	786	36.5
	Green	Malcolm Victory	772	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Mead	755	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Fletcher	596	27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Benkwitz	521	24.2
	Conservative	Ian Hopwood	463	21.5
	Conservative	Julie Maclusky	423	19.7
	Independent	Adrian Vines	376	17.5
	Labour	Louise Lowton	369	17.2
	Labour	Iain Dawson	307	14.3
	Independent	Nick Houghton	296	13.8
Turnout			2,151	33.2
Registered electors			6,488
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Broadheath

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daniel Walton*	511	76.8	+25.5
	Conservative	Carl Fordington	131	19.7	–10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Sandys	23	3.5	–14.8
Majority			380	57.1	N/A
Turnout			666	42.3
Registered electors			1,539
	Independent hold

Castlemorton, Welland & Wells

Castlemorton, Welland & Wells (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Gallagher*	864	48.1
	Independent	Christine Wild	727	40.4
	Conservative	Jill Campbell	587	32.6
	Liberal Democrats	Eva Fielding	550	30.6
	Conservative	Marc Bayliss	489	27.2
Turnout			1,798	42.5
Registered electors			4,230
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Great Malvern

Great Malvern (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Beverley Nielsen*	798	50.4
	Independent	Cynthia Palmer*	726	45.8
	Conservative	Hannah Campbell	491	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jed Marson	458	28.9
	Conservative	James Jarvis	425	26.8
Turnout			1,584	40.5
Registered electors			3,915
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Hallow & Holt

Hallow & Holt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dean Clarke*	495	59.4
	Conservative	Mel Fordington	264	31.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Drage	74	8.9
Majority			231	27.7
Turnout			836	37.6
Registered electors			2,221
	Independent win (new seat)

Kempsey

Kempsey (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Harrison*	917	67.3	–15.9
	Independent	John Michael*	665	48.8	–30.9
	Conservative	Ian Daly	548	40.2	+28.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Drage	218	16.0	+7.9
Turnout			1,362	34.5
Registered electors			3,946
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Lindridge

Lindridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Godwin*	479	64.9	–3.6
	Green	Mary-Louise Thompson	159	21.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John O'Loghlen	100	13.6	–17.9
Majority			320	43.4
Turnout			745	35.4
Registered electors			2,103
	Conservative hold

Link

Link (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kwai Chan*	589	28.7	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Mills*	568	27.7	–10.2
	Green	Fran Victory	563	27.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Danielle Bennett	527	25.7	–19.0
	Conservative	David Watkins	504	24.6	–1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford Hobbs	467	22.8	–14.2
	Conservative	Karen Hanks	442	21.6	–3.7
	Labour	Susan Dalley	437	21.3	+3.1
	Labour	Christopher Burrows	429	20.9	+4.1
	Independent	Clive Hooper	305	14.9	N/A
	Independent	Anne Robinson	285	13.9	N/A
	Reform UK	Richard Case	141	6.9	N/A
Turnout			2,050	36.0
Registered electors			5,701
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Longdon

Longdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennie Watkins	461	60.3	–1.8
	Green	Tim Kershaw	161	21.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Smith	143	18.7	–19.2
Majority			300	39.3
Turnout			767	39.6
Registered electors			1,938
	Conservative hold

Martley

Martley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Jones-Williams*	504	58.7	–13.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Bateman	197	22.9	N/A
	Independent	George Wilesmith	105	12.2	N/A
	MH Independents	Matthew Oliver	53	6.2	N/A
Majority			307	35.8
Turnout			864	37.1
Registered electors			2,327
	Conservative hold

Pickesleigh

Pickersleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bennett*	212	45.5	–5.8
	Conservative	David Chambers	104	22.3	–2.1
	Labour	Owen Walters	84	18.0	–6.3
	Independent	Caroline Bovey*	66	14.2	N/A
Majority			108	23.2
Turnout			470	23.4
Registered electors			2,011
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.9

Powick & the Hanleys

Powick & the Hanleys (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Tom Wells*	1,461	78.9
	Independent	Kathy Wells*	1,283	69.3
	Conservative	Sebastian Barbour	365	19.7
	Conservative	Oliver Watkins	250	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Aksar	158	8.5
Turnout			1,851	43.0
Registered electors			4,303
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Tenbury

Tenbury (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MH Independents	Lesley Brunton*	684	57.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Willmott	605	50.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Paul Owen	367	30.6	N/A
	Green	Peter Jones	331	27.6	N/A
Turnout			1,198	33.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,626
	MH Independents gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Upper Howsell

Upper Howsell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Jules Wood*	335	54.8
	Conservative	Surbjit Brierley	146	23.9
	Labour	Jan Blazak	91	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Will Chaundy	39	6.4
Majority			189	30.9
Turnout			615	28.3
Registered electors			2,176
	Green win (new seat)

Upton & Ripple

Upton & Ripple (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Martin Allen*	1,172	71.4
	Conservative	Jeremy Owenson	608	37.1
	Conservative	Andrew Waddell	463	28.2
	Green	Rebecca Rollinson	459	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Mills	143	8.7
	Reform UK	Doug Guest	61	3.7
Turnout			1,641	42.0
Registered electors			3,912
	Green win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

West

West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Natalie McVey*	1,152	74.3	+2.3
	Green	John Raine*	1,122	72.3	–4.5
	Conservative	Jennie Kelly	312	20.1	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whitehead	211	13.6	–1.0
Turnout			1,551	37.6
Registered electors			4,128
	Green hold
	Green hold