2023 Worcester City Council election

2023 Worcester City Council election
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11 out of 35 seats to Worcester City Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Lynn Denham[1] Marjory Bisset
Party Labour Green
Last election 12 seats, 32.2% 6 seats, 17.8%
Seats won 4 5
Seats after 13 10
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 4
Popular vote 6,052 6,161
Percentage 28.0% 28.4%
Swing Decrease 4.2% Increase 10.3%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Chris Mitchell Mel Allcott
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 15 seats, 31.5% 2 seats, 14.8%
Seats won 0 2
Seats after 8 4
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 2
Popular vote 5,488 3,523
Percentage 25.4% 16.3%
Swing Decrease 6.1% Increase 1.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Worcester City Council election
Leader before election

Chris Mitchell
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

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

The 2023 Worcester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Prior to the election the council had been under no overall control. The Conservatives were the largest party and their group leader, Chris Mitchell, was the leader of the council. The council remained under no overall control after the election, but the Conservatives went from being the largest party to being the third largest party, not winning any of the seats available at this election. Conservative leader Chris Mitchell was one of those who lost his seat. Labour were the largest party after the election, for the first time since 2000, and the Greens made the most gains, gaining four new seats and winning the popular vote for the first time.[3]

The Labour group leader, Lynn Denham, and the Green group leader, Marjory Bisset, were appointed joint leaders of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2023.[4]

Summary

Election result

2023 Worcester City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Green 5 Increase 4 45.5 5 10 28.6 6,161 28.4 +10.3
  Labour 4 Increase 1 36.4 9 13 37.1 6,052 28.0 –4.2
  Liberal Democrats 2 Increase 2 18.2 2 4 11.4 3,523 16.3 +1.5
  Conservative 0 Decrease 7 0.0 8 8 22.9 5,488 25.4 –6.1
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 108 0.5 N/A
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 103 0.5 +0.1
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 39 0.2 ±0.0

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Worcester City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[5]

Arboretum

Arboretum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hannah Cooper 1,134 61.0 +35.6
Labour Co-op Jenny Barnes 505 27.2 −11.2
Conservative Anja Potze 152 8.2 −14.4
Liberal Democrats Jon Taylor 59 3.2 −4.1
Majority 629
Turnout 1860 39.3 +2.3
Registered electors 4,732
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing 23.4

Bedwardine

Bedwardine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Smith 993 43.8 +22.0
Conservative Adele Rimell 847 37.4 −7.9
Green Phil Gilfillan 221 9.8 −0.4
Liberal Democrats John Ondreasz 183 8.8 −0.2
TUSC Eloise Davies 19 0.8 New
Majority 146
Turnout 2,265 33.4 −0.3
Registered electors 6,791
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 15.0

Cathedral

Cathedral
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Atif Sadiq 1,238 45.0 +10.0
Conservative Haris Saleem 806 29.3 −8.0
Green Jon Bodenham 420 15.3 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Fenton 199 7.2 −0.9
TUSC Archie Harrison 54 2.0 New
Majority 432
Turnout 2,753 32.8 −4.1
Registered electors 8,403
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 9.0

Claines

Claines
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jessie Venegas 1,641 63.8 +24.4
Conservative Angela Stanley 483 18.8 −23.8
Labour Tom Henri 227 8.8 +3.9
Green Alex Mace 205 8.0 −0.3
Majority 1158
Turnout 2571 39.9 −5.6
Registered electors 6,451
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 24.1

Nunnery

Nunnery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Cronin 1,018 47.6 +4.5
Conservative Allah Ditta 688 32.2 +3.4
Green Jacek Zmarzlik 182 8.5 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Scott Butler 134 6.3 New
Independent David Carney 108 5.0 New
Majority 330
Turnout 2139 32.3 +4.2
Registered electors 6,627
Labour hold Swing +0.6

St Clement

St Clement
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tor Pingree 703 43.2 +28.6
Conservative Christopher Mitchell 615 37.8 −7.5
Labour Co-op Aaron Daniels 217 13.3 −15.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Mather 58 3.6 New
Majority 88
Turnout 1629 38.3 +4.5
Registered electors 4,253
Green gain from Conservative Swing 18.1

St John

St John
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Udall 1,199 70.5 +13.6
Conservative Bertie Ballinger 249 14.6 −3.1
Green Susan Avery 135 7.9 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson 68 4.0 New
TUSC Mark Davies 30 1.8 New
Majority 950
Turnout 1700 26.6 −0.5
Registered electors 6,379
Labour hold Swing +8.4

St Peter's Parish

St Peter's Parish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Elena Round 817 44.9 27.9
Conservative James Woolgar 523 28.8 −25.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Renshaw 305 16.8 New
Labour Chris Giles 124 6.8 −11.3
Reform UK Paul Hickling 39 2.1 New
Majority 294
Turnout 1819 40.9 +5.1
Registered electors 4,448
Green gain from Conservative Swing 26.8

St Stephen

St Stephen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Marjory Bisset 1,058 66.3 +8.4
Conservative Tom Wisniewski 309 19.4 −8.3
Labour Ruth Coates 180 11.3 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Alison Morgan 39 2.4 +0.7
Majority 749
Turnout 1595 36.8 −5.1
Registered electors 4,329
Green hold Swing +8.4

Warndon Parish North

Warndon Parish North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Murray 795 54.9 +47.3
Conservative Chris Rimell 402 27.8 −16.5
Labour Michelle Hughes 168 11.6 −19.3
Green Alaric Stephen 80 5.5 −4.2
Majority 393
Turnout 1448 36.2 −0.3
Registered electors 3,999
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 31.9

Warndon Parish South

Warndon Parish South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Cross 1,206 65.3 +30.7
Conservative Lucy Hodgson 414 22.4 −14.4
Labour Graham Taylor 183 9.9 −6.1
Liberal Democrats John Rudge 42 2.3 −2.9
Majority 792
Turnout 1847 40.2 +5.9
Registered electors 4,590
Green gain from Conservative Swing 22.6

By-elections

Nunnery

Nunnery: 20 July 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Willmore 1,048 59.7 +12.1
Conservative Allah Ditta 518 29.5 –2.7
Liberal Democrats Scott Butler 102 5.8 –0.5
Independent David Carney 88 5.0 ±0.0
Majority 530 30.2
Turnout 1,759 26.5
Registered electors 6,644
Labour hold Swing

Warndon Parish South

Warndon Parish South: 19 October 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Katie Collier 733 53.5 –11.8
Conservative Janet Lippett 340 24.8 +2.4
Labour Sunil Desayrah 171 12.5 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Jagger 92 6.7 +4.4
Reform UK Paul Hickling 29 2.1 N/A
Majority 393 28.7
Turnout 1,369 30.0 −10.2
Registered electors 4,564
Green gain from Conservative Swing Decrease7.1

References

  1. ^ Barnett, Christian (9 May 2022). "Change at the top as Worcester's Labour leader steps down". Worcester News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ "The race is on for Worcester City Council elections". Worcester City Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Worcester: Huge defeat for Tories as Labour biggest party". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ Barnett, Christian (16 May 2023). "Worcester City Council agrees to joint Labour and Green leaders". Worcester News. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Worcester City Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.