2024 Worcester City Council election

2024 Worcester City Council election
2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 35 seats to Worcester City Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lynn Denham Marjory Bisset
Party Labour Green
Last election 13 seats, 28.0% 10 seats, 28.4%
Seats before 13 11
Seats won 17 12
Seat change 4 1
Popular vote 16,203 18,092
Percentage 29.5% 32.9%
Swing 1.5% 4.5%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 4 seats, 16.3% 8 seats, 25.4%
Seats before 4 7
Seats won 5 1
Seat change 1 6
Popular vote 7,894 11,082
Percentage 14.3% 20.1%
Swing 2.0% 5.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Worcester City Council election
Joint leaders before election

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

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 nominated joint leaders of the council, as required by the constitution.[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 seats New wards No. of seats
Arboretum 2 Arboretum 2
Battenhall 2 Battenhall 2
Bedwardine 3 Cathedral 2
Cathedral 3 Claines 3
Claines 3 Dines Green and Grove Farm 2
Gorse Hill 2 Fort Royal 2
Nunnery 3 Leopard Hill 2
Rainbow Hill 2 Lower Wick and Pitmaston 2
St Clement 2 Nunnery 3
St John 3 Rainbow Hill 2
St Peter's Parish 2 St Clement 2
St Stephen 2 St John's 2
Warndon 2 St Nicholas 2
Warndon Parish North 2 St Peter's Parish 2
Warndon Parish South 2 St Stephen 2
Warndon and Elbury Park 3

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[10] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
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:

  • May 2023: Simon Cronin (Labour) dies; by-election held July 2023[11]
  • July 2023: Elaine Willmore (Labour) holds by-election[12]
  • August 2023: Andy Roberts (Conservative) dies; by-election held October 2023[13]
  • October 2023: Katie Collier (Green Party) gains by-election from Conservatives[14]

Councillors standing down

Councillor Ward First elected Party Date announced
Simon Geraghty St Clement 2000 Conservative 13 April 2024[15]
Marjory Bisset Green [7]

Election result

2024 Worcester City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 35 17 4 0 4 48.6 29.5 16,203 +1.5
  Green 35 12 1 0 1 34.3 32.9 18,092 +4.5
  Liberal Democrats 23 5 1 0 1 14.3 14.3 7,894 -2.0
  Conservative 35 1 0 6 6 2.9 20.1 11,082 -5.3
  Independent 7 0 0 0 0 2.3 1,288 +1.8
  Reform UK 2 0 0 0 0 0.5 294 +0.3
  TUSC 5 0 0 0 0 0.4 206 -0.1
  UKIP 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 68 +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)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hannah Cooper* 1,183 67.2
Green Karen Lewing* 1,090 61.9
Labour Andrew Tull 314 17.8
Labour Nazrul Haque 261 14.8
Conservative Zoe Coldicott 151 8.6
Conservative Angela Stanley 120 6.8
Liberal Democrats Jon Taylor 106 6.0
Liberal Democrats Alison Morgan 94 5.3
TUSC Calvin Fowler 33 1.9
Turnout 1,761 36.70
Registered electors 4,798
Green hold
Green hold

Battenhall

Battenhall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Louis Stephen* 1,367 71.6
Green Paul Sobczyk 1,213 63.5
Labour Graham Taylor 322 16.9
Labour Ian Benfield 306 16.0
Conservative Parveen Akhtar 300 15.7
Conservative Naseeb Hussain 253 13.2
Liberal Democrats Pyers Symon 59 3.1
Turnout 2,022 43.1
Registered electors 4,690
Green hold
Green hold

Cathedral

Cathedral (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Denham* 644 45.4
Labour Adam Scott 541 38.1
Green Jon Bodenham 525 37.0
Green Leisa Taylor 464 32.7
Conservative Adele Rimell 225 15.9
Conservative Chris Rimell 216 15.2
Independent Francis Lankester 111 7.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Smith 43 3.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Wild 37 2.6
TUSC Archie Harrison 33 2.3
Turnout 1,467 33.2
Registered electors 4,419
Labour hold
Labour hold

Claines

Claines (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mel Allcott* 1,798 68.2 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Jessie Jagger* 1,401 53.2 −10.7
Liberal Democrats Karen Lawrence* 1,333 50.6 +9.1
Conservative Chris Thorp 473 18.0
Conservative Trish Nosal 373 14.2
Conservative Tom Wisniewski 360 13.7
Labour Joy Squires 333 12.6
Labour Louis Allaway 309 11.7
Green Mandy Neill 289 11.3
Labour Tom Henri 267 10.1
Green Claire Nichols 236 9.0
Green Simon Bovey 221 8.4
Turnout 2,635 40.5
Registered electors 6,500
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Dines Green & Grove Farm

Dines Green & Grove Farm (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Lamb* 609 57.6
Labour Robyn Norfolk* 478 45.2
Conservative Margarete Cawte 211 19.9
Conservative Mike Wilson 206 19.5
Green Katherine Pingree 153 14.5
Green Nicola Silverster 121 11.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Holmes 71 6.7
UKIP Martin Potter 68 6.4
TUSC Mark Davies 38 3.6
Turnout 1,058 23.32
Registered electors 4,537
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Fort Royal

Fort Royal (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jaabba Riaz* 655 53.7
Labour Atif Sadiq* 504 41.3
Green Helen McCarthy 274 22.4
Independent Naheem Zafar 252 20.6
Independent Resnu Meah 236 19.3
Green Justin Kirby 179 14.7
Conservative Antonio Martins 130 10.7
Conservative Maria Martins 128 10.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Lee 83 6.8
Turnout 1,275 35.4
Registered electors 3,607
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Leopard Hill

Leopard Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Cross* 1,029 65.8
Green Katie Collier* 906 57.9
Conservative Jithin Bittu 364 23.3
Conservative Tony Lippett 346 22.1
Labour Jamsheyd Ali 199 12.7
Labour Sunil Desayrah 176 11.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jagger 64 4.1
Liberal Democrats Bart Ricketts 46 2.9
Turnout 35.6
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Lower Wick & Pitmaston

Lower Wick & Pitmaston (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Amos* 817 49.4
Labour Sue Smith* 752 45.5
Labour Aaron Daniels 653 39.5
Conservative Lucy Hodgson 569 34.4
Green Stephen Brohan 194 11.7
Green Stephen Alaric 170 10.3
Liberal Democrats John Ondreasz 129 7.8
TUSC Eloise Davies 23 1.4
Turnout 1,813 39.89
Registered electors 4,545
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Nunnery

Nunnery (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Agar* 994 51.1
Labour Elaine Willmore* 963 49.6
Labour Bash Ali* 807 41.5
Conservative Allah Ditta 472 24.3
Conservative Leon Babu 442 22.7
Conservative Lucy Owen 417 21.5
Green Barbara Mitra 340 17.5
Green Alice Ponder 302 15.5
Independent Nadeem Ahmed 260 13.4
Reform UK David Carney 203 10.4
Liberal Democrats Scott Butler 184 9.5
Green Jacek Zmarzlik 157 8.1
Independent Asfand Ali 146 7.5
Independent Mikaeel Zafar 143 7.4
Turnout 31.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rainbow Hill

Rainbow Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adrian Gregson* 550 47.1
Labour Zoe Cookson* 525 45.0
Green Nick Weeks 488 41.8
Green Josh Trimmer 464 39.8
Conservative Keith Burton 161 13.8
Conservative Mike Rouse 96 8.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Carpenter 50 4.3
Turnout 1,244 26.4
Registered electors 4,709
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Clement

St. Clement (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tor Pingree* 788 52.4
Green Alex Kinnersley 598 39.8
Conservative Bertie Ballinger 533 35.5
Conservative Seb James 482 32.1
Labour Ian Craigan 263 17.5
Labour Jacqui Wilde 179 11.9
Reform UK Max Windsor-Peplow 94 6.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Mather 59 4.6
Turnout 37.2
Green hold
Green gain from Conservative

St. John's

St. John's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Udall* 864 68.7
Labour Jenny Barnes 630 50.1
Green Rob Ottolangui 355 28.2
Green Annie Swift 322 25.6
Conservative Susan Burge 164 13.0
Conservative Alexander Snell 124 9.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson 55 4.4
Turnout 1,401 32.8
Registered electors 4,277
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Murray* 796 52.0
Liberal Democrats John Rudge 569 37.2
Conservative Stephen Hodgson* 415 27.1
Green Martyn Hencher 385 25.1
Conservative Janet Lippett 298 19.5
Green Clare Wratten 295 19.3
Labour Mike Stafford 172 11.2
Labour Chris Taylor 132 8.6
Turnout 1,595 39.3
Registered electors 4,059
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St. Peter's

St. Peter's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Steve Cockeram* 832 47.7
Green Elena Round* 724 41.5
Liberal Democrats John Renshaw 537 30.8
Conservative James Woolgar 428 24.5
Conservative Steve Mackay 428 24.5
Liberal Democrats Ken Carpenter 216 12.4
Labour Jenny Benfield 181 10.4
Labour Stephen Tallett 142 8.1
Turnout 36.2
Green hold
Green hold

St. Stephen

St. Stephen (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alex Mace 995 64.2
Green Neil Laurenson* 981 63.3
Conservative Jason Wild 256 16.5
Labour Ruth Coates 224 14.4
Conservative Angelika Wisniewska 202 13.0
Labour Mark Willmore 138 8.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Melville 53 3.4
Turnout 1,549 38.1
Registered electors 4,065
Green hold
Green hold

Warndon & Elbury Park

Warndon & Elbury Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jill Desayrah* 868 58.1
Labour Ed Kimberley 788 52.7
Labour Naz Hussain 708 47.4
Conservative James Stanley* 389 26.0
Conservative Owen Cleary* 388 26.0
Conservative Shazad Ditta 325 21.7
Green Sue Braithwaite 288 19.3
Green Sarah Dukes 235 15.7
Green Phil Gilfillan 165 11.0
Independent Mohammed Awais 140 9.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Cottingham 111 7.4
TUSC Jason Ford 80 5.4
Turnout 22.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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