2023 Wychavon District Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 43 seats to Wychavon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 36 seats 6 seats
Seats won 29 7
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 1
Popular vote 25,678 14,146
Percentage 46.6% 25.7%
Swing Decrease 6.9% Steady 0.0%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Green Labour
Last election 2 seats 0 seats
Seats won 6 1
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 7,465 4,641
Percentage 13.6% 8.4%
Swing Increase 5.4% Increase 2.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Wychavon District Council election
Council control before election


Conservative

 Council control after election


Conservative

The 2023 Wychavon District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2023 Wychavon District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 43 29 0 4 Decrease 7 67.4 46.6 25,678 –6.9
  Liberal Democrats 26 7 1 0 Increase 1 16.3 25.7 14,146 ±0.0
  Green 15 6 2 0 Increase 4 14.0 13.6 7,465 +5.4
  Labour 13 1 1 0 Increase 1 2.3 8.4 4,641 +2.3
  Independent 12 0 0 0 Decrease 1 0.0 5.3 2,898 –0.8
  Reform UK 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 228 N/A

Ward results

Badsey & Aldington

Badsey & Aldington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philippa Capel 372 56.2 N/A
Labour Mary Campbell 290 43.8 N/A
Majority 82 12.4 N/A
Turnout 669 28.4 N/A
Registered electors 2,360
Conservative win (new seat)

Bengeworth

Bengeworth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emma Stokes* 441 38.6 –9.9
Conservative Mark Goodge 433 37.9 –12.0
Green Stephen Squires 348 30.5 N/A
Green Linda Tucker 341 29.9 N/A
Independent Julie Haines 286 25.0 N/A
Independent Callum Gailey 266 23.3 N/A
Turnout 1,142 23.6 –1.5
Registered electors 4,831
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bowbrook

Bowbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rowley* 644 65.5 +1.1
Conservative Tony Rowley 339 34.5 –1.1
Majority 305 31.0
Turnout 993 41.7 +1.4
Registered electors 2,382
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase1.1

Bredon Hill

Bredon Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beverley Hardman 537 59.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Derrick Watt 367 40.6 N/A
Majority 170 18.8 N/A
Turnout 910 38.2 N/A
Registered electors 2,380
Conservative win (new seat)

Bredon

Bredon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Hardman* 647 61.2 –17.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Doley 251 23.7 N/A
Green Martin Everett 159 15.0 N/A
Majority 396 37.5 N/A
Turnout 1,063 39.6 +3.0
Registered electors 2,683
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Bretforton & Offenham

Bretforton & Offenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aaron Powell* 397 55.5 N/A
Labour Matthew Rea 214 29.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ounsted 104 14.5 N/A
Majority 183 25.6 N/A
Turnout 721 31.7 N/A
Registered electors 2,274
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham

Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emma Kearsey 1,102 58.6 N/A
Conservative Emma Sims 1,072 57.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alison Cort 561 29.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Anne Lord 518 27.5 N/A
Reform UK Phil Harmer 143 7.6 N/A
Turnout 1,882 35.9 N/A
Registered electors 5,244
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Dodderhill

Dodderhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rick Deller 472 59.5 N/A
Green Sue Howarth 321 40.5 N/A
Majority 151 19.0 N/A
Turnout 798 29.7 N/A
Registered electors 2,687
Conservative hold

Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington

Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Turier* 800 51.3 N/A
Conservative Rob Adams* 776 49.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tom Revell 765 49.1 N/A
Conservative Mark Ward* 617 39.6 N/A
Turnout 1,559 30.9 N/A
Registered electors 5,047
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Droitwich East

Droitwich East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Neil Franks 944 61.7 N/A
Green Nicola Morris 813 53.1 N/A
Conservative Kate Fellows 558 36.5 –21.0
Conservative Alex Sinton* 507 33.1 –32.1
Reform UK Warwick Bambrook 85 5.6 N/A
Turnout 1,530 35.2 +3.8
Registered electors 4,353
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Droitwich South East

Droitwich South East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Morris* 1,102 64.3 –4.6
Conservative John Grady* 904 52.7 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Wendy Carter 634 37.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Littlechild 543 31.7 +13.9
Turnout 1,714 31.8 –4.0
Registered electors 5,383
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Droitwich South West

Droitwich South West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Bowden* 828 53.8 +1.2
Conservative Gregory Wilkins 616 40.0 –7.5
Labour Alan Humphries 485 31.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Adrian Key 461 30.0 –10.7
Labour Alex Knudsen 379 24.6 N/A
Turnout 1,539 29.8 –3.8
Registered electors 5,163
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Droitwich West

Droitwich West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Duffy* 422 40.1 –7.3
Conservative Jenny Chaudry* 378 35.9 –4.5
Labour Valerie Humphries 348 33.0 +0.9
Labour Anthony Kelly 327 31.1 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Rod Hopkins 266 25.3 –5.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Wiseman 216 20.5 N/A
Turnout 1,053 24.9 +2.6
Registered electors 4,226
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Eckington

Eckington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Middlebrough 370 34.3 N/A
Independent Tim Knight 355 32.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pauline Newcombe 261 24.2 N/A
Green Mike Le Brun 92 8.5 N/A
Majority 15 1.4 N/A
Turnout 1,080 45.7 N/A
Registered electors 2,362
Conservative hold

Evesham North

Evesham North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlie Homer 401 33.7 –6.2
Labour Mary Tasker 376 31.6 +5.7
Conservative Nick Taylor 353 29.7 –8.4
Labour David Tasker 325 27.3 N/A
Independent Tim Haines 279 23.5 N/A
Independent Emma Nishigaki 252 21.2 –12.7
Liberal Democrats Diane Colvin 162 13.6 N/A
Independent Sam Bastow 68 5.7 N/A
Turnout 1,189 27.0 –2.9
Registered electors 4,404
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Evesham South

Evesham South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Julie Tucker* 623 55.9 –1.8
Green Ed Cohen* 511 45.9 +11.0
Conservative Stan Brotherton 303 27.2 –2.9
Conservative Paul Bennett 298 26.8 –4.3
Independent Kyle Hotchkins 186 16.7 N/A
Independent Joe Caine 154 13.8 N/A
Turnout 1,114 25.2 –3.4
Registered electors 4,420
Green hold
Green hold

Fladbury

Fladbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angie Crump 518 53.7 +17.7
Conservative Matthew Winfield 446 46.3 –17.7
Majority 72 7.4 N/A
Turnout 971 43.1 +6.9
Registered electors 2,254
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase17.7

Hampton

Hampton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Gregory 434 26.1 N/A
Labour Heather Kelleher 433 26.0 N/A
Independent Peter Scurfield 349 21.0 N/A
Independent Terri Gailey 336 20.2 N/A
Independent Ann Lyon 318 19.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Diana Brown 292 17.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Quayle 251 15.1 N/A
Turnout 1,665 25.1 N/A
Registered electors 6,638
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hartlebury

Hartlebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antony Hartley 444 57.5 –13.6
Green Edward Broadley 157 20.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Parsons 122 15.8 –13.1
Independent Sheridan Tranter 49 6.3 N/A
Majority 287 37.2
Turnout 776 31.3 +2.2
Registered electors 2,476
Conservative hold

Harvington & Norton

Harvington & Norton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bradley Thomas* 484 51.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pete Johnson 276 32.3 N/A
Green Sarah Cohen 135 15.8 N/A
Majority 208 19.6 N/A
Turnout 901 38.3 N/A
Registered electors 2,353
Conservative hold

Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons

Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hannah Robson 1,047 62.9 N/A
Green Judith Ciotti 944 56.7 N/A
Conservative Thomas Havemann-Mart* 552 33.2 N/A
Conservative Neil Tustin 535 32.1 N/A
Turnout 1,652 34.4 N/A
Registered electors 4,800
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Inkberrow

Inkberrow (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Hurdman 1,076 64.6 N/A
Conservative Nick Dawkes 1,070 64.3 N/A
Green David Chamberlain 549 33.0 N/A
Green Doug Hincks 481 28.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Greene 402 24.1 N/A
Turnout 1,933 37.2 N/A
Registered electors 5,203
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

North Claines & Salwarpe

North Claines & Salwarpe (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Wright* 815 56.9 N/A
Conservative Daniel Birch 813 56.8 N/A
Labour James Knudsen 554 38.7 N/A
Turnout 1,432 28.6 N/A
Registered electors 5,012
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ombersley

Ombersley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Day* 578 76.1 +2.3
Labour Catherine Neville 182 23.9 N/A
Majority 396 52.2
Turnout 766 31.3 –4.9
Registered electors 2,447
Conservative hold

Pershore

Pershore (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Wood 689 28.1 –12.8
Conservative Michael Hodges 621 25.3 –9.8
Conservative Sam Tarran 503 20.5 N/A
Labour John Rees 294 12.0 –4.7
Turnout 2,453 37.0 –1.2
Registered electors 6,622
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Pinvin

Pinvin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Tucker* 795 79.5 N/A
Conservative Sharon Stirling 205 20.5 N/A
Majority 590 59.0 N/A
Turnout 1,005 39.8 N/A
Registered electors 2,523
Liberal Democrats hold

Upton Snodsbury

Upton Snodsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Robinson* 635 69.9 –3.7
Liberal Democrats Trevor Battersby 273 30.1 +3.7
Majority 362 39.8
Turnout 913 41.2 +2.0
Registered electors 2,218
Conservative hold Swing Decrease3.7

References

  1. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Wychavon District Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Wychavon election result". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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