2013 Worcestershire County Council election

An election to Worcestershire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 57 councillors were elected from 53 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council with a significantly reduced majority of just 2 seats.

2013 Worcestershire County Council election

← 2009 2 May 2013 2017 →
All 57 council division seats 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Seats won 30 12 Seat change 12 9   Third party Fourth party   Party UKIP Liberal Democrats Seats won 4 3 Seat change 4 5
Map showing the results of the 2013 Worcestershire County Council election. Striped divisions have mixed representation.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

Summary

The Conservative Party retained control of the council with a majority of two seats. The Labour Party, who had in 2009 won a total of 3 seats, became the official opposition with a total of 12 seats.

UKIP became the third largest party, gaining 4 seats. The Liberal Democrats, who formed the official opposition prior to the election, won three seats, a net loss of five.

The Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern and the Green Party both won two seats, while the Wythall Residents Association and continuation Liberal Party won one seat each.

Results

Worcestershire County Council Election Overall Result 2013

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30	4	16	–12	52.6	33.3	52,609
	Labour	12	9	0	+9	21.1	23.9	37,821
	UKIP	4	4	0	+4	7.0	20.4	32,285
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	5	–5	5.3	7.7	12,098
	Green	2	2	0	+2	3.5	5.0	7,942
	Health Concern	2	1	1	0	3.5	3.9	6,236
	Independent	2	2	0	+2	3.5	2.7	4,259
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	1.8	0.8	1,233
	Wythall Residents' Association	1	0	0	0	1.8	0.7	1,083
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	1,386
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents Association	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	784
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	177
	Not specified	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	62
Total		57						157,975

Results by electoral division

Bromsgrove

Alvechurch^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Griffiths	709	30.1
	UKIP	Julie Flynn	632	26.9
	Independent	Terence Coney	596	25.3
	Labour	Rosalind Cooke	280	11.9
	Green	Peter Harvey	124	5.3
	BNP	Jade Murphy	12	0.5
Turnout			2,357	31.1
	Conservative hold

Beacon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter McDonald	1,374	47.6
	Conservative	Richard Deeming	1,035	35.8
	Green	Gillian Harvey	306	10.6
	BNP	Elizabeth Wainwright	173	6.0
Turnout			2,909	31.5
	Labour hold

Bromsgrove Central^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Blagg	835	35.0
	Labour	Margaret Buxton	668	28.0
	UKIP	George Flynn	624	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Hearn	141	5.9
	Green	Robert Hanna	89	3.7
	BNP	Kaine Llewellyn	29	1.2
Turnout			2,392	31.0
	Conservative hold

Bromsgrove East^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Taylor	952	39.1
	UKIP	Owen Davies	638	26.2
	Labour Co-op	Rory Shannon	426	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janet King	400	16.4
	BNP	Donald Bates	19	0.8
Turnout			2,443	31.1
	Conservative hold

Bromsgrove South^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Christopher Bloore	1,088	48.5
	Conservative	Rodney Laight	733	32.7
	Green	Paul Roberts	166	7.4
	BNP	David Dolphin	163	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Coe	93	4.1
Turnout			2,268	26.6
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Bromsgrove West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Luke Mallett	1,200	52.3
	Conservative	Diane Campbell	495	21.6
	Health Concern	David Pardoe	399	17.4
	BNP	Donna Smith	145	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mihailovic	57	2.5
Turnout			2,311	29.0
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Clent Hills^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rachel Jenkins	1,388	46.8
	Conservative	William Moore	873	29.5
	UKIP	Stanley Francis	500	16.9
	Labour	Thomas Stanley	192	6.5
	BNP	Jason Dolphin	11	0.4
Turnout			2,971	32.6
	Independent gain from Conservative

Woodvale^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Blagg	1,204	51.4
	Labour	Bernard McEldowney	805	34.4
	Green	Julian Gray	332	14.2
Turnout			2,373	27.1
	Conservative hold

Wythall^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wythall Residents' Association	Stephen Peters	1,083	51.1
	Conservative	Mark Bullivant	688	32.4
	Labour	Alan Clewlow	220	10.4
	BNP	Peter Tomkinson	90	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Docker	40	1.9
Turnout			2,132	27.8
	Wythall Residents' Association hold

Malvern Hills

Croome^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roger Sutton	724	33.3
	Conservative	Bronwen Behan	653	30.0
	UKIP	Jeanette Sheen	583	26.8
	Labour	Leslie Roberts	217	10.0
Turnout			2,181	31.2
	Independent gain from Conservative

Hallow^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Grove	1,033	38.0
	UKIP	Mike O'Leary	813	29.9
	Independent	Dean Clarke	660	24.2
	Labour Co-op	Simon Cronin	216	7.9
Turnout			2,726	36.2
	Conservative hold

Malvern Chase^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Hodgson	819	29.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Lawrence	792	28.7
	UKIP	Mike Soley	624	22.6
	Labour	Jill Smith	292	10.6
	Green	Jan Dyer	230	8.3
Turnout			2,768	36.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Malvern Langland^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Hopwood	499	24.7
	UKIP	Richard Spencer	496	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Jackson-Read	472	23.4
	Labour	Daniel Walton	276	13.7
	Green	William Jenkins	178	8.8
	Independent	Caroline Bovey	98	4.9
Turnout			2,027	26.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Malvern Link^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Tuthill	863	34.4
	UKIP	Mike Savage	690	27.5
	Green	Clive Smith	442	17.6
	Labour	John Gallagher	348	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Regimbeau	163	6.5
Turnout			2,511	31.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Malvern Trinity^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Raine	535	24.9
	UKIP	Richard Chamings	530	24.6
	Conservative	David Watkins	475	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Nielsen	420	19.5
	Labour	John Rye	191	8.9
Turnout			2,158	32.3
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Powick^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Wells	1,946	67.1
	Conservative	Robert Kerby	438	15.1
	UKIP	David Barrie	364	12.6
	Labour	Christopher Burrows	94	3.2
	Green	Peter Nielsen	58	2.0
Turnout			2,904	37.7
	Liberal Democrats hold

Tenbury^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Pollock	1,373	55.4
	UKIP	Malcolm Delingpole	633	25.5
	Labour	Michael Wilson	257	10.4
	Green	Robert Dowler	216	8.7
Turnout			2,492	30.7
	Conservative hold

Redditch Borough

Arrow Valley East (2 seats)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Martin Jenkins	1,792	36.2
	Labour	Joseph Baker	1,543	31.2
	UKIP	Irene Stickley	1,511	30.5
	Labour	Philip Mould	1,426	28.8
	Conservative	Juliet Brunner	1,176	23.7
	Conservative	Gay Hopkins	989	20.0
	Independent	Paul Swansborough	213	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Gee	198	4.0
	Green	Emma Bradley	188	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Oliver	171	3.5
	BNP	Ashley Bradley	164	3.3
	Green	Lee Bradley	128	2.6
Turnout			4,966	28.5
	UKIP gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Arrow Valley West (2 seats)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Fry	1,752	41.8
	Labour	Patricia Lailey	1,604	38.3
	UKIP	Scott Preston	1,395	33.3
	Conservative	Thomas Baker-Price	985	23.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Haslam	877	20.9
	Green	Kevin White	263	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pitt	215	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Webster	197	4.7
	Green	Rylma White	169	4.0
Turnout			4,194	27.4
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Redditch North (2 seats)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Vickery	1,598	35.9
	Labour	Robin Lunn	1,595	35.8
	Conservative	Brandon Clayton	1,219	27.4
	UKIP	Christopher Harrison	1,183	26.6
	UKIP	Matthew Headford	1,164	26.1
	Conservative	David Thain	1,109	24.9
	Green	Louise Deveney	221	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Thomas	145	3.3
	Green	Beverley Minto	143	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Stanley	133	3.0
Turnout			4,463	29.4
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Redditch South (2 seats)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Gretton	1,663	33.2
	UKIP	Stuart Cross	1,652	33.0
	Conservative	Jane Potter	1,594	31.8
	UKIP	Paul White	1,402	28.0
	Labour	Everton Ebanks	1,312	26.2
	Labour	John Witherspoon	1,200	23.9
	Green	Rosemary Kerry	266	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Hindle	218	4.3
	Green	Alistair Waugh	184	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Killworth	152	3.0
Turnout			5,019	30.7
	Conservative hold
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Worcester City

Bedwardine^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Prodger	847	39.0
	UKIP	Percival Owen	546	25.1
	Labour	Christopher Cooper	497	22.9
	Green	Annie O'Dell	114	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Mullins	113	5.2
	TUSC	Peter McNally	39	1.8
	BNP	Jennifer Whitwam	16	0.7
Turnout			2,181	30.8
	Conservative hold

Claines^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Askin	972	33.6
	Conservative	Mike Whitehouse	858	29.7
	UKIP	Stephen Delevante	524	18.1
	Labour	Matthew Willis	338	11.7
	Green	Peter Robinson	198	6.9
Turnout			2,894	38.2
	Liberal Democrats hold

Gorse Hill and Warndon^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Amos	1,037	52.2
	UKIP	James Goad	619	31.2
	Conservative	Simon Harrison	232	11.7
	Green	Justin Kirby	99	5.0
Turnout			1,993	24.6
	Labour hold

Nunnery^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Pat Agar	1,059	51.1
	Conservative	Keith Burton	634	30.6
	BNP	Carl Mason	201	9.7
	Green	Barbara Mitra	177	8.5
Turnout			2,082	31.0
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Rainbow Hill^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Paul Denham	973	45.4
	Conservative	Allah Ditta	595	27.8
	UKIP	Carl Humphries	414	19.3
	Green	Nicholas Weeks	137	6.4
	TUSC	Ruthie McNally	23	1.1
Turnout			2,150	30.2
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Riverside^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Geraghty	999	38.9
	Labour	Lynn Denham	868	33.8
	UKIP	Richard Delingpole	468	18.2
	Green	Louis Stephen	175	6.8
	BNP	Julie Whitwam	32	1.2
	TUSC	Sean McCauley	23	0.9
Turnout			2,574	28.5
	Conservative hold

St John^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Richard Udall	982	59.7
	Conservative	Ben Walker	350	21.3
	Green	Olaf Twiehaus	116	7.1
	BNP	Alan Draper	86	5.2
	No Description	Kenneth Holtom	62	3.8
	TUSC	Mark Davies	48	3.0
Turnout			1,652	28.2
	Labour Co-op hold

St Peter^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marc Bayliss	1,393	51.0
	Labour	Adam Scott	814	29.8
	Green	Siobhan Wanklyn	341	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Roberson	186	6.8
Turnout			2,760	31.0
	Conservative hold

St Stephen^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matthew Jenkins	1,179	42.4
	Conservative	Mary Drinkwater	910	32.8
	Labour	Geoffrey Williams	689	24.8
Turnout			2,794	34.8
	Green gain from Conservative

Warndon Parish^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Roberts	958	42.1
	UKIP	Steve Davis	636	27.9
	Labour	Steven Martin	476	20.9
	Green	Edward Hartley	208	9.1
Turnout			2,283	26.7
	Conservative hold

Wychavon

Bowbrook^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Miller	1,315	46.3
	UKIP	Yuleen Jewell	950	33.4
	Labour	Sheila Seabourne	347	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Littlechild	231	8.1
Turnout			2,847	37.8
	Conservative hold

Bredon^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Hardman	1,716	57.7
	UKIP	Harvey Vivian	622	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Tucker	346	11.6
	Labour	John Egan	292	9.8
Turnout			2,984	38.1
	Conservative hold

Broadway^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Eyre	1,499	73.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	283	13.8
	Labour	Gaynor Pritchard	265	12.9
Turnout			2,091	31.4
	Conservative hold

Droitwich East^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Davey	980	34.8
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents Association	Nicole Carroll	784	27.8
	Labour	Edgar Harwood	544	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley	369	13.1
	Green	Rob Burkett	143	5.1
Turnout			2,832	35.7
	Conservative hold

Droitwich West^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Duffy	798	36.8
	UKIP	Neil Whelan	699	32.2
	Labour Co-op	Jenny Barnes	543	25.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Rowe	128	5.9
Turnout			2,171	27.5
	Conservative hold

Evesham North West^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith	842	41.8
	UKIP	Ellis Tustin	773	38.4
	Labour	Steven Moralee	205	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Haines	194	9.6
Turnout			2,018	25.7
	Conservative hold

Evesham South^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Banks	945	52.8
	Labour	Alan Mason	343	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Haines	281	15.7
	BNP	Liam Hartland	220	12.3
Turnout			1,807	21.4
	Conservative hold

Harvington^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Holt	1,776	73.6
	Labour	Michael Worrall	636	26.4
Turnout			2,476	32.4
	Conservative hold

Littletons^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Adams	1,242	48.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Wright	1,022	40.3
	Labour	Christine McDonald	275	10.8
Turnout			2,576	30.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Ombersley^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Broomfield	1,292	48.0
	UKIP	Doug Ingram	894	33.2
	Labour	Maurice Harford	231	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Evans	139	5.2
	Green	Steven Brown	137	5.1
Turnout			2,695	32.8
	Conservative hold

Pershore^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Tucker	1,677	53.5
	Conservative	George Mackison	686	21.9
	UKIP	Mark Starr	536	17.1
	Labour	Ian Facer	234	7.5
Turnout			3,148	38.4
	Liberal Democrats hold

Upton Snodsbury^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Adams	1,482	57.0
	UKIP	Richard Keel	649	25.0
	Labour	Monica Fry	188	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Thomas	165	6.3
	Green	Stephen Brohan	115	4.4
Turnout			2,604	35.8
	Conservative hold

Wyre Forest

Bewdley^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John-Paul Campion	853	32.3
	UKIP	Neil Jukes	651	24.7
	Health Concern	Derek Killingworth	520	19.7
	Labour	George Court	507	19.2
	Green	Phil Oliver	108	4.1
Turnout			2,639	35.8
	Conservative hold

Chaddesley^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Clee	655	29.0
	Independent	Helen Dyke	580	25.7
	UKIP	Bill Hopkins	493	21.8
	Health Concern	Harry Grove	316	14.0
	Labour	Gareth Webster	213	9.4
Turnout			2,257	32.3
	Conservative hold

Cookley, Wolverley and Wribbenhall^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Yarranton	908	33.9
	Labour	Chris Nicholls	714	26.7
	UKIP	Peter Willoughby	543	20.3
	Health Concern	Linda Candlin	407	15.2
	Green	Kate Spohrer	73	2.7
	Liberal	Rachel Akathiotis	34	1.3
Turnout			2,679	33.8
	Conservative hold

St Barnabas^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Hingley	735	32.1
	Labour Co-op	Nigel Knowles	626	27.3
	Health Concern	Caroline Shellie	431	18.8
	UKIP	Mark Wright	416	18.2
	TUSC	Nigel Gilbert	44	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Preston	39	1.7
Turnout			2,291	29.4
	Conservative hold

St Chads^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frances Oborski	767	33.4
	UKIP	Philip Daniels	459	20.0
	Health Concern	Christine Watkins	402	17.5
	Conservative	Paul Harrison	341	14.9
	Labour	Steve Walker	260	11.3
	Green	Victoria Lea	41	1.8
	BNP	Andrew North	25	1.1
Turnout			2,295	30.6
	Liberal hold

St Georges and St Oswald^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Health Concern	Mary Rayner	589	28.8
	UKIP	Martin Stooke	540	26.4
	Labour	Howard Martin	484	23.7
	Conservative	John Aston	293	14.3
	Liberal	Esther Smart	71	3.5
	Green	Louise Ryan	65	3.2
Turnout			2,042	26.5
	Health Concern gain from Conservative

St Johns^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Hart	693	30.9
	UKIP	Michael Wrench	496	22.1
	Labour	Mike Kelly	465	20.7
	Health Concern	Nigel Thomas	334	14.9
	Liberal	David Hollyoak	221	9.8
	Green	Mike Whitbread	37	1.6
Turnout			2,246	30.0
	Conservative hold

St Marys^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Tony Baker	595	27.4
	Conservative	Nathan Desmond	545	25.1
	Labour	Mumshad Ahmed	507	23.4
	Health Concern	Graham Ballinger	336	15.5
	Liberal	Susan Meekings	140	6.5
	Green	Ronald Lee	46	2.1
Turnout			2,169	24.6
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Stourport-on-Severn (2 seats)^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Eric Kitson	1,385	15.0
	Health Concern	Jim Parish	1,335	14.5
	Health Concern	John Thomas	1,167	12.7
	UKIP	Claire Wright	1,151	12.5
	Labour	James Shaw	1,141	12.4
	Conservative	Ken Henderson	984	10.7
	Conservative	John Holden	964	10.5
	Labour	Carol Warren	894	9.7
	Green	Angela Hartwich	195	2.1
Turnout			9,216	29.1
	UKIP gain from Health Concern
	Health Concern hold