2019 Wychavon District Council election

2019 Wychavon District Council election
All 45 seats to Wychavon District Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2019 Wychavon District Council election
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 2019 Wychavon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wychavon District Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council (45 seats) was up for election. The Conservatives lost 5 seats (2 to the Liberal Democrats, 2 to the Green Party, and 1 to an independent), and gained 2 seats (1 from the Liberal Democrats, and 1 held defection from UKIP), bringing their total on the council to 36.^[1] 7 wards (Bretforton & Offenham, Dodderhill, Eckington, Harvington & Norton, Inkberrow, Norton and Whittington, and South Bredon Hill) did not hold a vote, as an equal number of candidates ran as seats available.

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2019 Wychavon District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	43	36	2	5	3	80.0	53.5	20,611	–4.7
	Liberal Democrats	23	6	2	1	1	13.3	25.7	9,896	+11.2
	Green	9	2	2	0	2	4.4	8.2	3,166	+0.7
	Independent	6	1	1	0	1	2.2	6.1	2,362	+2.0
	Labour	10	0	0	0		0.0	6.1	2,360	+0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	104	–0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Goodge	502	75.15
	Labour	Martin Vernall	166	24.85
Turnout			699	27.54
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin King	636	49.92
	Conservative	Emma Stokes	618	48.51
	Labour	Mary Campbell	346	27.16
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Haines	342	26.84
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Haines	267	20.96
Turnout			1,333	25.08
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Rowley	603	64.35
	Conservative	Gordon Brookes	334	35.65
Turnout			955	40.33
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Hardman	583	78.68
	Labour	Rehan Yunus	158	21.32
Turnout			770	36.61
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Aaron Powell	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Nigel Robinson	914	59.70
	Conservative	Elizabeth Eyre	736	48.07
	Conservative	Emma Sims	667	43.57
	Labour	Sally Tomlinson	195	12.74
Turnout			1,539	39.17
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Laurence Smith	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Ward	409	56.73
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Turier	312	43.27
Turnout			734	35.56
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hartley	215	40.72
	Labour	Alan Humphries	180	34.09
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Murray	133	25.19
Turnout			547	28.20
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alexander Sinton	838	65.16
	Conservative	Eric Bowden	739	57.47
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Carter	551	42.85
Turnout			1,340	31.40
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Morris	1,114	68.94
	Conservative	John Grady	891	55.14
	Green	Neil Franks	303	18.75
	Liberal Democrats	John Littlechild	288	17.82
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Vale	239	14.79
	Green	Jane Zurek	202	12.50
Turnout			1,642	35.79
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Morris	653	52.62
	Conservative	Matthew Hartley	589	47.46
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wiseman	577	46.49
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Key	505	40.69
Turnout			1,289	33.63
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Duffy	384	47.41
	Conservative	Jennifer Chaudry	327	40.37
	Labour	Valerie Humphries	260	32.10
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Hopkins	248	30.62
	Labour	Seth Pearson	214	26.42
Turnout			846	22.32
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Davis	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Elmley Castle and Somerville^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Mackison	470	60.18
	Green	Darren Corbett	311	39.82
Turnout			800	39.31
	Conservative hold

Evesham North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Raphael	441	39.87
	Conservative	Peter Griffiths	421	38.07
	Independent	Gary Hale	406	36.71
	Independent	Emma Nishigaki	375	33.91
	Labour	John Gowers	286	25.86
Turnout			1,126	29.70
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Evesham South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Julie Tucker	650	57.68
	Green	Edward Cohen	393	34.87
	Conservative	Paul Bennett	350	31.06
	Conservative	Matthew Snape	339	30.08
	Independent	Christine Smith	213	18.90
	Monster Raving Loony	Paul Brockman	104	9.23
Turnout			1,136	28.64
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Great Hampton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Bearcroft	459	56.95
	Green	Sarah Cohen	347	43.05
Turnout			840	31.19
	Conservative gain from UKIP

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Rowley	522	63.97
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	294	36.03
Turnout			832	36.22
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Bateman	467	71.08
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Parsons	190	28.92
Turnout			680	29.10
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bradley Thomas	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Havemann-Mart	404	58.64
	Green	Patrick Hogan	285	41.36
Turnout			680	29.10
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Audrey Steel	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	David Wilkinson	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Dyke	475	47.98
	Conservative	Frances Smith	419	42.32
	Independent	Sarah Schaathun	301	30.40
	Liberal Democrats	David Quayle	201	20.30
	Labour	Roslyn Gowers	166	16.77
	Independent	Jonathan Thompson	153	15.45
Turnout			1,001	25.04
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Miller	1,097	66.53
	Conservative	Nicolas Wright	892	54.09
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Cussen	385	23.35
	Green	Sheila Grant	344	20.86
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Coe	254	15.40
Turnout			1,682	33.49
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Adams	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Day	508	73.84
	Liberal Democrats	George Smart	180	26.16
Turnout			707	36.15
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Tucker	1,234	52.83
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Harford	1,082	46.32
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Boatright	1,065	45.59
	Conservative	Valerie Wood	956	40.92
	Conservative	Samuel Tarran	819	35.06
	Labour	Misan McFarland	389	16.65
Turnout			2,383	38.15
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Badsey

Bengeworth

Bowbrook

Bredon

Bretforton and Offenham

Broadway and Wickhamford

Dodderhill

Drakes Broughton

Droitwich Central

Droitwich East

Droitwich South East

Droitwich South West

Droitwich West

Eckington

Elmley Castle and Somerville

Evesham North

Evesham South

Fladbury

Great Hampton

Hartlebury

Harvington and Norton

Honeybourne and Pebworth

Inkberrow

Little Hampton

Lovett and North Claines

Norton and Whittington

Ombersley

Pershore

Pinvin

South Bredon Hill

The Littletons

Upton Snodsbury

Elmley Castle and Somerville

The Littletons

Dodderhill

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Tucker	719	70.21
	Conservative	Joshua Godfrey	305	29.79
Turnout			1,038	43.09
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Darby	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Lasota	398	54.60
	Green	Nicola Jennings	331	45.40
Turnout			739	31.53
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Robinson	634	73.64
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Wiltshire	227	26.36
Turnout			875	39.20
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Kearsey	632	66.7	+6.5
	Green	Jeffrey Spragg	316	33.3	−6.5
Majority			316	33.3
Turnout			948
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hannah Robson	291	39.1	−6.3
	Conservative	Mary Smith	274	36.8	−17.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Quayle	179	24.1	N/A
Majority			17	2.3
Turnout			744	32.0
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	5.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rick Deller	199	48.9	*N/A*
	Green	Susan Howarth	176	43.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Littlechild	32	7.9	N/A
Majority			23	5.7
Turnout			407
	Conservative hold		Swing

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