2024 Redditch Borough Council election
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The 2024 Redditch Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom, which were held on the same day. All 27 seats on Redditch Borough Council in Worcestershire were up for election, following boundary changes. The Labour Party took control of the council.
Redditch was a traditionally Labour council. Labour controlled the council from 1976 until 2000, and again from 2004 to 2006.[1] The Conservatives took control of the council from no overall control in 2010, but lost control to Labour in 2012.[2]
The Conservatives had held a majority on the council since 2018.[3] In the 2023 local elections, the Conservatives lost 5 seats with a vote share of 38.8%, and Labour gained 5 with 43.8%.
Boundary changes
Redditch usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[4] The change reduces the number of councillors by 2.
| Old wards[5] | No. of seats | New wards | No. of seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | 2 | Astwood Bank and Feckenham | 3 |
| Astwood Bank and Feckenham | 2 | Batchley and Brockhill | 3 |
| Batchley[a] | 3 | Central | 3 |
| Central | 2 | Greenlands and Lakeside | 3 |
| Church Hill | 3 | Headless Cross and Oakenshaw | 3 |
| Crabbs Cross | 2 | Matchborough and Woodrow | 3 |
| Greenlands | 3 | North | 3 |
| Headless Cross and Oakenshaw | 3 | Webheath and Callow Hill | 3 |
| Lodge Park | 2 | Winyates | 3 |
| Matchborough | 2 | ||
| West | 2 | ||
| Winyates | 3 |
Previous council composition
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[6] | After 2024 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Conservative | 16 | Conservative | 16 | Conservative | 5 | |||
| Labour | 13 | Labour | 12 | Labour | 21 | |||
| Green | 0 | Green | 0 | Green | 1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | Liberal Democrats | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 0 | |||
Changes:
- January 2024: Kerrie Miles joins Liberal Democrats from Labour[7]
Summary
Election result
| 2024 Redditch Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Labour | 27 | 21 | 7 | 0 |  9 |
77.8 | 48.2 | 24,751 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | 27 | 5 | 0 | 6 |  11 |
18.5 | 37.2 | 19,125 | –1.7 | |
| Green | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3.7 | 8.7 | 4,460 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0.0 | 5.2 | 2,698 | –1.9 | |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 0.7 | 358 | –1.3 | |
Labour won a majority of the seats on the council at the election.[8] Their group leader, Joe Baker, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 20 May 2024.[9]
