2024 Worcester City Council election

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2024 Worcester City Council election
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All 35 seats to Worcester City Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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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 Increase 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 16,203 18,092
Percentage 29.5% 32.9%
Swing Increase 1.5% Increase 4.5%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 4 seats, 16.3% 8 seats, 25.4%
Seats before 4 7
Seats won 5 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 6
Popular vote 7,894 11,082
Percentage 14.3% 20.1%
Swing Decrease 2.0% Decrease 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.

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 seatsNew wardsNo. of seats
Arboretum2Arboretum2
Battenhall2Battenhall2
Bedwardine3Cathedral2
Cathedral3Claines3
Claines3Dines Green and Grove Farm2
Gorse Hill2Fort Royal2
Nunnery3Leopard Hill2
Rainbow Hill2Lower Wick and Pitmaston2
St Clement2Nunnery3
St John3Rainbow Hill2
St Peter's Parish2St Clement2
St Stephen2St John's2
Warndon2St Nicholas2
Warndon Parish North2St Peter's Parish2
Warndon Parish South2St Stephen2
Warndon and Elbury Park3

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

Ward results

References

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