Worcester City Council elections

One third of Worcester City Council (technically a District Council) in Worcestershire, England, is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 35 councillors have been elected from 15 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2][3]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1980
Labour	1980 - 1983
No overall control	1983 - 1986
Labour	1986 - 2000
No overall control	2000 - 2003
Conservative	2003 - 2007
No overall control	2007 - 2011
Conservative	2011 - 2012
No overall control	2012 - 2015
Conservative	2015 - 2016
No overall control	2016 - present

Council elections

• Worcester City Council election, 1973
• Worcester City Council election, 1975
• Worcester City Council election, 1976
• Worcester City Council election, 1978
• Worcester City Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• Worcester City Council election, 1980
• Worcester City Council election, 1982
• Worcester City Council election, 1983
• Worcester City Council election, 1984
• Worcester City Council election, 1986
• Worcester City Council election, 1987 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Worcester City Council election, 1988
• Worcester City Council election, 1990
• Worcester City Council election, 1991
• Worcester City Council election, 1992
• Worcester City Council election, 1994
• Worcester City Council election, 1995
• Worcester City Council election, 1996
• Worcester City Council election, 1998
• Worcester City Council election, 1999
• Worcester City Council election, 2000
• Worcester City Council election, 2002
• Worcester City Council election, 2003
• Worcester City Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries)^[6][7]
• Worcester City Council election, 2006
• Worcester City Council election, 2007
• Worcester City Council election, 2008
• Worcester City Council election, 2010
• Worcester City Council election, 2011
• Worcester City Council election, 2012
• Worcester City Council election, 2014
• Worcester City Council election, 2015

District result maps

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  2004 results map

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  2006 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2008 results map

By-election results

Holy Trinity By-Election 26 September 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		633	70.0
	Liberal Democrat		171	18.9
	Conservative		100	11.0
Majority			462	51.1
Turnout			904	21.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St Clement By-Election 20 September 2007^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jennifer Barnes	604	42.5	+19.5
	Conservative	Lisa Ventura-Whiting	478	33.6	-15.8
	BNP	Peter Beechey	166	11.7	-4.1
	UKIP	John Butterfield	122	8.6	+8.6
	Green	Olaf Twiehaus	52	3.7	-8.1
Majority			126	8.9
Turnout			1,422	31.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "City Council". Worcester City Council. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
2. "Worcester". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
3. "Conservatives lose overall control of Worcester City Council". Worcester News. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
4. The City of Worcester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
6. "Worcester council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Worcester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

External links

• Worcester City Council website
• By-election results