Worcestershire County Council election, 2013

2 May 2013

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 Democrat
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

An election to Worcestershire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 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.

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
	Labour	12
	UKIP	4
	Liberal Democrat	3
	Health Concern	2
	Green	2
	Liberal	1
	Wythall Residents Association	1
	BNP	0
	TUSC	0

Results by electoral division

Redditch Borough

Arrow Valley East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Juliet Brunner	1,176	12.4
	Conservative	Gay Hopkins	989	10.4
	Labour	Joseph Baker	1,543	16.2
	Labour	Philip Mould	1,426	15.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Oliver	171	1.8
	Liberal Democrat	David Gee	198	2.1
	Green	Emma Bradley	188	2.0
	Green	Lee Bradley	128	1.3
	UKIP	Martin Jenkins	1,792	18.9
	UKIP	Patricia Stickley	1,511	15.9
	BNP	Ashley Bradley	164	1.7
	Independent	Paul Swansborough	213	2.2
Voter turnout			%

Arrow Valley West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Baker-Price	985	13.2
	Conservative	Kathy Haslam	877	11.8
	Labour	Andrew Fry	1,752	23.5
	Labour	Pattie Hill	1,604	21.5
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Pitt	215	2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Webster	197	2.6
	Green	Kevin White	263	3.5
	Green	Rylma White	169	2.3
	UKIP	Scott Preston	1,395	18.7
Voter turnout			%

Redditch North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Thain	1,109	13.0
	Conservative	Brandon Clayton	1,219	14.3
	Labour	Robin Lunn	1,595	18.7
	Labour	Graham Vickery	1,598	18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Thomas	145	1.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Stanley	133	1.6
	Green	Louise Deveney	221	2.6
	Green	Bev Minto	143	1.7
	UKIP	Chris Harrison	1,183	13.9
	UKIP	Matthew Headford	1,164	13.7
Voter turnout			%

Redditch South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phillip Gretton	1,663	17.2
	Conservative	Jane Potter	1,594	16.5
	Labour	John Witherspoon	1,200	12.4
	Labour	Everton Ebanks	1,312	13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Rita Hindle	218	2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Kilworth	152	1.6
	Green	Rosemary Kerry	266	2.8
	Green	Alistair Waugh	184	1.9
	UKIP	Stuart Cross	1,652	17.1
	UKIP	Paul White	1,402	14.5
Voter turnout			%

Wychavon

Bowbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Tony Miller
	Labour	Sheila Seabourne
	Liberal Democrat	John Littlechild
	UKIP	Yuleen Jewell
Voter turnout			%

Bredon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adrian Hardman
	Labour	John Egan
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Tucker
	UKIP	Harvey Vivian
Voter turnout			%

Broadway
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Liz Eyre
	Labour	Gaynor Pritchard
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Brown
Voter turnout			%

Droitwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pam Davey
	Labour	Edgar Harwood
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Rowley
	Green	Rob Burkett
	Independent	Nicole Carrol
Voter turnout			%

Droitwich West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lynne Duffy
	Labour	Jenny Barnes
	Liberal Democrat	David Rowe
	UKIP	Neil Whelan
Voter turnout			%

Evehsam North West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Smith
	Labour	Steven Moralee
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Haines
	UKIP	Ellis Tustin
Voter turnout			%

Evesham South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bob Banks
	Labour	Alan Mason
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Haines
	BNP	Liam Hartland
Voter turnout			%

Harvington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Clive Holt
	Labour	Michael Worral
Voter turnout			%

Littletons
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alastair Adams
	Labour	Christine McDonald
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Wright
Voter turnout			%

Ombersley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Maurice Broomfield
	Labour	Maurice Harford
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Evans
	UKIP	Doug Ingram
	Green	Stephen Brown
Voter turnout			%

Pershore
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Mackison
	Labour	Ian Facer
	Liberal Democrat	Liz Tucker
	UKIP	Mark Starr
Voter turnout			%

Upton Snodsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rob Adams
	Labour	Monica Fry
	Liberal Democrat	Greg Thomas
	UKIP	Richard Keel
	Green	Stephen Brohan
Voter turnout			%

Wyre Forest

Bewdley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John-Paul Campion
	Labour	George Court
	Health Concern	Derek Killingworth
	UKIP	Neil Jukes
	Green	Phil Oliver
Voter turnout			%

Chaddesley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stephen Clee
	Labour	Gareth Webster
	Health Concern	Harry Grove
	UKIP	Bill Hopkins
	Independent	Helen Dyke
Voter turnout			%

Cookley, Wolverley, Wribbenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gordon Yarranton
	Labour	Chris Nicholls
	Health Concern	Linda Candlin
	Liberal	Rachel Akathiotis
	UKIP	Peter Willoughby
	Green	Kate Spohrer
Voter turnout			%

References

↑ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
↑ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

Council elections in Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished (1974) Restored (1997) 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Bromsgrove District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Malvern Hills District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Redditch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Worcester City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wychavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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Hereford and Worcester County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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