2023 Wychavon District Council election

2023 Wychavon District Council election
All 43 seats to Wychavon District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	32.5%
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Wychavon District Council election
Leader before election; Bradley Thomas; Conservative	Leader after election ; Bradley Thomas; Conservative

The 2023 Wychavon District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, decreasing the number of seats from 45 to 43.^[1]

The Conservatives lost seats, but retained their majority on the council.^[2]

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

2023 Wychavon District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	43	29	0	4	7	67.4	46.6	25,678	–6.9
	Liberal Democrats	26	7	1	0	1	16.3	25.7	14,146	±0.0
	Green	15	6	2	0	4	14.0	13.6	7,465	+5.4
	Labour	13	1	1	0	1	2.3	8.4	4,641	+2.3
	Independent	12	0	0	0	1	0.0	5.3	2,898	–0.8
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	228	N/A

Ward results[edit]

The results for each ward were as follows:^[3]^[4]

Badsey & Aldington[edit]

Badsey & Aldington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philippa Capel	372	56.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Mary Campbell	290	43.8	N/A
Majority			82	12.4	N/A
Turnout			669	28.4	N/A
Registered electors			2,360
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bengeworth[edit]

Bengeworth (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Stokes*	441	38.6	–9.9
	Conservative	Mark Goodge	433	37.9	–12.0
	Green	Stephen Squires	348	30.5	N/A
	Green	Linda Tucker	341	29.9	N/A
	Independent	Julie Haines	286	25.0	N/A
	Independent	Callum Gailey	266	23.3	N/A
Turnout			1,142	23.6	–1.5
Registered electors			4,831
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bowbrook[edit]

Bowbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Rowley*	644	65.5	+1.1
	Conservative	Tony Rowley	339	34.5	–1.1
Majority			305	31.0
Turnout			993	41.7	+1.4
Registered electors			2,382
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.1

Bredon Hill[edit]

Bredon Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Hardman	537	59.4	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Derrick Watt	367	40.6	N/A
Majority			170	18.8	N/A
Turnout			910	38.2	N/A
Registered electors			2,380
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bredon[edit]

Bredon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Hardman*	647	61.2	–17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Doley	251	23.7	N/A
	Green	Martin Everett	159	15.0	N/A
Majority			396	37.5	N/A
Turnout			1,063	39.6	+3.0
Registered electors			2,683
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Bretforton & Offenham[edit]

Bretforton & Offenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aaron Powell*	397	55.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Matthew Rea	214	29.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Ounsted	104	14.5	N/A
Majority			183	25.6	N/A
Turnout			721	31.7	N/A
Registered electors			2,274
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham[edit]

Broadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Kearsey	1,102	58.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Emma Sims	1,072	57.0	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Cort	561	29.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Lord	518	27.5	N/A
	Reform UK	Phil Harmer	143	7.6	N/A
Turnout			1,882	35.9	N/A
Registered electors			5,244
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Dodderhill[edit]

Dodderhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rick Deller	472	59.5	*N/A*
	Green	Sue Howarth	321	40.5	N/A
Majority			151	19.0	N/A
Turnout			798	29.7	N/A
Registered electors			2,687
	Conservative hold

Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington[edit]

Drakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Turier*	800	51.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Rob Adams*	776	49.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Revell	765	49.1	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Ward*	617	39.6	N/A
Turnout			1,559	30.9	N/A
Registered electors			5,047
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Droitwich East[edit]

Droitwich East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Neil Franks	944	61.7	*N/A*
	Green	Nicola Morris	813	53.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Kate Fellows	558	36.5	–21.0
	Conservative	Alex Sinton*	507	33.1	–32.1
	Reform UK	Warwick Bambrook	85	5.6	N/A
Turnout			1,530	35.2	+3.8
Registered electors			4,353
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Droitwich South East[edit]

Droitwich South East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Morris*	1,102	64.3	–4.6
	Conservative	John Grady*	904	52.7	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Carter	634	37.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Littlechild	543	31.7	+13.9
Turnout			1,714	31.8	–4.0
Registered electors			5,383
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Droitwich South West[edit]

Droitwich South West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Bowden*	828	53.8	+1.2
	Conservative	Gregory Wilkins	616	40.0	–7.5
	Labour	Alan Humphries	485	31.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Key	461	30.0	–10.7
	Labour	Alex Knudsen	379	24.6	N/A
Turnout			1,539	29.8	–3.8
Registered electors			5,163
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Droitwich West[edit]

Droitwich West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Duffy*	422	40.1	–7.3
	Conservative	Jenny Chaudry*	378	35.9	–4.5
	Labour	Valerie Humphries	348	33.0	+0.9
	Labour	Anthony Kelly	327	31.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Hopkins	266	25.3	–5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wiseman	216	20.5	N/A
Turnout			1,053	24.9	+2.6
Registered electors			4,226
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Eckington[edit]

Eckington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Middlebrough	370	34.3	*N/A*
	Independent	Tim Knight	355	32.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Newcombe	261	24.2	N/A
	Green	Mike Le Brun	92	8.5	N/A
Majority			15	1.4	N/A
Turnout			1,080	45.7	N/A
Registered electors			2,362
	Conservative hold

Evesham North[edit]

Evesham North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Homer	401	33.7	–6.2
	Labour	Mary Tasker	376	31.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Nick Taylor	353	29.7	–8.4
	Labour	David Tasker	325	27.3	N/A
	Independent	Tim Haines	279	23.5	N/A
	Independent	Emma Nishigaki	252	21.2	–12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Colvin	162	13.6	N/A
	Independent	Sam Bastow	68	5.7	N/A
Turnout			1,189	27.0	–2.9
Registered electors			4,404
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Evesham South[edit]

Evesham South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Julie Tucker*	623	55.9	–1.8
	Green	Ed Cohen*	511	45.9	+11.0
	Conservative	Stan Brotherton	303	27.2	–2.9
	Conservative	Paul Bennett	298	26.8	–4.3
	Independent	Kyle Hotchkins	186	16.7	N/A
	Independent	Joe Caine	154	13.8	N/A
Turnout			1,114	25.2	–3.4
Registered electors			4,420
	Green hold
	Green hold

Fladbury[edit]

Fladbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Crump	518	53.7	+17.7
	Conservative	Matthew Winfield	446	46.3	–17.7
Majority			72	7.4	N/A
Turnout			971	43.1	+6.9
Registered electors			2,254
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	17.7

Hampton[edit]

Hampton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dyke*	688	41.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Robert Raphael*	660	39.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Clatworthy	619	37.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Brian Gregory	434	26.1	N/A
	Labour	Heather Kelleher	433	26.0	N/A
	Independent	Peter Scurfield	349	21.0	N/A
	Independent	Terri Gailey	336	20.2	N/A
	Independent	Ann Lyon	318	19.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Brown	292	17.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Quayle	251	15.1	N/A
Turnout			1,665	25.1	N/A
Registered electors			6,638
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hartlebury[edit]

Hartlebury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Hartley	444	57.5	–13.6
	Green	Edward Broadley	157	20.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Parsons	122	15.8	–13.1
	Independent	Sheridan Tranter	49	6.3	N/A
Majority			287	37.2
Turnout			776	31.3	+2.2
Registered electors			2,476
	Conservative hold

Harvington & Norton[edit]

Harvington & Norton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bradley Thomas*	484	51.9	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Johnson	276	32.3	N/A
	Green	Sarah Cohen	135	15.8	N/A
Majority			208	19.6	N/A
Turnout			901	38.3	N/A
Registered electors			2,353
	Conservative hold

Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons[edit]

Honeybourne, Pebworth & The Littletons (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hannah Robson	1,047	62.9	*N/A*
	Green	Judith Ciotti	944	56.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Thomas Havemann-Mart*	552	33.2	N/A
	Conservative	Neil Tustin	535	32.1	N/A
Turnout			1,652	34.4	N/A
Registered electors			4,800
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Inkberrow[edit]

Inkberrow (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Hurdman	1,076	64.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Nick Dawkes	1,070	64.3	*N/A*
	Green	David Chamberlain	549	33.0	N/A
	Green	Doug Hincks	481	28.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Greene	402	24.1	N/A
Turnout			1,933	37.2	N/A
Registered electors			5,203
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

North Claines & Salwarpe[edit]

North Claines & Salwarpe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Wright*	815	56.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Daniel Birch	813	56.8	*N/A*
	Labour	James Knudsen	554	38.7	N/A
Turnout			1,432	28.6	N/A
Registered electors			5,012
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ombersley[edit]

Ombersley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Day*	578	76.1	+2.3
	Labour	Catherine Neville	182	23.9	N/A
Majority			396	52.2
Turnout			766	31.3	–4.9
Registered electors			2,447
	Conservative hold

Pershore[edit]

Pershore (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Boatright*	1,763	71.9	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jodi Arnold	1,466	59.8	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Tucker*	1,435	58.5	+6.2
	Conservative	Val Wood	689	28.1	–12.8
	Conservative	Michael Hodges	621	25.3	–9.8
	Conservative	Sam Tarran	503	20.5	N/A
	Labour	John Rees	294	12.0	–4.7
Turnout			2,453	37.0	–1.2
Registered electors			6,622
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Pinvin[edit]

Pinvin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Tucker*	795	79.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Sharon Stirling	205	20.5	N/A
Majority			590	59.0	N/A
Turnout			1,005	39.8	N/A
Registered electors			2,523
	Liberal Democrats hold

Upton Snodsbury[edit]

Upton Snodsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Robinson*	635	69.9	–3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Battersby	273	30.1	+3.7
Majority			362	39.8
Turnout			913	41.2	+2.0
Registered electors			2,218
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.7

By-elections[edit]

Evesham South[edit]

Evesham South by-election 10 August 2023^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Peter Knight	319	45.2
	Conservative	Stan Brotherton	177	25.1
	Independent	Julie Haines	82	11.6
	Labour	David Tasker	79	11.2
	Independent	Julie Haines	36	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Quayle	12	1.7
Majority			142	20.1
Turnout			705
	Green hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "The Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/26, retrieved 11 February 2024
^ "Wychavon election result". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
^ Albutt, Charlotte (5 May 2023). "Wychavon District Council 2023 election count underway". Worcester News. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Wychavon District Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Evesham South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[1] "The Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/26, retrieved 11 February 2024

[2] "Wychavon election result". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

[3] Albutt, Charlotte (5 May 2023). "Wychavon District Council 2023 election count underway". Worcester News. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[4] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Wychavon District Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

[5] "Local Elections Archive Project — Evesham South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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