2023 Worcester City Council election

The 2023 Worcester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England. The council remained under no overall control. The Conservatives went from being the largest party to being the third largest party, not winning any of the seats available at this election. The Conservative leader of the council, Chris Mitchell, was one of those who lost his seat. Labour were the largest party after the election for the first time since before the 2000 election, and the Green Party made the most gains, gaining four new seats and winning the popular vote for the first time ever.[3]

2023 Worcester City Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
11 out of 35 seats to Worcester City Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Lynn Denham[1] Marjory Bisset
Party Labour Green
Last election 12 seats, 32.2% 6 seats, 17.8%
Seats before 12 6
Seats after 13 10
Seat change Increase1 Increase4
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Chris Mitchell Mel Allcott
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 15 seats, 31.5% 2 seats, 14.8%
Seats before 15 2
Seats after 8 4
Seat change Decrease7 Increase2
Leader before election

Chris Mitchell
Conservative
No overall control

 Leader after election

tbc
No overall control

Summary

Election result
2023 Worcester City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Green 5 Increase 4 45 5 10 29 6161 28.4 +10.3
  Labour 4 Increase 1 36 9 13 37 6052 28.0 -4.2
  Liberal Democrats 2 Increase 2 18 2 4 11 3523 16.3 +1.5
  Conservative 0 Decrease 7 0 8 8 23 5488 25.4 -6.1
  Independent 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 108 0.5
  TUSC 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 103 0.5 +0.1
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 39 0.2 0

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Worcester City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[4]

Arboretum
Arboretum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hannah Cooper 1,134 61.0 +35.6
Labour Co-op Jenny Barnes 505 27.2 -11.2
Conservative Anja Potze 152 8.2 -14.4
Liberal Democrats Jon Taylor 59 3.2 -4.1
Majority 629
Turnout 1860 39.3 +2.3
Registered electors 4732
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing 23.4

Bedwardine
Bedwardine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Smith 993 43.8 +22.0
Conservative Adele Rimell 847 37.4 -7.9
Green Phil Gilfillan 221 9.8 -0.4
Liberal Democrats John Ondreasz 183 8.8 -0.2
TUSC Eloise Davies 19 0.8 New
Majority 146
Turnout 2,265 33.4 -0.3
Registered electors 6,791
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 15.0

Cathedral
Cathedral
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Atif Sadiq 1,238 45.0 +10.0
Conservative Haris Saleem 806 29.3 -8.0
Green Jon Bodenham 420 15.3 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Fenton 199 7.2 -0.9
TUSC Archie Harrison 54 2.0 New
Majority 432
Turnout 2,753 32.8 -4.1
Registered electors 8,403
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 9.0

Claines
Claines
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jessie Venegas 1,641 63.8 +24.4
Conservative Angela Stanley 483 18.8 -23.8
Labour Tom Henri 227 8.8 +3.9
Green Alex Mace 205 8.0 -0.3
Majority 1158
Turnout 2571 39.9 -5.6
Registered electors 6451
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 24.1

Nunnery
Nunnery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Cronin 1,018 47.6 +4.5
Conservative Allah Ditta 688 32.2 +3.4
Green Jacek Zmarzlik 182 8.5 -6.8
Liberal Democrats Scott Butler 134 6.3 New
Independent David Carney 108 5.0 New
Majority 330
Turnout 2139 32.3 +4.2
Registered electors 6627
Labour hold Swing +0.6

St Clement
St Clement
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tor Pingree 703 43.2 +28.6
Conservative Christopher Mitchell 615 37.8 -7.5
Labour Co-op Aaron Daniels 217 13.3 -15.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Mather 58 3.6 New
Majority 88
Turnout 1629 38.3 +4.5
Registered electors 4253
Green gain from Conservative Swing 18.1

St John
St John
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Udall 1,199 70.5 +13.6
Conservative Bertie Ballinger 249 14.6 -3.1
Green Susan Avery 135 7.9 -3.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson 68 4.0 New
TUSC Mark Davies 30 1.8 New
Majority 950
Turnout 1700 26.6 -0.5
Registered electors 6379
Labour hold Swing +8.4

St Peter's Parish
St Peter's Parish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Elena Round 817 44.9 27.9
Conservative James Woolgar 523 28.8 -25.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Renshaw 305 16.8 New
Labour Chris Giles 124 6.8 -11.3
Reform UK Paul Hickling 39 2.1 New
Majority 294
Turnout 1819 40.9 +5.1
Registered electors 4448
Green gain from Conservative Swing 26.8

St Stephen
St Stephen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Marjory Bisset 1,058 66.3 +8.4
Conservative Tom Wisniewski 309 19.4 -8.3
Labour Ruth Coates 180 11.3 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Alison Morgan 39 2.4 +0.7
Majority 749
Turnout 1595 36.8 -5.1
Registered electors 4329
Green hold Swing +8.4

Warndon Parish North
Warndon Parish North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Murray 795 54.9 +47.3
Conservative Chris Rimell 402 27.8 -16.5
Labour Michelle Hughes 168 11.6 -19.3
Green Alaric Stephen 80 5.5 -4.2
Majority 393
Turnout 1448 36.2 -0.3
Registered electors 3999
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 31.9

Warndon Parish South
Warndon Parish South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Cross 1,206 65.3 +30.7
Conservative Lucy Hodgson 414 22.4 -14.4
Labour Graham Taylor 183 9.9 -6.1
Liberal Democrats John Rudge 42 2.3 -2.9
Majority 792
Turnout 1847 40.2 +5.9
Registered electors 4590
Green gain from Conservative Swing 22.6

References
  1. Barnett, Christian (9 May 2022). "Change at the top as Worcester's Labour leader steps down". Worcester News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. "The race is on for Worcester City Council elections". Worcester City Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. "Worcester: Huge defeat for Tories as Labour biggest party". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Worcester City Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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