Worcestershire County Council elections
# Worcestershire County Council elections

Worcestershire County Council elections are held every four years. Worcestershire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Worcestershire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2005, 57 councillors have been elected from 52 electoral divisions.

## Political control

Worcestershire County Council was first established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. The county council was abolished in 1974, with the area merging with neighbouring Herefordshire to become a new non-metropolitan county called Hereford and Worcester, with Hereford and Worcester County Council serving as the higher-tier authority of the new county. Hereford and Worcester was abolished 24 years later and split back into separate counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, with Worcestershire County Council being re-established in 1998. The first elections to the re-established Worcesteshire County Council were held in 1997, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1998. Political control of the council since 1998 has been held by the following parties:

| Party | Party | Tenure |
| - | - | - |
| | No overall control | 1998–2005 |
| | Conservative | 2005–present |

### Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1998 have been:

| Councillor | Party | From | To |
| - | - | - | - |
| Carol Warren | Labour | 1 Apr 1998 | 2001 |
| George Lord | Conservative | 2001 | 6 Nov 2010 |
| Adrian Hardman | Conservative | 18 Nov 2010 | 14 Jan 2016 |
| Simon Geraghty | Conservative | 14 Jan 2016 | |

## Council elections

* 1997 Worcestershire County Council election
* 2001 Worcestershire County Council election
* 2005 Worcestershire County Council election (new division boundaries)
* 2009 Worcestershire County Council election
* 2013 Worcestershire County Council election
* 2017 Worcestershire County Council election
* 2021 Worcestershire County Council election

## County result maps

* 2013 results map
* 2017 results map
* 2021 results map

## By-election results

St Chads by-election 12 April 2007 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Graham Ballinger | 1,059 | 50.0 | +8.7 |
| | Conservative | Tracey Onslow | 672 | 31.8 | +9.6 |
| | Health Concern | Howard Martin | 252 | 11.9 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Dan Watson | 133 | 6.3 | -13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 387 | 18.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,116 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

Arrow Valley East by-election 17 July 2008 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Juliet Brunner | 1,437 | 42.2 | +9.9 |
| | Labour | Debbie Taylor | 1,041 | 30.6 | -15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Thomas | 455 | 13.4 | -7.9 |
| | BNP | Maurice Field | 367 | 10.8 | +10.8 |
| | Independent | Richard Armstrong | 103 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 11.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,403 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

Bowbrook by-election 25 November 2010 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Tony Miller | 1,088 | 59.2 | -1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Rowley | 536 | 29.2 | +7.2 |
| | Labour | Chris Barton | 213 | 11.6 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 552 | 30.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,837 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Alvechurch by-election 16 December 2010 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | June Griffiths | 637 | 52.6 | +11.6 |
| | Labour | Christopher Bloore | 189 | 15.6 | +6.3 |
| | Independent | Dee Morton | 157 | 13.0 | +13.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Allen | 83 | 6.9 | -6.3 |
| | Independent | Kenneth Wheatley | 79 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| | UKIP | Steven Morson | 65 | 5.4 | -16.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 448 | 37.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,210 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Stourport-on-Severn by-election 27 June 2013 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Health Concern | John Thomas | 1,055 | 30.6 | +4.1 |
| | UKIP | John Holden | 892 | 25.8 | -1.7 |
| | Conservative | Chris Rogers | 753 | 21.8 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | Carol Warren | 607 | 17.6 | -5.0 |
| | Green | Angela Hartwich | 77 | 2.2 | -1.7 |
| | BNP | Carl Mason | 39 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Preston | 30 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 163 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,453 | | |
| | Health Concern gain from UKIP | Health Concern gain from UKIP | Swing | | |

St Marys by-election 1 August 2013 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Nathan Desmond | 504 | 28.0 | +2.9 |
| | UKIP | Peter Willoughby | 442 | 24.6 | -2.8 |
| | Labour | Mumshad Ahmed | 338 | 18.8 | -4.6 |
| | Health Concern | Graham Ballinger | 321 | 17.8 | +2.3 |
| | Independent | Helen Dyke | 195 | 10.8 | +10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 62 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,800 | | |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | | |

Arrow Valley East by-election 22 May 2014 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | UKIP | Peter Bridle | 2,017 | 35.2 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Phil Mould | 1,601 | 28.0 | -1.3 |
| | Conservative | Juliet Brunner | 1,448 | 25.3 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Oliver | 286 | 5.0 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Emma Bradley | 241 | 4.2 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | Isabel Armstrong | 133 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 416 | 7.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,726 | | |
| | UKIP hold | UKIP hold | Swing | | |

Stourport-on-Severn by-election 17 December 2015 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Tony Muir | 763 | 28.7 | +9.2 |
| | Health Concern | Nicky Martin | 725 | 27.3 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Jill Hawes | 581 | 21.9 | -0.7 |
| | UKIP | John Holden | 547 | 20.6 | -6.1 |
| | Green | Phil Oliver | 42 | 1.6 | -2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,658 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Health Concern | Conservative gain from Health Concern | Swing | | |

Ombersley by-election 11 August 2016 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Robert Tomlinson | 956 | 63.2 | +15.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Evans | 224 | 14.8 | +8.8 |
| | UKIP | Richard Keel | 212 | 14.0 | -19.2 |
| | Independent | Douglas Ingram | 120 | 7.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 732 | 48.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,518 | 18.00 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

Bromsgrove South by-election 31 October 2019 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Kyle Daisley | 769 | 40.2 | -0.3 |
| | Independent | Rachel Jenkins | 436 | 22.8 | +22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joshua Robinson | 357 | 18.7 | +13.8 |
| | Labour | Bren Henderson | 351 | 18.3 | -32.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 17.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,913 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

Arrow Valley West by-election 1 September 2022 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Andrew Fry | 1,342 | 53.7 |
| | Conservative | Gemma Monaco | 893 | 35.7 |
| | Green | Glen Theobald | 146 | 5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Tomes | 120 | 4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 449 | 18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,501 | 15.87 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
