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2025 Worcestershire County Council election
← 2021 1 May 2025 2029 →
All 57 seats to Worcestershire County Council
29 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Simon Geraghty Mel Allcott[a] Mel Allcott[a]
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 45 seats, 49.6% 4 seats, 10.2% 3 seats, 19.8%
Current seats 38 3 5
 
Leader Matt Jenkins N/A Bill Hopkins
Party Green Independent Reform UK
Last election 3 seats, 10.4% 2 seats, 7.4% 0 seats, 0.4%
Current seats 5 5[b] 1
Incumbent council control

Conservative


The 2025 Worcestershire County Council election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Worcestershire County Council in Worcestershire, England.[1] All 57 seats will be elected. This will be on the same day as other local elections.

Background

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In the 2021 election, the Conservatives won 45 seats, giving them a majority and control of the council. The Liberal Democrats were the second biggest party with 4 seats, followed by Labour with 3 seats and the Greens with 2 seats.[2] Two seats were won by independent candidates: Beverley Nielsen in Malvern Langland and Tom Wells in Powick.[3]

Several by-elections took place between the 2021 and 2025 elections:

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat   Green

By-elections
Division Date Incumbent Winner Cause Ref.
Arrow Valley West 1 September 2022 Aled Evans Andy Fry Resignation [4][5]
Malvern Chase 4 May 2023 Jack Satterthwaite Malcolm Victory Resignation [6][7]
Warndon Parish 19 October 2023 Andy Roberts Andrew Cross Death [8][9]
Evesham North West 2 May 2024 Peter Griffiths Mark Goodge Death [10][11]

After being elected, councillor Bill Hopkins of St Chads left the Conservatives and joined Reform UK.[12]

Previous council composition

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After 2021 election Before 2025 election[13]
Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 45 Conservative 37
Green 3 Green 5
Labour 3 Labour 5
Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 3
Reform UK 0 Reform UK 2
Independent 2 Independent 5

Changes

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  • July 2022: Aled Evans (Conservative) resigns – by-election held September 2022[4]
  • September 2022: Andy Fry (Labour) gains by-election from Conservatives[4]
  • March 2023: Jack Satterthwaite (Liberal Democrats) resigns – by-election held May 2023[14]
  • May 2023: Malcolm Victory (Green) gains by-election from Liberal Democrats[7]
  • August 2023: Andy Roberts (Conservative) dies – by-election held October 2023[8]
  • October 2023: Andrew Cross (Green) gains by-election from Conservatives[9]
  • December 2023: Peter Griffiths (Conservative) dies – by-election held May 2024[10]
  • January 2024: Bill Hopkins (Conservative) joins Reform UK[15]
  • May 2024: Mark Goodge (Conservative) wins by-election[11]
  • June 2024: Kyle Daisley (Conservative) and Mike Rouse (Conservative) leave party to sit as independent[16]
  • August 2024: Beverley Nielsen (independent) joins Labour[17]
  • November 2024: Tony Muir (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[18]
  • January 2025: Alan Amos (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[19]
  • March 2025: Jo Monk (Conservative) joins Reform UK[20]
  • April 2025: Alan Amos (Independent) joins Reform UK https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25060046.reform-uk-announces-alan-amos-bedwardine-candidate/

References

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  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". Electoral Commission. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Worcestershire result - Local Elections 2021". BBC News. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Malvern – Declaration of results of polls" (PDF). Worcestershire County Council. 7 May 2021. pp. 3 and 7. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Jones, Lucy-Ann (10 August 2022). "Here are the candidates standing in next month's by-elections in Redditch". Redditch Advertiser. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Declaration of result of poll – Arrow Valley West by-election" (PDF). Redditch Borough Council. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Results for Malvern Hills District and Parish Council elections". Malvern Hills District Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Declaration of result of poll – Malvern Chase by-election" (PDF). Worcestershire County Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  8. ^ a b "A lifetime of service to Worcestershire - Councillor Andy Roberts passes away". Worcestershire County Council. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Declaration of result of poll – Warndon Parish by-election" (PDF). Worcestershire County Council. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Obituary – Peter Griffiths". Worcestershire County Council. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Declaration of result of poll – Evesham North West by-election" (PDF). Worcestershire County Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  12. ^ Mortimer, Josiah (12 March 2024). "Two Thirds of Reform UK's Councillors Come from Conservative Defections". Byline Times. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  14. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Ace for Tories in Murray's home town". Localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  15. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Littlemoor point in voting Tory". Localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  16. ^ Boothroyd, David. ""What Comes Next?"". Localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  17. ^ Wilkinson-Jones, Phil (5 August 2024). "Former Lib Dem councillor joins the Labour Party". Malvern Gazette. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  18. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Tory trifecta in Aberdeenshire". Localcouncils.co.uk.
  19. ^ Connell, James (20 January 2025). "Alan Amos leaves Tories over 'spiteful abuse' as feud turns ugly". Worcester News. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  20. ^ Rawlins, Jack (8 March 2025). "County councillor defects to Reform UK". Redditch Advertiser. Retrieved 21 March 2025.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Mel Allcott leads the "Unity Group", which comprises both Liberal Democrat and Labour councillors. Allcott herself is a Liberal Democrat.
  2. ^ Tom Wells, an independent, sits with the Greens as part of the "Green And Independent Alliance Group".

See also

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