2021 Worcester City Council election

The 2021 Worcester City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect councillors to Worcester City Council in England.^[1]

Results summary[edit]

2021 Worcester City Council election^[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	5	2	41.7	13	18	51.4	9,189	39.2	+2.3
	Labour	3	4	25.0	8	11	31.4	6,530	27.8	+1.7
	Green	3	1	25.0	1	4	11.4	5,289	22.6	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	8.3	1	2	5.7	2,129	9.1	-0.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	150	0.6	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	58	0.2	New
	British Resistance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	28	0.1	±0.0

Ward results[edit]

Arboretum[edit]

Arboretum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Karen Lewing	928	45.5	+20.1
	Labour	Joy Squires	696	34.1	-4.3
	Conservative	Anja Potze	347	17.0	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Taylor	69	3.4	-3.9
Majority			232	11.4
Turnout			2,063	43.5
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	12.2

Battenhall[edit]

Battenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Louis Stephen	1,285	60.5	+12.2
	Conservative	Peter Rodford	652	30.7	-14.9
	Labour	Paul Mountain	145	6.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Carpenter	43	2.0	+1.4
Majority			633	29.8
Turnout			2,138	51.6
	Green hold		Swing	13.6

Bedwardine[edit]

Bedwardine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Amos	1,417	54.5	+9.2
	Labour	Sue Smith	672	25.9	+4.1
	Green	Frazer Bufton	234	9.0	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Ondreasz	194	7.5	-1.5
	Women's Equality	Leisa Taylor	81	3.1	-0.1
Majority			745	28.6
Turnout			2,612	38.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

Cathedral[edit]

Cathedral
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Denham	1,251	40.3	+5.3
	Conservative	Shafaz Ditta	1,211	39.0	+1.7
	Green	Hannah Cooper	374	12.1	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Fenton	130	4.2	-3.9
	Reform UK	Julie Bower	102	3.3	N/A
	TUSC	Archie Harrison	34	1.1	N/A
Majority			40	1.3
Turnout			3,117	36.6
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Claines[edit]

Claines
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Lawrance	1,269	41.8	+2.4
	Conservative	Louie Lynch	1,199	39.5	-3.1
	Labour	James Linsey	278	9.1	+4.2
	Green	Stephen Dent	245	8.1	-0.2
	Reform UK	Paul Hickling	48	1.6	N/A
Majority			70	2.3
Turnout			3,058	47.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	2.8

Gorse Hill[edit]

Gorse Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Stanley	560	51.5	+8.0
	Labour Co-op	Roger Berry	408	37.5	-3.6
	Green	Susan Avery	79	7.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Morgan	40	3.7	N/A
Majority			152	14.0
Turnout			1,105	28.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.8

Nunnery[edit]

Nunnery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Carver	1,129	50.5	+21.7
	Labour	Zoe Cookson	807	36.1	-7.0
	Green	Barbara Mitra	214	9.6	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Fletcher	56	2.5	N/A
	British Resistance	Carl Mason	28	1.3	+0.3
Majority			322	14.4
Turnout			2,247	35.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	14.4

Rainbow Hill[edit]

Rainbow Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Gregson	551	48.8	-10.6
	Conservative	Parveen Akhtar	317	30.2	+7.1
	Green	Stephen Brohan	144	13.7	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Carpenter	52	5.0	+1.6
	TUSC	Calvin Fowler	24	2.3	N/A
Majority			234	18.6
Turnout			1,095	26.5
	Labour hold		Swing	8.9

St. Clement[edit]

St. Clement
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Geraghty	933	55.1	+9.8
	Green	Victoria Pingree	423	25.0	+10.4
	Labour	Paul Walters	283	16.7	-12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jackson	55	3.2	N/A
Majority			510	30.1
Turnout			1,705	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

St. John[edit]

St. John
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robyn Norfolk	800	44.8	-12.1
	Conservative	Joseph Amos	622	34.9	+17.2
	Green	Alaric Stephen	201	11.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Mather	115	6.4	N/A
	TUSC	Mark Davies	46	2.6	N/A
Majority			178	9.9
Turnout			1,808	28.7
	Labour hold		Swing	14.7

St. Stephen[edit]

St. Stephen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Neil Laurenson	1,086	61.8	+3.9
	Conservative	Sam Ness	433	24.6	-3.1
	Labour	Christopher Giles	182	10.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cottingham	56	3.2	+1.5
Majority			653	37.2
Turnout			1,768	40.8
	Green hold		Swing	3.5

Warndon[edit]

Warndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Cleary	369	43.3	+19.3
	Labour	Ceri Stalker	357	41.9	-15.1
	Green	Sarah Dukes	76	8.9	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Murray	50	5.9	N/A
Majority			12	1.4
Turnout			857	21.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	17.2

References[edit]

^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Worcester City Council. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Worcester scoreboard". BBC. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[1] "Notice of Election" (PDF). Worcester City Council. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[2] "Worcester scoreboard". BBC. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes