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Wychavon District Council elections

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Wychavon District Council elections are held every four years. Wychavon District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Wychavon in Worcestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 43 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.

Council elections

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Summary of the results of recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election reducing the number of seats by four.[1]

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats UK Independence Party Labour Independent Others Green Notes
1991[5] 27 10 0 6 6 0
1995[6] 12 16 0 10 9 2 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[7]
1999[8] 29 11 0 5 4 0
2003[1] 31 12 0 2 0 0 New ward boundaries[9]
2007[10] 35 10 0 0 0 0
2011[11] 39 5 0 1 0 0
2015[12] 39 5 1 0 0 0
2019[13] 36 6 0 0 1 0 2
2023[14] 29 7 0 1 0 0 6 New ward boundaries

District result maps

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By-election results

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By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[15] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Badsey 6 June 1996 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Droitwich Spa West 6 June 1996 Labour Labour
Evesham Hampton 5 December 1996 Independent Conservative
Bretforton and Offerham 1 May 1997 Independent Liberal Democrats
South Bredon Hill 19 November 1998 Independent Liberal Democrats
Evesham East by-election 9 November 2000 Labour Conservative
Dodderhill by-election 16 May 2002 Conservative Conservative
Drakes Broughton by-election 18 July 2002 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Lovett and North Claines by-election 13 December 2007 Conservative Conservative
Droitwich Central by-election 16 July 2009 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Droitwich South West by-election 1 October 2009 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Evesham South by-election 18 February 2010 Conservative Conservative
Fladbury by-election 22 May 2014 Conservative Conservative
Droitwich East by-election 30 July 2015 Conservative Conservative
Evesham South by-election 4 May 2017 Conservative Conservative
Droitwich South East by-election 4 May 2017 Conservative Conservative
Elmley Castle and Somerville by-election 6 May 2021 Conservative Conservative
The Littletons by-election 13 January 2022 Conservative Green
Dodderhill by-election 11 August 2022 Conservative Conservative
Evesham South by-election 10 August 2023 Green Green
Badsey and Aldington by-election 29 August 2024 Conservative Conservative
Harvington and Norton by-election 29 August 2024 Conservative Independent

References

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  1. ^ a b "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ The District of Wychavon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  3. ^ The Hereford and Worcester (Areas) Order 1985
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  6. ^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  8. ^ "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  9. ^ "The District of Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2002/2987, retrieved 21 September 2022
  10. ^ "Wychavon". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Conservative Roma Kirke wins Whychavon by-election". BBC News Online. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Local election results 2019 in full". BBC News. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Wychavon result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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