# 2024 Worcester City Council election

The 2024 Worcester City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 35 members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire were elected following boundary changes. The council remained under no overall control.

## Background

Worcester has been controlled by both the Conservatives and Labour for long periods. From 1980 to 1999, Labour held a majority on the council. The Conservatives then held a majority from 2003 to 2008 after a period of no overall control, and again from 2011 to 2012.
The Conservatives regained control in 2015, but the council reverted to no overall control a year later; 2021 to 2022 was also a period of Conservative majority. In the previous election, the Green Party gained 5 seats with 28.4% of the vote, Labour gained 1 with 28.0%, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 16.3%, and the Conservatives lost all the seats they were defending with 25.4%. Following the 2023 election, Labour and the Green Party formed a coalition, with the party leaders serving as joint leaders of the council. The Green leader, Marjory Bisset, did not stand for re-election in 2024.

## Boundary changes

Worcester formerly elected its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. The 2024 election saw both a review of ward boundaries and a change to elections being held for all councillors every four years instead. All councillors were therefore elected to the new wards.
| Old wards | No. of seats | New wards | No. of seats |
| Arboretum | 2 | Arboretum | 2 |
| Battenhall | 2 | Battenhall | 2 |
| Bedwardine | 3 | Cathedral | 2 |
| Cathedral | 3 | Claines | 3 |
| Claines | 3 | Dines Green and Grove Farm | 2 |
| Gorse Hill | 2 | Fort Royal | 2 |
| Nunnery | 3 | Leopard Hill | 2 |
| Rainbow Hill | 2 | Lower Wick and Pitmaston | 2 |
| St Clement | 2 | Nunnery | 3 |
| St John | 3 | Rainbow Hill | 2 |
| St Peter's Parish | 2 | St Clement | 2 |
| St Stephen | 2 | St John's | 2 |
| Warndon | 2 | St Nicholas | 2 |
| Warndon Parish North | 2 | St Peter's Parish | 2 |
| Warndon Parish South | 2 | St Stephen | 2 |
| | | Warndon and Elbury Park | 3 |

## Previous council composition

| After 2023 election | After 2023 election | After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats |
| | Labour | 13 | | Labour | 13 | | Labour | 17 |
| | Green | 10 | | Green | 11 | | Green | 12 |
| | Conservative | 8 | | Conservative | 7 | | Conservative | 1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 4 | | Liberal Democrats | 4 | | Liberal Democrats | 5 |
Changes 2023–2024:
* May 2023: Simon Cronin (Labour) dies; by-election held July 2023
* July 2023: Elaine Willmore (Labour) holds by-election
* August 2023: Andy Roberts (Conservative) dies; by-election held October 2023
* October 2023: Katie Collier (Green Party) gains by-election from Conservatives

## Councillors standing down

| Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Party | Date announced |
| Simon Geraghty | St Clement | 2000 | | Conservative | 13 April 2024 |
| Marjory Bisset | | | | Green | |

## Election result

2024 Worcester City Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 35 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 48.6 | 29.5 | 16,203 | +1.5 |
| Green | 35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34.3 | 32.9 | 18,092 | +4.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 7,894 | -2.0 |
| Conservative | 35 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2.9 | 20.1 | 11,082 | -5.3 |
| Independent | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2.3 | 1,288 | +1.8 |
| Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.5 | 294 | +0.3 |
| TUSC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.4 | 206 | -0.1 |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0.1 | 68 | +0.1 |
Following the election, Labour formed a minority administration. Their leader Lynn Denham, who had been one of two joint leaders before the election, was appointed sole leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 14 May 2024.

## Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Worcester Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

### Arboretum

Arboretum (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Hannah Cooper* | 1,183 | 67.2 | |
| | Green | Karen Lewing* | 1,090 | 61.9 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Tull | 314 | 17.8 | |
| | Labour | Nazrul Haque | 261 | 14.8 | |
| | Conservative | Zoe Coldicott | 151 | 8.6 | |
| | Conservative | Angela Stanley | 120 | 6.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Taylor | 106 | 6.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Morgan | 94 | 5.3 | |
| | TUSC | Calvin Fowler | 33 | 1.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,761 | 36.70 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,798 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### Battenhall

Battenhall (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Louis Stephen* | 1,367 | 71.6 | |
| | Green | Paul Sobczyk | 1,213 | 63.5 | |
| | Labour | Graham Taylor | 322 | 16.9 | |
| | Labour | Ian Benfield | 306 | 16.0 | |
| | Conservative | Parveen Akhtar | 300 | 15.7 | |
| | Conservative | Naseeb Hussain | 253 | 13.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pyers Symon | 59 | 3.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,022 | 43.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,690 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### Cathedral

Cathedral (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lynn Denham* | 644 | 45.4 | |
| | Labour | Adam Scott | 541 | 38.1 | |
| | Green | Jon Bodenham | 525 | 37.0 | |
| | Green | Leisa Taylor | 464 | 32.7 | |
| | Conservative | Adele Rimell | 225 | 15.9 | |
| | Conservative | Chris Rimell | 216 | 15.2 | |
| | Independent | Francis Lankester | 111 | 7.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Smith | 43 | 3.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Wild | 37 | 2.6 | |
| | TUSC | Archie Harrison | 33 | 2.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,467 | 33.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,419 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Claines

Claines (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mel Allcott* | 1,798 | 68.2 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jessie Jagger* | 1,401 | 53.2 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Lawrence* | 1,333 | 50.6 | +9.1 |
| | Conservative | Chris Thorp | 473 | 18.0 | |
| | Conservative | Trish Nosal | 373 | 14.2 | |
| | Conservative | Tom Wisniewski | 360 | 13.7 | |
| | Labour | Joy Squires | 333 | 12.6 | |
| | Labour | Louis Allaway | 309 | 11.7 | |
| | Green | Mandy Neill | 289 | 11.3 | |
| | Labour | Tom Henri | 267 | 10.1 | |
| | Green | Claire Nichols | 236 | 9.0 | |
| | Green | Simon Bovey | 221 | 8.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,635 | 40.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,500 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Dines Green & Grove Farm

Dines Green & Grove Farm (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Matt Lamb* | 609 | 57.6 | |
| | Labour | Robyn Norfolk* | 478 | 45.2 | |
| | Conservative | Margarete Cawte | 211 | 19.9 | |
| | Conservative | Mike Wilson | 206 | 19.5 | |
| | Green | Katherine Pingree | 153 | 14.5 | |
| | Green | Nicola Silverster | 121 | 11.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Holmes | 71 | 6.7 | |
| | UKIP | Martin Potter | 68 | 6.4 | |
| | TUSC | Mark Davies | 38 | 3.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,058 | 23.32 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,537 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Fort Royal

Fort Royal (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jaabba Riaz* | 655 | 53.7 | |
| | Labour | Atif Sadiq* | 504 | 41.3 | |
| | Green | Helen McCarthy | 274 | 22.4 | |
| | Independent | Naheem Zafar | 252 | 20.6 | |
| | Independent | Resnu Meah | 236 | 19.3 | |
| | Green | Justin Kirby | 179 | 14.7 | |
| | Conservative | Antonio Martins | 130 | 10.7 | |
| | Conservative | Maria Martins | 128 | 10.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Lee | 83 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,275 | 35.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,607 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Leopard Hill

Leopard Hill (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Andrew Cross* | 1,029 | 65.8 | |
| | Green | Katie Collier* | 906 | 57.9 | |
| | Conservative | Jithin Bittu | 364 | 23.3 | |
| | Conservative | Tony Lippett | 346 | 22.1 | |
| | Labour | Jamsheyd Ali | 199 | 12.7 | |
| | Labour | Sunil Desayrah | 176 | 11.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Jagger | 64 | 4.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bart Ricketts | 46 | 2.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.6 | |
| | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) |
| | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) |

### Lower Wick & Pitmaston

Lower Wick & Pitmaston (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Amos* | 817 | 49.4 | |
| | Labour | Sue Smith* | 752 | 45.5 | |
| | Labour | Aaron Daniels | 653 | 39.5 | |
| | Conservative | Lucy Hodgson | 569 | 34.4 | |
| | Green | Stephen Brohan | 194 | 11.7 | |
| | Green | Stephen Alaric | 170 | 10.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Ondreasz | 129 | 7.8 | |
| | TUSC | Eloise Davies | 23 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,813 | 39.89 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,545 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Nunnery

Nunnery (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pat Agar* | 994 | 51.1 | |
| | Labour | Elaine Willmore* | 963 | 49.6 | |
| | Labour | Bash Ali* | 807 | 41.5 | |
| | Conservative | Allah Ditta | 472 | 24.3 | |
| | Conservative | Leon Babu | 442 | 22.7 | |
| | Conservative | Lucy Owen | 417 | 21.5 | |
| | Green | Barbara Mitra | 340 | 17.5 | |
| | Green | Alice Ponder | 302 | 15.5 | |
| | Independent | Nadeem Ahmed | 260 | 13.4 | |
| | Reform UK | David Carney | 203 | 10.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Scott Butler | 184 | 9.5 | |
| | Green | Jacek Zmarzlik | 157 | 8.1 | |
| | Independent | Asfand Ali | 146 | 7.5 | |
| | Independent | Mikaeel Zafar | 143 | 7.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Rainbow Hill

Rainbow Hill (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Adrian Gregson* | 550 | 47.1 | |
| | Labour | Zoe Cookson* | 525 | 45.0 | |
| | Green | Nick Weeks | 488 | 41.8 | |
| | Green | Josh Trimmer | 464 | 39.8 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Burton | 161 | 13.8 | |
| | Conservative | Mike Rouse | 96 | 8.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Carpenter | 50 | 4.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,244 | 26.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,709 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St. Clement

St. Clement (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Tor Pingree* | 788 | 52.4 | |
| | Green | Alex Kinnersley | 598 | 39.8 | |
| | Conservative | Bertie Ballinger | 533 | 35.5 | |
| | Conservative | Seb James | 482 | 32.1 | |
| | Labour | Ian Craigan | 263 | 17.5 | |
| | Labour | Jacqui Wilde | 179 | 11.9 | |
| | Reform UK | Max Windsor-Peplow | 94 | 6.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Mather | 59 | 4.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.2 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative |

### St. John's

St. John's (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Udall* | 864 | 68.7 | |
| | Labour | Jenny Barnes | 630 | 50.1 | |
| | Green | Rob Ottolangui | 355 | 28.2 | |
| | Green | Annie Swift | 322 | 25.6 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Burge | 164 | 13.0 | |
| | Conservative | Alexander Snell | 124 | 9.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Jackson | 55 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,401 | 32.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,277 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Murray* | 796 | 52.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Rudge | 569 | 37.2 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hodgson* | 415 | 27.1 | |
| | Green | Martyn Hencher | 385 | 25.1 | |
| | Conservative | Janet Lippett | 298 | 19.5 | |
| | Green | Clare Wratten | 295 | 19.3 | |
| | Labour | Mike Stafford | 172 | 11.2 | |
| | Labour | Chris Taylor | 132 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,595 | 39.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,059 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Steve Cockeram* | 832 | 47.7 | |
| | Green | Elena Round* | 724 | 41.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Renshaw | 537 | 30.8 | |
| | Conservative | James Woolgar | 428 | 24.5 | |
| | Conservative | Steve Mackay | 428 | 24.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ken Carpenter | 216 | 12.4 | |
| | Labour | Jenny Benfield | 181 | 10.4 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Tallett | 142 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.2 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### St. Stephen

St. Stephen (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Alex Mace | 995 | 64.2 | |
| | Green | Neil Laurenson* | 981 | 63.3 | |
| | Conservative | Jason Wild | 256 | 16.5 | |
| | Labour | Ruth Coates | 224 | 14.4 | |
| | Conservative | Angelika Wisniewska | 202 | 13.0 | |
| | Labour | Mark Willmore | 138 | 8.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Melville | 53 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,549 | 38.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,065 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### Warndon & Elbury Park

Warndon & Elbury Park (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jill Desayrah* | 868 | 58.1 | |
| | Labour | Ed Kimberley | 788 | 52.7 | |
| | Labour | Naz Hussain | 708 | 47.4 | |
| | Conservative | James Stanley* | 389 | 26.0 | |
| | Conservative | Owen Cleary* | 388 | 26.0 | |
| | Conservative | Shazad Ditta | 325 | 21.7 | |
| | Green | Sue Braithwaite | 288 | 19.3 | |
| | Green | Sarah Dukes | 235 | 15.7 | |
| | Green | Phil Gilfillan | 165 | 11.0 | |
| | Independent | Mohammed Awais | 140 | 9.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Cottingham | 111 | 7.4 | |
| | TUSC | Jason Ford | 80 | 5.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 22.8 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |