2023 Worcester City Council election

2023 Worcester City Council election
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11 out of 35 seats to Worcester City Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Lynn Denham[1] Marjory Bisset
Party Labour Green
Last election 12 seats, 32.2% 6 seats, 17.8%
Seats won 4 5
Seats after 13 10
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 4
Popular vote 6,052 6,161
Percentage 28.0% 28.4%
Swing Decrease 4.2% Increase 10.3%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Chris Mitchell Mel Allcott
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 15 seats, 31.5% 2 seats, 14.8%
Seats won 0 2
Seats after 8 4
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 2
Popular vote 5,488 3,523
Percentage 25.4% 16.3%
Swing Decrease 6.1% Increase 1.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Worcester City Council election
Leader before election

Chris Mitchell
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Lynn Denham
Labour
Marjory Bisset
Green
(Joint leaders)
No overall control

The 2023 Worcester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Prior to the election the council had been under no overall control. The Conservatives were the largest party and their group leader, Chris Mitchell, was the leader of the council. The council remained under no overall control after the election, but the Conservatives went from being the largest party to being the third largest party, not winning any of the seats available at this election. Conservative leader Chris Mitchell was one of those who lost his seat. Labour were the largest party after the election, for the first time since 2000, and the Greens made the most gains, gaining four new seats and winning the popular vote for the first time.[3]

The Labour group leader, Lynn Denham, and the Green group leader, Marjory Bisset, were appointed joint leaders of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2023.[4]

  1. ^ Barnett, Christian (9 May 2022). "Change at the top as Worcester's Labour leader steps down". Worcester News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ "The race is on for Worcester City Council elections". Worcester City Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Worcester: Huge defeat for Tories as Labour biggest party". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ Barnett, Christian (16 May 2023). "Worcester City Council agrees to joint Labour and Green leaders". Worcester News. Retrieved 22 May 2023.