2017 Worcestershire County Council election explained

Election Name:2017 Worcestershire County Council election
Country:Worcestershire
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2013 Worcestershire County Council election
Previous Year:2013
Next Election:2021 Worcestershire County Council election
Next Year:2021
Seats For Election:All 57 council division seats
Majority Seats:29
Election Date:4 May 2017
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:30
Seats1:40
Seat Change1: 10
Popular Vote1:82,400
Percentage1:46.85
Swing1: 13.55
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:12
Seats2:10
Seat Change2: 2
Popular Vote2:40,235
Percentage2:22.88
Swing2: 1.06
Party4:UK Independence Party
Last Election4:4
Seats4:0
Seat Change4: 4
Popular Vote4:9,778
Percentage4:5.56
Swing4: 14.88
Party5:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election5:3
Seats5:3
Popular Vote5:20,475
Percentage5:11.64
Swing5: 3.98
Party6:Green Party of England and Wales
Last Election6:2
Seats6:2
Popular Vote6:11,862
Percentage6:6.74
Swing6: 1.71
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Conservative

The 2017 Worcestershire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 57 councillors were elected from 53 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The Conservatives extended their majority in the council, gaining ten seats, largely at the expense of Labour and UKIP, who lost six seats between them; the Conservative majority increased from one seat to eleven. The number of seats for the Liberal Democrats and Green remained the same, with the Conservatives gaining the remaining five seats from independent politicians and candidates from smaller parties. The Conservatives lost one seat, Alvechurch, to an independent. The Liberals lost their only seat, St Chads in the Wyre Forest district, after they decided not to field any candidates; the Liberal Democrats held the seat, however. UKIP lost all their seats in this election to the Conservatives.

Results

Wyre Forest

By-elections

Bromsgrove South

Labour councillor Chris Bloore resigned in 2019 after his election in 2017 to work in Toronto, Canada.[2] Bloore's resignation triggered a by-election on 31 October 2019 in which Labour lost the seat to the Conservatives, dropping to fourth place on a 32.2% swing against Labour.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums. Electoral Commission. 15 September 2016. 5 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505140550/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums. dead.
  2. Web site: Bromsgrove South county councillor Chris Bloore resigns . 2024-05-07 . Bromsgrove Standard . en.
  3. Web site: 2019-11-01 . Bromsgrove South by-election: Conservatives take Labour seat . 2024-05-07 . Bromsgrove Advertiser . en.