Worcestershire County Council election, 2009

4 June 2009

All 57 council division seats 29 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour
Seats won	42	8	3
Seat change	12		12

2009 local election results in Worcestershire

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

An election to Worcestershire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2009, alongside the 31 other County Councils, five of which are unitary, and a few other areas^{[n 1]}. The election had been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 57 councillors were elected from 53 wards, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The wards were unchanged from the previous election in 2005. The election saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council with a majority of 14 seats, up from a majority of just 2 seats.

All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

County results

Worcestershire County Council election, 2009^[3]^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	12	0	+12	73.7	42.7	83,273	+2.8%
	Liberal Democrat	8	0	0	0	14.0	18.3	35,734	-3.6%
	Labour	3	0	12	-12	5.3	13.4	26,183	-12.9%
	Health Concern	2	1	0	+1	3.5	5.1	10,002	+4.7%
	Liberal	1	0	1	-1	1.8	1.4	2,707	-0.1%
	Wythall Residents Association	1	1	0	+1	1.8	0.6	1,224	+0.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	8.2	15,958	+4.9%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.4	8,478	+4.3%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	3.4	5,353	+3.4%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	2.3	4,383	+0.4%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	369	+0.2%

Ward results

Redditch South West (Redditch South West and Rural Borough)

Redditch South ward election, 2009 Redditch South^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Barry Gandy	2,929	26.1
Conservative	Peter Gretton	2,583	22.9
UKIP	Johnathan Oakton	1,515	13.5
Liberal Democrat	Graham Pollard	973	8.6
Liberal Democrat	Adam Isherwood	874	7.7
Green	Alistair Waugh	821	7.2
Labour	Mark Shurmer	787	6.9
Labour	John Witherspoon	778	6.8

Arrow Valley West (Redditch)

Arrow Valley West ward election, 2009 Arrow Valley West (Redditch)^[5]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Brandon Clayton	1,677	19.1
Conservative	Jane Potter	1,626	18.5
Labour	Andrew Fry	1,410	16.0
Labour	Pattie Hill	1,274	14.5
Liberal Democrat	Diane Thomas	1,075	12.2
Liberal Democrat	Russle Taylor	900	10.2
Green	Kevin White	815	9.2

Alvechurch (Bromsgrove)

Alvechurch ward election, 2009 Alvechurch^[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	George Lord (Leader, Worcestershire County Council)	1,165	40.9
UKIP	Peter McHugh	626	22.0
Liberal Democrat	Magaret Allen	376	13.2
Labour	Rory Shannon	264	9.2
Green	Tim Martin	222	7.8
BNP	Sylvia Kinchin	189	6.6

Pershore (Wychavon)

Pershore ward election, 2009 Pershore^[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Tucker	2,090	55.7
Conservative	Ronald Davis	990	26.4
English Democrat	Frederick Bishop	369	9.8
Green	Dave Shaw	298	7.9

References

↑ See the footer table or main article on these elections.

↑ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
↑ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
↑ "Worcestershire council". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
↑ "Results Summary - Elections, 2009". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
1 2 Redditch, UKPollingReport
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External links

County Council Election Results 2009. Worcestershire County Council.

Council elections in Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished (1974) Restored (1997) 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Bromsgrove District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Malvern Hills District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Redditch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Worcester City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wychavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Wyre Forest District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Hereford and Worcester County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2008 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2009 (→ 2010)

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Mayoral elections	Doncaster Hartlepool North Tyneside

Unitary authorities	Bedford Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cornwall Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Shropshire Wiltshire

See also: European Parliament election Bold indicates a new unitary authority. Stoke-on-Trent cancelled mayoral election after abolishing mayoral system.

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