Worcestershire County Council election, 2009

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
The county of Worcestershire within England
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. 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, 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.

Ward results

Redditch South West (Redditch South West and Rural Borough)

Redditch South ward election, 2009 Redditch South

Worcestershire County Council election, 2009
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 Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	369	+0.2%
Party		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)

Party		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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Tucker	2,090	55.7
	Conservative	Ronald Davis	990	26.4
	English Democrats	Frederick Bishop	369	9.8
	Green	Dave Shaw	298	7.9