VOTERS across Wychavon district headed to the polls on Thursday (April 1) for the local council elections.
They took place across the 53 divisions within the county for the 57 Worcestershire County Council seats that are up for election.
Overall, the Conservatives lost control of the council for the first time in decades.
Reform UK now has 27 seats on the new-look council, the Conservatives have 12, the Green Party has eight councillors, the Liberal Democrats six, Labour has two and there are two independents.
We were at the Pershore Leisure Centre as the results came in and here they are:
3.03pm
The last result of the day and it was a close call between the Lib Dems and Conservative candidates.
The turnout was the highest at 43%.
Bredon
DAVIN Joe, Reform UK – 981
FORREST Margaret, Green – 260
GIBBONS Sharon Joy, Liberal Democrats – 1,226
HARDMAN Adrian Conservative – 1,239 ELECTED
MCGAHAN Hannah, Labour – 69
Voter turnout 43%
2.50pm
Just waiting for the last result to come in now which is Bredon.
Boxes of votes and trestle tables are being packed away…
2.48pm
Here are the results for Bowbrook Division:
Bowbrook
JAMES Seb, Conservative – 1,061
JEWELL Peter, Reform UK – 969 ELECTED
ROWLEY Margaret, Liberal Democrats – 599
SQUIRES Stephen, Green – 195
STAFFORD Mike, Labour – 195
Voter turnout – 34.2%
2.24pm
Hannah Robson has just won a historic poll for the Greens.
2.20pm
And it’s an historic win for the Greens and district councillor for The Littletons, Hannah Robson.
Littletons
CARTWRIGHT Neal, Labour – 96
KEMP Graham, Heritage Party – 16
LITTLECHILD John, Liberal Democrats – 89
POWELL Aaron, Conservative – 833
ROBSON Hannah, Green – 890 ELECTED
WILLIAMS Liz, Reform UK – 889
Voter turnout – 32.%
2.14pm
A dead heat for Littletons!
This means the winner will be drawn out of a box by the deputy returning officer Vic Allison.
2.08pm
Another close run poll for Harvington:
Harvington
BELL Satinder, Reform UK – 1,162 ELECTED
BENNETT Terry, Conservative – 1,109
CLAYSON Paul, Green – 330
FIELDSEND-ROXBOROUGH Andrew, Liberal Democrats – 270
TASKER David Martin, Labour – 435
Voter turnout – 38.3%
2.06pm
Emma Kearsey is delighted to win the Broadway poll for the Conservative against Reform UK by 39 votes.
2.01pm
The results are rolling in thick and fast.
Here is the result for Broadway and it’s a close run race for the first Conservative win.
Broadway
CRUMP Angie, Liberal Democrats – 928
KEARSEY Emma, Conservative – 1,137 ELECTED
KIRBY Madeline, Green, – 138
OWEN David Brian, Labour – 101
WILLIAMS Keith, Reform UK – 1,098
Voter turnout – 38.9%
1.54pm
Here is a result for Pershore with a Lib Dem hold for Dan Boatright-Greene
Pershore
BOATRIGHT-GREENE Dan, Liberal Democrats – 2,263 ELECTED
NUNAN Fiona, Green – 82
TARRAN Sam, Conservative – 502
WALLIS Paul, Reform UK – 870
WINDSOR Christopher, Labour – 67
Voter turnout – 39.7%
1.25pm
Michele Hulme the new Reform representative for Evesham South gets a congratulatory hug.
1.19pm
Here are the results for the second Evesham seat, and another win for Reform UK.
Evesham South
CAPEWELL Amanda, Labour Party – 174
CRETU Marino, Green – 609
HULME Michele, Reform UK – 924 ELECTED
JONES Sally Danielle, Liberal Democrats – 99
ROBINSON Rob, Independent – 427
STOKES Emma Katherine, Conservative – 493
Voter turnout – 29.5%
12.54pm
Here is our second result and a first win for Reform UK in Evesham.
Evesham North West
BASTOW Sam, Reform UK – 934 ELECTED
BUCKLAND Nancie, Green – 253
GOODGE Mark, Conservative – 707
JONES Matthew, Liberal Democrats – 196
TASKER Mary Elizabeth, Labour – 305
Voter turnout – 26.9%
12.50pm
We have our first county council election result:
Upton Snodsbury
AINSWORTH Steve, Labour – 134
KILLORAN Philip, Liberal Democrats – 675
NICHOLS Robert, Green – 208
ROBINSON Linda, Conservative – 1,318 ELECTED
STOCK Sean Luke, Reform UK – 828
Voter turnout – 35.9%
12.43pm
The candidates for Upton Snodsbury are called to see the deputy returning officer.
12.10pm
We have the results for the Evesham Town Council by-election with a win for Sam Bastow for Bengeworth Ward vacated due to the death of Alan Booth in January.
Here are the results:
BASTOW Sam, Reform UK – 545 ELECTED
CRETU Marino, Green Party – 333
ROBINSON Rob, Independent – 390
TASKER Mary, Labour – 146
The following nine county council seats are being contested across the Evesham, Broadway and Pershore district:
Bowbrook
Bredon
Broadway
Evesham North West
Evesham South
Harvington
Littletons
Pershore
Upton Snodsbury
10.51am
We also have the results of the Evesham Town Council by-election for Bengeworth Ward coming shortly.
The candidates are:
BASTOW Sam, Reform UK
CRETU Marino, Green
ROBINSON Rob, Independent
TASKER Mary, Labour
10.29am
We are reporting live from Pershore Leisure Centre where votes are being counted for the Worcestershire County Council elections.
