Malvern Hills council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 18 wards · 31 seats contested

Most seats
11
Independent
Seats contested
31
across 18 wards
Turnout
36.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Independent 11 +1 10,469 25.7% +3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party 7 -2 11,538 28.3% -0.5
Green Party 7 +2 7,394 18.2% +7.1
Liberal Democrats 3 -6 6,635 16.3% -11.3
Malvern Hills Independents 3 +3 2,759 6.8% —
Labour Party 0 -1 1,717 4.2% -2.7
Reform UK 0 +0 202 0.5% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 31
Conservative and Unionist Party 26
Liberal Democrats 21
Independent 17
Green Party 12
Labour Party 6
Malvern Hills Independents 4
Reform UK 2

A party standing a full slate could field 31 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alfrick, Leigh & Rushwick 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Malvern Hills Independents Sarah Jane Rouse Elected 1,030 71.4% —
Malvern Hills Independents Peter Michael Whatley Elected 992 68.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Edward Selway-Swift 300 20.8% —
Liberal Democrats Linda Dorothy Hardwick 239 16.6% —
Majority692
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors3,902
Ballots cast1,442

Baldwin 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Pam Cumming Elected 905 63.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Jonathan Cumming Elected 902 62.8% —
Liberal Democrats Jamie Cramp 436 30.4% —
Green Party Seyi Latunde-Dada 382 26.6% —
Majority466
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors3,833
Ballots cast1,436

Barnards Green 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Mark John Driscoll Elected 786 36.7% —
Green Party Malcolm Gordon Victory Elected 772 36.1% —
Liberal Democrats David Edward Mead Elected 755 35.3% —
Liberal Democrats Clive Graham Fletcher 596 27.9% —
Liberal Democrats Pete Benkwitz 521 24.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian George Hopwood 463 21.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Caroline MacLusky 423 19.8% —
Independent Adrian Vines 376 17.6% —
Labour Party Lou Lowton 369 17.3% —
Labour Party Iain Brunyee Dawson 307 14.4% —
Independent Nick Houghton 296 13.8% —
Majority159
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors6,488
Ballots cast2,139

Broadheath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Daniel Walton Elected 511 76.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carl Fordington 131 19.7% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Sandys 23 3.5% —
Majority380
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors1,539
Ballots cast665

Castlemorton, Welland & Wells 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent John Gerard Gallagher Elected 864 48.3% —
Independent Christine Anne Wild Elected 727 40.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Campbell 587 32.8% —
Liberal Democrats Eva Fielding 550 30.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marc Bayliss 489 27.3% —
Majority140
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors4,230
Ballots cast1,790

Great Malvern 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Beverley Nielsen Elected 798 50.6% —
Independent Cynthia Majorie Palmer Elected 726 46.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hannah Campbell 491 31.2% —
Liberal Democrats Jed Marson 458 29.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Nicholas Thomas Jarvis 425 27.0% —
Majority235
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors3,915
Ballots cast1,576

Hallow & Holt

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Dean Robert Clarke Elected 495 59.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mel Fordington 264 31.7% —
Liberal Democrats Elaine Margaret Drage 74 8.9% —
Majority231
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors2,221
Ballots cast833

Kempsey 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent David Thomas Harrison Elected 917 67.6% —
Independent John Michael Elected 665 49.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Daly 548 40.4% —
Liberal Democrats John Drage 218 16.1% —
Majority117
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors3,946
Ballots cast1,357

Lindridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Douglas Richard Dare Godwin Elected 479 64.9% —
Green Party Mary-Louise Thompson 159 21.5% —
Liberal Democrats John William O'Loghlen 100 13.6% —
Majority320
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors2,103
Ballots cast738
Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Kwai Hung Chan Elected 589 28.9% —
Liberal Democrats Neville Mills Elected 568 27.9% —
Green Party Fran Victory Elected 563 27.7% —
Liberal Democrats Danielle Bennett 527 25.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Edgar Lawrence Watkins 504 24.8% —
Liberal Democrats Clifford Hobbs 467 22.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Michelle Hanks 442 21.7% —
Labour Party Susan Dorothy Alma Dalley 437 21.5% —
Labour Party Christopher Roland Burrows 429 21.1% —
Independent Clive Maurice Hooper 305 15.0% —
Independent Anne Monica Madelaine Cherry 285 14.0% —
Reform UK Richard Case 141 6.9% —
Majority36
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors5,701
Ballots cast2,035

Longdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jennie Watkins Elected 461 60.3% —
Green Party Tim Kershaw 161 21.0% —
Liberal Democrats Liz Smith 143 18.7% —
Majority300
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors1,938
Ballots cast765

Martley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Joyce Jones-Williams Elected 504 58.7% —
Liberal Democrats John Arthur William Bateman 197 22.9% —
Independent George A. Wilesmith 105 12.2% —
Malvern Hills Independents Matt Oliver 53 6.2% —
Majority307
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors2,327
Ballots cast859

Pickersleigh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Paul Bennett Elected 212 45.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Ian Reginald Chambers 104 22.3% —
Labour Party Owen Dave Walters 84 18.0% —
Independent Caroline Bovey 66 14.1% —
Majority108
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors2,011
Ballots cast467

Powick & the Hanleys 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Tom Wells Elected 1,461 79.0% —
Independent Kathy Wells Elected 1,283 69.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Seb Barbour 365 19.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Harrington William Watkins 250 13.5% —
Liberal Democrats Rachel Aksar 158 8.5% —
Majority918
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors4,303
Ballots cast1,849

Tenbury 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Malvern Hills Independents Lesley Bruton Elected 684 57.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Andrew Willmott Elected 605 50.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul David Owen 367 30.8% —
Green Party Peter Henry Jones 331 27.7% —
Majority238
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors3,626
Ballots cast1,193

Upper Howsell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jules Wood Elected 335 54.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Surbjit Brierley 146 23.9% —
Labour Party Jan Tomasz Kazimierz Blazak 91 14.9% —
Liberal Democrats Will Chaundy 39 6.4% —
Majority189
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors2,176
Ballots cast611

Upton & Ripple 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Martin Allen Elected 1,172 71.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeremy Donald Owenson Elected 608 37.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Michael Waddell 463 28.3% —
Green Party Rebecca Rollinson 459 28.1% —
Liberal Democrats Liz Mills 143 8.7% —
Reform UK Doug Guest 61 3.7% —
Majority145
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors3,912
Ballots cast1,636

West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Natalie Maria McVey Elected 1,152 74.8% —
Green Party John Raine Elected 1,122 72.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jennie Kelly 312 20.3% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Nicholson Whitehead 211 13.7% —
Majority810
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors4,128
Ballots cast1,540

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