Redditch Borough Council elections

Local government elections in Worcestershire, England

Redditch Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Redditch Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Redditch in Worcestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2024, 27 councillors are elected from 9 wards.

Council elections

West By-Election 13 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Karen Lumley	857	45.7
Labour	Richard Timney	855	45.6
Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Cummings	122	6.5
Green	Dave Glover	40	2.0
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			1,874	31.7
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Batchley By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Jack Cookson	634	85.3	+2.3
Conservative	Juilet Brummer	86	11.6	+1.2
Green	Dave Glover	23	3.1	+3.1
Majority			548	73.7
Turnout			743	14.6
Labour hold		Swing

Lodge Park By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Andrew Fry	455	60.5	−1.6
Conservative	Kath Banks	219	29.1	+12.8
Liberal Democrats	Nigel Hicks	70	9.3	−1.2
Green	Richard Armstrong	8	1.0	+1.0
Majority			236	31.4
Turnout			752	16.5
Labour hold		Swing

Greenlands By-Election 2 April 1998^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Helen Cartwright	586	53.9	−1.2
Conservative	David Chart	398	36.6	+6.5
Liberal Democrats	Antony Pitt	103	9.5	−5.3
Majority			188	17.3
Turnout			1,087	16.9
Labour hold		Swing

Crabbs Cross & Rural By-Election 3 April 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Jack Field	843	55.7	+5.2
Labour	Richard Timney	532	35.2	−2.1
Liberal Democrats	Michael Ashall	138	9.1	−3.2
Majority			311	20.5
Turnout			1,513	26.8
Conservative hold		Swing

Batchley By-Election 17 July 2008^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Brenda Quinney	630	39.0	−12.4
Labour	Greg Chance	539	33.4	−4.3
BNP	Maurice Field	299	18.5	+18.5
Liberal Democrats	Russel Taylor	121	7.5	−3.4
Independent	Orion Moon	25	1.5	+1.5
Majority			91	5.6
Turnout			1,614	27.6
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Central By-Election 26 March 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Greg Chance	700	51.3	+15.2
Conservative	Terry Spencer	511	37.4	−9.6
Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pitt	84	6.2	−3.5
Green	Kevin White	36	2.6	+2.6
Independent	Richard Armstrong	34	2.5	−4.7
Majority			189	13.9
Turnout			1,365	23.2
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Headless Cross and Oakenshaw By-Election 26 March 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Gay Hopkins	764	48.2	−14.7
Labour	Pattie Hill	502	31.7	+8.5
Liberal Democrats	John Stanley	162	10.2	−3.7
Green	Alistair Waugh	113	7.1	+7.1
Independent	Isabel Armstrong	45	2.8	+2.8
Majority			262	16.5
Turnout			1,586	23.2
Conservative hold		Swing

Church Hill By-Election 14 July 2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Nina Wood-Ford	600	43.9	+11.7
Conservative	Kathy Haslam	339	24.8	+2.2
UKIP	Len Harris	332	24.3	−10.5
Liberal Democrats	David Gee	40	2.9	−1.2
Green	Lee Bradley	34	2.5	−1.7
Independent	Isabel Armstrong	13	1.0	+1.0
Independent	Agnieszka Wiecek	9	0.7	−0.7
Majority			261	19.1
Turnout			1,367
Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Headless Cross and Oakenshaw By-Election 1 September 2022^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Juliet Barker Smith	767	41.9	+17.7
Conservative	Helen Sanders	686	37.5	−25.4
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Fieldsend-Roxborough	274	15.0	+9.3
Green	Alistair Waugh	102	5.6	−1.6
Majority			81	4.4
Turnout			1,833	28.2
Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^ The District of Redditch (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Redditch council". BBC Online . Retrieved 12 May 2008.
^ "The Borough of Redditch (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2002/2986, retrieved 20 September 2022
^ "Redditch voters set for biggest election in 20 years". BBC News . Retrieved 15 April 2024.
^ "The Redditch (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/654, retrieved 3 May 2024
^ "Labour hold ward seat". Birmingham Mail . 4 April 1998. p. 17.
^ "Batchley by-election result". Redditch Borough Council. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.^{[permanent dead link ‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Labour makes sweeping gain from Tories in Redditch council by-election". 24dash.com. 27 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Church Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

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Worcestershire CC	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 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Bromsgrove	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Malvern Hills	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Redditch	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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Worcester	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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Wychavon	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Wyre Forest	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 2018 2019 2023
Hereford & Worcester CC	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes