Malvern Hills local elections

Malvern Hills District Council in Worcestershire, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Malvern Hills Council election, 2000

Malvern Hills Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4)^[2]

Malvern Hills Council election, 2007

Kempsey By-Election 12 September 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		634	58.1
	Liberal Democrat		458	41.9
Majority			176	16.2
Turnout			1,092	34.6
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Kempsey By-Election 6 May 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		726	62.8	+62.8
	Liberal Democrat		430	37.2	+18.3
Majority			296	25.6
Turnout			1,156	37.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Upton on Severn By-Election 6 May 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		295	38.5	+16.6
	Independent		257	33.5	+33.5
	Conservative		215	28.0	-1.5
Majority			38	5.0
Turnout			767	33.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Tenbury Town By-Election 26 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		385	42.3
	Conservative		305	33.5
	Independent		137	15.0
	Green		84	9.2
Majority			80	8.8
Turnout			911	38.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

West Malvern By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		363	51.1	+2.2
	Conservative		347	48.9	+48.9
Majority			16	2.2
Turnout			710	26.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Trinity By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,125	57.3	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat		839	42.7	-11.0
Majority			286	14.6
Turnout			1,964
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Alfrick & Leigh By-Election 21 October 2004^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Young	405	43.2	+43.2
	Conservative		396	42.2	+8.8
	Green		91	9.7	+9.7
	UKIP		456	4.9	-7.4
Majority			9	1.0
Turnout			938	33.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Hallow By-Election 3 September 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		504	61.6	+16.5
	Conservative		314	38.4	-16.5
Majority			190	23.2
Turnout			818
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing