Wychavon local elections

Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 45 councillors have been elected from 32 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Wychavon Council election, 1999
Wychavon Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4)^[3]
Wychavon Council election, 2007

Droitwich Spa West By-Election 6 June 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		607	52.7
	Conservative		320	27.8
	Liberal Democrat		225	19.5
Majority			287	24.9
Turnout			1,152	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Evesham Hampton By-Election 5 December 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		583	51.9
	Liberal Democrat		275	24.5
	Labour		266	23.7
Majority			308	27.4
Turnout			1,124	26.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bretforton & Offerham By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		622	46.4	+46.4
	Independent		530	39.5	-43.1
	Labour		189	14.1	+14.1
Majority			92	5.9
Turnout			1,341
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

South Bredon Hill By-Election 19 November 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		305	50.3	+50.3
	Independent Conservative		278	45.9	+2.2
	Labour		23	3.8	+3.8
Majority			27	4.4
Turnout			606	56.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Evesham East By-Election 9 November 2000^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dyke	270	52.4	+17.5
	Labour	Stephen Selby	245	47.6	+11.2
Majority			25	4.8
Turnout			515	28.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Drakes Broughton By-Election 18 July 2002^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Middleborough	373	50.2	+23.5
	Liberal Democrat		370	49.8	-13.3
Majority			3	0.4
Turnout			743	39.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Lovett and North Claines By-Election 13 December 2007^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Miller	837	71.0	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Garbett	342	29.0	+2.6
Majority			495	42.0
Turnout			1,179	27.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droitwich Central By-Election 16 July 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Gopsill	233	51.1	+9.6
	Conservative	David Morris	223	48.9	+17.9
Majority			10	2.2
Turnout			456	22.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Droitwich South West By-Election 1 October 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Vale	521	47.4	+6.1
	Conservative	Maureen Lawley	416	37.8	-4.3
	Labour	Paul Richards	163	14.8	+14.8
Majority			105	9.6
Turnout			1,100	27.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Evesham South By-Election 18 February 2010^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerard O'Donnell	358	52.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Brown	176	25.7	+2.1
	UKIP	John White	150	21.9	-3.3
Majority			182	26.6
Turnout			684	16.3
	Conservative hold		Swing