Wyre Forest District Council elections

Map showing the composition of Wyre Forest District Council after the 2014 election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Health Concern in pink, UK Independence Party in purple, independents in grey and Liberals in orange.

One third of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 42 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3][4]

Party in control Years
No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1979
No overall control 1979 - 1996
Labour 1996 - 1999
No overall control 1999 - 2002
Health Concern 2002
No overall control 2002 - 2008
Conservative 2008 - 2009
No overall control 2009 - 2010
Conservative 2010 - 2012
No overall control 2012 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2004 election, leading to the whole council bring elected in that year.[5]

Year Conservative Labour Health Concern UK Independence Party Independent Liberal Liberal Democrats Vacant
1990[6] 10 16 0 0 3 0 13 0
1991[7] 8 21 0 0 3 0 10 0
1992[8] 9 21 0 0 1 0 11 0
1994[9] 8 18 0 0 1 0 15 0
1995[10] 6 20 0 0 1 0 15 0
1996[11] 3 26 0 0 2 3 8 0
1998[12] 4 28 0 0 1 3 6 0
1999[13][14] 5 18 7 0 5 3 4 0
2000[15] 5 11 19 0 0 3 4 0
2002[16] 6 5 21 0 2 5 2 1
2003[17] 9 4 19 0 1 7 2 0
2004[5] 19 4 8 0 1 8 2 0
2006[18] 18 4 9 0 2 7 2 0
2007[19] 18 3 10 0 2 7 2 0
2008[20] 22 2 10 0 0 6 2 0
2010[21] 23 3 8 0 1 5 2 0
2011[22] 24 6 4 0 3 5 0 0
2012[23] 20 8 8 0 2 4 0 0
2014[24] 15 9 7 5 4 2 0 0
2015

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[25] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Broadwater 12 December 1996 Labour Labour
Oldington and Foley Park 16 October 1997 Labour Labour
Oldington and Foley Park by-election 3 December 1998 Liberal Democrat Labour
Chaddesley by-election 18 February 1999 Conservative Conservative
Sutton Park by-election 13 June 2002 Liberal Democrat Conservative
Aggborough and Spennells by-election 27 October 2005 Conservative Conservative
Lickhill by-election 10 September 2009 Health Concern Health Concern
Areley Kings by-election 10 December 2009 Conservative Labour

References

  1. ↑ "Know Your Councillor". Wyre Forest District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Wyre Forest". BBC News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  3. ↑ Land, Jon (11 December 2009). "Huge boost for Labour in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "local elections 2010". theguardian.com. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Wyre Forest council". BBC News Online. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Local election results". The Times (NewsBank). 5 May 1990.
  7. ↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times (NewsBank). 4 May 1991.
  8. ↑ "Local election results 1992". The Times (NewsBank). 9 May 1992.
  9. ↑ "Non Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times (NewsBank). 7 May 1994. p. 9.
  10. ↑ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times (NewsBank). 6 May 1995.
  11. ↑ "Complete list of results". The Times (NewsBank). 4 May 1996. p. 8.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections results". The Times (NewsBank). 9 May 1998. p. 46.
  13. ↑ "How the nations voted". The Times (NewsBank). 8 May 1999. p. 48.
  14. ↑ "Pressure group's gain - In brief". The Times (NewsBank). 8 May 1999. p. 21.
  15. ↑ Walker, Jonathan (6 May 2000). "Hospital Gives Healthy Majority: Labour Pushed Out By Campaigners' Success". Birmingham Post (NewsBank). p. 5.
  16. ↑ "Election results - Local Elections". The Times (NewsBank). 4 May 2002. p. 16.
  17. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Local elections: Wyre Forest". BBC News Online. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Wyre Forest". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Wyre Forest". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Wyre Forest". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian (NewsBank). 7 May 2011.
  23. ↑ "Election results 2012: Non-Metro". The Guardian (NewsBank). 5 May 2012.
  24. ↑ "Results Elections 2014". The Times (NewsBank). 24 May 2014. pp. 88–89.
  25. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 15 April 2015.

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