Worcestershire County Council election, 2009

Worcestershire County Council election, 2009

4 June 2009

All 57 council division seats 29 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrat Labour Seats won 42 8 3 Seat change 12 12

The county of Worcestershire within England

Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

An election to Worcestershire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2009, alongside the 31 other County Councils, five of which are unitary, and a few other areas^{[n 1]}. The election had been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 57 councillors were elected from 53 wards, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The wards were unchanged from the previous election in 2005. The election saw the Conservative Party retain overall control of the council with a majority of 14 seats, up from a majority of just 2 seats.

All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

County results

Ward results

Redditch South West (Redditch South West and Rural Borough)

Arrow Valley West (Redditch)

Alvechurch (Bromsgrove)

Pershore (Wychavon)

References

Council elections in Worcestershire Worcestershire County Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Bromsgrove District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Malvern Hills District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 Redditch Borough Council 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 Worcester City Council 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 Wychavon District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Wyre Forest District Council 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 See also: Wards Boundary changes

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