2025 Worcestershire County Council election

In the 2021 election, the Conservatives won 45 seats, giving them a majority and control of the council. The Liberal Democrats were the second biggest party with 4 seats, followed by Labour with 3 seats and the Greens with 2 seats. Two seats were won by independent candidates: Beverley Nielsen in Malvern Langland and Tom Wells in Powick. Several by-elections took place between the 2021 and 2025 elections: After being elected, councillor Bill Hopkins of St Chads left the Conservatives and joined Reform UK. ==Previous council composition==

Changes • July 2022: Aled Evans (Conservative) resigns – by-election held September 2022 • May 2023: Malcolm Victory (Green) gains by-election from Liberal Democrats • May 2024: Mark Goodge (Conservative) wins by-election • August 2024: Beverley Nielsen (independent) joins Labour • November 2024: Tony Muir (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent • January 2025: Alan Amos (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent • March 2025: Jo Monk (Conservative) joins Reform UK • April 2025: Alan Amos (Independent) joins Reform UK ==Summary==

The Conservatives lost the majority they had held for 20 years, and the leader of the council, Simon Geraghty, lost his seat. Reform UK were the largest party, but were two seats short of a majority. Reform chose Jo Monk to be their new group leader after the election; she had been a Conservative councillor until March 2025 when she joined Reform. Election result ==Division results by district==

Bromsgrove Division results Malvern Hills Division results Redditch Division results Worcester Division results Wychavon Division results The result in Littletons was a tie between Hannah Robson and Liz Williams. Electoral law in the United Kingdom requires the Returning Officer to decide between candidates by lot in the event of a tie. In this case, one of the two candidates' names was drawn at random from a box, and Robson was returned. The official declaration shows the winning candidate having one extra vote in the event of a tie. On 25 June, Williams lodged an election petition with the High Court alleging undue interference and fraud. In October, the case was thrown out on a technicality because Williams had missed the deadline to submit her claim to the High Court. Wyre Forest Division results --> ==By-elections==

Bromsgrove South == See also ==