Election Name: | 2023 Malvern Hills District Council election |
Country: | Worcestershire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2019 Malvern Hills District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Malvern Hills District Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 31 seats to Malvern Hills District Council |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
Leader1: | Tom Wells |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Last Election1: | 10 seats, 22.2% |
Seats Before1: | 13 |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 10,470 |
Percentage1: | 25.7% |
Swing1: | 3.5% |
Leader2: | Jeremy Owenson[1] |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 13 seats, 28.9% |
Seats Before2: | 12 |
Seats2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 11,538 |
Percentage2: | 28.3% |
Swing2: | 0.6% |
Leader3: | Jules Wood[2] |
Party3: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election3: | 5 seats, 11.0% |
Seats Before3: | 5 |
Seats3: | 7 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 7,394 |
Percentage3: | 18.2% |
Swing3: | 7.2% |
Leader4: | Kaleem Aksar[3] |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election4: | 9 seats, 27.6% |
Seats Before4: | 4 |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 6 |
Popular Vote4: | 6,635 |
Percentage4: | 16.3% |
Swing4: | 11.3% |
Leader5: | Sarah Rouse[4] |
Party5: | Malvern Hills Independents |
Last Election5: | N/A |
Seats Before5: | 3 |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | 2,759 |
Percentage5: | 6.8% |
Swing5: | N/A |
Party6: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election6: | 1 seat, 6.9% |
Seats Before6: | 1 |
Seats6: | 0 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 1,717 |
Percentage6: | 4.2% |
Swing6: | 2.7% |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Tom Wells Independent |
Before Party: | No overall control |
After Election: | Tom Wells Independent |
After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Malvern Hills District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Malvern Hills District Council in Worcestershire, England.[5] [6] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, reducing the number of seats on the council from 38 to 31.[7]
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a coalition of the independents and Greens, led by independent councillor Tom Wells. The Liberal Democrats had also been part of the ruling coalition following the 2019 election, but withdrew from it in 2020.[3] There had also been a split amongst the independent councillors in 2022 which led to the formation of a new group called the Malvern Hills Independents, which subsequently registered itself as a political party with the Electoral Commission.[8] [4]
Following the election the council remained under no overall control. The independents and Greens both increased their numbers of seats, largely at the expense of the Conservatives, and the independent and Green coalition continued to run the council.[9]
The Liberal Democrat group leader prior to the election, Kaleem Aksar, did not stand for re-election. They chose Paul Bennett as their new group leader after the election.[10]
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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Malvern Hills District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[11] The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election.[12] [13]