2012 Worcester City Council election

Map of the results

The 2012 Worcester City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Worcester City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:[2]

• Conservative 17
• Labour 15
• Liberal Democrats 2
• Green 1

Ward results

The results were:[2]

Arboretum ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Squires	848	56%
	Conservative	Pamela Clayton	370	25%
	Green	Annie O'Dell	125	8%
	UKIP	Jim Holtom	85	6%
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Simon Orr	77	5%
Turnout			1508	31%
	Labour hold		Swing

Battenhall ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Henry Rowden	656	48%
	Labour	Gaynor Anne Pritchard	444	32%
	Green	Linda Jackson	155	11%
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Stuart McIver	119	9%
Turnout			1380	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bedwardine ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek William Prodger	969	52%
	Labour	Matthew Charles Reynolds	597	32%
	Green	Russell O'Dell	203	11%
	TUSC	Peter McNally	94	5%
Turnout			1869	29%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cathedral ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Denham	1,057	43%
	Conservative	Francis David Lankester	997	41%
	Green	Stephen Louis	225	9%
	UKIP	Lawson Alec Cartwright	152	6%
Turnout			2436	31%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Claines ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whitehouse	1,182	44%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Askin	1117	42%
	Green	Peter Robinson	374	14%
Turnout			2690	17%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Gorse Hill ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Edward Berry	673	72%
	Conservative	Simon Parker Harrison	146	16%
	Green	Justin Kirby	116	12%
Turnout			939	25%
	Labour hold		Swing

Nunnery ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Spencer Boorn	1,011	54%
	Conservative	Neil Christopher Monkhouse	554	29%
	Green	Matthew Jenkins	168	9%
	BNP	Carl Martin Mason	150	8%
Turnout			1889	31%
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Rainbow Hill ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Stewart Gregson	552	60%
	Conservative	Edward Peter Charles Turner	169	18%
	UKIP	Carl Henry Humphries	115	13%
	Green	Suzanne Ford	76	8%
Turnout			918	23%
	Labour hold		Swing

St Clement ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Eon Geraghty	738	45%
	Labour	Richard Gwynfryn Morris	547	33%
	UKIP	James Alexander Goad	155	9%
	Independent	Peter Nielsen	85	5%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry MacGabhann	72	4%
	Green	Stephen Brohan	58	4%
Turnout			1656	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Mary Cawthorne	933	57%
	Conservative	Neill Mark Bucktin	433	27%
	Green	Olaf Twiehaus	151	9%
	TUSC	Mark Patrick Davies	102	6%
Turnout			1626	28%
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

St Stephen ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Neil Laurenson	720	50%
	Conservative	Keith Burton	442	30%
	Labour	Matthew Karl Willis	236	16%
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Jane Allcott	52	4%
Turnout			1450	35%
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Warndon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Thomas Amos	717	75%
	Conservative	Godfrey Benson	151	16%
	Green	Barbara Mitra	86	9%
Turnout			960	23%
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
2. "2012 Election results, 3 May 2012". Worcester City Council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2022.