2019 Redditch Borough Council election

2019 Redditch Borough Council election
Third of the council, 10 seats; 15 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2019 Redditch Borough Council elections took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council, a district-level local authority in Worcestershire, England.

Results

Redditch Local Election Result 2019
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	18	1	0	+1	62	40.5	6,670	-709
Labour	11	0	1	-1	38	26.7	4,395	-2,270
UKIP	0					15.8	2,603	+1,279
Green	0					10.8	1,782	+909
Liberal Democrats	0					6.2	1,015	+479

Abbey Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Chalk	668	40.7	−5.8
	Labour	Nayab Patel	517	31.5	−10.1
	UKIP	Sandra Swansborough	191	11.6	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Taylor	141	8.6	+2.8
	Green	Gabby Hemming	126	7.7	+4.6
Majority			151		+71
Turnout			1,650	35.85	−1.57
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.2

Abbey Ward ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brandon Clayton	813	50.6	−14.4
	Labour	Benjamin Gibbs	263	16.4	−6.3
	UKIP	Bernard Pritchard	207	12.9	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Marsh	173	10.8	+10.8
	Green	Lea Room	141	8.8	+0.6
Majority			550		−151
Turnout			1,606	34.32	−1.29
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.05

Batchley and Brockhill Ward ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nyear Nazir	583	34.5	−12.2
	Labour	Phil Berry	579	34.2	−10.6
	UKIP	Melvin Haigh	307	18.1	+14.1
	Green	Steve Pound	120	7.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Webster	93	5.5	+5.5
Majority			4		−28
Turnout			1,692	27.72	−1.62
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8

Church Hill Ward ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Isherwood	573	33.7	−8.7
	Labour	Hannah Cartwright	556	32.7	−9.6
	UKIP	Kathy Haslam	348	20.4	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Gee	108	6.3	+1.5
	Green	Bob Wardell	107	6.3	+3.3
Majority			17		+16
Turnout			1,702	29.58	−1.51
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	0.5

Crabbs Cross Ward ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Prosser	567	38.3	−11.7
	Green	Claire Davies	388	26.2	+17.2
	UKIP	Chris Harrison	249	16.8	+8.0
	Labour	Monica Fry	197	13.3	−13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Gee	77	5.2	+0.1
Majority			179		−160
Turnout			1,482	33.31	+0.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenlands Ward ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Wheeler	602	38.8	−8.1
	Conservative	Luke Court	561	36.1	+2.1
	Green	Rylma White	197	12.7	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Pitt	159	10.2	3.7
Majority			41		−165
Turnout			1,553	23.29	−1.19
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw Ward ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Baker-Price	846	41.7	−9.2
	Labour	John Witherspoon	441	21.7	−13.5
	UKIP	Trevor Magner	374	18.4	+11.7
	Green	Alistair Waugh	211	10.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Thompson	148	7.3	+7.3
Majority			405		+57
Turnout			2,030	31.15	−3.11
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.2

Matchborough Ward ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Juliet Brunner	562	40.6
	Labour	Andrew Bevan	425	30.7
	UKIP	Jim Swansborough	268	19.4
	Green	Victoria Lees	121	8.7
Majority			137
Turnout			1,385	31.07	−1.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Ward ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thain	706	47.7
	Labour	Lisa King	288	19.5
	UKIP	Paul Swansborough	246	16.6
	Green	Simon Venables	232	15.7
Majority			418
Turnout			1,480	32.43	+0.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winyates Ward ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fleming	791	39.5	−0.5
	Labour	Jim Heaney	527	26.3	−3.0
	UKIP	Scott Preston	413	20.6	−2.4
	Green	Steve Sargent	139	6.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Thomas	116	5.8	+2.7
Majority			264		+34
Turnout			2,002	32.89	−2.35
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.3