2023 Wyre Forest District Council election
{{Short description|2023 English local election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2023 Wyre Forest District Council election
| country = Worcestershire
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2019 Wyre Forest District Council election
| previous_year = 2019
| outgoing_members =
| election_date = {{Start date|2023|5|4|df=y}}
| elected_members =
| next_election = 2027 Wyre Forest District Council election
| next_year = 2027
| seats_for_election= All 33 seats on Wyre Forest District Council
| majority_seats = 17
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| image1 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader1 = Marcus Hart
| last_election1 = 14 seats, 31.6%
| seats_before1 = 14
| seats1 =
| seats_after1 = 20
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 6
| popular_vote1 = 8,609
| percentage1 = 29.6
| swing1 = {{decrease}}2.0
| party2 = Independent politician
| image2 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader2 = Helen Dyke
| last_election2 = 5 seats, 10.6%
| seats_before2 = 5
| seats2 =
| seats_after2 = 6
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote2 = 5,595
| percentage2 = 19.3
| swing2 = {{increase}}8.7
| party3 = Labour Party (UK)
| image3 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader3 = Leigh Whitehouse
| last_election3 = 2 seats, 16.1%
| seats_before3 = 2
| seats3 =
| seats_after3 = 4
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 2
| popular_vote3 = 6,969
| percentage3 = 24.0
| swing3 = {{increase}}7.9
| party4 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| image4 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader4 = Fran Oborski
| last_election4 = 3 seats, 10.5%
| seats_before4 = 3
| seats4 =
| seats_after4 = 2
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote4 = 4,081
| percentage4 = 14.0
| swing4 = {{increase}}3.5
| party5 = Green Party of England and Wales
| image5 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader5 =
| last_election5 = 1 seat, 7.7%
| seats_before5 = 1
| seats5 =
| seats_after5 = 1
| seat_change5 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote5 = 3,799
| percentage5 = 13.1
| swing5 = {{increase}}5.4
| party6 = Independent Community & Health Concern
| image6 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader6 =
| leader_since6 =
| leaders_seat6 =
| last_election6 = 8 seats, 17.3%
| seats_before6 = 8
| seats6 =
| seats_after6 = 0
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}}8
| popular_vote6 = n/a
| percentage6 =
| swing6 =
| map_image = File:Wyre Forest UK local election 2023 map.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Map of the results
| title = Leader
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = Helen Dyke
Independent
| before_party = No overall control
| after_election = Marcus Hart
| after_party = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
The 2023 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 33 members of Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a "progressive alliance" of Independent Health Concern, Labour, Green and independent councillors. The Conservatives won a majority of the seats at this election. Wyre Forest was one of only two councils where the Conservatives gained control in the 2023 elections, with the party generally losing seats and councils elsewhere.
Summary
Prior to the election the eight Independent Health Concern councillors, five independent councillors and the one Green councillor had sat together as one "Independent Group", led by independent councillor Helen Dyke. The Independent Group and Labour together formed the council's administration, calling themselves a progressive alliance, with Helen Dyke serving as leader of the council.{{cite web |title=Your District Councillor |url=https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/your-council/councillors-committees-and-meetings/your-district-councillor/ |website=Wyre Forest District Council |access-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817230518/https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/your-council/councillors-committees-and-meetings/your-district-councillor/ |archive-date=17 August 2022}} Local party Independent Health Concern announced in 2022 that it would no longer be fielding candidates at elections; its sitting councillors who chose to stand for re-election in 2023 did so as independent candidates.{{cite news |last1=Rawlins |first1=Jack |title=Independent Health Concern party to 'retire' from political fray |url=https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/20147437.independent-health-concern-party-retire-political-fray/ |access-date=7 July 2023 |work=Kidderminster Shuttle |date=18 May 2022}}
The Conservatives and Labour saw gains, whilst the Liberal Democrats and independents (when including the former Independent Health Concern councillors) suffered loses. The only Green councillor retained her seat. Whilst the Conservatives suffered loses throughout the country, in Wyre Forest the Conservatives won a majority of the seats. Torbay and Wyre Forest were the only two councils where the Conservatives gained a majority at this election.{{Cite web |last=Madeley |first=Peter |title=Leader vows to 'get the basics right' as Tories take over Wyre Forest in rare council gain |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wyre-forest/2023/05/07/leader-vows-to-get-the-basics-right-as-tories-take-over-wyre-forest-in-rare-council-gain/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=www.expressandstar.com |language=en}}
Conservative leader Marcus Hart was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023.{{cite news |last1=Rawlins |first1=Jack |title=Wyre Forest District Council: New council chairman and leader elected |url=https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/23532479.wyre-forest-district-council-new-council-chairman-leader-elected/ |access-date=7 July 2023 |work=Kidderminster Shuttle |date=18 May 2023}}
Overall Results
The overall results were as follows:{{Cite news |title=Wyre Forest result - Local Elections 2023 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2023/england/councils/E07000239 |access-date=2023-05-07}}
{{Local election summary begin|title=2023 Wyre Forest District Council election}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Conservative Party (UK)
|candidates =33
|seats =20
|gain =7
|loss =1
|net ={{increase}}6
|votes % =29.6
|seats % =60.6
|votes =8,609
|plus/minus ={{decrease}}2.0
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|candidates =15
|seats =4
|gain =2
|loss =0
|net ={{increase}}2
|votes % =24.0
|seats % =12.1
|votes =6,969
|plus/minus ={{increase}}7.9
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Independent politician
|candidates =17
|seats =6
|gain =2
|loss =1
|net ={{increase}}1
|votes % =19.3
|seats % =18.2
|votes =5,595
|plus/minus ={{increase}}8.7
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidates =17
|seats =2
|gain =0
|loss =1
|net ={{decrease}}1
|votes % =14.0
|seats % =6.1
|votes =4,081
|plus/minus ={{increase}}3.5
}}
{{Local election summary party
|party =Green Party of England and Wales
|candidates =17
|seats =1
|gain =0
|loss =0
|net ={{steady}}
|votes % =13.1
|seats % =3.0
|votes =3,799
|plus/minus ={{increase}}5.4
}}
|-
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Ward results
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:{{Cite web |title=2023 election results |url=https://www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/election-results/2023-election-results/ |access-date=12 February 2024 |website=Wyre Forest District Council |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Council |url=https://forms.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/council/committees/com55.htm |website=Wyre Forest District Council |access-date=12 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627050942/https://forms.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/council/committees/com55.htm |archive-date=27 June 2022}}
=Aggborough and Spennells=
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{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Helen Elizabeth Dyke*|votes=1,324|percentage=64.6|change=-2.9}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Peter Dyke*|votes=1,213|percentage=59.2|change=-2.8}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=John Cedric Aston*|votes=1,142|percentage=55.7|change=+1.2}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Owen Boyd Cave|votes=483|percentage=23.6|change=+3.3}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=George Price|votes=426|percentage=20.8|change=+9.6}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Thomas Jordan|votes=366|percentage=17.9|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Simon Sherrey
(Simon Sherrey)|votes=328|percentage=16.0|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Rachel Louise Akathiotis|votes=283|percentage=13.8|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,049|percentage=31.31|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=6,570}}
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=Areley Kings and Riverside=
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{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kenneth James Henderson*
(Ken Henderson)|votes=795|percentage=46.1|change=+14.4}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Carberry Russell
(Danny Russell)|votes=656|percentage=38.1|change=+8.7}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Alan Sutton|votes=562|percentage=32.6|change=+6.2}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Carol Gwyneth Warren|votes=519|percentage=30.1|change=+5.5}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nick Bartram-Savage|votes=485|percentage=28.1|change=+7.4}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Robert John Lloyd
(Rob Lloyd)|votes=424|percentage=24.6|change=+4.0}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=John William Roland Thomas*|votes=325|percentage=18.9|change=-18.8}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Valerie Margaret Wood|votes=307|percentage=17.8|change=+2.2}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jason Foster|votes=288|percentage=16.7|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Ingrid Ruth Schmeising-Barnes|votes=186|percentage=10.8|change=+5.6}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,723|percentage=27.16|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=6,365}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser=Independent Community & Health Concern}}
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John Thomas had been a Health Concern councillor prior to the election.
=Bewdley and Rock=
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{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Emily Elizabeth Bourne|votes=939|percentage=42.8|change=+3.0}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Morehead
(Dan Morehead)|votes=841|percentage=38.3|change=+2.7}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nicholas Charles Wilson
(Nick Wilson)|votes=723|percentage=33.0|change=-2.0}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Rodney Stanczyszyn
(Rod Stanczyszyn)|votes=685|percentage=31.2|change=-2.5}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Calne Elaine Edginton-White*|votes=629|percentage=28.7|change=-10.2}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nigel Knowles|votes=608|percentage=27.7|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Janice Christine Bell|votes=461|percentage=21.0|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Anna Coleman*|votes=372|percentage=17.0|change=-22.8}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Nigel Alastair Geary|votes=297|percentage=13.5|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Roger Hugh Coleman*|votes=253|percentage=11.5|change=-24.1}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Cloud Gollop|votes=156|percentage=7.1|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,194|percentage=31.74|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=6,985}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
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Anna Coleman and Roger Coleman had both been elected as Conservatives but left the party in 2020 and joined Health Concern. Seat change compared to 2019 result.{{cite news |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=Lib Dems climb the Mendips |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/2020/09/lib-dems-climb-the-mendips/ |access-date=12 February 2024 |work=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |date=25 September 2020}}
=Blakebrook and Habberley South=
{{election box begin|title=Blakebrook and Habberley South}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Victoria Ann Caulfield*
(Vicky Caulfield)|votes=765|percentage=42.7|change=+8.5}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tracey Lee Onslow-Fage*
(Tracey Onslow)|votes=690|percentage=38.5|change=-1.4}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Leigh Whitehouse*|votes=678|percentage=37.8|change=+4.1}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Juliet Denise Smith|votes=551|percentage=30.7|change=-1.1}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=John Edward Davis|votes=511|percentage=28.5|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Edward James Stokes|votes=505|percentage=28.2|change=-2.4}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Anthony Clive Wood
(Clive Wood)|votes=385|percentage=21.5|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Adrian Stanley Beavis|votes=212|percentage=11.8|change=-14.6}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Heidi Ruth Worth|votes=187|percentage=10.4|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Simon Ford|votes=114|percentage=6.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,793|percentage=26.23|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=6,851}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Green Party of England and Wales}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)}}
{{Election box end}}
=Broadwaters=
{{election box begin|title=Broadwaters}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mary Alice Rayner*|votes=893|percentage=60.3|change=+20.0}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mary McDonnell|votes=634|percentage=42.8|change=+15.9}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Peter Winston Montgomery Young*|votes=611|percentage=41.3|change=+3.2}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Alan John Totty*|votes=431|percentage=29.1|change=+8.1}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tony Andrew Muir|votes=373|percentage=25.2|change=+4.8}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Craig James Pedley|votes=354|percentage=23.9|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Howard Stuart Williams|votes=252|percentage=17.0|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,481|percentage=22.39|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=6,674}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Independent Community & Health Concern}}
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Peter Young was a Health Concern councillor prior to the election; seat shown as independent gain from Health Concern to allow comparison with 2019 results.
=Foley Park and Hoobrook=
{{election box begin|title=Foley Park and Hoobrook}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nathan John Desmond*|votes=834|percentage=48.9|change=+8.0}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nichola Lynnette Gale*
(Nicky Gale)|votes=742|percentage=43.5|change=+9.9}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kevin George Gale|votes=694|percentage=40.7|change=+2.9}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Diane Constance Smith
(Di Smith)|votes=561|percentage=32.9|change=+15.9}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Clare Cassidy|votes=449|percentage=26.3|change=+11.4}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Douglas Peter Hine
(Doug Hine)|votes=346|percentage=20.3|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Nicholas Atkinson
(Nick Atkinson)|votes=278|percentage=16.3|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Susan Caroline Meekings
(Sue Meekings)|votes=262|percentage=15.3|change=-17.1}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=David John Finch
(Dave Finch)|votes=254|percentage=14.9|change=-6.1}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,707|percentage=23.16|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=7,883}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
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=Franche and Habberley North=
{{election box begin|title=Franche and Habberley North}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Benjamin Richard Brookes*
(Ben Brookes)|votes=823|percentage=41.6|change=+13.6}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=George Anthony Connolly|votes=793|percentage=40.1|change=N/A}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Richard Ross*|votes=747|percentage=37.8|change=+13.9}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Beckingham|votes=685|percentage=34.6|change=+6.6}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jackie Anne Madden|votes=551|percentage=27.9|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Oliver Yasha Walker|votes=526|percentage=26.6|change=+12.7}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mark Watkins|votes=492|percentage=24.9|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Lisa Jane Allsopp|votes=398|percentage=20.1|change=+5.9}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,978|percentage=26.46|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=7,505}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser=Independent Community & Health Concern}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser=Independent Community & Health Concern}}
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Ben Brookes and David Ross had previously won their seats in by-elections in 2021 and 2022; their seats shown as Conservative gains from Health Concern to allow comparison with 2019 results.
=Lickhill=
{{election box begin|title=Lickhill}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Little|votes=266|percentage=40.7|change=+6.6}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Timothy Francis Schmeising-Barnes
(Tim Schmeising-Barnes)|votes=145|percentage=22.2|change=+13.3}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=William Stephen Thorneycroft|votes=137|percentage=20.9|change=+5.5}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Dixon Raymond Sheppard*|votes=106|percentage=16.2|change=-21.0}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=654|percentage=31.03|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=2,127}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser=Independent Community & Health Concern}}
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Dixon Sheppard was a Health Concern councillor prior to the election.
=Mitton=
{{election box begin|title=Mitton}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Nicola Jayne Martin*
(Nicky Martin)|votes=771|percentage=41.1|change=-11.7}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jacqueline Elizabeth Griffiths
(Jackie Griffiths)|votes=733|percentage=39.1|change=+17.7}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Christopher John Rogers*
(Chris Rogers)|votes=733|percentage=39.1|change=+4.6}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Dale Morris|votes=684|percentage=36.4|change=+9.6}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Berenice Susan Dawes*|votes=638|percentage=34.0|change=+0.3}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Michael Timothy Allarton|votes=546|percentage=29.1|change=+6.9}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Peter Christopher Pratt
(Chris Pratt)|votes=471|percentage=25.1|change=+13.4}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,877|percentage=25.05|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=7,502}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Independent politician|loser=Independent Community & Health Concern}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}
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Nicky Martin had been a Health Concern councillor prior to the election; seat shown as independent gain from Health Concern.
=Offmore and Comberton=
{{election box begin|title=Offmore and Comberton}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Frances Mary Oborski*
(Fran Oborski)|votes=777|percentage=39.4|change=-17.2}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Shazu Miah*|votes=685|percentage=34.7|change=-11.2}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Liam Denzel Peter Carroll|votes=599|percentage=30.4|change=+11.5}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Nigel John Grace|votes=561|percentage=28.4|change=-15.9}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Rosemary Elizabeth Bishop
(Rose Bishop)|votes=548|percentage=27.8|change=+7.3}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=William Thomas Hopkins
(Bill Hopkins)|votes=482|percentage=24.4|change=+6.0}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Martin John Stooke|votes=438|percentage=22.2|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Oliver Swain
(Ollie Swain)|votes=438|percentage=22.2|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Brett Raymond Caulfield|votes=326|percentage=16.5|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,973|percentage=27.12|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=7,308}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wribbenhall and Arley=
{{election box begin|title=Wribbenhall and Arley}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Harrison*|votes=692|percentage=48.0|change=+6.0}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Frederick Byng*|votes=685|percentage=47.5|change=+6.6}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nicole Harper|votes=426|percentage=29.5|change=+4.1}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Corinne Lesley Bailey|votes=272|percentage=18.9|change=-6.8}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Pauline Watkins|votes=256|percentage=17.8|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Robert Charles Ireland
(Rob Ireland)|votes=208|percentage=14.4|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Christopher John Harvey
(Chris Harvey)|votes=129|percentage=8.9|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,442|percentage=33.82|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=4,284}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wyre Forest Rural=
{{election box begin|title=Wyre Forest Rural}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marcus John Hart*|votes=1,433|percentage=56.0|change=+14.7}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Robin Macdonald Drew|votes=1,325|percentage=51.7|change=+16.2}}
{{election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Ian David Hardiman*|votes=1,222|percentage=47.7|change=+5.6}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Dean Anthony Cox|votes=886|percentage=34.6|change=+15.3}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=David Paul Jones|votes=809|percentage=31.6|change=+13.7}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Katherine Spohrer
(Kate Spohrer)|votes=378|percentage=14.8|change=-0.9}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Gilda Maria Davis|votes=336|percentage=13.1|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Marcin Gorecki|votes=291|percentage=11.4|change=N/A}}
{{election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Dean Jon Warren|votes=200|percentage=7.8|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,561|percentage=33.95|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=7,597}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Worcestershire elections}}
{{2023 United Kingdom local elections}}
Category:May 2023 in the United Kingdom