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RESIDENTS in 12 wards across Worcester went to the polls on Thursday (May 3) to elect a councillor to represent them. The results in full are as follows:
Arboretum – Labour HOLD
Pam Clayton (Conservative) 370
Jim Holtom (UKIP) 85
Annie O'Dell (Green Party) 125
Oliver Orr (Liberal Democrat) 77
Joy Squires (Labour) 848 - ELECTED
Turnout 32 per cent (Down 9 per cent from 2008)
Battenhall – Conservative HOLD
Linda Jackson (Green Party) 155
Antony McIver (Lib Dem) 119
Gaynor Pritchard (Labour) 444
Robert Rowden (Conservative) 656 - ELECTED
Turnout 33.1 per cent (Down 5.3 per cent from 2008)
Bedwardine – Conservative HOLD
Peter McNally (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts) 94
Russell O'Dell (Green Party) 203
Derek Prodger (Conservative) 969 - ELECTED
Matthew Reynolds (Labour) 511
Turnout 29.07 per cent (Down 5.43 per cent from 2008)
Cathedral – Labour GAIN from Conservatives
Lawson Alec Cartwright (UKIP) 152
Lynn Denham (Labour) 1,057 - ELECTED
Francis Lankester (Conservative) 997
Louis Stephen (Green Party) 225
Turnout 31.2 per cent (Up 0.9 per cent from 2008)
Claines – Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrats
Sue Askin (Liberal Democrat) 1,117
Peter Robinson (Green Party) 374
Mike Whitehouse (Conservative) 1,182 - ELECTED
Turnout 40.69 per cent (Down 4.31 per cent from 2008)
Gorse Hill – Labour HOLD
Roger Berry (Labour) 673 - ELECTED
Simon Harrison (Conservative) 146
Justin Kirby (Green Party) 116
Turnout 24.56 per cent (Down 2.44 per cent from 2008)
Nunnery – Labour GAIN from Association of Independents
Richard Boorn (Labour) 1,011 - ELECTED
Matthew Jenkins (Green Party) 168
Carl Mason (British National Party) 150
Neil Monkhouse (Conservative) 554
Turnout 31.4 per cent (Down 7.6 per cent from 2008)
Rainbow Hill – Labour HOLD
Suzanne Ford (Green Party) 76
Adrian Gregson (Labour) 552 - ELECTED
Carl Humphries (UKIP) 115
Edward Turner (Conservative) 169
Turnout 22.77 per cent (Down 1.44 per cent from 2008)
St Clement – Conservative HOLD
Stephen Brohan (Green Party) 58
Simon Geraghty (Conservative) 738 - ELECTED
James Goad (UKIP) 155
Barry MacGabhann (Lib Dem) 72
Richard Morris (Labour) 547
Peter Nielsen (Independent) 85
Turnout 34 per cent (Down 3.7 per cent from 2008)
St John – Labour GAIN from Association of Independents
Neill Bucktin (Conservative) 433
Christine Cawthorne (Labour) 933 – ELECTED
Mark Davies (Trade Unionists + Socialists Against Cuts) 102
Olaf Twiehaus (Green Party) 151
Turnout 27.66 per cent (Down 6.24 per cent from 2008)
St Stephen – Green Party GAIN from Conservatives
Melanie Allcott (Lib Dem) 52
Keith Burton (Conservative) 442
Neil Laurenson (Green Party) 720 - ELECTED
Matthew Willis (Labour) 236
Turnout 35.21 per cent (Up 0.9 per cent since 2008)
Warndon – Labour HOLD
Alan Amos (Labour) 717 – ELECTED
Godfrey Benson (Conservative) 151
Barbara Mitra (Green Party) 86
Turnout 22.93 per cent (Down 2.67 per cent since 2008)
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