CONSERVATIVE county council leader Coun Simon Geraghty has hailed the Worcestershire County Council election results as a ‘clear endorsement’ of his parties plan to take the county forward.
Coun Geraghty retained his Riverside seat with an increased majority of 567 votes as the Conservatives in Worcester gained Claines from the Liberal Democrats to hold five of the city’s 10 seats.
Coun Andy Stafford will represent the area for the Conservatives after picking up 1,543 votes which was enough to defeat the Liberal Democrats Mel Allcott who notched 1,096 votes.
Coun Alan Amos retained Bedwardine for the Conservatives by more than 600 votes from Labour’s Daniel Walton after a bad tempered campaign which ended in acrimony when Coun Amos refused the offer of a handshake from Mr Walton.
Coun Ceri Stalker won the Gorse Hill and Warndon ward back for Labour following Coun Amos success for the party in 2013 before his defection to the Conservatives.
Coun Pat Agar retained her Nunnery seat comfortably as did Coun Paul Denham in Rainbow Hill while Coun Richard Udall held St John’s for Labour.
Coun Andy Roberts held the Warndon Parish seat for the Conservatives while Green Party county councillor Matthew Jenkins retained his St Stephen seat.
The party’s efforts to take the St Peter’s seat saw Jane Moorhouse finish second with an impressive 1,363 votes behind the Conservative’s Steve Mackay who won with 2,014 votes.
Worcester’s elections results in full
Bedwardine:
Alan Amos (Conservative) – 1,460 ELECTED
Daniel Daye (Green Party) – 140
Paul Hickling (UKIP) – 126
Mike Mullins (Lib Dem) – 218
Daniel Walton (Labour) – 808
Claines:
Mel Allcott (Liberal Democrat) – 1,096
Mark Hulme (UKIP) – 99
Robert Lodge (Labour) – 446
Peter Robinson (Green Party) – 197
Andy Stafford (Conservative) – 1,543 ELECTED
Gorse Hill and Warndon:
Linda Bell (British Resistance) – 39
Owen Cleary (UKIP) – 276
Phoenix Jones (Conservative) – 587
Paul Snookes (Green Party) – 105
Ceri Stalker (Labour) – 923 ELECTED
Nunnery:
Pat Agar (Labour) – 1,049 ELECTED
Jon Barras (UKIP) – 148
Karen Lawrance (Liberal Democrat) – 81
Carl Mason (British Resistance) – 11
Chris Mitchell (Conservative) – 708
Barbara Mitra (Green Party) – 125
Rainbow Hill:
Marjory Bisset (Green Party) – 150
David Carney (UKIP) – 112
Paul Denham (Labour) – 1,027 ELECTED
Francis Lankester (Conservative) – 615
Alex Rugg (Independent) – 37
Jon Taylor (Liberal Democrat) – 71
Leisa Taylor (Women’s Equality Party) – 66
Riverside:
Ken Carpenter (Liberal Democrat) – 211
Hannah Cooper (Green Party) – 238
Lynn Denham (Labour) – 994
Hazel Finch (UKIP) – 122
Simon Geraghty (Conservative) – 1,561 ELECTED
St John:
Irene Deamer (Conservative) – 481
Steve Mather (Liberal Democrat) – 71
Rob Menzies (UKIP) – 102
Richard Morris (Green Party) – 91
Richard Udall (Labour) – 1,003 ELECTED
St Peter:
John Beacham (UKIP) – 107
Steve Mackay (Conservative) – 2,014 ELECTED
Jane Moorhouse (Green Party) – 1,363
Stephen Tallett (Labour) – 347
St Stephen:
Paul Boyes (UKIP) – 133
Alan Feeney (Conservative) – 855
Saiful Islam (Labour) – 477
Matthew Jenkins (Green Party) – 1,554 ELECTED
Warndon Parish:
Jacqueline Burnett (UKIP) – 154
Darrell Butler (Liberal Democrat) – 215
Alison Morgan (Green Party) – 136
Paul Mountain (Labour and Co-Op Party) – 596
Andy Roberts (Conservative) – 1,564 ELECTED
