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Malvern Hills 2025

Local elections held 1 May 2025.

8 ward races
8 seats
5 elected below the proportional quota
62.5% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 8 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 8 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Green Party6,46326.9%337.5%225.0%+1
Reform UK5,44022.7%112.5%225.0%-1
Conservative and Unionist Party5,05121.1%112.5%225.0%-1
Liberal Democrats2,91412.1%225.0%112.5%+1
Independent2,2769.5%112.5%112.5%0
Labour Party1,1104.6%00.0%00.0%0
Labour and Co-operative Party7353.1%00.0%00.0%0
Total23,989100.0%8100.0%8100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Malvern Langland · single-seat

Marginal winner 28.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +21.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,482

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Paul BennettLiberal Democrats71628.8%Elected
2Jeanette SheenReform UK51020.5%
3Julie Caroline MacLuskyConservative and Unionist Party48819.7%
4Beverley NielsenLabour Party45618.4%
5Simon JohnsonGreen Party31212.6%

Electorate 7,652 · Ballots cast 2,488 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 62584 · Back to ward index

Hallow · single-seat

Marginal winner 30.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +19.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,846

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Mel FordingtonConservative and Unionist Party85830.1%Elected
2Sebastian James SpiersReform UK81628.7%
3Daniel WaltonLabour and Co-operative Party73525.8%
4Clifford HobbsLiberal Democrats2518.8%
5Richard Henry KimberleeGreen Party1866.5%

Electorate 7,552 · Ballots cast 2,849 · Invalid 3 · EC ward code 62582 · Back to ward index

Tenbury · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +11.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,075

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Justin BowenReform UK1,19839.0%Elected
2Carl FordingtonConservative and Unionist Party1,07234.9%
3Jed MarsonLiberal Democrats34111.1%
4Peter Henry JonesGreen Party31410.2%
5Adam Cedric Hudson ScottLabour Party1504.9%

Electorate 8,565 · Ballots cast 3,083 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code 45668 · Back to ward index

Malvern Chase · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,111

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Malcolm Gordon VictoryGreen Party1,51848.8%Elected
2Sebastian BarbourConservative and Unionist Party62820.2%
3Angel Florence ChawnerReform UK50716.3%
4Emma TruemanLiberal Democrats36011.6%
5Anna Marie CumminsLabour Party983.2%

Electorate 7,600 · Ballots cast 3,113 · Invalid 2 · EC ward code 62583 · Back to ward index

Malvern Trinity · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.5 pts Valid ballots 2,972

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Natalie Maria McVeyGreen Party1,55952.5%Elected
2Michael David SavageReform UK50917.1%
3David Edgar Lawrence WatkinsConservative and Unionist Party46215.5%
4Jamie CrampLiberal Democrats2518.4%
5Brian Joseph BurdonLabour Party1093.7%
6Graeme StubbsIndependent822.8%

Electorate 8,305 · Ballots cast 2,976 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code 62586 · Back to ward index

Croome · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.5 pts Valid ballots 3,191

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Martin AllenGreen Party2,02763.5%Elected
2Russ VarleyReform UK57518.0%
3Sarah McDermottConservative and Unionist Party49715.6%
4John DrageLiberal Democrats541.7%
5Juma BegumLabour Party381.2%

Electorate 8,039 · Ballots cast 3,199 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code 45661 · Back to ward index

Powick & Longdon · single-seat

Marginal winner 65.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −15.1 pts Valid ballots 3,369

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Tom WellsIndependent2,19465.1%Elected
2Max Windsor-PeplowReform UK62218.5%
3Glen PromnitzConservative and Unionist Party36110.7%
4Paul Boatright-GreeneLiberal Democrats1173.5%
5Christopher Johnathan TaylorLabour Party752.2%

Electorate 8,024 · Ballots cast 3,372 · Invalid 3 · EC ward code 62587 · Back to ward index