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Redditch 2023

Local elections held 4 May 2023.

10 ward races
10 seats
6 elected below the proportional quota
60.0% 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 10 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 10 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
Labour Party7,09843.8%660.0%550.0%+1
Conservative and Unionist Party6,28638.8%440.0%440.0%0
Green Party1,3178.1%00.0%110.0%-1
Liberal Democrats1,1847.3%00.0%00.0%0
Independent3322.0%00.0%00.0%0
Total16,217100.0%10100.0%10100.0%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

West · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,538

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Monaco, G.Conservative and Unionist Party63341.2%Elected
2Thain, D.Green Party44328.8%
3Fry, M.Labour Party40226.1%
4Tutt, J.Liberal Democrats603.9%

Electorate 4,873 · Ballots cast 1,538 · Back to ward index

Matchborough · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,275

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Spilsbury, J.Labour Party52741.3%Elected
2Brunner, J.Independent33226.0%
3Grubb, J.Conservative and Unionist Party31124.4%
4Thompson, A.Liberal Democrats534.2%
5White, K.Green Party524.1%

Electorate 4,491 · Ballots cast 1,275 · Back to ward index

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,040

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Woodall, I.Labour Party86542.4%Elected
2Baker-Price, T.Conservative and Unionist Party79639.0%
3Fieldsend-Roxborough, A.Liberal Democrats26913.2%
4Waugh, A.Green Party1105.4%

Electorate 6,421 · Ballots cast 2,040 · Back to ward index

Crabbs Cross · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,417

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Holz, C.Conservative and Unionist Party61543.4%Elected
2Heaney, J.Labour Party59642.1%
3Davies, C.Green Party1148.0%
4Gee, A.Liberal Democrats926.5%

Electorate 4,346 · Ballots cast 1,417 · Back to ward index

Church Hill · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,690

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Fardoe, J.Labour Party79146.8%Elected
2Isherwood, A.Conservative and Unionist Party56133.2%
3Tomes, M.Liberal Democrats25915.3%
4Hemming, G.Green Party794.7%

Electorate 5,859 · Ballots cast 1,690 · Back to ward index

Winyates · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,864

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Fleming, P.Conservative and Unionist Party88647.5%Elected
2Snape, J.Labour Party76441.0%
3Smale, A.Liberal Democrats1126.0%
4Lees, V.Green Party1025.5%

Electorate 6,211 · Ballots cast 1,864 · Back to ward index

Astwood Bank & Feckenham · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.7 pts Valid ballots 1,566

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Clayton, B.Conservative and Unionist Party79450.7%Elected
2King, W.Labour Party52033.2%
3Theobald, G.Green Party1308.3%
4Gee, D.Liberal Democrats1227.8%

Electorate 4,722 · Ballots cast 1,566 · Back to ward index

Greenlands · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.9 pts Valid ballots 1,461

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Begum, J.Labour Party75851.9%Elected
2Bennett, R.Conservative and Unionist Party53236.4%
3Thomas, D.Liberal Democrats956.5%
4Sergent, S.Green Party765.2%

Electorate 6,849 · Ballots cast 1,461 · Back to ward index

Abbey · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.0 pts Valid ballots 1,657

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Stringfellow, M.Labour Party89454.0%Elected
2Chalk, M.Conservative and Unionist Party58335.2%
3Bish, M.Green Party1156.9%
4Taylor, R.Liberal Democrats653.9%

Electorate 5,029 · Ballots cast 1,657 · Back to ward index

Batchley & Brockhill · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.4 pts Valid ballots 1,709

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Miles, K.Labour Party98157.4%Elected
2Sanders, H.Conservative and Unionist Party57533.6%
3Room, L.Green Party965.6%
4Magara, R.Liberal Democrats573.3%

Electorate 6,570 · Ballots cast 1,709 · Back to ward index