Labour wins Worcester City Council by-election

Elaine Willmore won the by-election in the Nunnery ward of Worcester City Council for the Labour Party.

A by-election was called following the death of councillor Simon Cronin, who won the seat on May 4  this year with a majority of 330.

Tributes poured in for councillor Cronin after he died less than a week after he was re-elected as the Nunnery ward's city councillor for the third time.

LABOUR: Simon Cronin (Image: NQ)

His death in May came just days after he was re-elected to his seat in Nunnery Ward, with a majority of 330 votes.

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He held the Nunnery seat for the past 16 years, having been first elected in 2007.

He did at the age of 64 after a short illness.

The full results of the by-election are:

Scott Butler (Liberal Democrat) – 102 votes

David Carney (independent) – 88 votes

Allah Ditta (Conservative) – 518 votes

Elaine Willmore (Labour) – 1,048 votes

The turnout was 26.48%

The result means that Worcester city council now has a full complement of 35 councillors. The political balance of the council is:

Labour - 13

Green - 10

Conservative - 8

Liberal Democrat - 4

The council currently holds annual elections, with one-third of the council’s 35 councillors facing the polls each year.

In May 2024, the council will move to a new system of all-out elections, which means that Cllr Elaine Willmore’s term will only last until that date.