Health Concern have been almost wiped out on Worcestershire County Council, while the Conservatives took control of the authority.

The hospital pressure group have only one councillor left after five of its county members lost their seats.

Jill-Fairbrother Millis retained her Stourport seat but Howard Martin, Liz Davies, Mike Shellie, Frank Baillie and James Parish all suffered defeat.

The Conservatives, meanwhile, increased their tally of seats from one to five. The result means the party now has a majority of councillors at County Hall after years of working in tandem with Labour.

Labour's fortunes improved when the party won two Wyre Forest seats through Nigel Knowles and Paul Mills who swept to victory in St Barnabas and St Mary's.

Liberal Party stalwarts Mike and Fran Oborski retained their seats but the group failed to make any other gains.

Serving Health Concern councillor John Gordon had stepped down for the poll. The party - whose parliamentary candidate Dr Richard Taylor retained his seat - had contested nine out of the 10 seats.

BEWDLEY (one seat)

Frank Baillie (Health Concern) 1115

John-Paul Campion (Conservative)1803

Louise Edginton (Independent) 1036

William Mason (Labour) 1056

CHADDESLEY (one seat)

Graham Ballinger (Liberal) 758

Stephen Clee (Conservative) 2189

Peter Dyke (Liberal Democrat) 1093

David Montague-Smith (Labour) 715

COOKLEY, WOLVERLEY

and WRIBBENHALL (one seat)

Nigel Addison (Independent) 303

Elizabeth Davies (Health Concern) 812

Rachel Lewis (Liberal) 369

Christopher Nicholls (Labour) 1563

Katherine Spohrer (Green) 240

Gordon Yarranton (Conservative) 1834

ST BARNABAS (one seat)

Graeme Carruthers (Conservative) 1534

Nigel Knowles (Labour) 2031

Michael Shellie (Health Concern) 1531

ST CHAD'S (one seat)

Maureen Aston (Conservative) 1058

Keith Budden (Labour) 961

Michael Dixon (Liberal Democrat) 324

Caroline Godfrey (Health Concern) 455

Michael Oborski (Liberal Party) 1971

ST GEORGE'S and ST OSWALD'S (one seat)

Arthur Buckley (Conservative) 904

Stephen Hill (Labour) 1081

Frances Oborski (Liberal) 1479

Ellen Walker (Liberal Democrat) 379

Peter Young (Health Concern) 754

ST JOHN'S (one seat)

Adrian Beavis (Liberal Democrat) 540

Marcus Hart (Conservative) 1938

Anne Mace (Health Concern) 917

Leroy Wright (Labour) 1228

ST MARY'S (one seat)

Nathan Desmond (Conservative) 1206

Helen Dyke (Liberal Democrat) 1076

Howard Martin (Health Concern) 732

Paul Mills (Labour) 1279

Michael Price (Liberal) 235

STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN (two seats)

Jill Fairbrother Millis (Health Concern) 3339

Hazel Farren-Millington (Green) 507

John Holden (Conservative) 3266

James Millington (Green) 539

James Parish (Health Concern) 2624

Michael Salter (Conservative) 3060

Cedric Smith (Labour) 2670

Carol Warren (Labour) 2649