Redditch Borough Council election, 2014

The Redditch Borough Council elections of 2014 were held on Thursday 22 May, on the same day as the European elections. One third of the Borough was up for re-election.

Election Results

Redditch Local Election Result 2014
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	17	2	0	+2	60.7%	39.1%	7,176
	Conservative	9	0	4	-4	32.1%	32.7%	6,000
	UKIP	2	2	0	+2	0%	23.0%	4,215
	Green	0	0	0	0	7.1%	7.1%	1,306
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	4.3%	794
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0%	2.9%	531
	Patriotic Socialist Party	0	0	0	0	0%	0.03%	7

Results by Ward

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Abbey

Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachael Smith	642
	UKIP	Scott Preston	510
	Conservative	Kath Banks	505
	Green	Fiona Whittaker	85
Majority			132
Turnout			1,742	%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Astwood Bank & Feckenham

Astwood Bank & Feckenham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Potter	827
	UKIP	Leonard Harris	532
	Labour	Dr. Gilly Cooper	486
	Green	Rosemary Kerry	95
Majority			292
Turnout			1,940	%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Batchley & Brockhill

Batchley & Brockhill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natalie Brookes	747
	Labour	John Witherspoon	718
	Conservative	Maureen Hudson	487
	Conservative	Brenda Quinney	484
	Independent	Jim Uphill	305
	Independent	Adrian Cullum	235
	Green	Steve Pound	155
	Green	Simon Venables	145
	Independent	Richard Armstrong	94
Majority			260
Majority			234
Turnout			1,685	%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Central

Central Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debbie Taylor	815
	Conservative	Matt Dormer	454
	Independent	Isabel Armstrong	120
	Green	Yvonne Rhodes	112
	Liberal Democrat	Diane Thomas	75
Majority			361
Turnout			1,576	%
	Labour hold		Swing

Church Hill

Church Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Dave Small	665
	Labour	Nina Wood-Ford	615
	Conservative	Kathy Haslam	433
	Green	Lee Bradley	80
	Liberal Democrat	David Gee	79
	Independent	Maxine Shotbolt	26
	Independent	Agnieszka Wiecek	14
Majority			60
Turnout			1,902	%
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Crabbs Cross

Crabbs Cross Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thain	669
	UKIP	Chris Harrison	554
	Labour	Monica Fry	327
	Green	Louise Deveney	128
Majority			115
Turnout			1,678	%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greenlands

Greenlands Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wanda King	883
	Conservative	Tom Baker-Price	525
	Green	Rylma White	254
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Pitt	117
Majority			358
Turnout			1,779	%
	Labour hold		Swing

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gay Hopkins	805
	UKIP	Peter Bridle	743
	Labour	Chris Mowatt	732
	Green	Alistair Waugh	109
	Liberal Democrat	Rita Hindle	84
Majority			62
Turnout			2,473	%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lodge Park

Lodge Park Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Fry	582
	UKIP	Paul White	377
	Conservative	Antonia Pulsford	206
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Webster	50
	Green	Kevin White	47
	Patriotic Socialist Party	Chris Griffiths	7
Majority			205
Turnout			1,269	%
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Election of Borough Councillors" (PDF). Redditch Borough Council.

Winyates Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Paul Swansborough	834
	Labour	Clive Cheetham	629
	Conservative	Gareth Prosser	605
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Oliver	126
	Green	Emma Bradley	96
Majority			205
Turnout			2,290	%
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing