THE COUNT’ is under way for the Worcestershire County Council elections.
The Droitwich seats have bucked both the trend of the rest of Worcestershire and the rest of England with all four Conservatives holding onto their seats.
It means the Droitwich Conservatives make up a third of the total number on the whole county council.
Overall result
Overall the Conservatives have lost control for the first time in decades.
Reform UK now has 27 seats on the new-look council, the Conservatives have 12, The Green Party has eight councillors, the Liberal Democrats six, Labour two and there are two independents.
Droitwich results
RESULT – Droitwich East – Conservative HOLD
Louis Allaway (Labour) – 176
Daniel Birch (Conservative) – 1,324 – ELECTED
Christopher Edmondson (Reform UK) – 729
Nicola Morris (Green Party) – 691
Owen Ralph (Liberal Democrat) – 154
RESULT – Droitwich West – Conservative HOLD
Roy Harmsworth (Liberal Democrat) – 155
Doug Hincks (Green Party) – 137
Dom Mitchell (Reform UK) – 765
Richard Morris (Conservative) – 1,276 – ELECTED
Gill Rawlings (Labour) -260
RESULT – Bowbrook – Conservative HOLD
Seb James (Conservative) – 1,061 – ELECTED
Peter Jewell (Reform UK) – 969
Margaret Rowley (Liberal Democrat) – 599
Stephen Squires (Green Party) – 195
Mike Stafford (Labour) – 195
RESULT – Ombersley – CON HOLD
David Chamberlain (Green Party) – 215
Sachin Mathur (Labour) – 175
Tony Miller (Conservative) – 1,259 – ELECTED
Michael Stuart-Joy (Liberal Democrat) – 222
Gary Thompson (Reform UK) – 1,215
