Redditch local elections
Encyclopedia
One third of Redditch
District Council in Worcestershire
, England
is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Worcestershire County Council instead.
Redditch
Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry...
District Council in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Worcestershire County Council instead.
Political control
| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
1973 - 1976 |
| Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
1976 - 1983 |
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
1983 - 2002 |
| No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
2002 - 2004 |
| Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
2004 - 2006 |
| No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament... |
2006 - 2008 |
| Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
2008 - present |
Council elections
- Redditch Council election, 1998Redditch Council election, 1998Elections to Redditch Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was*Labour 23*Conservative 4*Liberal Democrat 2...
- Redditch Council election, 1999Redditch Council election, 1999The 1999 Redditch Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council in the West Midlands region, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council....
- Redditch Council election, 2000Redditch Council election, 2000The 2000 Redditch Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council....
- Redditch Council election, 2002Redditch Council election, 2002The 2002 Redditch Council election of 2 May 2002 elected members of Redditch Borough Council in the West Midlands region, England. One third of the council stood for re-election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control for the first time in many years.After the...
- Redditch Council election, 2003Redditch Council election, 2003The 2003 Redditch Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council in the West Midlands region, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....
- Redditch Council election, 2004Redditch Council election, 2004Elections to Redditch Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.-Election result:...
(whole council elected after boundary changes) - Redditch Council election, 2006Redditch Council election, 2006Elections to Redditch Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was*Labour 14*Conservative 11...
- Redditch Council election, 2007Redditch Council election, 2007Elections to Redditch Council in England were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was*Labour 14*Conservative 11*Liberal Democrat 3...
- Redditch Council election, 2008Redditch Council election, 2008Elections to Redditch Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 33.2%....
- Redditch Council election, 2010Redditch Council election, 2010The 2010 Redditch Council election was held on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council in Worcestershire, England. A total of eleven council seats were up for election: six Conservative, four Labour and one British National Party. The death of Conservative Cllr. Jack Field on 10...
- Redditch Council election, 2011Redditch Council election, 2011The Redditch Borough Council Election 2011 was held on 5 May 2011. All Council wards, apart from Central and Lodge Pakrs wards were voting in the local elections, in the Greenlands ward two councillors were up for election.-Election Results:...