April 2026 District Council Election Results

 Tenbury ward result (turnout 41%):

Carl FORDINGTON (Con): 461

Duane HUBBARD (Reform): 687 ELECTED

Sam LEWIS (Green): 182

John MARSON (lib Dem): 193

*Turnout

2023 33.04%

2021 28%

2011 53.2%

2007 53.2%

2003 45.7%

1997 79.3%

County Council Election Results May 2025

 Results: Tenbury

Name	Party	Votes	%
Justin BOWEN	Reform UK	1198	38.96
Carl FORDINGTON	Conservative	1072	34.86
Jed MARSON	Liberal Democrat	341	11.09
Peter Henry JONES	Green Party	314	10.21
Adam Cedric Hudson SCOTT	Labour	150	4.88

May 2023 District Council Election Results

Tenbury ward result (turnout 33.04%):

Lesley BRUTON (Malvern Hills Ind): 684 ELECTED

Peter JONES (Green): 331

Paul OWEN (Con): 367

John WILLMOTT (Con): 605 ELECTED

The overall results for the Malvern Hills District Council elections are as follows:

· Liberal Democrats: 3

· Conservatives: 7

· Independents: 11

· Malvern Hills Independents: 3

· Green: 7

*Turnout

2021 28%

2011 53.2%

2007 53.2%

2003 45.7%

1997 79.3%

Tenbury Splash to get Unesco World Heritage Status

Worcester County Council has decided to apply for Unesco World Heritage status for the Tenbury Splash point.  Their spokesperson said "This site has defeated our best endeavors and rather than spend any money in Tenbury we have decided to embrace the feature and apply for it to be protected"

The splash point in Kyrewood Road just over Kyre Bridge is still very much in evidence despite numerous attempts by WCC to solve it in the last twenty years.

Previous stories
29th May 2015 Splash Point still not fixed after 11 years.

21st September 2010 Is the six-year wait nearly over?

6th September 2010 Splashpoint Downgraded

2nd March 2009 Kyrewood Road Splash Point

21st January 2009 Splash Point Still Not Fixed

3rd October 2008 Four Year Battle Won

3rd March 2008 Regular Splash Point is not a priority.
3rd October 2008 Four Year Battle Won

District Council Results September 2021

 

There appears to have been a historically low turnout at 28*%.  Either the voters have become completely disenfranchised or totally apathetic. 

The conservatives have misjudged the mood of the traditional Tory Tenbury electorate by fielding a candidate that lived in Malvern rather than Tenbury whilst Labour and Lib Dems continue to offer no credible candidates or policies.

Despite this expensive and somewhat pointless exercise in local democracy the residents of Tenbury should benefit from having a local councillor well versed in the frustrating and at time incomprehensible ways of the District Council. 

*Turnout
2011 53.2%
2007 53.2%
2003 45.7%
1997 79.3%

County Council Election Results for Tenbury

 

Shopping at Tesco

Tenbury Flooding February 2020

Market Street - Looking East

Market Street - Looking East

Market Street

St Mary;s Church - Church Street

Church Street

Churchyard toward the River Teme

Churchyard toward the River Teme

Church Street - Looking North

Church Street Looking South

Teme Street - Looking South

Teme Street - Looking North

Looking East to the Old Cattle Market

Temeside House

Teme Street

Teme Street

Teme Street - Looking South

River Teme

Pay & Display Car Park

Civic Garden & Bowling Club

Civic Garden

Civic Garden

In Front of the Pavilion

Toilets & Pavilion

Crow Corner looking South

Market Street - Looking West

Crow Yard

Tenbury in Flood

Current River Level:  5.147m, rising. Increase in last hour  0.049m

The highest level ever recorded at the River Teme at Tenbury is 5.97m

Update: 5.32m at 10:00pm Saturday 26 October 2019.

Tenbury Election is a non event!

The recent local council elections in Tenbury turned into a non-event.

As the number of people standing for election was equal to or less than the number of spaces available the elections were not put to the vote.

Only two people stood for election to Malvern Hills District Council (both Conservative) so both were "elected"

District Councillors: Tony Penn (Conservative) & Bridget Margaret Louise Thomas (Conservative).

For Tenbury Town Council only 11 people stood for 13 places.

The newly elected Councillors will take up their seats in May. 

Tenbury Town Councillors (Town Ward): Andrea Brittain (Independent); Maggie Davies (Independent); Diann Dowell (Independent); Mary Drummond; Janet Margaret Fielder; Philip Alexander Heath; Natalie Maria McVey; Jonathan Pryce Morgan (Labour); David Patrick; Alan Gordon Wilkinson (Independent).
Tenbury Town Councillor (St Michael's Ward): Eric David Hudson (Independent).


There are still vacancies for one Councillor for Tenbury Town (Town Ward) and one Councillor for Tenbury Town (St Michael's Ward). These vacancies will be filled by co-option if there are any volunteers.

Tenbury Tesco Cash Point Gang Jailed

Bromsgrove Standard

Gang who made £1million smashing their way into cash machines are jailed for more than 30 years

ITV

Men jailed for cash machine attacks across the country

Birmingham Live

 Ruthless Birmingham gang stole £1MILLION during cashpoint raids across country

Tenbury Wells Road Closures

There are a number of times in the next couple of months when Teme Street will be closed.

The Civic Parade (Usually from the library to St Mary's Church) Sunday 22nd October 10 minute closure between 9.40am and 10.15am.  Also 10 minute closure between 11am and 11.45am

Two Minutes Silence  Saturday 11th November 11am

Remembrance Day Parade Sunday 12th November 10 minute closure between 10.25am and 10.55am. Also 10 minute closure between 11.50am and 12.05pm.

Christmas Lights Ceremony 18th November 16.30pm to 17.30pm

Road Resurfacing. The official closure is 27th November to 1st December but the road should only be closed for one evening and night.  (I'll update when known)

Santa Parade Saturday 2nd December 16.30pm to 17.30pm

Nisa on track to be sold to Co op

The board of Nisa has recommended acceptance of a £143m takeover offer from The Co-operative. 

Co-op will pay £137.5m over four years plus £5.5m in transaction costs and take on Nisa’s £105m debt.

Nisa would remain a standalone business and brand but it appears that its members can continue trading under the Nisa brand, convert to Co-ops or sell their business to the Co-op group.

G H Bowkett Ltd currently own 225 shares in Nisa out of a total 60,000 in circulation. Each share could be worth up to £2,291 under the deal which is still subject to a vote by the members next month.

Water Quality Problem in Tenbury Wells

Immediate release from Severn Trent

Hi it's Severn Trent,

If you are in the WR15 8 and SY8 4AU area you should not drink your water while we investigate a problem. If you have any questions there is more information available www.stwater.co.uk/news

We will update you as soon as we have more information.

Barclays to close Tenbury Branch

Barclays Bank are to close Tenbury branch on Friday 8th December 2017.

This decision is of probably little surprise the anyone who has tried to use the branch in recent years, with all but the very basic transactions unavailable at the branch.

The biggest impact is probably for business customers who wish to pay in cash on a regular basis. 

With cash machines available at Tesco, Co-op, Bowketts and TSB, and cash-back being offered by all the major retailers, the impact should be minimal to most customers.

Conservatives retain Worcester County Council

With 47/57 seats declared it is clear that Worcester County Council will be Conservative controlled.

Ken Pollock retains Tenbury

Ken Pollock has once again retained Tenbury Ward for the Conservatives in the County Council Elections.

May 2017 Results (37% Turnout)

Ken gained one more vote than in the 2009 election but his percentage rose from 44% to 60.7% due to the low turn out of just 37%

Tenbury resident Jonathan Morgan increased his vote from 176 (4.37%) in 2009 (standing as an Independent) to 551 (18.68%) in 2017 as a Labour candidate.

2013 Results (31% Turnout)

2009 Results (50% Turnout)

Phil Grove retains Hallow

Phil Grove, who lives in Tenbury Wells and is one of the two District Councillors, has retained his seat on Worcester County Council by winning the Hallow Ward where the turn out was a disappointing 37%.

Tesco opens in Tenbury at last!

Some eight and a half years after the first soil samples were taken, the gleaming new Tesco store was opened this morning by the Tenbury Mayor, Mark Willis.

With Mark, is the Store Manager, Dave Ashton, representatives from the Adam Millichip Foundation and the Tenbury Town Band who each were donated cheques for £500, Lilly from Burford Primary who designed the shopping bags being presented today to shoppers, and various Tesco Managers and Customer Service Assistants.

The shop has been busy since it opened its doors at 8am this morning, and whilst the car park was often almost filled to capacity, there was a good turn over so (when I was there) there was no queuing.

Tesco to deploy AFRC at Tenbury

Tesco already use ANPR Automatic Number Plate Recognition to help control their car parks, but in Tenbury they have gone one step further and have installed ACFR Automatic Customer Face Recognition. This system links into a database of names and faces collated from sources such as Facebook, Twitter etc.

Spokesperson Aprilla Uno said we want to be able to help our colleagues recognise loyal customers and greet them by name".

Tesco have declined to comment on the speculation that this system will enable staff to spot people entering the store who were part of the No Tesco campaign.