Tenbury Town Council Mayor polls highest votes.

Only 852 of the 2130 people eligible to vote bothered to vote in this weeks election.  Surprisingly few votes were cast for each candidate. I wonder how many people were confused by needing to put so many crosses on the ballot paper, or perhaps they only voted for the people they knew.  Other than Jonathan Morgan who canvassed as a District Cllr there appeared to be little or no canvassing by the other candidates.

The new Tenbury Town Council is 

Liz Weston 467

Jonathan Morgan 434

Stephen Bowkett 430

George Price 425

Sue Corfield 362

Joe Watson 332

Mary Drummond 327

Mark Willis 256

Jay Da Costa 246

Anji Stevens 234

Adrian Rigby 215

Margaret Austin 174 (Not Elected)

3949 Votes were cast with 47 being spoilt or rejected.
Turnout was 40% (852 Ballot Papers)

MHDC Stays Blue (Just)

The Conservatives will remain in control of MALVERN Hills District Council.  Previously, they had 26 seats and the Lib Dems had 6.  Now they have 21 seats, the Lib Dems have increased to 11, with 4 Independents and 2 Greens. 

The voter turnout averaged across the District was 47.5 per cent.

Tenbury stays blue.

Phil Grove & Tony Penn have been re-elected as District Councillors for Tenbury Wells, but with a lower number of votes.

Phil's votes reduced from 1042 to 966. (-7.29%) 

Tony's votes reduced from 834 to 730 (-12.47%)

Independent Candidate Jonathan Morgan increased his votes from 269 to 416. (+54.64)

The total number of votes cast in Tenbury was 30% lower than the previous District Council Election.

The final make-up of the District Council hangs in balance, with a number of recounts taking place.  It is possible that the Council will swing from Conservative to no overall control.

First Two Councillors Elected

The first Two Councillors for Tenbury Town Council have now been officially elected.

The St Michael ward of Tenbury Town Council only had two candidates for two seats, so the nominees have been duly elected.

Full details.

The other 11 seats will be announced on May 6th, after one of the 12 nominees who obtains the lowest vote is not elected.