List of electoral wards in Worcestershire

This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Worcestershire in the West Midlands. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.

County council

Worcestershire

Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1998 (first election 1 May 1997) to 5 May 2005:[1]

  1. Alvechurch (1)
  2. Barnt Green (1)
  3. Batchley (1)
  4. Bedwardine (1)
  5. Bowbrook (1)
  6. Bredon (1)
  7. Brinton Park (1)
  8. Broadway (1)
  9. Bromsgrove North (1)
  10. Bromsgrove South (1)
  11. Bromsgrove West (1)
  12. Chaddesley (1)
  13. Church Hill (1)
  14. Claines (1)
  15. Cookley, Wolverley & Wribbenhall (1)
  16. Crabbs Cross (1)
  17. Croome (1)
  18. Droitwich Rural (1)
  19. Droitwich South (1)
  20. Droitwich Town (1)
  21. Evesham Hampton (1)
  22. Evesham Town (1)
  23. Habberley & Blakebrook (1)
  24. Hagley & Furlongs (1)
  25. Hallow (1)
  26. Hoobrook (1)
  27. Hurcott (1)
  28. Inkberrow (1)
  29. Lodge Park (1)
  30. Malvern Chase (1)
  31. Malvern Langland (1)
  32. Malvern Link (1)
  33. Malvern Trinity (1)
  34. Matchborough (1)
  35. Mitton (1)
  36. Nunnery (1)
  37. Pershore Town (1)
  38. Powick (1)
  39. Puxton (1)
  40. Redditch Central (1)
  41. Redditch West (1)
  42. Rock & Bewdley (1)
  43. Rubery (1)
  44. Severn (1)
  45. St Barnabas (1)
  46. St Chad (1)
  47. St Clement (1)
  48. St John (1)
  49. St Martin (1)
  50. St Peter (1)
  51. St Stephen (1)
  52. Tenbury (1)
  53. The Littletons (1)
  54. Uffdown (1)
  55. Winyates (1)
  56. Woodvale (1)
  57. Wythall (1)

Electoral Divisions from 5 May 2005 to present:[2]

  1. Alvechurch (1)
  2. Arrow Valley East (2)
  3. Arrow Valley West (2)
  4. Beacon (1)
  5. Bedwardine (1)
  6. Bewdley (1)
  7. Bowbrook (1)
  8. Bredon (1)
  9. Broadway (1)
  10. Bromsgrove Central (1)
  11. Bromsgrove East (1)
  12. Bromsgrove South (1)
  13. Bromsgrove West (1)
  14. Chaddesley (1)
  15. Claines (1)
  16. Clent Hills (1)
  17. Cookley, Wolverley & Wribbenhall (1)
  18. Croome (1)
  19. Droitwich East (1)
  20. Droitwich West (1)
  21. Evesham North West (1)
  22. Evesham South (1)
  23. Gorse Hill & Warndon (1)
  24. Hallow (1)
  25. Harvington (1)
  26. Littletons (1)
  27. Malvern Chase (1)
  28. Malvern Langland (1)
  29. Malvern Link (1)
  30. Malvern Trinity (1)
  31. Nunnery (1)
  32. Ombersley (1)
  33. Pershore (1)
  34. Powick (1)
  35. Rainbow Hill (1)
  36. Redditch North (2)
  37. Redditch South (2)
  38. Riverside (1)
  39. St Barnabas (1)
  40. St Chads (1)
  41. St Georges & St Oswald (1)
  42. St John (1)
  43. St Johns (1)
  44. St Marys (1)
  45. St Peter (1)
  46. St Stephen (1)
  47. Stourport-on-Severn (2)
  48. Tenbury (1)
  49. Upton Snodsbury (1)
  50. Warndon Parish (1)
  51. Woodvale (1)
  52. Wythall (1)

District councils

Bromsgrove

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[3]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:[4]

  1. Uffdown (); ward abolished in 1995[5]
  2. Waseley (); ward abolished in 1995[5]
  3. Uffdown & Waseley (3); new ward added in 1995[5]

Wards from 1 May 2003 to 7 May 2015:[6]

  1. Alvechurch (3)
  2. Beacon (1)
  3. Catshill (2)
  4. Charford (2)
  5. Drakes Cross & Walkers Heath (2)
  6. Furlongs (2)
  7. Hagley (2)
  8. Hillside (2)
  9. Hollywood & Majors Green (2)
  10. Linthurst (1)
  11. Marlbrook (2)
  12. Norton (2)
  13. St Johns (2)
  14. Sidemoor (2)
  15. Slideslow (2)
  16. Stoke Heath (1)
  17. Stoke Prior (1)
  18. Tardebigge (1)
  19. Uffdown (1)
  20. Waseley (2)
  21. Whitford (2)
  22. Woodvale (1)
  23. Wythall South (1)

Wards from 7 May 2015 to present:[7]

  1. Alvechurch South (1)
  2. Alvechurch Village (1)
  3. Aston Fields (1)
  4. Avoncroft (1)
  5. Barnt Green & Hopwood (1)
  6. Belbroughton & Romsley (2)
  7. Bromsgrove Central (1)
  8. Catshill North (1)
  9. Catshill South (1)
  10. Charford (1)
  11. Cofton (1)
  12. Drakes Cross (1)
  13. Hagley East (1)
  14. Hagley West (1)
  15. Hill Top (1)
  16. Hollywood (1)
  17. Lickey Hills (1)
  18. Lowes Hill (1)
  19. Marlbrook (1)
  20. Norton (1)
  21. Perryfields (1)
  22. Rock Hill (1)
  23. Rubery North (1)
  24. Rubery South (1)
  25. Sanders Park (1)
  26. Sidemoor (1)
  27. Slideslow (1)
  28. Tardebigge (1)
  29. Wythall East (1)
  30. Wythall West (1)

Malvern Hills

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[3]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 1997:[8]

Wards from 1 May 1997 to 1 May 2003:[1]

  1. Baldwin (1)
  2. Bayton & Mamble (1)
  3. Broadheath (1)
  4. Chase (3)
  5. Hallow (1)
  6. Kempsey (2)
  7. Kyre Vale (1)
  8. Langland (3)
  9. Laugherne Hill (1)
  10. Leigh & Bransford (1)
  11. Lindridge (1)
  12. Link (3)
  13. Longdon (1)
  14. Martley (1)
  15. Morton (1)
  16. Powyke (2)
  17. Priory (2)
  18. Ripple (1)
  19. Temeside (1)
  20. Tenbury Town (2)
  21. The Hanleys (1)
  22. Trinity (3)
  23. Upton-upon-Severn (2)
  24. Valley of the Teme (1)
  25. Wells (2)
  26. West (2)
  27. Woodbury (1)

Wards from 1 May 2003 to present:[9]

  1. Alfrick & Leigh (2)
  2. Baldwin (1)
  3. Broadheath (2)
  4. Chase (3)
  5. Dyson Perrins (2)
  6. Hallow (1)
  7. Kempsey (2)
  8. Lindridge (1)
  9. Link (3)
  10. Longdon (1)
  11. Martley (1)
  12. Morton (1)
  13. Pickersleigh (3)
  14. Powick (2)
  15. Priory (2)
  16. Ripple (1)
  17. Teme Valley (1)
  18. Tenbury (2)
  19. Upton & Hanley (2)
  20. Wells (2)
  21. West (2)
  22. Woodbury (1)

Redditch

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 5 May 1983:[3]

Wards from 5 May 1983 to 10 June 2004:[10]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:[11]

  1. Abbey (2)
  2. Astwood Bank & Feckenham (2)
  3. Batchley (3); renamed Batchley & Brockhill in 2008[12]
  4. Central (2)
  5. Church Hill (3)
  6. Crabbs Cross (2)
  7. Greenlands (3)
  8. Headless Cross & Oakenshaw (3)
  9. Lodge Park (2)
  10. Matchborough (2)
  11. West (2)
  12. Winyates (3)

Worcester

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[3]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 10 June 2004:[13]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to present:[14]

  1. Arboretum (2)
  2. Battenhall (2)
  3. Bedwardine (3)
  4. Cathedral (3)
  5. Claines (3)
  6. Gorse Hill (2)
  7. Nunnery (3)
  8. Rainbow Hill (2)
  9. St Clement (2)
  10. St John (3)
  11. St Peter’s Parish (2)
  12. St Stephen (2)
  13. Warndon (2)
  14. Warndon Parish North (2)
  15. Warndon Parish South (2)

Wychavon

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[3]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:[15]

  1. Claines Central & West (); ward abolished in 1987[16]
  2. Claines East (); ward abolished in 1987[16]
  3. North Claines (2); new ward added in 1987[16]

Wards from 1 May 2003 to present:[17]

  1. Badsey (1)
  2. Bengeworth (2)
  3. Bowbrook (1)
  4. Bredon (1)
  5. Bretforton & Offenham (1)
  6. Broadway & Wickhamford (2)
  7. Dodderhill (1)
  8. Drakes Broughton (1)
  9. Droitwich Central (1)
  10. Droitwich East (2)
  11. Droitwich South East (2)
  12. Droitwich South West (2)
  13. Droitwich West (2)
  14. Eckington (1)
  15. Elmley Castle & Somerville (1)
  16. Evesham North (2)
  17. Evesham South (2)
  18. Fladbury (1)
  19. Great Hampton (1)
  20. Hartlebury (1)
  21. Harvington & Norton (1)
  22. Honeybourne & Pebworth (1)
  23. Inkberrow (2)
  24. Little Hampton (2)
  25. Lovett & North Claines (2)
  26. Norton & Whittington (1)
  27. Ombersley (1)
  28. Pershore (3)
  29. Pinvin (1)
  30. South Bredon Hill (1)
  31. The Littletons (1)
  32. Upton Snodsbury (1)

Wyre Forest

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[3]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 10 June 2004:[18]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to 7 May 2015:[19]

  1. Aggborough & Spennells (3)
  2. Areley Kings (3)
  3. Bewdley & Arley (3)
  4. Blakedown & Chaddesley (2)
  5. Broadwaters (3)
  6. Cookley (1)
  7. Franche (3)
  8. Greenhill (3)
  9. Habberley & Blakebrook (3)
  10. Lickhill (3)
  11. Mitton (3)
  12. Offmore & Comberton (3)
  13. Oldington & Foley Park (2)
  14. Rock (1)
  15. Sutton Park (3)
  16. Wolverley (1)
  17. Wribbenhall (2)

Wards from 7 May 2015 to present:[20]

  1. Aggborough & Spennells (3)
  2. Areley Kings & Riverside (3)
  3. Bewdley & Rock (3)
  4. Blakebrook & Habberley South (3)
  5. Broadwaters (3)
  6. Foley Park & Hoobrook (3)
  7. Franche & Habberley North (3)
  8. Lickhill (1)
  9. Mitton (3)
  10. Offmore & Comberton (3)
  11. Wribbenhall & Arley (2)
  12. Wyre Forest Rural (3)

Former county council

Hereford and Worcester

Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1974 (first election 12 April 1973) to 2 May 1985:[21][22][23]

  1. Alvechurch & Cofton Hackett (1)
  2. Belbroughton (1)
  3. Bewdley No. 1 (1)
  4. Bewdley No. 2 (1)
  5. Bromsgrove East (1)
  6. Bromsgrove North (1)
  7. Bromsgrove North West (1)
  8. Bromsgrove South (1)
  9. Bromsgrove South East (1)
  10. Bromsgrove West (1)
  11. Bromyard (1)
  12. Chaddesley Corbett (1)
  13. Croome (1)
  14. Dore & Bredwardine (1)
  15. Droitwich North (1)
  16. Droitwich Rural No. 1 (1)
  17. Droitwich Rural No. 2 (1)
  18. Droitwich Rural No. 3 (1)
  19. Droitwich South (1)
  20. Evesham East (1)
  21. Evesham Rural No. 1 (1)
  22. Evesham Rural No. 2 (1)
  23. Evesham Rural No. 3 (1)
  24. Evesham West (1)
  25. Hagley (1)
  26. Hereford No. 1 (Bartonsham) (1)
  27. Hereford No. 2 (2)
  28. Hereford No. 3 (Holmer) (1)
  29. Hereford No. 4 (St Martins) (2)
  30. Hereford No. 5 (North Tupsley) (1)
  31. Hereford No. 6 (South Tupsley) (1)
  32. Hereford Rural No. 1 (1)
  33. Hereford Rural No. 2 (1)
  34. Hereford Rural No. 3 (1)
  35. Kidderminster Baxter (1)
  36. Kidderminster Oldington (1)
  37. Kidderminster Park (1)
  38. Kidderminster Rowland Hill (1)
  39. Kidderminster St Georges (1)
  40. Kidderminster St Johns (2)
  41. Kidderminster St Marys (1)
  42. Kington (1)
  43. Ledbury No. 1 (1)
  44. Ledbury No. 2 (1)
  45. Leominster & Wigmore No. 1 (1)
  46. Leominster & Wigmore No. 2 (1)
  47. Leominster (1)
  48. Malvern East (1)
  49. Malvern North (1)
  50. Malvern South (1)
  51. Malvern West (1)
  52. Martley No. 1 (1)
  53. Martley No. 2 (1)
  54. Pershore No. 1 (1)
  55. Pershore No. 2 (1)
  56. Pershore No. 3 (1)
  57. Powick (1)
  58. Redditch No. 1 (1)
  59. Redditch No. 2 (1)
  60. Redditch No. 3 (1)
  61. Redditch No. 4 (1)
  62. Redditch No. 5 (1)
  63. Redditch No. 6 (2)
  64. Ross & Whitchurch No. 1 (1)
  65. Ross & Whitchurch No. 2 (1)
  66. Ross-on-Wye (1)
  67. Stoke Prior (1)
  68. Stourport No. 1 (1)
  69. Stourport No. 2 (1)
  70. Stourport No. 3 (1)
  71. Tenbury (1)
  72. Upton-on-Severn (1)
  73. Weobley (1)
  74. Wolverley & Cookley (1)
  75. Worcester No. 1 (All Saints) (1)
  76. Worcester No. 2 (Bedwardine) (1)
  77. Worcester No. 3 (Claines) (1)
  78. Worcester No. 4 (Holy Trinity) (1)
  79. Worcester No. 5 (Nunnery) (1)
  80. Worcester No. 6 (St Barnabas) (1)
  81. Worcester No. 7 (St Clement) (1)
  82. Worcester No. 8 (St John) (1)
  83. Worcester No. 9 (St Martin) (1)
  84. Worcester No. 10 (St Nicholas) (1)
  85. Worcester No. 11 (St Peter) (1)
  86. Worcester No. 12 (St Stephen) (1)
  87. Wythall North (1)
  88. Wythall South (1)

Electoral Divisions from 2 May 1985 to 1 April 1998 (county abolished):[24][25]

  1. Alvechurch (1)
  2. Barnt Green (1)
  3. Batchley (1)
  4. Bedwardine (1)
  5. Bowbrook (1)
  6. Bredon (1)
  7. Brinton Park (1)
  8. Broadway (1)
  9. Bromsgrove North (1)
  10. Bromsgrove South (1)
  11. Bromsgrove West (1)
  12. Bromyard (1)
  13. Central & St Nicholas (1)
  14. Chaddesley (1)
  15. Church Hill (1)
  16. Claines (1)
  17. College (1)
  18. Cookley Wolverley & Wribbenhall (1)
  19. Crabbs Cross (1)
  20. Croome (1)
  21. Dinmore (1)
  22. Dore & Bredwardine (1)
  23. Droitwich Rural (1)
  24. Droitwich South (1)
  25. Droitwich Town (1)
  26. Evesham Hampton (1)
  27. Evesham Town (1)
  28. Habberley & Blakebrook (1)
  29. Hagley & Furlongs (1)
  30. Hallow (1)
  31. Hinton & Hunderton (1)
  32. Hoobrook (1)
  33. Hope End (1)
  34. Hurcott (1)
  35. Inkberrow (1)
  36. Kington & Wigmore (1)
  37. Ledbury (1)
  38. Leominster (1)
  39. Leominster Rural (1)
  40. Lodge Park (1)
  41. Malvern Chase (1)
  42. Malvern Langland (1)
  43. Malvern Link (1)
  44. Malvern Trinity (1)
  45. Matchborough (1)
  46. Mitton (1)
  47. Nunnery (1)
  48. Pershore Town (1)
  49. Powick (1)
  50. Puxton (1)
  51. Redditch Central (1)
  52. Redditch West (1)
  53. Redhill & Newton Farm (1)
  54. Rock & Bewdley (1)
  55. Ross Rural (1)
  56. Ross-on-Wye (1)
  57. Rubery (1)
  58. Severn (1)
  59. St Barnabas (1)
  60. St Chad (1)
  61. St Clement (1)
  62. St John (1)
  63. St Martin (1)
  64. St Peter (1)
  65. St Stephen (1)
  66. Tenbury (1)
  67. The Littletons (1)
  68. Thinghill (1)
  69. Three Elms (1)
  70. Tupsley (1)
  71. Uffdown (1)
  72. Weobley (1)
  73. Winyates (1)
  74. Woodvale (1)
  75. Wormelow (1)
  76. Wythall (1)

Former district council

Leominster

See: List of electoral wards in Herefordshire#Leominster

Electoral wards by constituency

Bromsgrove

Alvechurch, Beacon, Catshill, Charford, Drakes Cross and Walkers Heath, Furlongs, Hagley, Hillside, Hollywood and Majors Green, Linthurst, Marlbrook, Norton, St Johns, Sidemoor, Slideslow, Stoke Heath, Stoke Prior, Tardebigge, Uffdown, Waseley, Whitford, Woodvale, Wythall South.

Mid Worcestershire

Badsey, Bengeworth, Bowbrook, Bretforton and Offenham, Broadway and Wickhamford, Dodderhill, Drakes Broughton, Droitwich Central, Droitwich East, Droitwich South East, Droitwich South West, Droitwich West, Evesham North, Evesham South, Fladbury, Great Hampton, Hartlebury, Harvington and Norton, Honeybourne and Pebworth, Little Hampton, Lovett and North Claines, Norton and Whittington, Ombersley, Pinvin, The Littletons, Upton Snodsbury.

Redditch

Abbey, Astwood Bank and Feckenham, Batchley, Central, Church Hill, Crabbs Cross, Greenlands, Headless Cross and Oakenshaw, Inkberrow, Lodge Park, Matchborough, West, Winyates.

West Worcestershire

Alfrick and Leigh, Baldwin, Bredon, Broadheath, Chase, Dyson Perrins, Eckington, Elmley Castle and Somerville, Hallow, Kempsey, Lindridge, Link, Longdon, Martley, Morton, Pershore, Pickersleigh, Powick, Priory, Ripple, South Bredon Hill, Teme Valley, Tenbury, Upton and Hanley, Wells, West, Woodbury.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  2. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The County of Worcestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The County of Hereford and Worcester (District Wards) Order 1973
  4. ↑ The District of Bromsgrove (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  5. 1 2 3 legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bromsgrove (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1995. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bromsgrove (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Bromsgrove (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ The District of Malvern Hills (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Malvern Hills (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  10. ↑ The District of Redditch (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  11. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Redditch (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  12. ↑ Redditch Borough Council letter dated 1 April 2008
  13. ↑ The City of Worcester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  14. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Worcester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  15. ↑ The District of Wychavon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  16. 1 2 3 legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  17. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Wychavon (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  18. ↑ The District of Wyre Forest (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  19. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Wyre Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  20. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Wyre Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  21. ↑ The County of Hereford and Worcester (Electoral Divisions) Order 1973
  22. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1973. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  23. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1977. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  24. ↑ The County of Hereford and Worcester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1983
  25. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1985, Volume 3. The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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