The 2024 Worcester City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 35 members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire were elected following boundary changes. The council remained under no overall control.

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2024 Worcester City Council election

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All 35 seats to Worcester City Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Lynn Denham Marjory Bisset Party Labour Green Last election 13 seats, 28.0% 10 seats, 28.4% Seats before 13 11 Seats won 17 12 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 16,203 18,092 Percentage 29.5% 32.9% Swing 1.5% 4.5%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 4 seats, 16.3% 8 seats, 25.4% Seats before 4 7 Seats won 5 1 Seat change 1 6 Popular vote 7,894 11,082 Percentage 14.3% 20.1% Swing 2.0% 5.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Worcester City Council election
Joint leaders before election Lynn Denham (Labour) Marjory Bisset (Green) No overall control Leader after election Lynn Denham Labour No overall control

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Worcester has been controlled by both the Conservatives and Labour for long periods. From 1980 to 1999, Labour held a majority on the council.^[1] The Conservatives then held a majority from 2003 to 2008 after a period of no overall control, and again from 2011 to 2012.^[2]

The Conservatives regained control in 2015, but the council reverted to no overall control a year later;^[3] 2021 to 2022 was also a period of Conservative majority.^[4][5] In the previous election, the Green Party gained 5 seats with 28.4% of the vote, Labour gained 1 with 28.0%, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 16.3%, and the Conservatives lost all the seats they were defending with 25.4%. Following the 2023 election, Labour and the Green Party formed a coalition, with the party leaders serving as joint leaders of the council.^[6] The Green leader, Marjory Bisset, did not stand for re-election in 2024.^[7]

Worcester formerly elected its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. The 2024 election saw both a review of ward boundaries and a change to elections being held for all councillors every four years instead. All councillors were therefore elected to the new wards.^[8]

Changes 2023–2024:

• May 2023: Simon Cronin (Labour) dies; by-election held July 2023^[11]
• July 2023: Elaine Willmore (Labour) holds by-election^[12]
• August 2023: Andy Roberts (Conservative) dies; by-election held October 2023^[13]
• October 2023: Katie Collier (Green Party) gains by-election from Conservatives^[14]

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2024 Worcester City Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	35	17	4	0	4	48.6	29.5	16,203	+1.5
	Green	35	12	1	0	1	34.3	32.9	18,092	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	23	5	1	0	1	14.3	14.3	7,894	-2.0
	Conservative	35	1	0	6	6	2.9	20.1	11,082	-5.3
	Independent	7	0	0	0		0	2.3	1,288	+1.8
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0	0.5	294	+0.3
	TUSC	5	0	0	0		0	0.4	206	-0.1
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0	0.1	68	+0.1

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Following the election, Labour formed a minority administration. Their leader Lynn Denham, who had been one of two joint leaders before the election, was appointed sole leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 14 May 2024.^[16]

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Worcester Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.^[17] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).