The 2025 Worcestershire County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Worcestershire County Council in Worcestershire, England as part of the 2025 UK local elections. All 57 seats were elected. The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. The election resulted in no overall control, with Reform UK emerging as the largest party and forming a minority administration led by Jo Monk. In May 2026, Matt Jenkins of the Green and Independent Alliance became leader with the support of the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Worcestershire Independent groups. In July 2026, the government confirmed that the county council would be replaced by two unitary authorities in April 2028, with elections to shadow authorities planned for May 2027.
Background In the 2021 election, the Conservatives won 45 seats, giving them a majority and control of the council. The Liberal Democrats won 4 seats, while Labour and the Greens each won 3 seats. Two seats were won by independent candidates: Beverley Nielsen in Malvern Langland and Tom Wells in Powick.
New boundaries were introduced for the 2025 election following an electoral review. The number of councillors remained 57, but the number of divisions increased from 52 to 53.
Previous council composition After 2021 election Before 2025 election Party Seats Party Seats 45 37 3 5 3 5 4 3 0 2 2 5
Summary The Conservatives lost the majority they had held for 20 years, and the leader of the council, Simon Geraghty, lost his seat. Reform UK were the largest party, but were two seats short of a majority. Reform chose Jo Monk as its group leader after the election. Monk had been elected as a Conservative in 2021 but defected to Reform in March 2025. She was formally appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2025, leading a minority administration. In May 2026, Reform's minority administration was replaced by a cross-party alliance of Conservatives, Greens, Liberal Democrats and independent councillors, with Green councillor Matt Jenkins becoming leader. The national Conservative Party subsequently suspended the leader of its council group, Adam Kent, for taking part in the agreement.
Election result
Division results by district
Bromsgrove
+Bromsgrove district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 4 4 8,094 29.3 +29.1Conservative 2 5 7,885 28.5 –20.1Liberal Democrats 2 1 5,029 18.2 +6.9Independent 1 1 2,958 10.7 –2.7Labour 0 1 2,438 8.8 –11.9Green 0 1,267 4.6 –1.3Total927,671
Division results
Malvern Hills
+Malvern Hills district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Green 3 1 6,463 26.8 +12.0Liberal Democrats 2 1 2,914 12.1 –1.0Reform UK 1 1 5,440 22.6 +21.9Conservative 1 2 5,248 21.8 –15.6Independent 1 1 2,194 9.1 –16.5Labour 0 1,845 7.7 –0.8Total824,104
Division results
Redditch
+Redditch district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 8 8 14,971 39.2 N/AConservative 0 8 9,862 25.8 –27.7Labour 0 8,328 21.8 –8.6Green 0 2,939 7.7 +0.8Liberal Democrats 0 2,067 5.4 –0.8Total838,167
Division results
Worcester
+Worcester district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Green 4 3 8,137 30.4 +8.9Reform UK 3 3 6,986 26.1 +25.7Labour 2 4,422 16.5 –9.4Liberal Democrats 1 3,139 11.7 +2.2Conservative 0 6 4,064 15.2 –26.7TUSC 0 42 0.2 –0.2UKIP 0 19 0.1 N/ATotal1026,809
Division results
Wychavon
+Wychavon district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 7 4 12,258 33.1 –28.4Reform UK 3 3 11,311 30.5 +29.5Liberal Democrats 1 6,876 18.5 +4.2Green 1 1 4,008 10.8 +1.9Labour 0 2,187 5.9 –6.2Independent 0 427 1.2 –0.1Heritage 0 16 <0.1 N/ATotal1237,083
Division results
The result in Littletons was a tie between Hannah Robson and Liz Williams. Electoral law in the United Kingdom requires the Returning Officer to decide between candidates by lot in the event of a tie.The rules are set out in Paragraph 49 of—depending on whether another election is held at the same time—Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 of the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006. In practice returning officers typically follow the guidance provided by the Electoral Commission. In this case, one of the two candidates' names was drawn at random from a box, and Robson was returned. The official declaration shows the winning candidate having one extra vote in the event of a tie. On 25 June, Williams lodged an election petition with the High Court alleging undue interference and fraud. In October, the case was thrown out on a technicality because Williams had missed the deadline to submit her claim to the High Court.
Wyre Forest
+Wyre Forest district summaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Reform UK 8 8 10,057 38.4 N/AConservative 2 8 7,032 26.8 –22.0Labour 0 3,152 12.0 –6.4Independent 0 1,846 7.0 +0.2Liberal Democrats 0 1,705 6.5 –1.2Green 0 1,672 6.4 –0.4Liberal 0 755 2.9 N/ATotal1026,219
Division results
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Changes 2025–2027
In February 2026, David Taylor left the Reform UK group to sit as an independent. In May 2026, Jo Monk and Ashley Monk were suspended by Reform UK and became independent councillors. They formed the Worcestershire Independent Group with Taylor. On 14 May 2026, Jo Monk resigned as leader of the council and was succeeded by Matt Jenkins, leader of the Green and Independent Alliance. Jenkins was supported by the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Worcestershire Independent groups. In May 2026, Matthew Jones left Reform UK and joined the Worcestershire Independent Group. In July 2026, Karl Perks defected from Reform UK to the Conservatives. In August 2026, Martin Allen defected from the Green Party to the Liberal Democrats.
By-elections
Bromsgrove South
The Bromsgrove South by-election was triggered by the resignation of Reform UK councillor Gaynor Jean-Louis.
See also Worcestershire County Council elections
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