The 2026 Redditch Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect 9 of 27 members of Redditch Borough Council in Worcestershire, England.

Prior to the election the council was under Labour majority control. At this election, the council went under no overall control. Labour remained the largest party, but fell one seat short of a majority. Reform UK, which held no seats prior to the election, won eight of the nine seats being contested, making them the second largest party on the council after Labour. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 26 May 2026, the incumbent Labour leader of the council, Sharon Harvey, was removed from the post, and the Conservative group leader, Matt Dormer, was appointed as leader of the council instead. This was despite the Conservatives only having four councillors and only being the third largest party on the council. Dormer's appointment was voted for by Reform and the independent councillors as well as his own party. He appointed an executive comprising all four Conservative councillors and two of the independent councillors. Reform's support was on the basis of a confidence and supply agreement rather than a coalition, in exchange for which Reform councillors were appointed to the roles of mayor, deputy mayor and several of the committee chairmanships.

Summary

Background In 2024, the Labour Party retained majority control of the council. In January 2026, the council asked for the election to be postponed pending local government reorganisation. However it was rescheduled on 16 February 2026.

On 10 March 2026, the leader of Redditch Council Conservative group and councillor for Webheath and Callow Hill, Matt Dormer, was suspended by the Conservative party after he was linked to a potential defection to Reform UK. The suspension was lifted a few days before the election and he was reinstated to the party.

Election result

Incumbents

Ward Incumbent councillorParty Re-standing Astwood & Freckenham Chris Holz Yes Batchley & Brockhill Sachin Mathur No Central Gary Slim Yes Greenlands & Lakeside Juma Begum Yes Headless Cross & Oakenshaw David Munro Yes Matchborough & Woodrow Paul Wren No North Sid Khan No Webheath & Callow Hill Claire Davies Yes Winyates Alan Mason No

Ward results

Astwood Bank & Feckenham

Batchley & Brockhill

Central

Greenlands & Lakeside

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw

Matchborough & Woodrow

North

Webheath & Callow Hill

Winyates

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