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.
Worcester has been controlled by both the Conservatives and Labour for long periods. From 1980 to 1999, Labour held a majority on the council. The Conservatives then held a majority from 2003 to 2008 after a period of no overall control, and again from 2011 to 2012.
The Conservatives regained control in 2015, but the council reverted to no overall control a year later; 2021 to 2022 was also a period of Conservative majority. 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 nominated joint leaders of the council, as required by the constitution. The Green leader, Marjory Bisset, did not stand for re-election in 2024.
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.
Changes 2023âÂÂ2024:
|-
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.
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. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).