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Bromsgrove 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

9 ward races
9 seats
3 elected below the proportional quota
33.3% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 9 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 9 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party13,87748.6%777.8%555.6%+2
Labour Party5,90720.7%111.1%222.2%-1
Independent3,82513.4%00.0%111.1%-1
Liberal Democrats3,22111.3%111.1%111.1%0
Green Party1,6865.9%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK430.2%00.0%00.0%0
Total28,559100.0%9100.0%9100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Beacon · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +11.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,814

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Kriss A.D.Conservative and Unionist Party1,46538.4%Elected
2McDonald P.M.Labour Party1,34635.3%
3Van Der Plank K.Independent67917.8%
4Harvey J.Green Party2496.5%
5Clarke J.A.Liberal Democrats752.0%

Electorate 9,643 · Ballots cast 3,814 · EC ward code E58001672 · Back to ward index

Bromsgrove Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,181

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Robinson J.W.Liberal Democrats1,33341.9%Elected
2Uppal K.K.Conservative and Unionist Party1,13135.6%
3Elledge J.Labour Party44614.0%
4Smout J.S.Green Party1574.9%
5Pardoe D.L.Independent1143.6%

Electorate 8,028 · Ballots cast 3,181 · EC ward code E58001678 · Back to ward index

Alvechurch · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,166

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Luckman A.R.Conservative and Unionist Party1,42445.0%Elected
2Bailes A.Independent1,24239.2%
3Nicholls S.J.Labour Party32410.2%
4White K.Green Party1765.6%

Electorate 7,714 · Ballots cast 3,166 · EC ward code E58001669 · Back to ward index

Bromsgrove South · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.0 pts Valid ballots 2,596

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Daisley K.Conservative and Unionist Party1,32451.0%Elected
2Jilani A.K.Labour Party58122.4%
3Nicholl D.J.Liberal Democrats51419.8%
4Harvey P.J.Green Party1776.8%

Electorate 8,341 · Ballots cast 2,596 · EC ward code E58001680 · Back to ward index

Clent Hills · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.7 pts Valid ballots 4,149

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1May K.J.Conservative and Unionist Party2,14751.7%Elected
2Colella S.R.Independent1,49135.9%
3Cooper A.F.Labour Party2265.4%
4Eccleston J.L.Green Party1684.0%
5Woodhouse S.J.Liberal Democrats741.8%
6Francis S.W.Reform UK431.0%

Electorate 9,597 · Ballots cast 4,149 · EC ward code E58001684 · Back to ward index

Bromsgrove East · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.8 pts Valid ballots 3,308

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Taylor C.B.Conservative and Unionist Party1,78053.8%Elected
2Evans S.M.Liberal Democrats84625.6%
3Osborne M.J.Labour Party44613.5%
4Measham P.J.Green Party2367.1%

Electorate 8,164 · Ballots cast 3,308 · EC ward code E58001679 · Back to ward index

Bromsgrove West · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.4 pts Valid ballots 2,727

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Mallett L.C.R.Labour Party1,70362.4%Elected
2Boulton M.Conservative and Unionist Party73426.9%
3McKenna J.M.C.Liberal Democrats1565.7%
4Hughes J.Green Party1344.9%

Electorate 7,978 · Ballots cast 2,727 · EC ward code E58001681 · Back to ward index

Woodvale · single-seat

Marginal winner 66.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −16.2 pts Valid ballots 2,864

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Webb S.A.Conservative and Unionist Party1,89666.2%Elected
2Henderson B.E.Labour Party55019.2%
3Gray J.M.Green Party2589.0%
4German M.P.Liberal Democrats1605.6%

Electorate 8,601 · Ballots cast 2,864 · EC ward code E58001719 · Back to ward index

Wythall · single-seat

Marginal winner 71.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −21.8 pts Valid ballots 2,754

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Kent A.D.Conservative and Unionist Party1,97671.8%Elected
2Peters S.R.Independent29910.9%
3Maslen T.L.Labour Party28510.3%
4Payne N.C.Green Party1314.8%
5Verlinden V.Liberal Democrats632.3%

Electorate 7,304 · Ballots cast 2,754 · EC ward code E58001720 · Back to ward index