The 2017 Worcestershire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 57 councillors were elected from 53 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The Conservatives extended their majority in the council, gaining ten seats, largely at the expense of Labour and UKIP, who lost six seats between them; the Conservative majority increased from one seat to eleven. The number of seats for the Liberal Democrats and Green remained the same, with the Conservatives gaining the remaining five seats from independent politicians and candidates from smaller parties. The Conservatives lost one seat, Alvechurch, to an independent. The Liberals lost their only seat, St Chads in the Wyre Forest district, after they decided not to field any candidates; the Liberal Democrats held the seat, however. UKIP lost all their seats in this election to the Conservatives.

Quick Facts All 57 council division seats 29 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2017 Worcestershire County Council election

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All 57 council division seats 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 30 12 Seats won 40 10 Seat change 10 2 Popular vote 82,400 40,235 Percentage 46.85 22.88 Swing 13.55 1.06   Third party Fourth party Fifth party   Party UKIP Liberal Democrats Green Last election 4 3 2 Seats won 0 3 2 Seat change 4 Popular vote 9,778 20,475 11,862 Percentage 5.56 11.64 6.74 Swing 14.88 3.98 1.71
Map showing the results of the 2017 Worcestershire County Council election. Striped divisions have mixed representation.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election TBD

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