Worcester's new election boundaries approved by Parliament

Changes to the electoral ward boundaries for Worcester City Council have been given their final approval in Parliament and will be in place for the local elections on 2 May 2024.

Under the changes, there will continue to be 35 councillors on Worcester City Council, but they will be divided across 16 wards instead of the current 15. Three of those wards will have three councillors, while the others will all have two.

The changes have been drawn up by the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), which reviews each council in the country approximately every 20 years. The LGBCE carried out multiple public consultations in Worcester over an 18-month period before making its final recommendations for the city to Parliament.

Shane Flynn, Returning Officer for Worcester City Council, said: "We are grateful to both the LGBCE and Parliament for their conduct of this important process and we are pleased that these changes have been written into law in plenty of time before the election campaign begins.

"We will now be writing to each household in Worcester that will be in a different ward in this year's election, to make them aware of the changes."

The main changes to Worcester's electoral wards are:

• The current Cathedral ward will be split in two new wards, named Fort Royal and Cathedral
• The current Gorse Hill and Warndon wards will be merged to form a new ward named Warndon & Elbury Park
• The boundary between the current wards of Bedwardine and St John is being significantly changed to allow the creation of a new ward, named Dines Green & Grove Farm. The southern part of the old Bedwardine ward will be renamed Lower Wick & Pitmaston.

Some of the remaining wards are being renamed. Warndon Parish North becomes St Nicholas, and Warndon Parish South becomes Leopard Hill.

Finally, there are minor boundary changes between most of the remaining wards.

View an interactive map showing full details of the new wards.  

The new boundaries will be in place for the Worcester City Council elections on 2 May. These will see a change from the traditional system of one-third of councillors being elected each year to an all-out election, with all 35 seats going to the polls, and the winning councillors holding office for four years.