THE SMALLEST percentage of voters turned out to back a candidate in the current Mayor’s ward.
Greenlands – where Wanda King is contesting her seat – had only 28 per cent of people voting, a total of 1,800 out of an electorate of 6,333.
By contrast, 41 per cent of the electorate voted in Astwood Bank and Feckenham, where a new councillor will take over from Michael Chalk who was not selected to stand. In that ward, there were a total of 1,946 voters out of a potential 4,709.
Overall, the turnout for the Redditch Borough Council elections was 34 per cent – 18,511 casting their vote out of an electorate of 53,814, while 33 per cent voted in the Arrow Valley East county council by-election and 35 per cent cast their vote in the European election.
This compares to a 27.78 per cent turnout in the last borough elections held in 2012, possibly due to the Europeans being held on the same day.
Full turnout numbers by ward –
ABBEY – votes 1,750, electorate 4,645, turnout 38 per cent.
ASTWOOD BANK AND FECKENHAM – votes 1,946, electorate 4,709, turnout 41 per cent.
BATCHLEY AND BROCKHILL – votes 1,788, electorate 5,811, turnout 31 per cent.
CENTRAL – votes 1,586, electorate 4,531, turnout 35 per cent.
CHURCH HILL – votes 1,918, electorate 6,196, turnout 31 per cent.
CRABBS CROSS – votes 1,680, electorate 4,513, turnout 37 per cent.
GREENLANDS – votes 1,800, electorate 6,333, turnout 28 per cent.
HEADLESS CROSS AND OAKENSHAW – votes 2,476, electorate 6,792, turnout 36 per cent.
LODGE PARK – votes, 1,270, electorate 3,811, turnout 33 per cent.
WINYATES – votes 2,297, electorate 6,473, turnout 35 per cent.
