THE REDDITCH divisions in the Worcestershire County Council elections were dominated by Reform UK, which took all of the four seats, electing eight councillors in total.

Longtime councillors, Coun Bill Hartnett (Labour) and Karen Ashley (Conservative) lost out to Reform UK’s Joanne Monk and David Taylor.

Former leader of the council, Coun Matt Dormer also lost out to Reform UK’s Coun Stephen Foster.

Leader of the party, Nigel Farage visited Redditch earlier in the month and donned the prospective councillors the ‘most optimistic’ in the country.

The results have been stark and echo many happening in other councils across England.

Below are all the results as they unfolded.

Results

14.56PM Redditch South – Reform GAIN

Juliet Barker Smith (Labour) – 1,152

Roger Bennett (Reform UK) – 2,261 – ELECTED

Willian Boyd (Labour) – 978

Ben Bradley (The Green Party) – 389

Brandon Clayton (Conservative) – 1,579

Claire Davies (The Green Party) – 482

Sue Eacock (Reform UK) – 2,120 – ELECTED

Ann Glee (Liberal Democrat) – 403

David Gee (Liberal Democrat) – 299

Craig Warhurst (Conservative) – 1,564

14.44pm Redditch West – Reform GAIN

Matt Dormer (Conservative) – 1,451

Stephen Foster (Reform UK) – 1,660 – ELECTED

Robin Lunn (Labour) – 1,113

John Marsh (Liberal Democrat) – 326

Emma Marshall (Conservative) – 1,287

Ashley Monk (Reform UK) – 1,695 – ELECTED

Monica Stringfellow (Labour) – 1,110

David Thain (The Green Party) – 442

Glen Theobald (The Green Party) – 312

Andy Thompson (Liberal Democrat) – 256

14.21pm – Redditch East – Reform GAIN

Karen Ashley (Conservative) – 1,130

Juliet Brunner (Conservative) – 1,121

Elaine Drage (Liberal Democrat) – 227

Bill Hartnett (Labour) – 961

Kathryn Manning (The Green Party) – 306

Joanne Monk (Reform UK) – 2120 – ELECTED

Jen Snape (Labour) – 968

David Taylor (Reform UK) – 1994 – ELECTED

Charles Tucker (Liberal Democrat) – 195

Kevin White (Green Party) – 252

14. 19pm – Redditch Central – Reform GAIN

Clare Beckhelling (Green Party) – 434

Michael Chalk (Conservatives) – 949

Dave Edmonds (Reform UK) – 1597 – ELECTED

Andrew Fry (Labour) – 1095

Andy Holmes (Liberal Democrat) – 181

Karen Holmes (Liberal Democrat) – 180

Christopher Holz (Conservative) – 781

Adam Price (The Green Party) – 322

Jane Splisbury (Labour) – 951

Richard Tudge (Reform UK) – 1524 – ELECTED

13.51pm – Votes are being recounted in Redditch. This is going to be a close result.

12.00pm – The votes are being counted thick and fast.

11.17am – Now that the voter turnouts are in, we can see many residents across the borough turned out for this election, a higher number than expected.