The final version of the city’s electoral map has been revealed following the first review in two decades.
The map used for elections in Worcester has been redrawn by the Local Government Boundary Commission for the first time in 20 years with the west of the city set for the biggest changes.
The final report by the Local Government Boundary Commission, which has gone through several edits, would see the Bedwardine ward renamed Lower Wick and Pitmaston alongside a smaller St John’s ward and a new Dines Green and Grove Farm ward – where hundreds of new homes are set to be built in the coming years.
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On the opposite side of the city, the Warndon and Gorse Hill wards would be combined to create a single new ward with three councillors and renamed Warndon and Elbury Park.
Warndon Parish North would be renamed St Nicholas and Warndon Parish South would instead be called Leopard Hill – with the idea of Warndon Villages North and Warndon Villages South renames scrapped.
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The plan to split the current Cathedral ward into two new City Centre and Fort Royal wards remains but the Boundary Commission said it has decided to stick with the old Cathedral name and has binned the City Centre ‘rebrand.’
Several wards would remain the same with the Arboretum, Claines, St Clement, St Stephen and St Peter’s wards all untouched.
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The existing Rainbow Hill ward would incorporate some of the outgoing Gorse Hill ward and the boundaries of the existing Nunnery and Battenhall wards would change slightly.
The city is split into different wards with those eligible in each ward then voting to elect a councillor to represent them on Worcester City Council.
Under the new arrangements, there would be 35 councillors, the same as now, representing 16 rather than 15 wards.
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Worcester City Council will be electing all councillors in a single election for the first time in 2024, after agreeing to scrap the old system of electing councillors in thirds in three out of every four years, and the next general election is also scheduled to be held no later than January 2025.
The changes will now be sent to Parliament for approval in time for next year’s local elections.
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