Bromsgrove District

Bromsgrove (district)

Bromsgrove is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Bromsgrove.It borders the built up area of Birmingham to the north...

 Council in Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

, England

England

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 is elected every four years. The elections take place on the first Thursday of May and elect 39 councillor

Councillor

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s from 23 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

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. By-election

By-election

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s are held for any seats which become vacant between the four yearly elections.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1973 - 1995
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1995 - 1999
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1999 - present

Council elections

• Bromsgrove Council election, 1999
  Bromsgrove Council election, 1999
  The 1999 Bromsgrove Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Bromsgrove district council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.-Campaign:The Labour party had won...
  
   - Conservative 30, Labour 7, Others 2

• Bromsgrove Council election, 2003 (boundary changes take place for this election) - Conservative 26, Labour 8, Residents Association 4, Independent
  Independent (politician)
  In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
  
   1

• Bromsgrove Council election, 2007 - Conservative 26, Labour 6, Residents Association 2, Liberal Democrat 1, Others 4

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011