Malvern Chase News Today

A by-election to choose a new county councillor for Evesham’s north west division will take place this week.

More than a thousand people in the Malvern Hills district may not have the right photo ID to vote in the upcoming local elections.

ELECTION: All 57 seats on Worcestershire County Council will be contested A NEW cabinet has been appointed at Worcestershire County Council as councillors met for the first time since the local elections earlier this month. Cllr Simon Geraghty was reappointed as leader of the county council during a meeting at County Hall on Thursday (May 20). Cllr Adrian Hardman remains deputy leader as well as cabinet member for adult social care. Announcing his new cabinet, Cllr Geraghty said: “In ...

CABINET: Cllr Simon Geraghty (left); (clockwise from top right) Cllr Matt Dormer; new council chairman Steve Mackay; Cllr Marc Bayliss and Cllr Adam Kent A NEW cabinet has been appointed at Worcestershire County Council as councillors met for the first time since the local elections earlier this month. Cllr Simon Geraghty was reappointed as leader of the county council during a meeting at County Hall on Thursday (May 20). Cllr Adrian Hardman remains deputy leader as well as cabinet member...

NEW: Jack Satterthwaite, Beverley Nielsen, Martin Allen and Natalie McVey SEVEN new faces will be representing the Malvern Hills district on Worcestershire County Council following last week’s local elections. Victories for other parties, retirements and de-selections meant all but one of the eight council divisions across Malvern Hills are now represented by new councillors. Jack Satterthwaite, who was victorious for the Lib Dems in Malvern Chase, said he was grateful for the support a...

Big wins for Greens, Lib Dems and Independents in Malvern Hills as Tories lose half of seats VICTORY: (clockwise from top right) Green Natalie McVey; independent Beverley Nielsen, Lib dem Jack Satterthwaite and Green Martin Allen BIG wins for the Greens, Lib Dems and independent candidates saw the Conservatives lose half of their county council seats in Malvern Hills. The Conservatives lost three of the six Malvern Hills seats it had held on Worcestershire County Council on Friday (May 7) w...

VICTORY: Worcester MP Robin Walker and James Stanley (right) who won in Gorse Hill and Warndon THE CONSERVATIVES have increased their majority on Worcestershire County Council after a disastrous day for Labour which saw the party lose six seats including its leader. It was a successful day for the Conservatives following Thursday’s election with the party snatching seats from Labour in Worcester, Redditch and Bromsgrove as well as claiming victory against a number of independent candidate...

Neil Morton, who is currently mayor of Malvern, is standing for the party in the Langland division. He said: “It is my privilege to be the current mayor of Malvern, a position I have held for the last 18 months. "As mayor and a serving town councillor, I continue to represent Malvern at numerous events and engagements, promoting Malvern not only as a place to live and visit, but also as somewhere to establish a business. "At the outset of the COVID-19 crisis, as a volunteer at Malvern...