title: 1996 Redditch Borough Council election
text: # 1996 Redditch Borough Council election
  
  Redditch Borough Council elections were held on Thursday 2 May 1996. Nine council wards were up for election.
  
  ## Ward results
  
  Batchley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Betty Passingham | 1,017 | 83.0 |
  | | Conservative | R. Bailey | 128 | 10.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | D. Pelling | 81 | 6.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 889 | 72.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,226 | 27.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Central :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | John Witherspoon | 886 | 59.2 |
  | | Conservative | Freda Ludwig | 347 | 23.2 |
  | | Independent Labour | G. Inniss | 178 | 11.9 |
  | | Green | M. Wisniewski | 86 | 5.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 539 | 36.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,497 | 27.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Church Hill :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | William Hartnett | 817 | 64.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Diane Thomas | 203 | 16.1 |
  | | Conservative | L. Greenway | 201 | 15.9 |
  | | Green | Isabelle Armstrong | 41 | 3.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 614 | 48.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,262 | 24.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Feckenham :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Graham Mutton | 808 | 54.0 |
  | | Conservative | Keith Boyd-Carpenter | 688 | 46.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 120 | 8.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,496 | 32.4 |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
  
  Greenlands :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Gail Stone | 1,002 | 55.1 |
  | | Conservative | Gavin Smithers | 548 | 30.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Pitt | 270 | 14.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 454 | 25.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,820 | 27.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Lodge Park :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Richard Timney | 896 | 62.0 |
  | | Conservative | Jack Field | 235 | 16.3 |
  | | Independent | Davey James | 162 | 11.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ian Webster | 151 | 10.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 661 | 45.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,444 | 28.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Matchborough :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Michael Francis | 1,004 | 52.2 |
  | | Conservative | Patricia Wilson | 606 | 31.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | D Ward | 315 | 16.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 398 | 20.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,925 | 30.0 |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  West :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Carole Gandy | 924 | 48.8 |
  | | Labour | Raymond Beech | 689 | 36.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Michael Ashall | 281 | 14.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 | 12.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,894 | 32.5 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Winyates :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Hall | 864 | 45.8 |
  | | Labour | Mark Shurmer | 830 | 44.0 |
  | | Conservative | Gay Hopkins | 142 | 7.5 |
  | | Green | Richard Armstrong | 49 | 2.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 1.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,885 | 38.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  