Councillor Mel Allcott has received a emphatic endorsement from the voters in Claines in the Worcestershire County Council elections.
Cllr Allcott, who also represents Claines on the city council, received over 50% of the total votes in Claines which also saw the highest turnout across the City with just over 40% of residents making their voices heard.
With 1,656 votes, Mel finished well clear of the second placed candidate and narrowly beat her own total from 2021. It was a fine display and a ringing endorsement of the hard work that Mel and the team had put in to the area in the last 4 years.
Before the vote, Mel had highlighted the need for an agreement on moving the Social Care situation forward in Worcester seeking a consensus across the political divide. She also drew attention to the long running saga surrounding the footpath around the Claines River which she intends to follow through on when it’s brought on the Council agenda in June.
After receiving the results, Mel said ‘I can’t thank the people of Claines enough for their votes and for the faith they continue to place in me. I am obviously very grateful to everyone for their support and its so important to see that people still feel we are doing a good job and have given us the nod to keep going.
‘We are entering into a period now where things are going to change as the Government brings in their devolution plans, but being across County and City I hope to be able to face those challenges head on.’
