Wychavon District: Hartlebury ward council by-election, 22 October 2026

Equality and rights

Every candidate, in ballot-paper order.

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Age

Adults in the household

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Children or dependants

NoneYoungest under 5School age (5 to 17)Adult dependant

Housing

Rent privately (including a shared student house)Rent from a council or housing associationOwn with a mortgageOwn outrightUniversity halls or student accommodationOther (living with family, temporary, none)

Household income before tax, per year

Work

Studying

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Anyone in the household is disabled or has a long-term health condition

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Anyone in the household is an unpaid carer

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Anyone in the household is on a UK visa, or seeking asylum

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The household receives any means-tested benefit (Universal Credit, Pension Credit, etc.)

YesNo

The household owns or regularly drives a car

YesNo

Anyone in the household has served in the armed forces

YesNo

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1Susan Anne EvansLabour Party

Nothing published that we could source on this topic.

2Tony MillerConservative and Unionist Party

Nothing published that we could source on this topic.

3Jake RichardsonReform UK

Nothing published that we could source on this topic.

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Go deeper on equality and rights: independent sources

None of these is affiliated with a party. Where a source campaigns for a position, the label says so. Links open the original site.

Commons Library: disability and benefits — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
Disability Rights UK — Disability Rights UK. Disabled people's organisation: campaigns for disabled people's rights.
Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk) — The National Archives. The law as enacted.
Equality and Human Rights Commission — EHRC. Statutory equality regulator.
Sex Matters — Sex Matters. Campaign group: campaigns for sex-based rights.
Stonewall: research and policy — Stonewall. LGBTQ+ charity: campaigns for LGBTQ+ rights.

Cross-cutting: polling, fact-checking, parliamentary research

Commons Library: constituency data dashboards — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
electionleaflets.org: archive of election leaflets, searchable by area — Democracy Club. Civic-technology archive; leaflets are the parties' own material.
Electoral Commission: political finance register (donations, loans, spending) — Electoral Commission. Official register.
Full Fact — Full Fact. Independent fact-checking charity.
House of Commons Library research briefings — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
Institute for Government — Institute for Government. Independent think tank on how government works.
Ipsos Issues Index: what the public says matters most — Ipsos. Polling company (monthly, unprompted survey).
LG Inform: council performance and finance data — Local Government Association. Sector body for councils.
Local Elections Archive Project: every council result since 2002 — Andrew Teale. Independent archive from Returning Officers' data, CC BY-SA.
mySociety Local Intelligence Hub: data by constituency — mySociety. Civic-technology charity; non-partisan.
UK Parliament: Commons votes (every division, how each MP voted) — UK Parliament. Official record, Open Parliament Licence.
UK Parliament: petitions, with signatures by constituency — UK Parliament. Official record.