Welcome to Wyre Forest,
North Worcestershire
Contact
01562 823 581
Please use this answer-phone
service to contact our office.
You can also make contact with
specific Councillors via the phone /
e.mail details on <Councillors>
E.mail
Please use
talk2us@healthconcern.org.uk
to send a message.
It will either be replied to directly or
acknowledged & forwarded to the
appropriate person.
Fax
Yes; we still use the jolly-old fax - it
cannot be hacked the way these
new-fangled systems can.
Our number is 01562 77 00 11
Your ‘Health Concern’ Party
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Our ‘Heart-in-Hands’ logo
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The Premier Independent political party in Wyre Forest
The Wyre Forest area of north Worcestershire is the home of independent political thought - having been represented in
Parliament for two terms (ten years) by the Independent M.P. Dr. Richard Taylor M.B.E.
Representing Wyre Forest people
The party works at Wyre Forest District and local Town and Parish levels with Councillors on the Bewdley, Kidderminster
and Stourport-on-Severn town councils.
Not just a ‘Single Issue’ party
Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern is NOT just a ‘single issue’ party but a grouping of independent
representatives of the people; taking on-board all manner of local problems (and solving them) and local aspirations (and
aiding in their delivery).
It grew out of the projected closure of Kidderminster Hospital (to which so many had contributed with fund-raising). This
prompted mass protest and street parades and, ultimately, the rejection of the sitting Labour MP - a junior Minister.
The party remains fundamentally concerned with the provision of health facilities and the delivery of all that results in
‘good health’ it is associated with concern for all aspects of a healthy community - education for all ages, support for the
disabled and the elderly, transport, arts and entertainment, nature and the environment.
THURSDAY MAY 6th
IS POLLING DAY
when you can vote for
• Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia Area
(Worcestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Telford & Wrekin)
• Worcestershire County Council
For representation on Worcestershire County Council, the Wyre Forest
area is split into 9 electoral divisions with 1 County Councillor in each
division, except Stourport-on-Severn Division where there are 2.
The nine are_
Bewdley; Chaddesley; Cookley, Wolverley and Wribbenhall; St Marys;
St Johns; St Georges and St Oswald; St Chads; St Barnabas;
Stourport-On-Severn (x2).
• Town Councillors
Kidderminster Town Council is be made up of 6 wards with
3 councillors in each ward.
Click here for an interactive map of Kidderminster Wards.
VOTING BY POSTAL BALLOT
Should
you
wish
to
apply
for
a
ballot to
VOTE BY POST
,
download your application here_
Download the application letter here
If
you're
unable
to
print
the
application
form
or
need
it
in
an
accessible
format,
contact
the
electoral
services
team
at
Wyre
Forest Council for help_
Call The Hub - 01562 732928
(Monday - Friday 9am-5pm)
Visit The Hub at Green Street,
Kidderminster, DY10 1HA.
(Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
9am-5pm, Wednesday 10am-5pm)
Write to_
Wyre Forest District Council,
Elections Team, Wyre Forest House,
Finepoint Way, Kidderminster, Worcs.
DY11 7WF
If
you
aren't
able
to
cast
your
vote
in
person,
you
can
ask
someone
you
trust to cast your vote for you_
(Your
Proxy
).
That
person
can
either
go
to
your
polling
station
to
cast
your
vote,
or
can apply to vote for you by post_
Download the application letter here
The
deadline
to
apply
for
a
proxy
vote
for
the
elections
on
6
th
May
2021
is
5pm
on
Tuesday 27
th
April.
You
must
also
have
been
registered
to
vote by midnight on Monday 19
th
April.
Your HEALTH CONCERN Candidates
To learn more about them, simply ‘click’ on their name
John Beeson
Candidate for Worcs. County Council
COOKLEY, WOLVERLEY AND WRIBBENHALL
Claire Barnett
Candidate for Worcs. County Council
STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN
John Thomas
Candidate for Worcs. County Council
STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN
Susie Griffiths
Candidate for Worcs. County Council
ST. BARNABAS
Sue Meekings
Candidate for Worcs. County Council
ST. JOHNS
Susie Griffiths
Candidate for Kidderminster Town Council
FRANCHE & HABBERLEY NORTH
Keith Robertson
Candidate for Kidderminster Town Council
FRANCHE & HABBERLEY NORTH
Angela McGuire
Candidate for Kidderminster Town Council
FRANCHE & HABBERLEY NORTH
Peter Young
Candidate for Kidderminster Town Council
BROADWATERS WARD
Sue Meekings
Candidate for Kidderminster Town Council
FOLEY PARK & HOOBROOK WARD
Rob Lloyd
Candidate for Kidderminster Town Council
BLAKEBROOK AND HABBERLEY WARD
HEALTH CONCERN is pleased to endorse the following
Independent candidates_
Calne Edginton-White
Bewdley/Rock
(Independent)
Mary Rayner
St. Oswalds
(Independent)
Helen Dyke
Chaddeslley/Spennells
(Independent)
Brett Caulfield
St Chads
(Green)
REMEMBER_
on MAY 6
th
_
“Independent Health Concern (IHC), popularly known as “Health Concern”, is a political party based in Wyre Forest. It
was founded in 1999 and grew out of the campaign to restore emergency services at Kidderminster Hospital.
The NHS, local and general, remains a crucial interest, and so after a year of lock-down we are disturbed to see Covid-
19 challenging the NHS to its limit. The pitiful 1% pay rise has offended NHS staff intolerably. We will support these
staff members in all ways that we can.
Since contesting elections at all levels, with great success, the party continues to support local communities on all
matters of importance. Being independent of major parties and their whips, party members can vote in favour of all
issues benefiting the local people and opposing those that do not. This great privilege enabled me, when I was the
Wyre Forest M.P. from 2001 – 2010, to vote with the government or against it as the occasion indicated. At Health
Concern we pride ourselves as being a local party whose members live and work in their area and know and share the
hopes and needs of those they represent.”
Dr. Richard Taylor M.B.E.
Your
HEALTH
CONCERN
Candidate
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YOUR VOTE
RIP
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
(born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark)
10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021
We offer Her Majesty our deepest sympathy