The Worcester and District branch was formed in 1995 - the
first UKIP branch in the West Midlands. Richard Chamings was the chairman, and
Andrew Harris of Harris Brushes, the secretary.
Gradually branches were set up in the surrounding constituencies - Lemominster,
Mid Worcestershire, and the Worcestershire West branch (as it was then known)
was set up in July 2000.
This was followed by the formation of branches in Hereford , and Bromsgrove,
with the original Worcester & District branch retaining responsibility for
Worcester City. The first chairman of the branch was Ian Morris who went on to
stand as the candidate in the 2001 General Election. He achieved a very credable
3.5% of the vote pushing the Greens into fourth place. He later emigrated to
France, and had much pleasure in reporting that the average frenchman disliked
the EU more than us.
Richard Spencer succeeded Ian as chairman for five years before handing over to
Malvern town councillor, Caroline Bovey. Caroline stood as the UKIP candidate in
both general elections of 2005 and 2010, as well as also standing for local
elections.
Mike Savage then took over as chairman in 2011 when Caroline stood down.
We now have a thriving branch with a high percentage of our members being
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