A WELL-KNOWN Worcester Conservative is trying to get elected onto a second district council in Worcestershire, it has emerged.

Councillor David Wilkinson sits in the city's Tory cabinet as cabinet member for safer and stronger communities and was re-elected to the Bedwardine ward last year.

Your Worcester News can reveal how he is now attempting to win a seat on Wychavon District Council and is standing in the Inkberrow ward this May.

The politician, a railway consultant, moved to Worcester seven years ago but also owns an old property at Abbots Lench, Evesham, where he has now returned.

He says he has made no decisions about what to do over his Worcester City Council position yet, but insists if he gets elected in Inkberrow he could fulfil both roles.

Cllr Wilkinson was only promoted to the city's executive leadership last year and is responsible for some key areas like housing standards and CCTV coverage.

He also takes a keen overview of heritage in Worcester and sits on an important conservation watchdog, as well as being deputy chairman of the planning committee.

If he is elected in Wychavon, he would be the first politician in the county to sit on two district councils since Aubrey Tarbuck, who was de-selected last year.

Cllr Wilkinson said: "An opportunity came up towards the end of last year to move back to where we lived before we came to Worcester so I took it.

"At the end of the day if I live in Wychavon, it's an appropriate council for me to be on, although obviously it throws up lots of questions about my position in Worcester.

"Wychavon only have elections once every four years and if I waited for that, this option might not have been available, you have to take opportunities when they come up.

"I had to deal with the circumstances as they were - it's only 10 or 12 miles up the road so it's perfectly do-able."

His current term in Worcester runs out in 2018 and if he quit before then it would trigger a by-election.

Councillor Adrian Gregson, opposition Labour group leader, said: "I don't think you can represent two authorities at the same time."