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2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election
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20 out of 60 seats to City of Wolverhampton Council
31 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Stephen Simkins Wendy Thompson
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Bilston South Tettenhall
Current seats 46 13
Seats up 15 5
Seats won 16 4
Map depicting the winners of each ward.
Red shows a Labour win.
Blue shows a Conservative win.
Incumbent Leader

Stephen Simkins
Labour



The 2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 60 members of City of Wolverhampton Council in the West Midlands were elected.

Background[edit]

Wolverhampton is a strong Labour council. The party have controlled the council for most of its history, only failing to win a majority in 1987, 1992, 2008, and 2010.[1] The 2023 election was for the entire council on new ward boundaries.[2] In that election, Labour won 47 seats with 57.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives won 13 with 37.0%.

The 2024 election was for seats held by councillors who were elected with the smallest number of votes.[3] Labour defended 15 seats and the Conservatives defended 5.[4]

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[5] After 2024 election[6]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 47 Labour 46 Labour 47
Conservative 13 Conservative 13 Conservative 12
Independent 0 Independent 1 Independent 1

Changes:

  • June 2023: Celia Hibbert suspended from Labour[7]
  • July 2023: Ian Brookfield (Labour) dies; by-election held September 2023[8]
  • September 2023: Paul Brookfield (Labour) wins by-election[9]

Results[edit]

2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 16 +1 85.0 31 47 78.3 30,355 56.1 –1.1
  Conservative 4 –1 15.0 8 12 20.0 17,667 32.7 –4.3
  Independent 0 = 0.0 1 1 1.7 652 1.2 +1.1
  Green 0 = 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,286 6.1 +4.0
  Liberal Democrats 0 = 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,949 3.6 +0.3
  Party of Women 0 = 0.0 0 0 0.0 161 0.3 N/A

Ward results[edit]

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Bilston North[edit]

Bilston North[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Leigh New 1,763 71.29 Increase11.5
Conservative Audrey Okere 710 28.71 Decrease5.8
Majority 1,053 42.58 /
Turnout 2,473 26.47 Increase3.74
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Bilston South[edit]

Bilston South[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rashpal Kaur* 1,549 70.09 Increase15.6
Conservative Lewis Wastell 661 29.91 Decrease2.2
Majority 888 40.18 /
Turnout 2,210 21.90 Increase4.12
Labour hold Swing

Blakenhall[edit]

Blakenhall[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sally Green* 2,244 75.07 Increase3.2
Conservative Adam Ansari 453 15.16 Decrease1.9
Green Stephen Petter 126 4.22 Decrease0.5
Liberal Democrats Patrick Bentley 86 2.88 Decrease3.5
Independent Tracy Cooper 80 2.67 New
Majority 1,791 59.91
Turnout 2,989 34.52 Increase5.38
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Bushbury North[edit]

Bushbury North[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bennett* 1,321 47.03
Labour Gary Edwards 1,271 45.25
Liberal Democrats Gary Peck 217 7.72
Majority 50 1.78
Turnout 2,809 29.38 Increase2.80
Conservative hold Swing

Bushbury South and Low Hill[edit]

Bushbury South and Low Hill[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Sweet* 1,323 70.45
Conservative Rob Williams 403 21.46
Liberal Democrats Ann Jenkins 152 8.09
Majority 920 48.99
Turnout 1,878 19.85 Increase3.50
Labour hold Swing

East Park[edit]

East Park[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Russell 1,433 63.04
Conservative Joe Stepien 379 23.00
Independent Steve Hall 294 13.96
Majority 1,054 40.04
Turnout 2,106 23.19 Increase4.71
Labour hold Swing

Ettingshall North[edit]

Ettingshall North[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Zee Russell* 2,224 81.98
Conservative Amar Bhandal 489 18.02
Majority 1,735 63.96
Turnout 2,713 28.20 Increase5.48
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale[edit]

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Harbinder Singh* 1,988 71.82
Conservative Sian Kumar 780 28.18
Majority 1,208 43.64
Turnout 2,768 29.46 Increase3.31
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Fallings Park[edit]

Fallings Park[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Valerie Evans* 1,299 56.75
Conservative Julia Dickens 716 31.28
Party of Women Charlotte Hawkins 161 7.03
Liberal Democrats Peter Nixon 113 4.94
Majority 583 25.47
Turnout 2,289 25.64 Increase3.71
Labour hold Swing

Graiseley[edit]

Graiseley[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jacqueline Sweetman* 1,724 59.31
Conservative Tony Gething 566 19.47
Independent Zahid Shah 278 9.56
Green Amy Bertaut 240 8.26
Liberal Democrats Jessica Pringle 99 3.40
Majority 1,158 39.84
Turnout 2,907 33.28 Increase4.56
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Heath Town[edit]

Heath Town[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jaspreet Jaspal* 1,305 64.35
Conservative Joe Banla 432 21.30
Green Kwaku Tano-Yeboah 193 9.52
Liberal Democrats Vikas Chopra 98 4.83
Majority 873 43.05
Turnout 2,028 23.55 Increase4.79
Labour hold Swing

Merry Hill[edit]

Merry Hill[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Evans 1,540 47.65
Conservative Chris Haynes* 1,459 45.14
Green Jennifer Hibell 233 7.21
Majority 81 2.51
Turnout 3,232 35.66 Increase2.29
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Oxley[edit]

Oxley[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Barbara McGarrity* 1,444 50.10
Conservative Adam Collinge 1,032 35.81
Green Mia Clark 266 9.23
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins 140 4.86
Majority 412 14.29
Turnout 2,882 27.85 Increase2.63
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Park[edit]

Park[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muhammad Nasim 1,668 52.97
Conservative Surrinder Ram 697 22.13
Green Paul Darke 491 15.59
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis 293 9.31
Majority 971 30.84
Turnout 3,149 32.98 Increase3.58
Labour hold Swing

Penn[edit]

Penn[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Singh* 1,733 45.26 Decrease2.70
Labour Co-op Kashmire Hawker 1,656 43.25 Decrease4.86
Green Ayden Young 330 8.62 New
Liberal Democrats Anna Khan 110 2.87 Decrease1.06
Majority 77 2.01 Increase0.90
Turnout 3,829 39.45 Increase1.16
Conservative hold Swing

St Peters[edit]

St Peters[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Iqra Tahir* 1,249 51.40
Green Mohammed Naseem 599 24.65
Liberal Democrats David Murray 300 12.35
Conservative Gillian Timms 282 11.60
Majority 650 26.75
Turnout 2,430 27.51 Increase5.84
Labour hold Swing

Tettenhall Regis[edit]

Tettenhall Regis[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Udey Singh* 1,663 51.89
Labour Robert Siarkiewicz 1,051 32.79
Liberal Democrats Julian Donald 251 7.83
Green Don Gwinnett 240 7.49
Majority 612 19.10
Turnout 3,205 35.00 Increase1.66
Conservative hold Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick[edit]

Tettenhall Wightwick[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sally Garner 2,228 63.03
Labour Bahadur Dehar 950 26.87
Green Andrea Cantrill 267 7.55
Liberal Democrats Arfan Khan 90 2.55
Majority 1,278 36.16
Turnout 3,535 39.69 Increase0.59
Conservative hold Swing

Wednesfield North[edit]

Wednesfield North[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Bateman* 1,431 66.10
Conservative Nathaniel Williams 754 33.90
Majority 677 32.20
Turnout 2,165 26.35 Increase1.00
Labour hold Swing

Wednesfield South[edit]

Wednesfield South[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqui Coogan* 1,243 50.57
Conservative Pete Dickens 914 37.18
Green Hardev Singh 301 12.25
Majority 329 13.39
Turnout 2,458 27.77 Increase1.81
Labour hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ Sweeney, Joe (18 November 2022). "Spotlight on Wolverhampton's boundary changes to rebalance voters". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The Wolverhampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/967, retrieved 16 April 2024
  4. ^ Stubbings, David (5 May 2023). "Full Wolverhampton Council election results as Labour majority grows". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Your Councillors". City of Wolverhampton Council. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Wolverhampton Council election result: Labour delight as they take another seat off Tories". Express and Star. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  7. ^ Madeley, Peter (2 June 2023). "Wolverhampton councillor suspended by Labour Party pending an investigation". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Wolverhampton council leader dies after cancer battle". BBC News. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bushbury South and Low Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). City of Wolverhampton Council. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Elections 2024". City of Wolverhampton Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_City_of_Wolverhampton_Council_election

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