1991 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 2 May 1991 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

During the 1991 election the Merry Hill ward had two seats contested due to a vacancy arising.

Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:

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Following the election the constitution of the Council was:

Election result

Bilston East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour T H Turner1738
Liberal Democrat Mrs A Ramsbottom616
Conservative R Green413
Ind. Conservative J Davies260
Majority1122
Bilston North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Miss M Benton2257
Conservative S Mills1599
Liberal Democrat Mrs L Gwinnett432
Majority658
Blakenhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour R Reynolds2477
Conservative Mrs J Shore1221
Liberal Democrat Mrs M O'Brien415
Majority1256
Bushbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative P J Turley2571
Labour P Hamid1357
Liberal Democrat A Whitehouse456
Majority1214
East Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour F Docherty2049
Conservative M Bailey863
Liberal Democrat J R Steatham749
Majority1186
Ettingshall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mrs J Jones2162
Conservative Miss A J Green717
Liberal Democrat I Kerr241
Majority1445
Fallings Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative B Findlay2032
Labour I Grainger1983
Liberal A Bourke296
Liberal Democrat S Birch240
Majority49
Graiseley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative J P Mellor2501
Labour Mrs J Rowley2353
Liberal Democrat W Beard354
Majority148
Heath Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour M Jaspal1469
Liberal C Hallmark1160
Conservative Mrs T Brindley833
Majority309
Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour P O'Neill2342
Conservative A Lort862
Liberal Democrat D Isles330
Majority1480
Merry Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative R Hart2612
Conservative Mrs C V Mills2186
Labour C F Matthews1327
Labour S Smith1273
Liberal Democrat J White576
Liberal Democrat S Jones-Williams546
Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative N Patten2074
Labour L Turner1837
Liberal Democrat I Jenkins536
Majority237
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mrs M W Hodson2662
Labour K Vernon1843
Liberal Democrat B H Lewis659
Majority819
Penn
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paddy Bradley2966
Labour P Bhutta942
Liberal Democrat Mrs C Jones-Williams771
Majority2024
St Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour R Lawrence2902
Conservative M Norton728
Liberal Democrat R Gray400
Majority2172
Spring Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Mrs K M Morgan2402
Labour Mrs B Johnson1889
Conservative A Round689
Ind. Conservative E Shaw104
Majority513
Tettenhall Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative J Davis2425
Liberal Democrat L McLean1572
Labour Mrs P Wesley829
Majority853
Tettenhall Wightwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative J Inglis3114
Labour Mrs C M Siarkiewicz979
Liberal Democrat Mrs T O'Brien496
Majority2135
Wednesfield North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mrs G Stafford-Good1998
Conservative A Dawson1690
Liberal M Pearson892
Majority308
Wednesfield South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative T Brindley1843
Labour R Garner1832
Liberal Democrat P Richards432
Majority11

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