1992 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1992 election to Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council was held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party led the Council in coalition with the Liberal Democrats until the next round of elections in 1994.

Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour Party 35
• Conservative Party 22
• Liberal Democrat 3

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour Party 29
• Conservative Party 28
• Liberal Democrat 3

Election result

Wolverhampton local election result 1992

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29	0	6	-6	48.33
	Conservative	28	6	0	+6	46.67
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	0	5.00

Ward results

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Bilston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John E Collingswood	1078
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs A E Ramsbottom	849
	Conservative	Mrs V Robinson	590
Majority			229
	Labour hold		Swing

Bilston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter O'Connell	1866
	Labour	Cornelius Dougherty	1651
	Liberal Democrats	P E Lloyd	212
Majority			215
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Blakenhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Jones	1950
	Conservative	Mrs Jean E Shore	1388
	Liberal Democrats	T E Kerr	196
Majority			562
	Labour hold		Swing

Bushbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Brueton	2734
	Labour	Mrs P Wesley	1097
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs C A Jenkins	194
Majority			1637
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Pat Byrne	1796
	Conservative	Mrs J Louder	1065
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs L Gwinnett	264
Majority			731
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Johnson	1515
	Conservative	Robert Green	817
	Liberal Democrats	T C Heaton	181
Majority			698
	Labour hold		Swing

Fallings Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Margaret Findlay	2306
	Labour	I C Grainger	1504
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne M Beard	221
Majority			802
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Graiseley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Mark Simpson	2415
	Labour	Mrs Judith Rowley	2333
	Liberal Democrats	S J Birch	194
Majority			82
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Heath Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R N Harding	1374
	Conservative	Sham Dev Sharma	916
	Liberal	Colin Hallmark	587
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs M M O'Brien	80
Majority			485
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J McCallum	1580
	Conservative	Mrs Jean Lenoir	1124
	Liberal Democrats	D E Iles	182
Majority			456
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Christine Mills	3049
	Labour	C F Matthews	984
	Liberal Democrats	J N M White	315
Majority			2065
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Patricia Patten	2314
	Labour	J Clifford	1515
	Liberal Democrats	I C Jenkins	228
Majority			799
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Swatman	2900
	Labour	M R Swain	1639
	Liberal Democrats	A Parker	393
Majority			1261
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hart	3322
	Labour	A J Romaya	748
	Liberal Democrats	S M Jones-Williams	407
Majority			2574
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whitehouse	2486
	Labour	M D Thomas	1213
	Conservative	Miss M Bradley	712
Majority			1273
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Surjan Singh Duhra	1913
	Conservative	Matthew A Norton	974
	Liberal Democrats	R Gray	352
Majority			939
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Doreen Seiboth	2770
	Liberal Democrats	B H Lewis	1075
	Labour	Miss Helen King	506
Majority			1695
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Wendy Thompson	3520
	Labour	Mrs Caroline Siarkiewicz	653
	Liberal Democrats	Miss T J O'Brien	267
Majority			2867
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dawson	2166
	Labour	Philip Bateman	1857
	Liberal	M A Pearson	397
Majority			309
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wednesfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Trina Brindley	2385
	Labour	Mrs T Walton	1503
	Liberal Democrats	J J Steatham	185
Majority			882
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.