2016 City of Wolverhampton Council election

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The 2016 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England. [1] 20 seats were being contested in total (one third of the Council). [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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The ward of Tettenhall Regis is notable for having two Conservative Party candidates nominated for a single seat. The Conservative Party confirmed that Udey Singh was the official candidate, and the additional nomination for Mark Evans, the incumbent retiring Councillor, was an 'administrative error'. [3]

Ward results

Bilston East

Bilston East 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Payal Bedi-Chadha1,09450.18
UKIP Tom Fellows79136.28
Conservative David Mackintosh29513.53
Majority 30313.90
Turnout 2,180
Labour hold Swing

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Bilston North

Bilston North 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Mary Leach1,37260.92
UKIP Ray Hollington49521.98
Conservative Peter William Dobb38517.10
Majority 87738.94
Turnout 2,252
Labour hold Swing

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Blakenhall

Blakenhall 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Jeffery Rowley 1,943 59.04
Independent Bhajan Singh79924.28
Conservative Sera Singh Aulakh54916.68
Majority 1,14434.76
Turnout 3,291
Labour hold Swing

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Bushbury North

Bushbury North 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hazel Malcolm1,07443.3
Conservative Andrew William McNeil75630.5
UKIP Gerard Fletcher52321.1
Green Michelle Webster632.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Clive Jenkins622.5
Majority 318
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

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Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Alan Bilson1,24469
Conservative Simon Mark Hewitt38621.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Jenkins1729.5
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

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East Park

East Park 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anwen Dawn Muston 1,02254.6
UKIP James Leyshon38621.3
Conservative Aaron Andrew Hall30316.7
Green Terry Hancox502.8
Independent William of Shropshire502.8
Majority 636
Labour hold Swing

Ettingshall

Ettingshall 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zee Russell1,72470.1
Conservative Adam Ansari39416
Socialist Labour Jennifer Cooper34313.9
Majority 1,330
Labour hold Swing

Fallings Park

Fallings Park 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Brookfield1,17153.6
UKIP Tracey Dawn Jukes45720.9
Conservative Giuliano Ivanov Pisarski43620
Liberal Democrats Peter Nixon1205.5
Majority 714
Labour hold Swing

Graiseley

Graiseley 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Charles Reynolds1,90070.8
Conservative Jas Boparai49718.5
Green David John Belcher1686.3
Liberal Democrats Kieran Patrick Smith1204.5
Majority 1,403
Labour hold Swing

Heath Town

Heath Town 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jasbir Kaur Jaspal1,09757.4
Conservative Fortune Sibanda47124.7
TUSC Jarrad Williams1779.3
Liberal Democrats Alan William Bamber1658.6
Majority 626
Labour hold Swing

Merry Hill

Merry Hill 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan David Bolshaw1,35244.2
Conservative Carl James Husted1,33843.8
Green Henry Obi2086.8
Liberal Democrats Jessica Rose Pringle1585.2
Majority 14
Labour hold Swing

Oxley

Oxley 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Margaret Miles1,38459
Conservative Neil David Turner71830.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Edward Quarmby24510.4
Majority 666
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Darke 1,511 58.4
Conservative Kamran Khan68426.5
Green Andrea Cantrill2288.8
Liberal Democrats Bryan Hamer Lewis1636.3
Majority 827
Labour hold Swing

Penn

Penn 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Wintour Waite 1,729 45.70
Conservative Simon Bennett1,46138.62
UKIP Barry Hodgson42311.18
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey William Hemsley1704.49
Majority 2687.08
Turnout 3,783
Labour hold Swing

Spring Vale

Spring Vale 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mak Singh1,04841.5
UKIP Hazel Thomas82932.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Rheannon May Quarmby42616.9
Conservative Savita Sehdev2228.8
Majority 819
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St Peter’s

St Peter’s 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Charles Lawrence1,15056.6
Conservative Sohail Khan70934.9
Green Rachel Arnold1738.5
Majority 443
Labour hold Swing

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Udey Singh 1,045 34.56
Labour Chester Morrison97032.08
UKIP Doug Hope45415.01
Conservative Mark Evans41513.72
Liberal Democrats Peter Hollis1404.63
Majority 752.48
Turnout 3,024
Conservative hold Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arun Photay1,93859.9
Labour Phil Walker90528
Liberal Democrats Frances Kathleen Heap2086.4
Green John Pit1845.7
Majority 1,033
Conservative hold Swing

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Thomas Alexander Bateman MBE1,61565.8
Conservative Andrew Scott Randle64126.1
Green Lee Harris2008.1
Majority 974
Labour hold Swing

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Christine Brookfield1,54062.4
Conservative Steve Hall92837.6
Majority 612
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Local Elections 2016". City of Wolverhampton Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tettenhall Regis: 'Error' sees two Tory candidates for same seat". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bilston East Results".
  5. ↑ "Bilston North Results".
  6. ↑ "Blakenhall Results 2016".
  7. ↑ "Bushbury North Results 2016".
  8. ↑ "Bushbury South and Low Hill Results 2016".
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