2021 City of Wolverhampton Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2021 Wolverhampton City Council election

The 2021 City of Wolverhampton Council Election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. [1] One-third of the seats were up for election.

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Results

2021 Wolverhampton City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 14Decrease2.svg 563.6304473.330,41947.2-0.2
  Conservative 8Increase2.svg 536.471525.027,68843.0+10.4
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03,9966.2-0.6
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,8712.9-2.8
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0111.72170.3-0.8
  Workers Party 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01460.2New
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0530.1New

Ward results

Bilston East

Bilston East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Wildman 1,424 54.52 Increase2.svg 4.33
Conservative Christopher Thompson83832.08Increase2.svg 18.55
Independent Thomas Fellows2178.31Decrease2.svg 27.98
Green Holly Whitmill1335.09N/A
Majority58622.43Increase2.svg 8.54
Turnout 2,612
Labour hold Swing

Thomas Fellows stood in the previous election for the UK Independence Party.

Bilston North

Bilston North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Leach 1,553 59.82 Decrease2.svg 1.10
Conservative Rajpal Singh89534.48Increase2.svg 17.30
Green Richard Carter1485.70N/A
Majority65825.35Decrease2.svg 13.59
Turnout 2,596
Labour hold Swing

Blakenhall

Blakenhall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tersaim Singh 2,292 71.94 Increase2.svg 12.90
Conservative Mohammed Sohaib54217.01Increase2.svg 0.33
Liberal Democrats Patrick Bentley2016.31N/A
Green Keith Gilbert1514.74N/A
Majority1,75054.93Increase2.svg 20.17
Turnout 3,186
Labour hold Swing

Bushbury North

Bushbury North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew McNeil 1,670 58.23
Labour Janet Smith98234.24
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins1174.08
Green Rosa van Doorn993.45
Majority68823.99
Turnout 2,868
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Brookfield 1,421 58.24
Conservative Matt Powis88236.15
Green Clive Wood1375.61
Majority53922.09
Turnout 2,440
Labour hold Swing

East Park

East Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anwen Muston 1,207 54.15
Conservative Steve Hall88239.57
Green Benjamin Cole1406.28
Majority32514.58
Turnout 2,229
Labour hold Swing

Ettingshall

Ettingshall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zee Russell 2,359 67.6
Conservative Safyaan Salim67419.3
Liberal Democrats David Murray3329.5
Green Michelle Webster1243.6
Majority1,685
Turnout 3,489
Labour hold Swing

Fallings Park

Fallings Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Burden 1,186 47.1
Conservative Ranjit Dhillon1,11744.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Nixon1114.4
Green Helen Currie1054.2
Majority69
Turnout 2,519
Labour hold Swing

Graiseley

Graiseley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Reynolds 1,792 59.2
Conservative Kiran Basra86728.7
Green Amy Bertaut2528.3
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Ball1143.8
Majority925
Turnout 3,025
Labour hold Swing

Heath Town

Heath Town [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jasbir Jaspal 1,123 47.4
Labour Jaspreet Jaspal 930 39.3
Conservative Fortune Sibanda65827.8
Conservative Sucha Sahota59425.1
Liberal Democrats Rachel Ashby-Filippin2189.2
Green Stephen Petter1747.3
Workers Party Alan Russell1466.2
Green Ayden Young1275.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Bamber1124.7
Turnout 4,082
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Merry Hill

Merry Hill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Dalton 2,001 56.3
Labour Alan Bolshaw1,32437.3
Green Daniel Flynn2277.8
Majority677
Turnout 3,552
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Oxley

Oxley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Collinge 1,249 45.4
Labour Louise Miles1,17942.8
Liberal Democrats Ann Jenkins1435.2
Green Mia Clark1304.7
TUSC Joshua Allerton531.9
Majority70
Turnout 2,754
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Park

Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Darke 1,640 53.9
Conservative Robert Brotherton1,04934.5
Green Rachel Arnold2498.2
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis1033.4
Majority591
Turnout 3,041
Labour hold Swing

Penn

Penn [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephanie Haynes 2,464 54.6
Labour Tom Moreton1,77539.6
Green Kathryn Gilbert2716.0
Majority689
Turnout 4,510
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Spring Vale

Spring Vale [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mak Singh 1,401 54.2
Conservative Sian Kumar97737.8
Green Duncan Nimmo2098.1
Majority424
Turnout 2,587
Labour hold Swing

St Peters

St Peters [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Qaiser Azeem 1,447 63.2
Conservative Zahid Shah56924.9
Green Terry Hancox27211.9
Majority878
Turnout 2,288
Labour hold Swing

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Udey Singh 2,242 59.6
Labour Carol Hyatt1,16230.9
Green Valerie Wood2105.6
Liberal Democrats Julian Donald1504.0
Majority1,080
Turnout 3,764
Conservative hold Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ellis Turrell 2,505 59.5
Conservative Jonathan Crofts 2,470 58.7
Labour Walker Darke89521.3
Labour Kashmire Hawker78918.7
Green Andrea Cantrill3267.7
Green Christopher Brookes2305.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Hollis1623.8
Liberal Democrats David Marsh1162.8
Turnout 4,210
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phil Bateman 1,339 52.8
Conservative Gordon Newell1,08642.8
Green Lee Harris1124.4
Majority253
Turnout 2,537
Labour hold Swing

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andy Randle 1,457 52.1
Labour Jacqui Coogan1,19942.9
Green David Belcher1405.0
Majority258
Turnout 2,796
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

By-elections

East Park

East Park: 7 April 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lovinyer Daley 783 65.5 +11.4
Conservative Steve Hall41234.5-5.1
Majority37131.0
Turnout 1,20013.2
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg8.3

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References

  1. "NOTICE OF ELECTION City of Wolverhampton Council" (PDF). Wolverhampton.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL City of Wolverhampton Council" (PDF). Wolverhampton.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.