2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
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21 of 60 seats on Walsall Council
31 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderMike BirdAftab Nawazn/a
Party Conservative Labour Independent
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Party Liberal Democrats
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The 2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Walsall Council in England. This was on the same day as the 2021 elections for the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, and the 2021 West Midlands mayoral election. [1] These elections had been delayed from May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. [2]

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One-third of the seats were up for election, with one ward (Pelsall) electing three councillors. [3] [4]

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Walsall has varied between the Conservatives and Labour. Between 1973 and 2004, Walsall had been under Labour control from 1973 to 1976, 1980 to 1982, 1988 to 1992, 1995 to 1996, and 1999 to 2000. [5] It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and 2011, before reverting to no overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019. [6] In the 2019 elections, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 41% of the vote, Labour lost 2 with 38%, and the UKIP received 10.5% of the vote. Despite Conservative losses across the UK, the Conservative Party gained control of this council.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2016. In that election, the Labour Party gained 1 seat, with 43.2% of the vote, the Conservatives received 36.6%, and UKIP received 11.7%. This election was held prior to the 2016 EU Referendum.








Results

2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 14Increase2.svg 563.6223760.035,77854.1+13.1
  Labour 7Decrease2.svg 331.8152236.724,04836.3-1.7
  Independent 1Steady2.svg4.5123.38051.2-2.1
  Liberal Democrats 0Decrease2.svg 20.0000.02,9672.5-1.2
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,7882.7+1.3
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07751.2New

Ward results

Aldridge Central and South

Aldridge Central and South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Wilson 3,498 76.28 Increase2.svg 19.63
Labour Shaz Akhtar64814.13Decrease2.svg 2.27
Green Guan Chan2415.26N/A
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Bates1994.34Decrease2.svg 2.39
Majority2,85062.15
Turnout 4,586
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Sears 2,321 71.53
Labour Michael Bruce60918.77
Green Tanya Petrovic1614.96
Liberal Democrats Isaac Crosby1544.75
Majority1,71252.76
Turnout 3,245
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Bentley and Darlaston North

Bentley and Darlaston North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Underhill 1,399 56.23
Conservative Sukhy Nijjar1,08943.77
Majority31012.46
Turnout 2,488
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

Birchills-Leamore

Birchills-Leamore [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amo Hussain 1,586 54.45
Labour Tina Jukes1,06036.39
Green Kevin Pitt1023.50
Reform UK Elaine Williams993.40
Liberal Democrats Paul Wild662.27
Majority52618.06
Turnout 2,913
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Blakenall

Blakenall [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pete Smith 805 37.79
Labour Matt Ward79237.18
Conservative Saghir Mohammed53325.02
Majority130.61
Turnout 2,130
Registered electors
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Bloxwich East

Bloxwich East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Flint 1,385 60.53
Labour Kath Phillips90339.47
Majority48221.07
Turnout 2,288
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Bloxwich West

Bloxwich West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brad Allen 1,892 67.1
Labour David Morgan72825.8
Liberal Democrats Stuart Hodges1134.0
Reform UK Robert Matthews883.1
Majority1,16442.3
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Brownhills

Brownhills [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kerry Murphy 1,526 55.0
Labour Steve Wade95334.3
Reform UK Lee Chapman1625.8
Green Phil Parker883.2
Liberal Democrats Hamza Karim461.7
Majority57320.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Darlaston South

Darlaston South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Bott 1,533 63.7
Conservative Derek Bennett87336.3
Majority660
Labour hold Swing

Paddock

Paddock [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Gandham 2,194 52.6
Labour Nasar Ali1,75942.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Watts2225.3
Majority435
Conservative hold Swing

Palfrey

Palfrey [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sabina Ditta 2,519 65.8
Conservative Moz Khan1,30734.2
Majority1,212
Labour hold Swing

Pelsall

Three seats available. [7]

Pelsall [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Garry Perry 2,208 32.5
Conservative Rose Martin 1,436 21.2
Conservative Ed Lee 1,430 21.1
Labour Jon Maltman4957.3
Labour Patti Lane3815.6
Labour Shamim Ahmed3194.7
Green Deborah Lee2754.1
Reform UK Graham Eardley2423.6
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pheasey Park Farm

Pheasey Park Farm [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Andrew 2,156 71.1
Labour Trish White65021.4
Green Andrea Maynard1284.2
Liberal Democrats Matthew Barker993.3
Majority1,506
Conservative hold Swing

Pleck

Pleck [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naheed Gultasib 2,310 74.8
Conservative Jitu Miah77825.2
Majority1,532
Labour hold Swing

Rushall-Shelfield

Rushall-Shelfield [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Worrall 1,426 50.1
Conservative Sawra Shmim1,23943.5
Reform UK Jade Davies1846.5
Majority187
Labour hold Swing

Short Heath

Short Heath [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josh Whitehouse 1,353 54.1
Liberal Democrats Daniel Barker60824.3
Labour Elliot Pfebve53921.6
Majority74529.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Streetly

Streetly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keir Pedley 2,904 67.9
Labour Michael Coulson67815.8
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gray49311.5
Green Alison Walters2054.8
Majority2,226
Conservative hold Swing

St Matthews

St Matthews [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdus Nazir 2,162 50.8
Conservative Mohammed Yaqoob1,56536.8
Green Michael Walters52512.3
Majority597
Labour hold Swing

Willenhall North

Willenhall North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stacie Elson 1,276 46.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Shires82529.8
Labour Stephen Moreton60821.9
Green Carl Harrison632.3
Majority451
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Willenhall South

Willenhall South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Coughlan 1,577 53.5
Conservative Amandeep Kaur Garcha1,22941.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Hodges1424.8
Majority348
Labour hold Swing

By-elections

Pleck

Pleck: 16 December 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simran Cheema 698 64.6 -10.2
Conservative Mohammed Saghir38235.4+10.2
Majority31629.2
Turnout 1,080
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.2

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