2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election

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The 2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 20 of the 60 seats were up for election. [1]

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Background

Since its first election in 1973, Wolverhampton Council has been a Labour council, aside from a brief period from to 1978 to 1979 when the party was overtaken by the Conservatives. Labour has controlled the council for its entire existence apart from brief periods of no overall control (1978 to 1980, 1987 to 1988, 1992 to 1994, and 2008 to 2011). [2] In the 2021 election, Labour lost 5 seats with 47.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 43.0%.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 2 seats with 58.04% of the vote, the Conservatives lost 1 with 33.69%, and UKIP lost representation on the council with 0.93%. [3]

Council composition

After 2021 election Before 2022 election [4] After 2022 election [5]
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 44 Labour 44 Labour 44
Conservative 15 Conservative 16 Conservative 16
Independent 1 Independent 0 Independent 0

Changes:

Results

2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 17Steady2.svg85.00274473.3328,68557.27
  Conservative 3Steady2.svg15.00131626.6717,40634.75
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.00000.002,6095.21
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.00000.001,2312.46
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.00000.001560.31

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Bilston East

Bilston East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Simkins* 1,459 68.47 +13.95
Conservative Christopher Thompson55426.00-6.08
TUSC Hannah Davis1185.54N/A
Majority90542.47
Turnout 2,13119.73

Bilston North

Bilston North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Page* 1,376 64.88 +5.06
Conservative Dan Perry-Preston59327.96-6.52
Liberal Democrats Eileen Birch1527.17N/A
Majority78336.92
Turnout 2,12124.04

Blakenhall

Blakenhall [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jasbinder Dehar* 1,931 79.17 +7.23
Conservative Nathaniel Williams36114.80-2.21
Liberal Democrats Patrick Bentley1476.03-0.28
Majority1,57064.37
Turnout 2,43928.50

Bushbury North

Bushbury North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Bennett 1,253 50.26 -7.97
Labour Alan Butt*1,09643.96+9.72
Liberal Democrats Harry Marston1445.78+1.70
Majority1576.30
Turnout 2,49328.55

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Sweet* 1,319 64.15 +5.91
Conservative Lewis Wastell47823.25-12.90
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins25912.60N/A
Majority84140.90
Turnout 2,05618.90

East Park

East Park [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Miles 1,194 69.22 +15.07
Conservative Aaron Hall53130.78-8.79
Majority66338.43
Turnout 1,72519.05

Ettingshall

Ettingshall [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beverley Momenabadi* 2,168 73.67 +6.1
Conservative Sian Kumar47616.17-3.1
Liberal Democrats David Murray29910.16+0.7
Majority1,69257.49
Turnout 2,94326.03

Fallings Park

Fallings Park [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Evans* 1,343 62.61 +15.5
Conservative Zahid Shah59127.55-16.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Nixon2119.84+5.4
Majority75235.06
Turnout 2,14524.38

Graiseley

Graiseley [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asha Mattu* 1,643 64.20 +5.0
Conservative Safyaan Salim52520.52-8.2
Green Amy Bertaut2509.77+1.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Hollis1415.51+1.7
Majority1,11843.69
Turnout 2,55929.73

Heath Town

Heath Town [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jaspreet Jaspal* 1,185 60.99 +21.7
Conservative Fortune Sibanda43322.29-5.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Bamber1668.54+3.8
Green Kwaku Tano-Yeboah1598.18+0.9
Majority75238.70
Turnout 1,94321.97

Merry Hill

Merry Hill [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Hyatt 1,456 46.95 +9.7
Conservative James Montero1,45046.76-9.5
Liberal Democrats David Marsh1956.29N/A
Majority60.19
Turnout 3,10133.87

Oxley

Oxley [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Roberts* 1,216 51.20 +8.4
Conservative Matt Powis87836.97-8.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Jenkins1496.27+1.1
Green Paul Darke 943.96-0.7
TUSC Joshua Allerton381.60-0.3
Majority33814.23
Turnout 2,37526.89

Park

Park [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Craig Collingswood* 1,524 58.98 +5.1
Conservative Robert Brotherton70527.28-7.2
Green Jenny Hibell2379.17+1.0
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis1184.57+1.2
Majority81931.70
Turnout 2,58431.34

Penn

Penn [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Celia Hibbert* 1,948 50.58 +11.0
Conservative Ranjit Dhillon1,65843.05-11.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Hopkins2456.36N/A
Majority2907.53
Turnout 3,85139

Spring Vale

Spring Vale [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara McGarrity* 1,380 58.62 +4.4
Conservative Surjit Khunkhun97441.38+3.6
Majority40617.25
Turnout 2,35426.56

St Peter's

St Peter's [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Obaida Ahmed* 1,388 78.82 +15.6
Conservative John Mumford37321.18-3.7
Majority1,01557.64
Turnout 1,76121.99

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sohail Khan* 1,614 50.93 -8.7
Labour Kashmire Hawker1,10734.93+4.0
Liberal Democrats Julian Donald2417.60+3.6
Green Christopher Brookes2076.53+0.9
Majority50716.00
Turnout 3,16934.18

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Crofts* 2,166 60.17 +1.5
Labour Don Gwinnett1,00828.00+6.7
Green Andrea Cantrill2847.89+0.2
Liberal Democrats Arfan Khan1423.94+0.1
Majority1,15832.17
Turnout 3,60039.96

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Bateman* 1,358 60.82 +8.0
Conservative Tony Gething87539.18-3.6
Majority48321.63
Turnout 2,23326.60

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Greg Brackenridge* 1,586 63.34 +20.4
Conservative Sucha Sahota91836.66-15.4
Majority66826.68
Turnout 2,50428.72

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References

  1. ↑ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Election results by party, 3 May 2018". Wolverhampton.gov. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Your Councillors by Party". wolverhampton.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Wolverhampton result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News . Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Parkes, Thomas (14 June 2021). "Wolverhampton councillor defects from Labour to Conservatives". Express and Star. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Smith, Adam (20 January 2022). "Disgraced former councillor guilty of fraud to stay free until October after lodging appeal". Express and Star. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — East Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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