2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election

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2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election
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All 60 seats to City of Wolverhampton Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderIan BrookfieldWendy Thompson
Party Labour Conservative
Last election44 seats, 57.3%16 seats, 34.8%
Seats won4713
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote74,53648,250
Percentage57.2%37.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.1%Increase2.svg 2.2%
Wolverhampton UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Leader before election

Ian Brookfield
Labour

Leader after election

Ian Brookfield
Labour

The 2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 4 May 2023, alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Due to changes in the boundaries of the wards, all 60 seats on the City of Wolverhampton Council, were up for election. [1] [2] [3] All 20 wards elect 3 councillors. [4]

Contents

Labour retained its majority on the council. [5] [6]

Background

In 2023, The Local Government Boundary Commission for England created the Wolverhampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2023, abolishing all 20 wards of the city council and replaced them with wards that have newly drawn boundaries. [7] The number of wards and councillors remains the same as the previous election. The next election will be in 2024, with a third of the council (20 Seats) up for election of which are those candidates who finished 3rd at this poll. [2]

Pre-Election Composition

44
16
PartySeats
Labour Party44
Conservative Party16

Summary

Election result

2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 604730Increase2.svg 378.357.274,536–0.1
  Conservative 601303Decrease2.svg 321.737.048,250+2.2
  Liberal Democrats 18000Steady2.svg0.03.34,273–1.9
  Green 9000Steady2.svg0.02.12,759–0.4
  Independent 3000Steady2.svg0.00.2324N/A
  Reform UK 1000Steady2.svg0.00.1164N/A
  TUSC 1000Steady2.svg0.00.189–0.2

Ward results

The following is a list of candidates by council ward. [8] [9]

Sitting Councillors of whom sought re-election, are marked with an asterisk (*). [10]

Bilston North

Bilston North (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Leach* 1,449 67.06
Labour Susan Roberts* 1,171 54.31
Labour Rohit Mistry 1,152 54.43
Conservative Audrey Okere57226.53
Conservative Dan Perry-Preston52124.17
Conservative Surrinder Ram42419.66
Green Mia Clark27412.71
Rejected ballots11
Turnout 2,15622.72
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bilston South

Bilston South (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Simkins* 1,167 64.12
Labour Gillian Wildman* 1,118 61.43
Labour Rashpal Kaur* 1,102 60.55
Conservative Paul Hammond37920.82
Conservative Michael Rogers37120.38
Conservative Christopher Thompson36720.16
Liberal Democrats Jessica Pringle1769.67
Liberal Democrats Anna Khan1266.92
Liberal Democrats Hristina Atanasova1216.65
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 1,82017.78
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Blakenhall

Blakenhall (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Bhupinder Gakhal* 1,716 67.88
Labour Co-op Tersaim Singh* 1,642 64.95
Labour Co-op Sally Green 1,616 63.92
Conservative Sunni Kaur49019.38
Conservative Mark Cooper43817.32
Conservative Sangeeta Bedi40015.82
Liberal Democrats Patrick Bentley2459.69
Rejected ballots11
Turnout 2,52829.14
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Bushbury North

Bushbury North (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Appleby* 1,236 48.11
Conservative Andrew McNeil* 1,225 47.68
Conservative Simon Bennett* 1,151 44.80
Labour Gary Edwards1,08142.08
Labour Steve Russell1,01839.63
Labour Rob Siarkiewicz95437.14
Liberal Democrats Harry Marston2559.93
Liberal Democrats Alan Bamber1947.55
Rejected ballots26
Turnout 2,56926.58
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Brookfield* 1,002 64.69
Labour Ian Brookfield* 979 63.20
Labour Paul Sweet* 931 60.10
Conservative Simon Hewitt35122.66
Conservative Dawn McNeil30319.56
Conservative Freya Wastell29218.85
Liberal Democrats Ann Jenkins19812.78
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 1,54916.35
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

East Park

East Park (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lovinyer Daley* 1,150 67.89
Labour Louise Miles* 1,113 65.70
Labour Anwen Muston* 1,018 60.09
Conservative Allen Roberts29817.59
Conservative Aran Cheema29517.41
Conservative Reetu Agrawal29017.12
Independent Steve Hall1267.44
Independent Aaron Hall1186.97
Green Martin Kruczynski1106.49
Independent Jake Hall804.71
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 1,69418.48
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ettingshall North

Ettingshall North (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Cockayne1,53869.47
Labour Jeszemma Howl1,44765.36
Labour Zee Russell*1,40563.46
Conservative Raj Chagger43419.60
Conservative Atul Kumar41918.93
Conservative Emily Williams40318.20
Green Stephen Petter22510.16
Rejected ballots15
Turnout 2,21422.72
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Lamina Lloyd1,30551.69
Labour Co-op Jas Dehar*1,26249.98
Labour Co-op Harbinder Singh1,23648.95
Conservative Mak Singh*89235.33
Conservative Sian Kumar83633.88
Conservative Surjit Khunkhun80533.11
Green Rosa van Doorn27911.05
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 2,52526.15
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Fallings Park

Fallings Park (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Evans*1,07954.69
Labour Chris Burden*1,06153.78
Labour Valerie Evans*1,03752.43
Conservative Julia Dickens73937.46
Conservative Robert Williams72436.70
Conservative Sucha Sahota60330.56
Liberal Democrats Peter Nixon1949.83
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 1,97321.93
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Graiseley

Graiseley (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Asha Mattu*1,60664.21
Labour Co-op John Reynolds*1,54161.62
Labour Co-op Jacqueline Sweetman*1,50059.98
Conservative Marlene Berry60324.11
Conservative James Montero50220.07
Conservative Mohammed Salim48019.19
Green Amy Bertaut43317.31
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 2,50128.72
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Heath Town

Heath Town (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jasbir Jaspal*91056.07
Labour Milkinderpal Jaspal*90355.64
Labour Jaspreet Jaspal*87353.79
Conservative Stephanie Amanze41625.63
Conservative Adam Wood41025.26
Conservative Joseph Banla34221.07
Green Kwaku Tano-Yeboah31519.41
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 1,62318.76
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Merry Hill

Merry Hill (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Dalton*1,52549.97
Labour Carol Hyatt*1,35844.50
Conservative Chris Haynes*1,35244.30
Conservative Tony Gething1,33543.74
Labour Suki Bains1,25641.15
Labour Bryan Cook1,21839.91
Green Paul Darke 44816.68
Rejected ballots16
Turnout 3,05233.37
Conservative hold
Labour hold
Conservative hold

Oxley

Oxley (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Alan Butt1,32951.55
Labour Co-op Jayne Francis1,30250.50
Labour Co-op Barbara McGarrity*1,24448.25
Conservative Adam Collinge*99638.63
Conservative Sally Garner91035.30
Conservative Maurice Harris85833.28
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins2439.43
Liberal Democrats Salah Abbes1756.79
Liberal Democrats Rachel Ashby-Filippin1746.75
TUSC Joshua Allerton893.45
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 2,57825.22
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Park

Park (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Darke*1,74362.79
Labour Craig Collingswood*1,74262.75
Labour Michael Hardacre*1,60257.70
Conservative Robert Brotherton73226.90
Conservative David Davies71125.61
Conservative Sham Sharma63923.02
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis2609.37
Liberal Democrats Roger Gray2478.90
Liberal Democrats Arfan Khan1936.95
Rejected ballots16
Turnout 2,77629.40
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Penn

Penn (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Celia Hibbert*1,93451.53
Conservative Stephanie Haynes*1,80047.96
Conservative Paul Singh*1,59642.52
Labour Kashmire Hawker1,55041.30
Conservative Ranjit Dillon1,43138.12
Labour Mohammed Naseem1,35836.18
Liberal Democrats Michael Hopkins39510.52
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 3,75338.29
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St. Peter's

St. Peter's (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Obaida Ahmed* 1,234 67.73
Labour Qaiser Azeem* 1,208 66.30
Labour Iqra Tahir 1,108 60.81
Liberal Democrats David Murray39821.84
Conservative Joan Stevenson31217.12
Conservative Gillian Timms29416.14
Conservative Imre Stanley18310.04
Rejected ballots11
Turnout 1,82221.67
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Maddox1,65853.64
Conservative Sohail Khan*1,50948.82
Conservative Udey Singh*1,50648.72
Labour Ben Evans1,10635.78
Labour Andrew Morris1,08935.23
Labour Chester Morrison1,02733.23
Liberal Democrats Sarah Fellows39712.84
Liberal Democrats Julian Donald2829.12
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 3,09133.34
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Thompson* 2,178 61.82
Conservative Jonathon Crofts* 2,088 59.27
Conservative Ellis Turrell* 2,085 59.18
Labour Leigh New1,04329.61
Labour Darren Porter1,00928.64
Labour Alan Simmons92926.37
Green Andrea Cantrill47813.57
Rejected ballots9
Turnout 3,52339.10
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phillip Bateman*1,21356.47
Labour Rita Potter*1,15353.68
Labour Mary Bateman*1,15153.58
Conservative Nathaniel Williams78036.31
Conservative Janette Wastell65330.40
Conservative Joseph Stepien64429.98
Green Ayden Young1979.17
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 2,14825.35
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Greg Brackenridge*1,21352.49
Labour Ciaran Brackenridge1,16850.54
Labour Jacqui Coogan1,16750.49
Conservative Lewis Wastell84336.48
Conservative Peter Dickens83536.13
Conservative Andy Randle*78634.01
Reform UK Simon Kelsey1647.10
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 2,31125.96
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

By-elections

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill: 28 September 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Brookfield 686 59.2 –5.4
Conservative Rob Williams25622.1–0.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins13912.0–0.8
Green Mohammed Naseem786.7N/A
Majority43037.1
Turnout 1,169
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.5

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