2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 2026  

21 of 60 seats on Walsall Council
31 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderMike BirdMatt Wardn/a
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats before371211

Leader before election

Mike Bird
Conservative

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 2nd May, 2024 to elect members of Walsall Council in the West Midlands. This was on the same day as other local elections. 20 of the 60 seats are up for election.

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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. [1] It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and 2011, before reverting to no overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019. [2] In the 2023 elections, the Conservatives retained all 13 seats up for election, receiving 46.1% of the vote, Labour gained 1 seat with 40.9%, and the Liberal Democrats received 4.7%. Despite only standing in 9 of the 20 wards, Reform UK received 3.1%, performing best in Birchills-Leamore, where they received 12.6% of the vote.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2021. In that election, the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 54% of the vote, and Labour lost 3 seats with 36%.

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [3] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Conservative 38 Conservative 37 [4] Conservative
Labour 20 Labour 12 [5] Labour
Independent 2 Independent 10 Independent

Changes:

Ward results

Aldridge Central and South

Aldridge Central and South (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Bentley and Darlaston North

Bentley and Darlaston North (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Birchills-Leamore

Birchills-Leamore (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Blakenall

Blakenall (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green Andrea Maynard
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Bloxwich East

Bloxwich East (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Bloxwich West

Bloxwich West (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Brownhills

Brownhills (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green John Watson
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Darlaston South

Darlaston South (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Paddock

Paddock (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green Gordon Shipley
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Palfrey

Palfrey (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green Sadat Hussain
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Pelsall

Pelsall (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green Mia Kalogjera
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Pheasey Park Farm

Pheasey Park Farm (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Pleck

Pleck (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green Mary Beddows
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

St Matthews

St Matthews (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green Ateeq Akhtar (Raja)
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Rushall-Shelfield

Rushall-Shelfield (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green Joe Belcher
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Short Heath

Short Heath (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Streetly

Streetly (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green Alison Walters
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Willenhall North

Willenhall North (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

Willenhall South

Willenhall South (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Green
Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
hold

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