Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Sandwell Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 72 councillors have been elected from 24 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Hateley Heath By-Election 10 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 48148.1−21.4
Liberal Democrats 28828.8+15.6
Conservative 14414.4−2.9
National Democrats 707.0+7.0
Socialist Alternative 161.6+1.6
Majority19319.3
Turnout 99910.2
Labour hold Swing
Blackheath By-Election 23 October 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,05371.0−6.2
Liberal Democrats 28319.1+19.1
Conservative 14810.0−12.8
Majority77051.9
Turnout 1,48415.6
Labour hold Swing

1998-2002

Rowley By-Election 22 October 1998 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Price83157.3+0.3
Independent Fred Hadley42329.2−13.8
Conservative Fredric Powles1047.2+7.2
Liberal Democrats Julai Garrett916.3+6.3
Majority40828.1
Turnout 1,449
Labour hold Swing
Hateley Heath By-Election 15 July 1999 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joyce Edis55844.4−9.8
Liberal Democrats Rachel Cheeseman48338.5+8.1
Conservative Raymond Nock21517.1+1.8
Majority755.9
Turnout 1,25613.6
Labour hold Swing
Bristnall By-Election 26 August 1999 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Bridges78156.8−4.8
Conservative Nicholas Meacham45232.8+4.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Handy14310.4+0.6
Majority32924.0
Turnout 1,37614.3
Labour hold Swing
Hately Heath By-Election 18 November 1999 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rachael Cheeseman57348.6+18.2
Labour Michael Davies46639.5−14.7
Conservative Raymond Nock14111.9−3.4
Majority1079.1
Turnout 1,18012.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
St. Pauls By-Election 18 November 1999 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kazi Rahman90750.6+18.0
Labour Jasbir Gill73140.8−11.1
Conservative Ewart Johnson1136.3−5.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Prior392.2−1.9
Majority1769.8
Turnout 1,79021.9
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Rowley By-Election 7 June 2001 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iris Boucher3,14263.1+7.4
Conservative David Gill1,31326.4−1.9
Liberal Democrats Walter Bowdler52810.6+10.6
Majority1,82936.7
Turnout 4,984
Labour hold Swing
Wednesbury North By-Election 6 September 2001 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Betteridge1,08355.7−6.5
Labour Elaine Gailes77539.8+2.0
Liberal Democrats Lynne Yardley884.5+4.5
Majority30815.9
Turnout 1,94620.8
Conservative hold Swing

2002-2006

Smethwick By-Election 19 September 2002 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Victor Silvester1,33466.1−11.0
Conservative Amrick Uppal47523.5+0.6
Socialist Labour Boota singh21010.4+10.4
Majority85942.6
Turnout 2,01923.8
Labour hold Swing
Old Warley By-Election 25 November 2004 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Crumpton1,08742.3−1.8
Conservative Leslie Pawlowski77830.3−25.6
BNP Simon Smith41015.9+15.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Reed29311.4+11.4
Majority30912.0
Turnout 2,56829.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2006-2010

Charlemont with Grove Vale By-Election 28 June 2007 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Nock87034.5−3.0
Labour Ralph Perkins80131.7+6.8
BNP Arthur Copson54421.6+1.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Roebuck2389.4−7.9
Green Victoria Dunn712.8+2.8
Majority692.8
Turnout 2,52427.4
Conservative hold Swing
Princes End By-Election 6 December 2007 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Delia Edwards79648.1+12.4
Conservative Beatrice Owen51731.2+11.4
BNP Karen Parkes31419.0−15.9
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Brayshaw291.8+1.8
Majority27916.9
Turnout 1,65618.6
Labour gain from BNP Swing
Newton By-Election 24 January 2008 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Hosell84436.9+2.6
Liberal Democrats Michaela Allcock80935.4−6.9
Conservative Valerie Ward58725.7+2.3
Green David Hawkins452.0+2.0
Majority351.5
Turnout 2,28525.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Wednesbury South By-Election 1 October 2009 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Olwen Jones1,00645.1+6.7
Conservative Mike Warner94642.4+1.6
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Brayshaw1687.5+7.5
Green Colin Bye1094.9−0.2
Majority602.7
Turnout 2,22923.5
Labour hold Swing

2010-2014

Wednesbury North By-Election 18 November 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Hughes1,32262.1+23.9
Conservative Mike Warner64330.2−9.0
National Front Ade Woodhouse763.6+3.6
Liberal Democrats Mary Wilson452.1−8.4
Green Colin Bye422.9+2.0
Majority67931.9
Turnout 2,12821.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2014-2018

Newton By-Election 9 July 2015 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Allcock1,15259.1+11.1
Conservative Tony Ward45223.2−5.6
UKIP Steve Latham31015.9−7.3
Green Murray Abbott361.8+1.8
Majority70035.9
Turnout 1,950
Labour hold Swing
Blackheath By-Election 10 September 2015 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Danny Millard91551.4+7.0
Conservative Shirley Ching54430.5−0.6
UKIP Ian Keeling28716.1−8.4
Green Ben Groom352.0+2.0
Majority37120.8
Turnout 1,781
Labour hold Swing

2018-2022

Tividale By-Election 15 July 2021 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emma Henlan98652.6+20.7
Labour Robert Hevican81043.2−13.7
Independent Energy Kutebura402.1+2.1
Liberal Democrats Nicolas Bradley301.6+1.6
TUSC Richard Gingell90.5+0.5
Majority1769.4
Turnout 1,87820.13
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +17.2

2022-2026

Wednesbury South By-Election 27 October 2022 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Chidley85451.3−6.3
Conservative Fajli Bibi65439.3−3.1
Liberal Democrats Manjit Singh Lall774.3+4.3
Green Mark Nicholas Redding563.4+3.4
TUSC Gareth Knox231.4+1.4
Majority20012.0−3.2
Turnout 1,66416.33−8.8
Labour hold Swing

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