Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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]

Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties: ^{[2] [3]}

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1974–1978
	Conservative	1978–1979
	Labour	1979–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1997 have been: ^[4]

Councillor	Party		From	To
Tarsem King [5]		Labour	1997	2001
Bill Thomas [6] [7]		Labour	2001	23 Oct 2009
Darren Cooper [8]		Labour	1 Dec 2009	26 Mar 2016
Steve Eling [9]		Labour	24 May 2016	13 Feb 2019
Steve Trow [10]		Labour	5 Mar 2019	3 May 2019
Yvonne Davies		Labour	21 May 2019	8 Jul 2020
Rajbir Singh [11]		Labour	25 May 2021	16 Nov 2021
Kerrie Carmichael		Labour	7 Dec 2021

Council elections

• 1998 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 1999 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2000 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2002 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2003 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2004 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election (whole council elected after boundary changes) ^{[12] [1]}
• 2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2010 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2011 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2012 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2014 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2015 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2016 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2018 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2021 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

Borough result maps

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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Hateley Heath By-Election 10 July 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		481	48.1	-21.4
	Liberal Democrats		288	28.8	+15.6
	Conservative		144	14.4	-2.9
	National Democrats		70	7.0	+7.0
	Socialist Alternative		16	1.6	+1.6
Majority			193	19.3
Turnout			999	10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackheath By-Election 23 October 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,053	71.0	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats		283	19.1	+19.1
	Conservative		148	10.0	-12.8
Majority			770	51.9
Turnout			1,484	15.6
	Labour hold		Swing

1998-2002

Rowley By-Election 22 October 1998 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Price	831	57.3	+0.3
	Independent	Fred Hadley	423	29.2	-13.8
	Conservative	Fredric Powles	104	7.2	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Julai Garrett	91	6.3	+6.3
Majority			408	28.1
Turnout			1,449
	Labour hold		Swing

Hateley Heath By-Election 15 July 1999 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Edis	558	44.4	-9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Cheeseman	483	38.5	+8.1
	Conservative	Raymond Nock	215	17.1	+1.8
Majority			75	5.9
Turnout			1,256	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Bristnall By-Election 26 August 1999 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Bridges	781	56.8	-4.8
	Conservative	Nicholas Meacham	452	32.8	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Handy	143	10.4	+0.6
Majority			329	24.0
Turnout			1,376	14.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Hately Heath By-Election 18 November 1999 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachael Cheeseman	573	48.6	+18.2
	Labour	Michael Davies	466	39.5	-14.7
	Conservative	Raymond Nock	141	11.9	-3.4
Majority			107	9.1
Turnout			1,180	12.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St. Pauls By-Election 18 November 1999 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kazi Rahman	907	50.6	+18.0
	Labour	Jasbir Gill	731	40.8	-11.1
	Conservative	Ewart Johnson	113	6.3	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Prior	39	2.2	-1.9
Majority			176	9.8
Turnout			1,790	21.9
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Rowley By-Election 7 June 2001 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iris Boucher	3,142	63.1	+7.4
	Conservative	David Gill	1,313	26.4	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Bowdler	528	10.6	+10.6
Majority			1,829	36.7
Turnout			4,984
	Labour hold		Swing

Wednesbury North By-Election 6 September 2001 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Betteridge	1,083	55.7	-6.5
	Labour	Elaine Gailes	775	39.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Yardley	88	4.5	+4.5
Majority			308	15.9
Turnout			1,946	20.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002-2006

Smethwick By-Election 19 September 2002 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Silvester	1,334	66.1	-11.0
	Conservative	Amrick Uppal	475	23.5	+0.6
	Socialist Labour	Boota singh	210	10.4	+10.4
Majority			859	42.6
Turnout			2,019	23.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Warley By-Election 25 November 2004 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Crumpton	1,087	42.3	-1.8
	Conservative	Leslie Pawlowski	778	30.3	-25.6
	BNP	Simon Smith	410	15.9	+15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Reed	293	11.4	+11.4
Majority			309	12.0
Turnout			2,568	29.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2006-2010

Charlemont with Grove Vale By-Election 28 June 2007 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Nock	870	34.5	-3.0
	Labour	Ralph Perkins	801	31.7	+6.8
	BNP	Arthur Copson	544	21.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Roebuck	238	9.4	-7.9
	Green	Victoria Dunn	71	2.8	+2.8
Majority			69	2.8
Turnout			2,524	27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Princes End By-Election 6 December 2007 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Delia Edwards	796	48.1	+12.4
	Conservative	Beatrice Owen	517	31.2	+11.4
	BNP	Karen Parkes	314	19.0	-15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Brayshaw	29	1.8	+1.8
Majority			279	16.9
Turnout			1,656	18.6
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Newton By-Election 24 January 2008 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hosell	844	36.9	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michaela Allcock	809	35.4	-6.9
	Conservative	Valerie Ward	587	25.7	+2.3
	Green	David Hawkins	45	2.0	+2.0
Majority			35	1.5
Turnout			2,285	25.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wednesbury South By-Election 1 October 2009 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olwen Jones	1,006	45.1	+6.7
	Conservative	Mike Warner	946	42.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Brayshaw	168	7.5	+7.5
	Green	Colin Bye	109	4.9	-0.2
Majority			60	2.7
Turnout			2,229	23.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2010-2014

Wednesbury North By-Election 18 November 2010 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hughes	1,322	62.1	+23.9
	Conservative	Mike Warner	643	30.2	-9.0
	National Front	Ade Woodhouse	76	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Wilson	45	2.1	-8.4
	Green	Colin Bye	42	2.9	+2.0
Majority			679	31.9
Turnout			2,128	21.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2014-2018

Newton By-Election 9 July 2015 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Allcock	1,152	59.1	+11.1
	Conservative	Tony Ward	452	23.2	-5.6
	UKIP	Steve Latham	310	15.9	-7.3
	Green	Murray Abbott	36	1.8	+1.8
Majority			700	35.9
Turnout			1,950
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackheath By-Election 10 September 2015 ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny Millard	915	51.4	+7.0
	Conservative	Shirley Ching	544	30.5	-0.6
	UKIP	Ian Keeling	287	16.1	-8.4
	Green	Ben Groom	35	2.0	+2.0
Majority			371	20.8
Turnout			1,781
	Labour hold		Swing

2018-2022

Tividale By-Election 15 July 2021 ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Henlan	986	52.6	+20.7
	Labour	Robert Hevican	810	43.2	-13.7
	Independent	Energy Kutebura	40	2.1	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolas Bradley	30	1.6	+1.6
	TUSC	Richard Gingell	9	0.5	+0.5
Majority			176	9.4
Turnout			1,878	20.13
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+17.2

2022-2026

Wednesbury South By-Election 27 October 2022 ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Chidley	854	51.3	-6.3
	Conservative	Fajli Bibi	654	39.3	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Manjit Singh Lall	77	4.3	+4.3
	Green	Mark Nicholas Redding	56	3.4	+3.4
	TUSC	Gareth Knox	23	1.4	+1.4
Majority			200	12.0	-3.2
Turnout			1,664	16.33	-8.8
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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• By-election results

External links

• Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council