The 2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
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Results
editLabour strengthened its position and subsequently its majority, after winning Spring Vale from UKIP of which was the party's only ever seat in the City and also gaining the once Conservative stronghold of Penn, marking the 1st time ever that Labour have had 2 out of the 3 seats, in the ward as mentioned.
The election also saw the first victory of the Conservative's Jane Stevenson within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward, who then was elected as Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East, at the 2019 United Kingdom general election.[2]
The Composition of the Council as a result of May 3, 2018 stood at:
Affiliation | Members[3] | ||
---|---|---|---|
Elected as of 2018 | |||
Labour | 51 | ||
Conservative | 9 | ||
Total number of seats | 60 | ||
Actual majority | 42 |
The specific change in seats, from the election was:
Labour - 51 (+2 Seats)
Conservative - 9 (-1 Seats)
UKIP - 0 (-1 Seat)
Results Breakdown - parties who stood no candidates in this election, but did in 2016 are not shown in the table
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 19 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 86.36 | 58.04 | 32,491 | +5,646 | |
Conservative | 3 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 13.64 | 33.69 | 18,860 | -4,289 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | 2,437 | +288 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 1,418 | +144 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0.93 | 521 | -3,837 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.46 | 249 | -600 |
Candidates
editBilston East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Simkins | 1,327 | 65 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Timms | 423 | 21 | ||
UKIP | Tom Fellows | 290 | 14 |
Bilston North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phil Page | 1,333 | 67 | ||
Conservative | Simon Hibell | 547 | 27 | ||
Green | Terry Hancox | 110 | 6 |
Blakenhall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jasbinder Dehar | 2,105 | 68 | ||
Conservative | Sera Aulakh | 838 | 27 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Bentley | 168 | 5 |
Bushbury North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Butt | 1,143 | 47 | ||
Conservative | Neville Patten | 1,079 | 45 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carole Jenkins | 96 | 4 | ||
Green | Michelle Webster | 96 | 4 |
Bushbury South and Low Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Sweet | 1,270 | 70 | ||
Conservative | Jennifer Brewer | 431 | 24 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Bamber | 113 | 6 |
East Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Inston | 1,208 | 67 | ||
Conservative | Suria Photay | 353 | 20 | ||
Independent | Steve Hall | 249 | 13 |
Ettingshall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beverley Momenabadi | 2,306 | 79 | ||
Conservative | Adam Ansari | 398 | 14 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Murray | 200 | 7 |
Fallings Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve Evans | 1,247 | 62 | ||
Conservative | Josh Moreton | 639 | 32 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Nixon | 122 | 6 |
Graiseley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Asha Mattu | 1,926 | 65 | ||
Labour | Jacqueline Sweetman | 1,775 | 60 | ||
Conservative | Kamran Khan | 717 | 24 | ||
Conservative | Safyaan Salim | 619 | 21 | ||
Green | Amy Bertaut | 232 | 8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Ball | 187 | 6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bryan Lewis | 156 | 5 |
Heath Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Caroline Siarkiewicz | 1,454 | 71 | ||
Conservative | Fortune Sibanda | 584 | 29 |
Merry Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Bennett | 1,622 | 53 | ||
Labour | Wayne O'Brien | 1,299 | 43 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nirmal Singh | 125 | 4 |
Oxley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Roberts | 1,221 | 53 | ||
Labour | Clare Simm | 1,105 | 48 | ||
Conservative | Andrew McNeil | 771 | 34 | ||
Conservative | Zahid Shah | 585 | 25 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Jenkins | 272 | 12 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Leyla Abbes | 190 | 8 | ||
Green | Helen Tudor | 155 | 7 |
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Craig Collingswood | 1,745 | 62 | ||
Conservative | Dan Preston | 711 | 25 | ||
Green | David Belcher | 192 | 7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Machnik-Foster | 168 | 6 |
Penn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Celia Hibbert | 1,823 | 48 | ||
Conservative | David Mackintosh | 1,802 | 47 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hollis | 173 | 5 |
Spring Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara McGarrity | 1,469 | 69 | ||
Conservative | Ajaz Ali | 665 | 35 |
St Peter’s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Obaida Ahmed | 1,717 | 74 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Sohaib | 356 | 15 | ||
Green | Rachel Arnold | 145 | 6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Natasha Allmark | 94 | 5 |
Tettenhall Regis
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sohail Khan | 1,568 | 52 | ||
Labour | Chester Morrison | 1,120 | 37 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Julian Donald | 220 | 7 | ||
Green | Clive Wood | 120 | 4 |
Tettenhall Wightwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Stevenson | 2,373 | 69 | ||
Labour | Yaseen Khan | 732 | 21 | ||
Green | Andrea Cantrill | 160 | 5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Marsh | 153 | 4 |
Wednesfield North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Bateman | 1,242 | 54 | ||
Conservative | David Hunt | 749 | 33 | ||
UKIP | Eddie Szwarc | 231 | 10 | ||
Green | Lee Harris | 67 | 3 |
Wednesfield South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greg Brackenridge | 1,466 | 57 | ||
Conservative | Ranjit Dhillon | 974 | 38 | ||
Green | Zak Roche | 141 | 5 |
References
edit- ^ "Local Election 2018". wolverhampton.gov.uk. City of Wolverhampton Council. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Wolverhampton North East parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Current State of the Parties". wolverhampton.gov.uk/home. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "City Council Elections 2018". Wolverhampton City Council.