2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.^[1]

Background

Since its first election in 1973, Wolverhampton Council has been a Labour council, aside from a brief period from to 1978 to 1979 when the party was overtaken by the Conservatives. Labour has controlled the council for its entire existence apart from brief periods of no overall control (1978 to 1980, 1987 to 1988, 1992 to 1994, and 2008 to 2011).^[2] In the 2021 election, Labour lost 5 seats with 47.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 43.0%.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 2 seats with 58.04% of the vote, the Conservatives lost 1 with 33.69%, and UKIP lost representation on the council with 0.93%.^[3]

Council composition

After 2021 election			Before 2022 election^[4]			After 2022 election^[5]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	44		Labour	44		Labour	44
	Conservative	15		Conservative	16		Conservative	16
	Independent	1		Independent	0		Independent	0

Changes:

June 2021: Gurmukh Singh joins Conservatives from Labour^[6]
December 2021: Harman Banger (independent after losing Labour whip) resigns after being found guilty of fraud^[7]
April 2022: Lovinyer Daley wins by-election for Labour from independent^[8]

Results

2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	17		85.00	27	44	73.33	28,685	57.27
	Conservative	3		15.00	13	16	26.67	17,406	34.75
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.00	0	0	0.00	2,609	5.21
	Green	0		0.00	0	0	0.00	1,231	2.46
	TUSC	0		0.00	0	0	0.00	156	0.31

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Bilston East

Bilston East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Simkins*	1,459	68.47	+13.95
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	554	26.00	−6.08
	TUSC	Hannah Davis	118	5.54	N/A
Majority			905	42.47
Turnout			2,131	19.73

Bilston North

Bilston North^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Page*	1,376	64.88	+5.06
	Conservative	Dan Perry-Preston	593	27.96	−6.52
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Birch	152	7.17	N/A
Majority			783	36.92
Turnout			2,121	24.04

Blakenhall

Blakenhall^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jasbinder Dehar*	1,931	79.17	+7.23
	Conservative	Nathaniel Williams	361	14.80	−2.21
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Bentley	147	6.03	−0.28
Majority			1,570	64.37
Turnout			2,439	28.50

Bushbury North

Bushbury North^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Bennett	1,253	50.26	−7.97
	Labour	Alan Butt*	1,096	43.96	+9.72
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Marston	144	5.78	+1.70
Majority			157	6.30
Turnout			2,493	28.55

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sweet*	1,319	64.15	+5.91
	Conservative	Lewis Wastell	478	23.25	−12.90
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	259	12.60	N/A
Majority			841	40.90
Turnout			2,056	18.90

East Park

East Park^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Miles	1,194	69.22	+15.07
	Conservative	Aaron Hall	531	30.78	−8.79
Majority			663	38.43
Turnout			1,725	19.05

Ettingshall

Ettingshall^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Momenabadi*	2,168	73.67	+6.1
	Conservative	Sian Kumar	476	16.17	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Murray	299	10.16	+0.7
Majority			1,692	57.49
Turnout			2,943	26.03

Fallings Park

Fallings Park^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Evans*	1,343	62.61	+15.5
	Conservative	Zahid Shah	591	27.55	−16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Nixon	211	9.84	+5.4
Majority			752	35.06
Turnout			2,145	24.38

Graiseley

Graiseley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asha Mattu*	1,643	64.20	+5.0
	Conservative	Safyaan Salim	525	20.52	−8.2
	Green	Amy Bertaut	250	9.77	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hollis	141	5.51	+1.7
Majority			1,118	43.69
Turnout			2,559	29.73

Heath Town

Heath Town^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jaspreet Jaspal*	1,185	60.99	+21.7
	Conservative	Fortune Sibanda	433	22.29	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bamber	166	8.54	+3.8
	Green	Kwaku Tano-Yeboah	159	8.18	+0.9
Majority			752	38.70
Turnout			1,943	21.97

Merry Hill

Merry Hill^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Hyatt	1,456	46.95	+9.7
	Conservative	James Montero	1,450	46.76	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Marsh	195	6.29	N/A
Majority			6	0.19
Turnout			3,101	33.87

Oxley

Oxley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Roberts*	1,216	51.20	+8.4
	Conservative	Matt Powis	878	36.97	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Jenkins	149	6.27	+1.1
	Green	Paul Darke	94	3.96	−0.7
	TUSC	Joshua Allerton	38	1.60	−0.3
Majority			338	14.23
Turnout			2,375	26.89

Park

Park^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Craig Collingswood*	1,524	58.98	+5.1
	Conservative	Robert Brotherton	705	27.28	−7.2
	Green	Jenny Hibell	237	9.17	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Lewis	118	4.57	+1.2
Majority			819	31.70
Turnout			2,584	31.34

Penn

Penn^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Hibbert*	1,948	50.58	+11.0
	Conservative	Ranjit Dhillon	1,658	43.05	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hopkins	245	6.36	N/A
Majority			290	7.53
Turnout			3,851	39

Spring Vale

Spring Vale^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara McGarrity*	1,380	58.62	+4.4
	Conservative	Surjit Khunkhun	974	41.38	+3.6
Majority			406	17.25
Turnout			2,354	26.56

St Peter's

St Peter's^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Obaida Ahmed*	1,388	78.82	+15.6
	Conservative	John Mumford	373	21.18	−3.7
Majority			1,015	57.64
Turnout			1,761	21.99

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sohail Khan*	1,614	50.93	−8.7
	Labour	Kashmire Hawker	1,107	34.93	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Donald	241	7.60	+3.6
	Green	Christopher Brookes	207	6.53	+0.9
Majority			507	16.00
Turnout			3,169	34.18

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Crofts*	2,166	60.17	+1.5
	Labour	Don Gwinnett	1,008	28.00	+6.7
	Green	Andrea Cantrill	284	7.89	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Arfan Khan	142	3.94	+0.1
Majority			1,158	32.17
Turnout			3,600	39.96

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Bateman*	1,358	60.82	+8.0
	Conservative	Tony Gething	875	39.18	−3.6
Majority			483	21.63
Turnout			2,233	26.60

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greg Brackenridge*	1,586	63.34	+20.4
	Conservative	Sucha Sahota	918	36.66	−15.4
Majority			668	26.68
Turnout			2,504	28.72

References

^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ "Election results by party, 3 May 2018". Wolverhampton.gov. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ "Your Councillors by Party". wolverhampton.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ "Wolverhampton result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
^ Parkes, Thomas (14 June 2021). "Wolverhampton councillor defects from Labour to Conservatives". Express and Star. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ Smith, Adam (20 January 2022). "Disgraced former councillor guilty of fraud to stay free until October after lodging appeal". Express and Star. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — East Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Local Elections - Thursday, 5th May, 2022". City of Wolverhampton Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[1] "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[2] "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[3] "Election results by party, 3 May 2018". Wolverhampton.gov. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[4] "Your Councillors by Party". wolverhampton.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[5] "Wolverhampton result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

[6] Parkes, Thomas (14 June 2021). "Wolverhampton councillor defects from Labour to Conservatives". Express and Star. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[7] Smith, Adam (20 January 2022). "Disgraced former councillor guilty of fraud to stay free until October after lodging appeal". Express and Star. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[8] "Local Elections Archive Project — East Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[nomin-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Local Elections - Thursday, 5th May, 2022". City of Wolverhampton Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

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