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2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 60 members of City of Wolverhampton Council in the West Midlands were elected.

2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election
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20 out of 60 seats to City of Wolverhampton Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Stephen Simkins Wendy Thompson
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Leader's seat Bilston South Tettenhall
Seats before 46 13 1
Seats won 16 4 0
Seats after 47 12 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Map depicting the winners of each ward.
Red shows a Labour win.
Blue shows a Conservative win.
Leader before election

Stephen Simkins
Labour

Leader after election

Stephen Simkins
Labour

Background

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Wolverhampton is a strong Labour council. The party have controlled the council for most of its history, only failing to win a majority in 1987, 1992, 2008, and 2010.[1] The 2023 election was for the entire council on new ward boundaries.[2] In that election, Labour won 47 seats with 57.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives won 13 with 37.0%.

The 2024 election was for seats held by councillors who were elected with the smallest number of votes.[3] Labour defended 15 seats and the Conservatives defended 5.[4]

Previous council composition

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After 2023 election Before 2024 election[5] After 2024 election[6]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 47 Labour 46 Labour 47
Conservative 13 Conservative 13 Conservative 12
Independent 0 Independent 1 Independent 1

Changes 2023–2024:

  • June 2023: Celia Hibbert suspended from Labour[7]
  • July 2023: Ian Brookfield (Labour) dies; by-election held September 2023[8]
  • September 2023: Paul Brookfield (Labour) wins by-election[9]

Results

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Labour increased their majority on the council, gaining a seat from the Conservatives.[6]

2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 16 +1 85.0 31 47 78.3 30,355 56.1 –1.1
  Conservative 4 –1 15.0 8 12 20.0 17,667 32.7 –4.3
  Independent 0 = 0.0 1 1 1.7 652 1.2 +1.1
  Green 0 = 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,286 6.1 +4.0
  Liberal Democrats 0 = 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,949 3.6 +0.3
  Party of Women 0 = 0.0 0 0 0.0 161 0.3 N/A

Ward results

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An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Bilston North[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Leigh New 1,763 71.29 +16.86
Conservative Audrey Okere 710 28.71 +1.18
Majority 1,053 42.58
Turnout 2,473 26.47
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Bilston South

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Bilston South[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rashpal Kaur* 1,549 70.09 +9.54
Conservative Lewis Wastell 661 29.91 +9.09
Majority 888 40.18
Turnout 2,210 21.90
Labour hold Swing

Blakenhall

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Blakenhall[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sally Green* 2,244 75.07 +11.15
Conservative Adam Ansari 453 15.16 −4.22
Green Stephen Petter 126 4.22 New
Liberal Democrats Patrick Bentley 86 2.88 −6.81
Independent Tracy Cooper 80 2.67 New
Majority 1,791 59.91
Turnout 2,989 34.52
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Bushbury North

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Bushbury North[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bennett* 1,321 47.03 +2.23
Labour Gary Edwards 1,271 45.25 +3.17
Liberal Democrats Gary Peck 217 7.72 −2.21
Majority 50 1.78
Turnout 2,809 29.38
Conservative hold Swing

Bushbury South and Low Hill

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Bushbury South and Low Hill[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Sweet* 1,323 70.45 +10.35
Conservative Rob Williams 403 21.46 −1.20
Liberal Democrats Ann Jenkins 152 8.09 −4.69
Majority 920 48.99
Turnout 1,878 19.85
Labour hold Swing

East Park

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East Park[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Russell 1,433 63.04 +2.95
Conservative Joe Stepien 379 23.00 +5.41
Independent Steve Hall 294 13.96 +6.52
Majority 1,054 40.04
Turnout 2,106 23.19
Labour hold Swing

Ettingshall North

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Ettingshall North[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Zee Russell* 2,224 81.98 +18.52
Conservative Amar Bhandal 489 18.02 −1.58
Majority 1,735 63.96
Turnout 2,713 28.20
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale

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Ettingshall South and Spring Vale[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Harbinder Singh* 1,988 71.82 +22.87
Conservative Sian Kumar 780 28.18 −5.70
Majority 1,208 43.64
Turnout 2,768 29.46
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Fallings Park

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Fallings Park[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Valerie Evans* 1,299 56.75 +4.32
Conservative Julia Dickens 716 31.28 −6.18
Party of Women Charlotte Hawkins 161 7.03 New
Liberal Democrats Peter Nixon 113 4.94 −4.89
Majority 583 25.47
Turnout 2,289 25.64
Labour hold Swing

Graiseley

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Graiseley[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jacqueline Sweetman* 1,724 59.31 −0.67
Conservative Tony Gething 566 19.47 −4.64
Independent Zahid Shah 278 9.56 New
Green Amy Bertaut 240 8.26 −9.05
Liberal Democrats Jessica Pringle 99 3.40 New
Majority 1,158 39.84
Turnout 2,907 33.28
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Heath Town

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Heath Town[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jaspreet Jaspal* 1,305 64.35 +10.56
Conservative Joe Banla 432 21.30 +0.23
Green Kwaku Tano-Yeboah 193 9.52 −9.89
Liberal Democrats Vikas Chopra 98 4.83 New
Majority 873 43.05
Turnout 2,028 23.55
Labour hold Swing

Merry Hill

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Merry Hill[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ben Evans 1,540 47.65 +6.50
Conservative Chris Haynes* 1,459 45.14 +0.84
Green Jennifer Hibell 233 7.21 −9.47
Majority 81 2.51
Turnout 3,232 35.66
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Oxley

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Oxley[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Barbara McGarrity* 1,444 50.10 +1.85
Conservative Adam Collinge 1,032 35.81 −2.82
Green Mia Clark 266 9.23 New
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins 140 4.86 −4.57
Majority 412 14.29
Turnout 2,882 27.85
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Park

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Park[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muhammad Nasim 1,668 52.97 −4.73
Conservative Surrinder Ram 697 22.13 −4.77
Green Paul Darke 491 15.59 New
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis 293 9.31 −0.06
Majority 971 30.84
Turnout 3,149 32.98
Labour hold Swing

Penn

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Penn[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Singh* 1,733 45.26 +2.74
Labour Co-op Kashmire Hawker 1,656 43.25 +1.95
Green Ayden Young 330 8.62 New
Liberal Democrats Anna Khan 110 2.87 −7.65
Majority 77 2.01
Turnout 3,829 39.45
Conservative hold Swing

St Peters

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St Peters[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Iqra Tahir* 1,249 51.40 −9.41
Green Mohammed Naseem 599 24.65 New
Liberal Democrats David Murray 300 12.35 −9.49
Conservative Gillian Timms 282 11.60 −4.54
Majority 650 26.75
Turnout 2,430 27.51
Labour hold Swing

Tettenhall Regis

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Tettenhall Regis[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Udey Singh* 1,663 51.89 +3.17
Labour Robert Siarkiewicz 1,051 32.79 −2.99
Liberal Democrats Julian Donald 251 7.83 −1.29
Green Don Gwinnett 240 7.49 New
Majority 612 19.10
Turnout 3,205 35.00
Conservative hold Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick

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Tettenhall Wightwick[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sally Garner 2,228 63.03 +3.75
Labour Bahadur Dehar 950 26.87 −2.74
Green Andrea Cantrill 267 7.55 −6.02
Liberal Democrats Arfan Khan 90 2.55 New
Majority 1,278 36.16
Turnout 3,535 39.69
Conservative hold Swing

Wednesfield North

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Wednesfield North[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Bateman* 1,431 66.10 +12.52
Conservative Nathaniel Williams 754 33.90 −2.41
Majority 677 32.20
Turnout 2,165 26.35
Labour hold Swing

Wednesfield South

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Wednesfield South[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqui Coogan* 1,243 50.57 +0.08
Conservative Pete Dickens 914 37.18 +1.05
Green Hardev Singh 301 12.25 New
Majority 329 13.39
Turnout 2,458 27.77
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ Sweeney, Joe (18 November 2022). "Spotlight on Wolverhampton's boundary changes to rebalance voters". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The Wolverhampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/967, retrieved 16 April 2024
  4. ^ Stubbings, David (5 May 2023). "Full Wolverhampton Council election results as Labour majority grows". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Your Councillors". City of Wolverhampton Council. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Wolverhampton Council election result: Labour delight as they take another seat off Tories". Express and Star. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  7. ^ Madeley, Peter (2 June 2023). "Wolverhampton councillor suspended by Labour Party pending an investigation". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Wolverhampton council leader dies after cancer battle". BBC News. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bushbury South and Low Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). City of Wolverhampton Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Elections 2024". City of Wolverhampton Council. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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