2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election is currently taking place as of 5 May 2022 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 20 of the 60 seats will be 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]

Previous council composition
After 2021 election Before 2022 election[4]
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 44 Labour 44
Conservative 15 Conservative 16
Independent 1 Independent 0

Changes:

  • June 2021: Gurmukh Singh joins Conservatives from Labour[5]
  • December 2021: Harman Banger (independent) resigns[6]
  • April 2022: Lovinyer Daley wins by-election for Labour from independent[7]

Results
2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative
  Green
  Labour
  Liberal Democrats
  TUSC

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Bilston East
Bilston East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TUSC Hannah Davis
Labour Stephen Simkins*
Conservative Christopher Thompson
Majority
Turnout

Bilston North
Bilston North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eileen Birch
Labour Philip Page*
Conservative Dan Perry-Preston
Majority
Turnout

Blakenhall
Blakenhall[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Bentley
Labour Jasbinder Dehar*
Conservative Nathaniel Williams
Majority
Turnout

Bushbury North
Bushbury North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bennett
Labour Alan Butt*
Liberal Democrats Harry Marston
Majority
Turnout

Bushbury South and Low Hill
Bushbury South and Low Hill[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins
Labour Paul Sweet*
Conservative Lewis Wastell
Majority
Turnout

East Park
East Park[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aaron Hall
Labour Louise Miles
Majority
Turnout

Ettingshall
Ettingshall[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sian Kumar
Labour Beverley Momenabadi*
Liberal Democrats David Murray
Majority
Turnout

Fallings Park
Fallings Park[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Evans*
Liberal Democrats Peter Nixon
Conservative Zahid Shah
Majority
Turnout

Graiseley
Graiseley[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Amy Bertaut
Liberal Democrats Peter Hollis
Labour Asha Mattu*
Conservative Safyaan Salim
Majority
Turnout

Heath Town
Heath Town[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Bamber
Labour Jaspreet Jaspal*
Conservative Fortune Sibanda
Green Kwaku Tano-Yeboah
Majority
Turnout

Merry Hill
Merry Hill[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Hyatt
Liberal Democrats David Marsh
Conservative James Montero
Majority
Turnout

Oxley
Oxley[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TUSC Joshua Allerton 38
Green Paul Darke 94
Liberal Democrats Ann Jenkins 149
Conservative Matt Powis 878
Labour Sue Roberts* 1,216
Majority
Turnout

Park
Park[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Brotherton
Labour Craig Collingswood*
Green Jenny Hibell
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lewis
Majority
Turnout

Penn
Penn[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ranjit Dhillon
Labour Celia Hibbert*
Liberal Democrats Michael Hopkins
Majority
Turnout

Spring Vale
Spring Vale[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Surjit Khunkhun
Labour Barbara McGarrity*
Majority
Turnout

St Peter's
St Peter's[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Obaida Ahmed*
Conservative John Mumford
Majority
Turnout

Tettenhall Regis
Tettenhall Regis[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Christopher Brookes
Liberal Democrats Julian Donald
Labour Kashmire Hawker
Conservative Sohail Khan*
Majority
Turnout

Tettenhall Wightwick
Tettenhall Wightwick[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrea Cantrill
Conservative Jonathan Crofts*
Labour Don Gwinnett
Liberal Democrats Arfan Khan
Majority
Turnout

Wednesfield North
Wednesfield North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Bateman*
Conservative Tony Gething
Majority
Turnout

Wednesfield South
Wednesfield South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Greg Brackenridge*
Conservative Sucha Sahota
Majority
Turnout

References
  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. Parkes, Thomas (14 June 2021). "Wolverhampton councillor defects from Labour to Conservatives". Express and Star. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  6. 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.
  7. "Local Elections Archive Project — East Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  8. "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). City of Wolverhampton Council. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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