2021 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2021 City of Wolverhampton Council Election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1] One-third of the seats were up for election.

Results

2021 Wolverhampton City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	14	5	63.6	30	44	73.3	30,419	47.2	-0.2
	Conservative	8	5	36.4	7	15	25.0	27,688	43.0	+10.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,996	6.2	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,871	2.9	-2.8
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.7	217	0.3	-0.8
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	146	0.2	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	53	0.1	New

Ward results

Bilston East

Bilston East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Wildman	1,424	54.52	4.33
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	838	32.08	18.55
	Independent	Thomas Fellows	217	8.31	27.98
	Green	Holly Whitmill	133	5.09	N/A
Majority			586	22.43	8.54
Turnout			2,612
	Labour hold		Swing

Thomas Fellows stood in the previous election for the UK Independence Party.

Bilston North

Bilston North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Leach	1,553	59.82	1.10
	Conservative	Rajpal Singh	895	34.48	17.30
	Green	Richard Carter	148	5.70	N/A
Majority			658	25.35	13.59
Turnout			2,596
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakenhall

Blakenhall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tersaim Singh	2,292	71.94	12.90
	Conservative	Mohammed Sohaib	542	17.01	0.33
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Bentley	201	6.31	N/A
	Green	Keith Gilbert	151	4.74	N/A
Majority			1,750	54.93	20.17
Turnout			3,186
	Labour hold		Swing

Bushbury North

Bushbury North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew McNeil	1,670	58.23
	Labour	Janet Smith	982	34.24
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	117	4.08
	Green	Rosa van Doorn	99	3.45
Majority			688	23.99
Turnout			2,868
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Brookfield	1,421	58.24
	Conservative	Matt Powis	882	36.15
	Green	Clive Wood	137	5.61
Majority			539	22.09
Turnout			2,440
	Labour hold		Swing

East Park

East Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anwen Muston	1,207	54.15
	Conservative	Steve Hall	882	39.57
	Green	Benjamin Cole	140	6.28
Majority			325	14.58
Turnout			2,229
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall

Ettingshall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Zee Russell	2,359	67.6
	Conservative	Safyaan Salim	674	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Murray	332	9.5
	Green	Michelle Webster	124	3.6
Majority			1,685
Turnout			3,489
	Labour hold		Swing

Fallings Park

Fallings Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Burden	1,186	47.1
	Conservative	Ranjit Dhillon	1,117	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Nixon	111	4.4
	Green	Helen Currie	105	4.2
Majority			69
Turnout			2,519
	Labour hold		Swing

Graiseley

Graiseley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Reynolds	1,792	59.2
	Conservative	Kiran Basra	867	28.7
	Green	Amy Bertaut	252	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Ball	114	3.8
Majority			925
Turnout			3,025
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath Town

Heath Town^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jasbir Jaspal	1,123	47.4
	Labour	Jaspreet Jaspal	930	39.3
	Conservative	Fortune Sibanda	658	27.8
	Conservative	Sucha Sahota	594	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Ashby-Filippin	218	9.2
	Green	Stephen Petter	174	7.3
	Workers Party	Alan Russell	146	6.2
	Green	Ayden Young	127	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bamber	112	4.7
Turnout			4,082
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill

Merry Hill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Dalton	2,001	56.3
	Labour	Alan Bolshaw	1,324	37.3
	Green	Daniel Flynn	227	7.8
Majority			677
Turnout			3,552
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Oxley

Oxley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adam Collinge	1,249	45.4
	Labour	Louise Miles	1,179	42.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Jenkins	143	5.2
	Green	Mia Clark	130	4.7
	TUSC	Joshua Allerton	53	1.9
Majority			70
Turnout			2,754
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Park

Park^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Claire Darke	1,640	53.9
	Conservative	Robert Brotherton	1,049	34.5
	Green	Rachel Arnold	249	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Lewis	103	3.4
Majority			591
Turnout			3,041
	Labour hold		Swing

Penn

Penn^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephanie Haynes	2,464	54.6
	Labour	Tom Moreton	1,775	39.6
	Green	Kathryn Gilbert	271	6.0
Majority			689
Turnout			4,510
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Spring Vale

Spring Vale^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mak Singh	1,401	54.2
	Conservative	Sian Kumar	977	37.8
	Green	Duncan Nimmo	209	8.1
Majority			424
Turnout			2,587
	Labour hold		Swing

St Peters

St Peters^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Qaiser Azeem	1,447	63.2
	Conservative	Zahid Shah	569	24.9
	Green	Terry Hancox	272	11.9
Majority			878
Turnout			2,288
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Udey Singh	2,242	59.6
	Labour	Carol Hyatt	1,162	30.9
	Green	Valerie Wood	210	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Donald	150	4.0
Majority			1,080
Turnout			3,764
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ellis Turrell	2,505	59.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Crofts	2,470	58.7
	Labour	Walker Darke	895	21.3
	Labour	Kashmire Hawker	789	18.7
	Green	Andrea Cantrill	326	7.7
	Green	Christopher Brookes	230	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hollis	162	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Marsh	116	2.8
Turnout			4,210
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phil Bateman	1,339	52.8
	Conservative	Gordon Newell	1,086	42.8
	Green	Lee Harris	112	4.4
Majority			253
Turnout			2,537
	Labour hold		Swing

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andy Randle	1,457	52.1
	Labour	Jacqui Coogan	1,199	42.9
	Green	David Belcher	140	5.0
Majority			258
Turnout			2,796
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

By-elections

East Park

East Park: 7 April 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lovinyer Daley	783	65.5	+11.4
	Conservative	Steve Hall	412	34.5	−5.1
Majority			371	31.0
Turnout			1,200	13.2
	Labour hold		Swing	8.3

References

^ "NOTICE OF ELECTION City of Wolverhampton Council" (PDF). Wolverhampton.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL City of Wolverhampton Council" (PDF). Wolverhampton.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[1] "NOTICE OF ELECTION City of Wolverhampton Council" (PDF). Wolverhampton.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[wards-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL City of Wolverhampton Council" (PDF). Wolverhampton.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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