2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election

2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election
All 60 seats to City of Wolverhampton Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Leader before election; Ian Brookfield; Labour	Leader after election ; Ian Brookfield; Labour

The 2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 4 May 2023, alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Due to changes in the boundaries of the wards, all 60 seats on the City of Wolverhampton Council, were up for election.^[1]^[2]^[3] All twenty wards elected three councillors.^[4] Labour increased its majority on the council.^[5]^[6]

Background

In 2023, The Local Government Boundary Commission for England created the Wolverhampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2023, abolishing all 20 wards of the city council and replaced them with wards that have newly drawn boundaries.^[7] The number of wards and councillors remains the same as the previous election. The next election will be in 2024, with a third of the council (20 Seats) up for election of which are those candidates who finished 3rd at this poll.^[2]

Pre-Election Composition


44 16
Party		Seats
	Labour Party	44
	Conservative Party	16

Summary

Election result

2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	60	47	3	0	3	78.3	57.2	74,536	–0.1
	Conservative	60	13	0	3	3	21.7	37.0	48,250	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	18	0	0	0		0.0	3.3	4,273	–1.9
	Green	9	0	0	0		0.0	2.1	2,759	–0.4
	Independent	3	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	324	N/A
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	164	N/A
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	89	–0.2

Ward results

The following is a list of candidates by council ward.^[8]^[9]

Sitting Councillors of whom sought re-election, are marked with an asterisk (*).^[10]

Bilston North

Bilston North (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Leach*	1,449	67.06
	Labour	Susan Roberts*	1,171	54.31
	Labour	Rohit Mistry	1,152	54.43
	Conservative	Audrey Okere	572	26.53
	Conservative	Dan Perry-Preston	521	24.17
	Conservative	Surrinder Ram	424	19.66
	Green	Mia Clark	274	12.71
Rejected ballots			11
Turnout			2,156	22.72
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bilston South

Bilston South (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Simkins*	1,167	64.12
	Labour	Gillian Wildman*	1,118	61.43
	Labour	Rashpal Kaur*	1,102	60.55
	Conservative	Paul Hammond	379	20.82
	Conservative	Michael Rogers	371	20.38
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	367	20.16
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Pringle	176	9.67
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Khan	126	6.92
	Liberal Democrats	Hristina Atanasova	121	6.65
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			1,820	17.78
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Blakenhall

Blakenhall (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Bhupinder Gakhal*	1,716	67.88
	Labour Co-op	Tersaim Singh*	1,642	64.95
	Labour Co-op	Sally Green	1,616	63.92
	Conservative	Sunni Kaur	490	19.38
	Conservative	Mark Cooper	438	17.32
	Conservative	Sangeeta Bedi	400	15.82
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Bentley	245	9.69
Rejected ballots			11
Turnout			2,528	29.14
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Bushbury North

Bushbury North (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Appleby*	1,236	48.11
	Conservative	Andrew McNeil*	1,225	47.68
	Conservative	Simon Bennett*	1,151	44.80
	Labour	Gary Edwards	1,081	42.08
	Labour	Steve Russell	1,018	39.63
	Labour	Rob Siarkiewicz	954	37.14
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Marston	255	9.93
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bamber	194	7.55
Rejected ballots			26
Turnout			2,569	26.58
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paula Brookfield*	1,002	64.69
	Labour	Ian Brookfield*	979	63.20
	Labour	Paul Sweet*	931	60.10
	Conservative	Simon Hewitt	351	22.66
	Conservative	Dawn McNeil	303	19.56
	Conservative	Freya Wastell	292	18.85
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Jenkins	198	12.78
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			1,549	16.35
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

East Park

East Park (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lovinyer Daley*	1,150	67.89
	Labour	Louise Miles*	1,113	65.70
	Labour	Anwen Muston*	1,018	60.09
	Conservative	Allen Roberts	298	17.59
	Conservative	Aran Cheema	295	17.41
	Conservative	Reetu Agrawal	290	17.12
	Independent	Steve Hall	126	7.44
	Independent	Aaron Hall	118	6.97
	Green	Martin Kruczynski	110	6.49
	Independent	Jake Hall	80	4.71
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			1,694	18.48
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ettingshall North

Ettingshall North (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jenny Cockayne	1,538	69.47
	Labour	Jeszemma Howl	1,447	65.36
	Labour	Zee Russell*	1,405	63.46
	Conservative	Raj Chagger	434	19.60
	Conservative	Atul Kumar	419	18.93
	Conservative	Emily Williams	403	18.20
	Green	Stephen Petter	225	10.16
Rejected ballots			15
Turnout			2,214	22.72
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Lamina Lloyd	1,305	51.69
	Labour Co-op	Jas Dehar*	1,262	49.98
	Labour Co-op	Harbinder Singh	1,236	48.95
	Conservative	Mak Singh*	892	35.33
	Conservative	Sian Kumar	836	33.88
	Conservative	Surjit Khunkhun	805	33.11
	Green	Rosa van Doorn	279	11.05
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			2,525	26.15
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Fallings Park

Fallings Park (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Evans*	1,079	54.69
	Labour	Chris Burden*	1,061	53.78
	Labour	Valerie Evans*	1,037	52.43
	Conservative	Julia Dickens	739	37.46
	Conservative	Robert Williams	724	36.70
	Conservative	Sucha Sahota	603	30.56
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Nixon	194	9.83
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			1,973	21.93
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Graiseley

Graiseley (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Asha Mattu*	1,606	64.21
	Labour Co-op	John Reynolds*	1,541	61.62
	Labour Co-op	Jacqueline Sweetman*	1,500	59.98
	Conservative	Marlene Berry	603	24.11
	Conservative	James Montero	502	20.07
	Conservative	Mohammed Salim	480	19.19
	Green	Amy Bertaut	433	17.31
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			2,501	28.72
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold

Heath Town

Heath Town (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jasbir Jaspal*	910	56.07
	Labour	Milkinderpal Jaspal*	903	55.64
	Labour	Jaspreet Jaspal*	873	53.79
	Conservative	Stephanie Amanze	416	25.63
	Conservative	Adam Wood	410	25.26
	Conservative	Joseph Banla	342	21.07
	Green	Kwaku Tano-Yeboah	315	19.41
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			1,623	18.76
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Merry Hill

Merry Hill (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Dalton*	1,525	49.97
	Labour	Carol Hyatt*	1,358	44.50
	Conservative	Chris Haynes*	1,352	44.30
	Conservative	Tony Gething	1,335	43.74
	Labour	Suki Bains	1,256	41.15
	Labour	Bryan Cook	1,218	39.91
	Green	Paul Darke	448	16.68
Rejected ballots			16
Turnout			3,052	33.37
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Oxley

Oxley (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Alan Butt	1,329	51.55
	Labour Co-op	Jayne Francis	1,302	50.50
	Labour Co-op	Barbara McGarrity*	1,244	48.25
	Conservative	Adam Collinge*	996	38.63
	Conservative	Sally Garner	910	35.30
	Conservative	Maurice Harris	858	33.28
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	243	9.43
	Liberal Democrats	Salah Abbes	175	6.79
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Ashby-Filippin	174	6.75
	TUSC	Joshua Allerton	89	3.45
Rejected ballots			7
Turnout			2,578	25.22
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Park

Park (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Claire Darke*	1,743	62.79
	Labour	Craig Collingswood*	1,742	62.75
	Labour	Michael Hardacre*	1,602	57.70
	Conservative	Robert Brotherton	732	26.90
	Conservative	David Davies	711	25.61
	Conservative	Sham Sharma	639	23.02
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Lewis	260	9.37
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Gray	247	8.90
	Liberal Democrats	Arfan Khan	193	6.95
Rejected ballots			16
Turnout			2,776	29.40
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Penn

Penn (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Celia Hibbert*	1,934	51.53
	Conservative	Stephanie Haynes*	1,800	47.96
	Conservative	Paul Singh*	1,596	42.52
	Labour	Kashmire Hawker	1,550	41.30
	Conservative	Ranjit Dillon	1,431	38.12
	Labour	Mohammed Naseem	1,358	36.18
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hopkins	395	10.52
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout			3,753	38.29
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St. Peter's

St Peters (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Obaida Ahmed*	1,234	67.73
	Labour	Qaiser Azeem*	1,208	66.30
	Labour	Iqra Tahir	1,108	60.81
	Liberal Democrats	David Murray	398	21.84
	Conservative	Joan Stevenson	312	17.12
	Conservative	Gillian Timms	294	16.14
	Conservative	Imre Stanley	183	10.04
Rejected ballots			11
Turnout			1,822	21.67
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Maddox	1,658	53.64
	Conservative	Sohail Khan*	1,509	48.82
	Conservative	Udey Singh*	1,506	48.72
	Labour	Ben Evans	1,106	35.78
	Labour	Andrew Morris	1,089	35.23
	Labour	Chester Morrison	1,027	33.23
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Fellows	397	12.84
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Donald	282	9.12
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			3,091	33.34
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Thompson*	2,178	61.82
	Conservative	Jonathon Crofts*	2,088	59.27
	Conservative	Ellis Turrell*	2,085	59.18
	Labour	Leigh New	1,043	29.61
	Labour	Darren Porter	1,009	28.64
	Labour	Alan Simmons	929	26.37
	Green	Andrea Cantrill	478	13.57
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			3,523	39.10
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phillip Bateman*	1,213	56.47
	Labour	Rita Potter*	1,153	53.68
	Labour	Mary Bateman*	1,151	53.58
	Conservative	Nathaniel Williams	780	36.31
	Conservative	Janette Wastell	653	30.40
	Conservative	Joseph Stepien	644	29.98
	Green	Ayden Young	197	9.17
Rejected ballots			13
Turnout			2,148	25.35
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Greg Brackenridge*	1,213	52.49
	Labour	Ciaran Brackenridge	1,168	50.54
	Labour	Jacqui Coogan	1,167	50.49
	Conservative	Lewis Wastell	843	36.48
	Conservative	Peter Dickens	835	36.13
	Conservative	Andy Randle*	786	34.01
	Reform UK	Simon Kelsey	164	7.10
Rejected ballots			8
Turnout			2,311	25.96
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

By-elections

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill: 28 September 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brookfield	686	59.2	–5.4
	Conservative	Rob Williams	256	22.1	–0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	139	12.0	–0.8
	Green	Mohammed Naseem	78	6.7	N/A
Majority			430	37.1
Turnout			1,169
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

References

^ "Polling District Review Consultation - City of Wolverhampton Council - Citizen Space". consultation.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b Sweeney, Joe (5 January 2023). "Wolverhampton prepares for all-out May elections". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Council Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Elections - WVInsight". insight.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ Sweeney, Joe (5 May 2023). "Local election results 2023 for Wolverhampton as Labour get big majority". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Wolverhampton election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ LGBCE. "Wolverhampton | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ Sweeney, Joe (14 April 2023). "Full list of Wolverhampton's May 2023 election candidates". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ "Wolverhampton local election". whocanivotefor.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ Madeley, Peter (6 April 2023). "Wolverhampton Council elections: Full list of candidates standing in this year's poll". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

[1] "Polling District Review Consultation - City of Wolverhampton Council - Citizen Space". consultation.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

[:0-2] Sweeney, Joe (5 January 2023). "Wolverhampton prepares for all-out May elections". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[3] "Council Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[4] "Elections - WVInsight". insight.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[5] Sweeney, Joe (5 May 2023). "Local election results 2023 for Wolverhampton as Labour get big majority". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

[6] "Wolverhampton election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

[7] LGBCE. "Wolverhampton | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

[8] Sweeney, Joe (14 April 2023). "Full list of Wolverhampton's May 2023 election candidates". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[9] "Wolverhampton local election". whocanivotefor.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[10] Madeley, Peter (6 April 2023). "Wolverhampton Council elections: Full list of candidates standing in this year's poll". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

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