City of Wolverhampton Council elections

Seats by parties in Wolverhampton council after each election from 1973 to 2023.

City of Wolverhampton Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. City of Wolverhampton Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England. Since the boundary changes in 2004, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994–1998

Heath Town By-Election 17 October 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Greg Brackenridge 1,172 63.8
Liberal Democrats 437 23.8
Conservative Peter O'Connell 227 12.4
Majority 735 40.0
Turnout 1,836 22.8
Labour hold Swing
Ettingshall By-Election 10 July 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Smith 949 72.9 −5.1
Conservative Simon Jevon 223 17.1 +0.7
Liberal Democrats 130 10.0 +4.3
Majority 726 55.8
Turnout 1,302 16.1
Labour hold Swing
Merry Hill By-Election 25 September 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Hart 1,395 51.7 +3.6
Labour 1,003 37.2 −5.3
Liberal Democrats 298 11.1 +1.6
Majority 392 14.5
Turnout 2,696
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1998–2002

Fallings Park By-Election 10 June 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 941 46.9 −2.9
Conservative 841 41.9 +2.4
Liberal Democrats 225 11.2 +11.2
Majority 100 5.0
Turnout 2,007
Labour hold Swing

2002–2006

Tettenhall Regis By-Election 13 March 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Yardley 1,279 62.5 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins 431 21.0 +7.3
Labour Michael Stafford 338 16.5 −7.4
Majority 848 41.5
Turnout 2,048 22.5
Conservative hold Swing

2006–2010

Wednesfield North By-Election 23 October 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Clarke 1,295 45.3 +0.1
Labour David Jones 1,072 37.5 +3.0
BNP Dennis Organ 337 11.8 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins 156 5.5 +0.5
Majority 223 7.8
Turnout 2,860 31.7
Conservative hold Swing
Wednesfield South By-Election 23 October 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Dobb 1,123 45.2 −16.1
Labour Mike Hardacre 867 34.9 +8.0
BNP David Bradnock 358 14.4 +14.4
Liberal Democrats John Steatham 134 5.4 −1.4
Majority 256 10.3
Turnout 2,482 28.5
Conservative hold Swing
Heath Town By-Election 5 February 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Milkinderpal Jaspal 621 49.1 +3.1
Conservative Madeleine Wilson 497 39.3 −14.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Birch 147 11.6 +11.6
Majority 124 9.8
Turnout 1,265 17.2
Labour hold Swing
Ettingshall By-Election 26 March 2009
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Samuels 1,274 58.8 +0.3
Conservative Arun Photay 449 20.7 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Kerrigan 366 16.9 −0.1
Independent Jaswinder Tinsa 77 3.6 +3.6
Majority 825 38.1
Turnout 2,166 25.2
Labour hold Swing

2010–2014

Bilston North By-Election 29 July 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Leach 1,292
Conservative Marlene Berry 460
BNP Stewart Gardner 131
UKIP Barry Hodgson 55
Liberal Democrats Darren Friel 52
Majority 832
Turnout 1,993 22.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Graiseley By-Election 15 September 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Sweetman 1,527 64.7 +0.2
Conservative John Mellor 591 25.0 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Eileen Birch 177 7.5 +2.1
UKIP Don Cooper 65 2.8 +2.8
Majority 936 39.7
Turnout 2,369 28.2
Labour hold Swing -4.2
Park By-Election 15 November 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Craig Collingswood 1,023 58.0
Conservative Jenny Brewer 482 27.3
Liberal Democrats Roger Gray 179 10.1
UKIP Don Cooper 81 4.6
Majority 538
Turnout 1,815
Labour hold Swing -
Blakenhall By-Election 2 May 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harbans Singh Bagri 1,934 76.5 −9.2
UKIP David Mackintosh 263 10.4 +10.4
Conservative Stephen Dion 242 9.6 −4.7
Liberal Democrats Eileen Birch 89 3.5
Majority 1,671 66.1
Turnout 2,528
Labour hold Swing -

2022–2026

East Park By-Election 7 April 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lovinyer Daley 783 65.52
Conservative Steve Hall 412 32.48
Majority 371 32.94
Turnout 1,195 13.18
Labour hold Swing
Bushbury South and Low Hill By-Election 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 +6.7
Majority 430 37.1
Turnout 1,159
Labour hold Swing
Bilston North By-Election 31 October 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Anita Stanley 652 34.8 New
Labour Luke Matthew Guy 471 25.2 −46.1
Green Hardev Singh 438 23.4 New
Conservative Andrew Randle 257 13.7 −15.0
Liberal Democrats Julian Martin Donald 55 2.9 New
Majority 181 9.7
Turnout 1,873 19.2
Reform gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "The City of Wolverhampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2509, retrieved 13 September 2022
  2. ↑ "Polling District Review Consultation - City of Wolverhampton Council - Citizen Space". consultation.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Tettenhall Regis Ward By-Election Results – 13 March 2003". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Tories hold 'scandal' seats". Birmingham Mail. 24 October 2008. p. 3.
  5. 1 2 "By Election Results – 23 October 2008". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Results – Heath Town by-election". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "Results – Ettingshall by-election, March 26, 2009". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Bilston North by-election, July 29, 2010". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  9. ↑ "Graiseley by-election, September 15, 2011". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Blakenhall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — East Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Bushbury South and Low Hill by-election - Thursday 28 September". www.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Bilston North Ward by Election". www.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2024.