2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results

Labour strengthened its position and subsequently its majority, after winning Spring Vale from UKIP of which was the party's only ever seat in the City and also gaining the once Conservative stronghold of Penn, marking the 1st time ever that Labour have had 2 out of the 3 seats, in the ward as mentioned.

The election also saw the first victory of the Conservative's Jane Stevenson within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward, who then was elected as Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East, at the 2019 United Kingdom general election.^[2]

The Composition of the Council as a result of May 3, 2018 stood at:

Affiliation		Members^[3]
Affiliation		Elected as of 2018
	Labour	51
	Conservative	9
Total number of seats		60
Actual majority		42

The specific change in seats, from the election was:

Labour - 51 (+2 Seats)

Conservative - 9 (-1 Seats)

UKIP - 0 (-1 Seat)

Results Breakdown - parties who stood no candidates in this election, but did in 2016 are not shown in the table

City of Wolverhampton Council Result 2018^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	19	2	0	+2	86.36	58.04	32,491	+5,646
Conservative	3	0	-1	-1	13.64	33.69	18,860	-4,289
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	2,437	+288
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	1,418	+144
UKIP	0	0	-1	-1	0	0.93	521	-3,837
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	249	-600

Candidates

Bilston East

Bilston East
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Stephen Simkins	1,327	65
Conservative	Gillian Timms	423	21
UKIP	Tom Fellows	290	14

Bilston North

Bilston North
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Phil Page	1,333	67
Conservative	Simon Hibell	547	27
Green	Terry Hancox	110	6

Blakenhall

Blakenhall
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Jasbinder Dehar	2,105	68
Conservative	Sera Aulakh	838	27
Liberal Democrats	Patrick Bentley	168	5

Bushbury North

Bushbury North
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Alan Butt	1,143	47
Conservative	Neville Patten	1,079	45
Liberal Democrats	Carole Jenkins	96	4
Green	Michelle Webster	96	4

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Paul Sweet	1,270	70
Conservative	Jennifer Brewer	431	24
Liberal Democrats	Alan Bamber	113	6

East Park

East Park
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Keith Inston	1,208	67
Conservative	Suria Photay	353	20
Independent	Steve Hall	249	13

Ettingshall

Ettingshall
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Beverley Momenabadi	2,306	79
Conservative	Adam Ansari	398	14
Liberal Democrats	David Murray	200	7

Fallings Park

Fallings Park
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Steve Evans	1,247	62
Conservative	Josh Moreton	639	32
Liberal Democrats	Peter Nixon	122	6

Graiseley

Graiseley (2)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Asha Mattu	1,926	65
Labour	Jacqueline Sweetman	1,775	60
Conservative	Kamran Khan	717	24
Conservative	Safyaan Salim	619	21
Green	Amy Bertaut	232	8
Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Ball	187	6
Liberal Democrats	Bryan Lewis	156	5

Heath Town

Heath Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Siarkiewicz	1,454	71
	Conservative	Fortune Sibanda	584	29

Merry Hill

Merry Hill
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Simon Bennett	1,622	53
Labour	Wayne O'Brien	1,299	43
Liberal Democrats	Nirmal Singh	125	4

Oxley

Oxley (2)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Sue Roberts	1,221	53
Labour	Clare Simm	1,105	48
Conservative	Andrew McNeil	771	34
Conservative	Zahid Shah	585	25
Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	272	12
Liberal Democrats	Leyla Abbes	190	8
Green	Helen Tudor	155	7

Park

Park
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Craig Collingswood	1,745	62
Conservative	Dan Preston	711	25
Green	David Belcher	192	7
Liberal Democrats	Nick Machnik-Foster	168	6

Penn

Penn
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Celia Hibbert	1,823	48
Conservative	David Mackintosh	1,802	47
Liberal Democrats	Peter Hollis	173	5

Spring Vale

Spring Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara McGarrity	1,469	69
	Conservative	Ajaz Ali	665	35

St Peter’s

St Peter’s
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Obaida Ahmed	1,717	74
Conservative	Mohammed Sohaib	356	15
Green	Rachel Arnold	145	6
Liberal Democrats	Natasha Allmark	94	5

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Sohail Khan	1,568	52
Labour	Chester Morrison	1,120	37
Liberal Democrats	Julian Donald	220	7
Green	Clive Wood	120	4

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Jane Stevenson	2,373	69
Labour	Yaseen Khan	732	21
Green	Andrea Cantrill	160	5
Liberal Democrats	David Marsh	153	4

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Mary Bateman	1,242	54
Conservative	David Hunt	749	33
UKIP	Eddie Szwarc	231	10
Green	Lee Harris	67	3

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Greg Brackenridge	1,466	57
Conservative	Ranjit Dhillon	974	38
Green	Zak Roche	141	5

References

^ "Local Election 2018". wolverhampton.gov.uk. City of Wolverhampton Council. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Wolverhampton North East parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ "Current State of the Parties". wolverhampton.gov.uk/home. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^ "City Council Elections 2018". Wolverhampton City Council.

[1] "Local Election 2018". wolverhampton.gov.uk. City of Wolverhampton Council. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[bbc-2] "Wolverhampton North East parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[3] "Current State of the Parties". wolverhampton.gov.uk/home. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[4] "City Council Elections 2018". Wolverhampton City Council.

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