2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

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21 of 60 seats onWalsall Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mike Bird Aftab Nawaz n/a Party Conservative Labour Independent Seats before 36 25 2 Seats after 36 22 2 Seat change 3   Fourth party   Leader n/a Party Liberal Democrats Seats before 2 Seats after 0 Seat change 2

The2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members ofWalsall Council in England. This was on the same day as the2021 elections for theWest Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, and the2021 West Midlands mayoral election.^[1] These elections had been delayed from May 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[2]

One-third of the seats were up for election, with one ward (Pelsall) electing three councillors.^[3][4]

Since its creation in 1974, Walsall has varied between theConservatives andLabour. Between 1973 and2004, Walsall had been under Labour control from 1973 to 1976, 1980 to 1982, 1988 to 1992, 1995 to 1996, and1999 to2000.^[5] It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and2011, before reverting tono overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019.^[6] In the2019 elections, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 41% of the vote, Labour lost 2 with 38%, and theUKIP received 10.5% of the vote. Despite Conservative losses across the UK, the Conservative Party gained control of this council.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in2016. In that election, the Labour Party gained 1 seat, with 43.2% of the vote, the Conservatives received 36.6%, and UKIP received 11.7%. This election was held prior to the 2016 EU Referendum.

2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	14	5	63.6	22	37	60.0	35,778	54.1	+13.1
	Labour	7	3	31.8	15	22	36.7	24,048	36.3	-1.7
	Independent	1		4.5	1	2	3.3	805	1.2	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	2,967	2.5	-1.2
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,788	2.7	+1.3
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	775	1.2	New

Aldridge Central and South^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Wilson	3,498	76.28	19.63
	Labour	Shaz Akhtar	648	14.13	2.27
	Green	Guan Chan	241	5.26	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Bates	199	4.34	2.39
Majority			2,850	62.15
Turnout			4,586
Registered electors
	Conservativehold		Swing

Three seats available.^[7]

Pleck: 16 December 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simran Cheema	698	64.6	−10.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Saghir	382	35.4	+10.2
Majority			316	29.2
Turnout			1,080
	Labourhold		Swing	10.2

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