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21 of 60 seats onWalsall Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2022 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2022 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members ofWalsall Council. This was on the same day asother local elections. 21 of the 60 seats were up for election, with 1 ward (Willenhall South) electing 2 councillors.[1]
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.[2] It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and2011, before reverting tono overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019.[3] In the2021 elections, the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 54.1% of the vote, Labour lost 3 with 36.3%, and theLiberal Democrats lost their 2 seats on the council with 2.5%.
The seats up for election this year were last elected in2018. In that election, the Conservatives gained 5 seats, Labour lost 2, andUKIP lost their 3 seats on the council.[4]
| After2021 election | Before 2022 election[5] | After 2022 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Conservative | 36 | Conservative | 37 | Conservative | 38 | |||
| Labour | 22 | Labour | 19 | Labour | 20 | |||
| Independent | 2 | Independent | 2 | Independent | 2 | |||
Changes:
| 2022 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 13 | 61.9 | 25 | 38 | 63.3 | 23,472 | 44.0 | -10.1 | ||
| Labour | 8 | 38.1 | 13 | 21 | 35.0 | 23,712 | 44.6 | +8.2 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.3 | 2,720 | 5.1 | +3.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,994 | 5.6 | +3.1 | ||
| Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 434 | 0.8 | -0.4 | ||
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bobby Bains | 2,365 | 68.16 | −8.12 | |
| Labour | Kathryn Smith | 1,105 | 31.84 | +17.71 | |
| Majority | 1,260 | 36.31 | |||
| Turnout | 3,470 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Harris* | 1,690 | 63.65 | −7.88 | |
| Labour | Michael Bruce | 965 | 36.35 | +17.58 | |
| Majority | 725 | 27.31 | |||
| Turnout | 2,655 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rose Burley* | 1,264 | 57.59 | +1.36 | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Saghir | 553 | 25.19 | −18.58 | |
| Independent | Sharon Felton | 378 | 17.22 | New | |
| Majority | 711 | 32.39 | |||
| Turnout | 2,195 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tina Jukes | 1,175 | 53.43 | +17.04 | |
| Conservative | Amy Read | 868 | 39.47 | −14.98 | |
| Reform UK | Elaine Williams | 156 | 7.09 | +3.69 | |
| Majority | 307 | 13.96 | |||
| Turnout | 2,199 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Izzy Hussain | 809 | 38.12 | +13.1 | |
| Labour | Matt Ward | 692 | 32.61 | −4.57 | |
| Independent | Dave Taylor | 621 | 29.26 | New | |
| Majority | 117 | 5.51 | |||
| Turnout | 2,122 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Statham* | 1,205 | 60.07 | −0.46 | |
| Labour | Adam Mohammed | 660 | 32.90 | −6.57 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Hodges | 141 | 7.03 | New | |
| Majority | 545 | 27.17 | |||
| Turnout | 2,006 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Louise Harrison* | 1,499 | 58.58 | −8.3 | |
| Labour | Michael Coulson | 1,060 | 41.42 | +15.62 | |
| Majority | 439 | 17.16 | |||
| Turnout | 2,559 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Murray | 1,206 | 49.00 | −6.00 | |
| Labour | Emma Morgan | 990 | 40.23 | +5.93 | |
| Independent | Lee Chapman | 265 | 10.77 | New | |
| Majority | 216 | 8.78 | |||
| Turnout | 2,461 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Bott* | 1,686 | 78.90 | +15.2 | |
| Conservative | Manju Gill | 451 | 21.10 | −15.2 | |
| Majority | 1,235 | 57.79 | |||
| Turnout | 2,137 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gurmeet Singh Sohal* | 1,638 | 45.99 | −6.61 | |
| Labour | Rishi Sharma | 1,523 | 42.76 | +0.66 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Barker | 401 | 11.26 | New | |
| Majority | 115 | 3.23 | |||
| Turnout | 3,562 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shakila Hussain | 2,101 | 53.80 | −12.00 | |
| Independent | Shamim Ahmed | 1,191 | 30.50 | New | |
| Conservative | Moz Khan | 613 | 15.70 | −18.50 | |
| Majority | 910 | 23.30 | |||
| Turnout | 3,905 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Lee* | 1,707 | 64.05 | −10.75 | |
| Labour | Patti Lane | 680 | 25.52 | +7.92 | |
| Reform UK | Graham Eardley | 278 | 10.43 | +6.83 | |
| Majority | 1,027 | 38.54 | |||
| Turnout | 2,665 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Chris Towe* | 1,461 | 57.93 | −13.17 | |
| Labour | Hannah Jones | 881 | 34.93 | +13.53 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Barker | 180 | 7.14 | +3.84 | |
| Majority | 580 | 23.00 | |||
| Turnout | 2,522 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ram Mehmi | 1,739 | 73.56 | −1.24 | |
| Conservative | Leyoh Goodall | 625 | 26.44 | +1.24 | |
| Majority | 1,114 | 47.12 | |||
| Turnout | 2,364 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vera Waters* | 1,280 | 48.87 | +5.37 | |
| Labour | David Morgan | 1,074 | 41.01 | −9.09 | |
| Independent | Jade Davies | 265 | 10.12 | New | |
| Majority | 206 | 7.87 | |||
| Turnout | 2,619 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Amandeep Garcha | 1,021 | 46.51 | −7.59 | |
| Labour | Simon Rollason | 843 | 38.41 | +16.81 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Yaqub | 331 | 15.08 | −9.22 | |
| Majority | 178 | 8.11 | |||
| Turnout | 2,195 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Aftab Nawaz* | 2,268 | 62.39 | +11.59 | |
| Conservative | Vandana Sharma | 1,064 | 29.27 | −7.53 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Watts | 303 | 8.34 | New | |
| Majority | 1,204 | 33.12 | |||
| Turnout | 3,635 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Suky Samra* | 1,944 | 58.55 | −9.35 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Gray | 717 | 21.60 | +10.1 | |
| Labour | Eileen Russell | 659 | 19.85 | +4.05 | |
| Majority | 1,227 | 36.96 | |||
| Turnout | 3,320 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rob Larden | 986 | 41.64 | −4.36 | |
| Labour | Lee Jeavons | 694 | 29.31 | +7.41 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Hodges | 688 | 29.05 | −0.75 | |
| Majority | 292 | 12.33 | |||
| Turnout | 2,368 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Simran Cheema | 1,653 | 60.24 | +6.7 | |
| Labour | Connor Horton | 1,462 | 53.28 | −0.2 | |
| Conservative | Poonam Gill | 729 | 26.56 | −15.1 | |
| Conservative | Tony Sadler | 677 | 24.67 | −17.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Hodges | 233 | 8.49 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,744 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||