Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 72 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.^[1]

Council elections

• 1998 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 1999 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2000 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2002 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2003 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2004 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election (new ward boundaries)^[1]
• 2006 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2007 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2008 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2010 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2011 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2012 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2014 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2015 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2016 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2018 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2019 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2021 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2022 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2023 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2024 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election

Results maps

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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

1998-2002

Halesowen South By-Election 9 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Woodall	1,333	56.5	+5.4
	Labour	Nigel Hodgetts	777	32.9	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Robert Ratcliff	249	10.6	−1.3
Majority			556	23.6
Turnout			2,359	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002-2006

St Andrews By-Election 18 October 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Higgins	794	62.2	+14.3
	Conservative	Steve Ridley	358	28.0	−13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Fletcher	125	9.8	−1.0
Majority			436	34.2
Turnout			1,277	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2010-2014

Norton by-election, 21 June 2012^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Elcock	1,375	51.2	+3.1
	Labour	Adnan Rashid	633	23.6	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Bramall	259	9.6	+2.3
	UKIP	Glenn Wilson	229	8.5	−5.0
	Green	Benjamin Sweeney	143	5.3	−1.3
	National Front	Kevin Inman	47	1.7	+1.7
Majority			742	27.6
Turnout			2,686
	Labour hold		Swing

Wollaston and Stourbridge Town By election, 1 February 2013^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Barbara Sykes	847	35.8	−1.5
	Conservative	Matt Rogers	787	33.3	+0.9
	UKIP	Barbara Deeley	249	10.5	+0.8
	Independent	Russell Eden	211	8.9	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bramall	169	7.1	−5.7
	BNP	Ken Griffiths	96	4.1	+4.1
	Green	Ben Sweeney	7	0.3	+0.3
Majority			60	25.4
Turnout			2,366
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Coseley East Ward by-election, 19 September 2013^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clem Baugh	1,053	55.7	+1.3
	UKIP	Star Etheridge	478	25.3	+8.2
	Conservative	Julian Ryder	190	10.1	−8.5
	BNP	Ken Griffiths	120	6.3	+6.3
	Green	Becky Blatchford	33	1.7	−1.1
	National Front	Kevin Inman	16	0.8	−2.0
Majority			575	30.4
Turnout			1,890
	Labour hold		Swing

2014-2018

Kingswinford North and Wall Heath by-election, 25 February 2016^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence	1,456	53.8	+3.9
	Labour	Lynn Boleyn	934	34.5	+8.1
	UKIP	Mick Forsyth	262	9.7	−11.4
	Green	Andi Mohr	52	1,9	−0.8
Majority			522	19.3
Turnout			2,704
	Conservative hold		Swing

St James's by-election, 25 February 2016^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cathryn Bayton	847	46.3	+1.3
	UKIP	Graeme Lloyd	554	30.3	+2.3
	Conservative	Wayne Sullivan	427	23.4	−0.4
Majority			293	16.0
Turnout			1,828
	Labour hold		Swing

St Thomas's by-election, 16 February 2017^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaneila Mughal	1,466	60.6	+17.9
	UKIP	Phil Wimlett	653	27.0	−2.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Elliott	249	10.3	−11.9
	Green	Francis Sheppard	52	2.1	−1.2
Majority			813	33.6
Turnout			2,420
	Labour hold		Swing

2022-2026

Cradley and Wollescote by-election, 3 August 2023^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Priest	1,321	52.4	+14.5
	Labour	Rachael Gardener	771	30.6	–8.1
	Conservative	Steve Hill	353	14.0	–4.9
	Green	Kash Khan	69	2.7	–0.6
	TUSC	Siobhan Friel	5	0.2	–0.7
Majority			550	21.8
Turnout			2,526
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St James's by-election, 24 August 2023^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Reid	816	48.0	–5.9
	Conservative	Rab Rana	719	42.3	+1.7
	Independent	Richard Tasker	84	4.9	+4.9
	Green	Christian Kiever	50	2.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Qadus	32	1.9	−3.6
Majority			97	5.7
Turnout			1,701
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

External links

• Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

References

1. "The Borough of Dudley (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2767, retrieved 13 September 2022
2. "Local Elections Archive Project — Norton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project — Wollaston and Stourbridge Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project — Coseley East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
5. "Local Elections Archive Project — Kingswinford North and Wall Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
6. "Local Elections Archive Project — St James's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
7. "Local Elections Archive Project — St Thomas's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Cradley and Wollescote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
9. "Local Elections Archive Project — St James's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.