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.

Map showing the results of the 2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election

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]
		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]

Party		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

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

Bilston North

Bilston North

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

Blakenhall

Blakenhall

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

Bushbury North

Bushbury North

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sweet	1,270	70
	Conservative	Jennifer Brewer	431	24
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bamber	113	6

East Park

East Park

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

Ettingshall

Ettingshall

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

Fallings Park

Fallings Park

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

Graiseley

Graiseley (2)

Party		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

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

Oxley

Oxley (2)

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

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

References

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