2016 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2016 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England.^[1] 20 seats are being contested in total (one third of the Council).^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The ward of Tettenhall Regis is notable for having two Conservative Party candidates nominated for a single seat. The Conservative Party confirmed that Udey Singh was the official candidate, and the additional nomination for Mark Evans, the incumbent retiring Councillor, was an 'administrative error'.^[3]

Ward results

Bilston East

Bilston East 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Payal Bedi-Chadha	1,094	50.18
	UKIP	Tom Fellows	791	36.28
	Conservative	David Mackintosh	295	13.53
Majority			303	13.90
Turnout			2,180
	Labour hold		Swing

^[4]

Bilston North

Bilston North 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Mary Leach	1,372	60.92
	UKIP	Ray Hollington	495	21.98
	Conservative	Peter William Dobb	385	17.10
Majority			877	38.94
Turnout			2,252
	Labour hold		Swing

^[5]

Blakenhall

Blakenhall 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Jeffery Rowley	1,943	59.04
	Independent	Bhajan Singh	799	24.28
	Conservative	Sera Singh Aulakh	549	16.68
Majority			1,144	34.76
Turnout			3,291
	Labour hold		Swing

^[6]

Bushbury North

Bushbury North 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Malcolm	1,074	43.3
	Conservative	Andrew William McNeil	756	30.5
	UKIP	Gerard Fletcher	523	21.1
	Green	Michelle Webster	63	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Clive Jenkins	62	2.5
Majority			318
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

^[7]

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Alan Bilson	1,244	69
	Conservative	Simon Mark Hewitt	386	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Jenkins	172	9.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

^[8]

East Park

East Park 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anwen Dawn Muston	1,022	54.6
	UKIP	James Leyshon	386	21.3
	Conservative	Aaron Andrew Hall	303	16.7
	Green	Terry Hancox	50	2.8
	Independent	William of Shropshire	50	2.8
Majority			636
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall

Ettingshall 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zee Russell	1,724	70.1
	Conservative	Adam Ansari	394	16
	Socialist Labour	Jennifer Cooper	343	13.9
Majority			1,330
	Labour hold		Swing

Fallings Park

Fallings Park 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Brookfield	1,171	53.6
	UKIP	Tracey Dawn Jukes	457	20.9
	Conservative	Giuliano Ivanov Pisarski	436	20
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Nixon	120	5.5
Majority			714
	Labour hold		Swing

Graiseley

Graiseley 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Charles Reynolds	1,900	70.8
	Conservative	Jas Boparai	497	18.5
	Green	David John Belcher	168	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kieran Patrick Smith	120	4.5
Majority			1,403
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath Town

Heath Town 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jasbir Kaur Jaspal	1,097	57.4
	Conservative	Fortune Sibanda	471	24.7
	TUSC	Jarrad Williams	177	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan William Bamber	165	8.6
Majority			626
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill

Merry Hill 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan David Bolshaw	1,352	44.2
	Conservative	Carl James Husted	1,338	43.8
	Green	Henry Obi	208	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Rose Pringle	158	5.2
Majority			14
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxley

Oxley 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Margaret Miles	1,384	59
	Conservative	Neil David Turner	718	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Edward Quarmby	245	10.4
Majority			666
	Labour hold		Swing

Park

Park 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Darke	1,511	58.4
	Conservative	Kamran Khan	684	26.5
	Green	Andrea Cantrill	228	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Hamer Lewis	163	6.3
Majority			827
	Labour hold		Swing

Penn

Penn 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Wintour Waite	1,729	45.70
	Conservative	Simon Bennett	1,461	38.62
	UKIP	Barry Hodgson	423	11.18
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey William Hemsley	170	4.49
Majority			268	7.08
Turnout			3,783
	Labour hold		Swing

Spring Vale

Spring Vale 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mak Singh	1,048	41.5
	UKIP	Hazel Thomas	829	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Rheannon May Quarmby	426	16.9
	Conservative	Savita Sehdev	222	8.8
Majority			819
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St Peter’s

St Peter’s 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Charles Lawrence	1,150	56.6
	Conservative	Sohail Khan	709	34.9
	Green	Rachel Arnold	173	8.5
Majority			443
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Udey Singh	1,045	34.56
	Labour	Chester Morrison	970	32.08
	UKIP	Doug Hope	454	15.01
	Conservative	Mark Evans	415	13.72
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hollis	140	4.63
Majority			75	2.48
Turnout			3,024
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arun Photay	1,938	59.9
	Labour	Phil Walker	905	28
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Kathleen Heap	208	6.4
	Green	John Pit	184	5.7
Majority			1,033
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Thomas Alexander Bateman MBE	1,615	65.8
	Conservative	Andrew Scott Randle	641	26.1
	Green	Lee Harris	200	8.1
Majority			974
	Labour hold		Swing

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Christine Brookfield	1,540	62.4
	Conservative	Steve Hall	928	37.6
Majority			612
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
2. "Local Elections 2016". City of Wolverhampton Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
3. "Tettenhall Regis: 'Error' sees two Tory candidates for same seat". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
4. "Bilston East Results".
5. "Bilston North Results".
6. "Blakenhall Results 2016".
7. "Bushbury North Results 2016".
8. "Bushbury South and Low Hill Results 2016".