2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
24 of 72 seats to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 37 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Kerrie Carmichael David Fisher Party Labour Conservative Independent Last election 60 seats, 57.8% 12 seats, 28.5% 0 seats, 2.6% Seats before 59 8 5 Seats won 22 1 1 Seats after 64 5 3 Seat change 5 3 2 Popular vote 36,990 13,815 2,949 Percentage 56.9% 21.3% 4.5% Swing 0.9% 7.2% 1.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election Kerrie Carmichael Labour Leader after election Kerrie Carmichael Labour

The 2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council elections was held on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom and the 2024 West Midlands mayoral election.^[1] One third of seats on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council were up for election.^[2] The council remained under Labour majority control.

Background

Sandwell is a consistently Labour council, with Labour having held majorities in every election since its creation in 1973, apart from 1978 when the Conservatives gained the council.^[3] From 2018 to 2021, Sandwell was one of the few councils to be comprised fully of one party, with Labour in control of all 72 wards.^[4] In the previous election in 2023 both Labour and the Conservatives gained two seats each, the councillors on these seats having either switched to the Liberal Democrats or gone independent after the 2022 election.

Both of the parties have lost councillors over the last year. The majority of these have not had the reasons behind publicly revealed. However, it is known that Councillor Jay Anandou left the Conservatives over the rest of his party failing to back his campaign to stop development on the former Brandhall Golf Club.^[5] Additionally, two councillors switched from Conservative to Labour, citing a lack of faith in the Conservatives' ability to govern.^[6]

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election[7]			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	60		Labour	59		Labour	64
	Conservative	12		Conservative	8		Conservative	5
	Independent	0		Independent	5		Independent	3

Summary

Labour increased their majority on the council at the election. The Conservatives lost three seats, including that of their group leader, David Fletcher.^[8]

Election result

2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	22	5	91.7	42	64	88.9	36,990	56.9	–0.9
	Conservative	1	3	4.2	4	5	6.9	13,815	21.3	–7.2
	Independent	1	2	4.2	2	3	4.2	2,949	4.5	+1.9
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,885	7.5	+5.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,578	5.5	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,237	3.4	–0.9
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	454	0.7	+0.2
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	71	0.1	N/A
	Yeshua	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	21	<0.1	±0.0

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicky Hinchcliff*	2,078	69.0	+2.8
	Green	Roderick Macrorie	413	13.7	–1.2
	Conservative	Thomas Blewitt	395	13.1	+1.8
	TUSC	Justin Macintosh	126	4.2	+0.9
Majority			1,665	55.3	+4.0
Turnout			3,058	36.3	+8.0
Registered electors			8,431
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Blackheath

Blackheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerrie Carmichael*	1,180	52.0	+4.2
	Conservative	Bob Dunn	520	22.9	–15.7
	Reform UK	Mike Cooper	310	13.7	N/A
	Green	Aldo Mussi	157	6.9	–0.6
	Independent	Craig Taylor	102	4.5	N/A
Majority			660	29.1	+19.9
Turnout			2,288	24.9	+5.2
Registered electors			9,183
	Labour hold		Swing	10.0

Bristnall

Bristnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ellen Fenton*	1,413	58.5	+8.4
	Conservative	Gemma Barnfield	464	19.2	–7.9
	Reform UK	Chris Clemson	316	13.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Heywood	224	9.3	–1.0
Majority			949	39.3	+16.3
Turnout			2,461	27.5	+4.9
Registered electors			8,941
	Labour hold		Swing	8.2

Charlemont with Grove Vale

Charlemont with Grove Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dalel Bhamra	1,480	45.6	+6.0
	Conservative	David Fisher*	1,243	38.3	–10.3
	Reform UK	Graham Nock	256	7.9	+4.0
	Green	Jeremy Parker	135	4.2	N/A
	UKIP	Sam Harding	71	2.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Usha Braich	59	1.8	–3.7
Majority			237	7.3	N/A
Turnout			3,284	35.2	+6.5
Registered electors			9,331
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.2

Cradley Heath and Old Hill

Cradley Heath and Old Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vicki Smith*	1,340	54.3	–3.8
	Conservative	Leon Barnfield	506	20.5	–3.5
	Reform UK	Ballie Singh	267	10.8	N/A
	Green	Paul Connor	211	8.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Bradley	123	5.0	–3.9
	TUSC	Cammilla Mngaza	19	0.8	N/A
Majority			834	33.8	–0.3
Turnout			2,495	23.7	+4.2
Registered electors			10,517
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

Friar Park

Friar Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Giles	1,013	51.7	–3.5
	Conservative	Scott Chapman*	626	32.0	–2.8
	Reform UK	Steve Khuttan	204	10.4	+5.7
	Green	Kevin Priest	50	2.6	–0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard McVittie	44	2.2	N/A
	Yeshua	Colin Rankine	21	1.1	–0.5
Majority			387	19.7	–0.8
Turnout			1,970	22.5	+5.2
Registered electors			8,756
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.4

Great Barr with Yew Tree

Great Barr with Yew Tree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Connor Horton	1,507	49.7	–0.9
	Conservative	Adrian Jones	752	24.8	–7.6
	Reform UK	Margaret Sutton	292	9.6	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Smith	262	8.6	–3.3
	Green	Shareen Khan	219	7.2	N/A
Majority			755	24.9	+6.7
Turnout			3,064	31.6	+5.5
Registered electors			9,702
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	3.4

Great Bridge

Great Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Will Gill*	1,278	46.7	+2.2
	Labour	Khurshid Haque	1,035	37.8	–12.7
	Reform UK	Pete Durnell	253	9.2	N/A
	Green	Awais Qaisar	173	6.3	+1.9
Majority			243	8.9	N/A
Turnout			2,761	28.3	+6.9
Registered electors			9,762
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.5

Greets Green and Lyng

Greets Green and Lyng

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Pam Randhawa*	1,926	67.2	–6.4
	Conservative	Paul Green	422	14.7	–5.2
	Green	Gill Darby	295	10.3	+4.3
	Reform UK	Ray Nock	225	7.8	N/A
Majority			1,504	52.5	–1.2
Turnout			2,960	30.8	+9.0
Registered electors			9,604
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.6

Hateley Heath

Hateley Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Amardeep Singh	1,713	66.9	–3.5
	Conservative	Jason Glover	439	17.1	–4.5
	Reform UK	Jackie Nock	283	11.1	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Roebuck	125	4.9	N/A
Majority			1,274	49.8	+1.0
Turnout			2,604	25.0	+5.2
Registered electors			10,400
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.5

Langley

Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Owen*	1,523	65.9	+7.2
	Conservative	Gillian Coleyshaw	475	20.6	–12.4
	Reform UK	Ian Plant	312	13.5	N/A
Majority			1,048	45.3	+19.5
Turnout			2,354	24.7	+4.6
Registered electors			9,529
	Labour hold		Swing	9.8

Newton

Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Giles	1,502	57.7	+10.6
	Conservative	Ravi Sangar	552	21.2	–11.2
	Reform UK	Geoffrey Sutton	216	8.3	N/A
	Green	Hannah Valenzuela	181	6.9	–6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Braich	154	5.9	–1.0
Majority			950	36.5	+21.8
Turnout			2,644	30.6	+6.0
Registered electors			8,647
	Labour hold		Swing	10.9

Old Warley

Old Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Cotterill	1,412	51.4	+9.6
	Conservative	Jeffrey Regha	619	22.6	–14.4
	Reform UK	Karl Leech	290	10.6	+7.7
	Green	Hilary Grandey	249	9.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Smith	175	6.4	–11.4
Majority			793	28.8	+24.0
Turnout			2,766	30.4	+0.9
Registered electors			9,099
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	12.0

Oldbury

Oldbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Rizwan Jalil*	1,714	58.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Robert Yardley	521	17.8	–17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Wikas Khan	399	13.6	N/A
	Green	Mark Holdroyd	200	6.8	+2.8
	TUSC	Richard Gingell	95	3.2	+0.2
Majority			1,193	40.7	+18.4
Turnout			2,995	28.8	+3.1
Registered electors			10,414
	Labour hold		Swing	9.2

Princes End

Princes End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Archer Williams*	942	46.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Kelly Cranston	755	37.4	–10.4
	Reform UK	Gary Dale	268	13.3	+7.9
	Green	Joe Loudon	53	2.6	–0.5
Majority			187	13.3	N/A
Turnout			2,038	22.0	+3.0
Registered electors			9,255
	Labour hold		Swing	6.7

Rowley

Rowley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sohail Iqbal	1,080	46.9	–2.2
	Conservative	Satpal Singh	471	20.4	–12.4
	Reform UK	Chris Fanthom	351	15.2	N/A
	Independent	Laured Kalari*	265	11.5	N/A
	Green	Saskia Ebanks	138	6.0	+1.3
Majority			609	26.5	+10.2
Turnout			2,327	23.8	+3.9
Registered electors			9,759
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.1

Smethwick

Smethwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Parbinder Kaur*	2,024	68.2	–7.9
	Conservative	Stephen Emms	443	14.9	+0.6
	Green	Gita Joshi	340	11.5	+2.8
	TUSC	Ravaldeep Bath	159	5.4	N/A
Majority			1,581	53.3	–8.5
Turnout			3,043	31.1	+9.7
Registered electors			9,797
	Labour hold		Swing	4.3

Soho and Victoria

Soho and Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Farut Shaeen	2,207	70.1	–9.9
	Green	Jeremy Rendell	435	13.8	+5.3
	Conservative	Parminder Dhesi	336	10.7	–0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Wilmot	169	5.4	N/A
Majority			1,772	56.3	–12.8
Turnout			3,234	29.2	+7.3
Registered electors			11,066
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sukhbir Singh Gill*	2,928	84.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Patricia Emms	557	16.0	+1.4
Majority			2,371	68.0	+4.6
Turnout			3,774	35.2	+8.1
Registered electors			10,712
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

Tipton Green

Tipton Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Jeffcoat	1,630	51.2	+9.0
	Labour	Charn Padda*	1,226	38.5	–12.3
	Conservative	Aaron Emms	328	10.3	+3.5
Majority			404	12.7	N/A
Turnout			3,233	30.6	+3.4
Registered electors			10,559
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	10.7

Tividale

Tividale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Crompton*	1,295	59.2	+9.9
	Conservative	Neil Griffiths	502	23.0	–18.0
	Reform UK	Steve Dabbs	264	12.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Palwinder Singh	125	5.7	N/A
Majority			793	36.2	+27.9
Turnout			2,207	24.0	+3.6
Registered electors			9,183
	Labour hold		Swing	14.0

Wednesbury North

Wednesbury North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Peter Hughes	1,042	41.6	–15.0
	Conservative	Steve Simcox	517	20.7	–9.9
	Independent	Abdul Husen	513	20.5	N/A
	Reform UK	Jayne Heathcote	259	10.4	+5.8
	Green	Mark Redding	106	4.2	–2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jones	49	2.0	N/A
	TUSC	Gareth Knox	16	0.6	–0.7
Majority			525	20.9	–5.1
Turnout			2,531	27.4	+6.8
Registered electors			9,236
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

Wednesbury South

Wednesbury South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Chidley	1,603	59.8	+1.2
	Conservative	Connor Marshall	636	23.7	–9.4
	Reform UK	Jack Sabharwal	258	9.6	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Manjit Lall	143	5.3	+1.2
	TUSC	U'Sema Makaya	39	1.5	+0.5
Majority			967	36.1	+10.5
Turnout			2,717	26.3	+3.5
Registered electors			10,319
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

West Bromwich Central

West Bromwich Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Farzana Haq	1,807	53.6	–17.4
	Conservative	Rafiullah Mohammadzai	458	13.6	–11.4
	Independent	Mohammed Rohim	439	13.0	N/A
	Reform UK	Robert White	261	7.7	N/A
	Green	Sarah Deans	223	6.6	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Daljit Kaur Nagra	186	5.5	+1.0
Majority			1,349	40.0	–6.0
Turnout			3,453	33.1	+8.4
Registered electors			10,434
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

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