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2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election
20 out of 60 seats to City of Wolverhampton Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Map depicting the winners of each ward.; Red shows a Labour win.; Blue shows a Conservative win.
Leader before election; Stephen Simkins; Labour	Leader after election ; Stephen Simkins; Labour

The 2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 60 members of City of Wolverhampton Council in the West Midlands were elected.

Background

Wolverhampton is a strong Labour council. The party have controlled the council for most of its history, only failing to win a majority in 1987, 1992, 2008, and 2010.^[1] The 2023 election was for the entire council on new ward boundaries.^[2] In that election, Labour won 47 seats with 57.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives won 13 with 37.0%.

The 2024 election was for seats held by councillors who were elected with the smallest number of votes.^[3] Labour defended 15 seats and the Conservatives defended 5.^[4]

Previous council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election^[5]			After 2024 election^[6]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	47		Labour	46		Labour	47
	Conservative	13		Conservative	13		Conservative	12
	Independent	0		Independent	1		Independent	1

Changes 2023–2024:

June 2023: Celia Hibbert suspended from Labour^[7]
July 2023: Ian Brookfield (Labour) dies; by-election held September 2023^[8]
September 2023: Paul Brookfield (Labour) wins by-election^[9]

Results

Labour increased their majority on the council, gaining a seat from the Conservatives.^[6]

2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	16	+1	85.0	31	47	78.3	30,355	56.1	–1.1
	Conservative	4	–1	15.0	8	12	20.0	17,667	32.7	–4.3
	Independent	0	=	0.0	1	1	1.7	652	1.2	+1.1
	Green	0	=	0.0	0	0	0.0	3,286	6.1	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	0	=	0.0	0	0	0.0	1,949	3.6	+0.3
	Party of Women	0	=	0.0	0	0	0.0	161	0.3	N/A

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Bilston North^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Leigh New	1,763	71.29	+16.86
	Conservative	Audrey Okere	710	28.71	+1.18
Majority			1,053	42.58
Turnout			2,473	26.47
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Bilston South

Bilston South^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rashpal Kaur*	1,549	70.09	+9.54
	Conservative	Lewis Wastell	661	29.91	+9.09
Majority			888	40.18
Turnout			2,210	21.90
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakenhall

Blakenhall^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sally Green*	2,244	75.07	+11.15
	Conservative	Adam Ansari	453	15.16	−4.22
	Green	Stephen Petter	126	4.22	New
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Bentley	86	2.88	−6.81
	Independent	Tracy Cooper	80	2.67	New
Majority			1,791	59.91
Turnout			2,989	34.52
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Bushbury North

Bushbury North^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Bennett*	1,321	47.03	+2.23
	Labour	Gary Edwards	1,271	45.25	+3.17
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Peck	217	7.72	−2.21
Majority			50	1.78
Turnout			2,809	29.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sweet*	1,323	70.45	+10.35
	Conservative	Rob Williams	403	21.46	−1.20
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Jenkins	152	8.09	−4.69
Majority			920	48.99
Turnout			1,878	19.85
	Labour hold		Swing

East Park

East Park^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Russell	1,433	63.04	+2.95
	Conservative	Joe Stepien	379	23.00	+5.41
	Independent	Steve Hall	294	13.96	+6.52
Majority			1,054	40.04
Turnout			2,106	23.19
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall North

Ettingshall North^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Zee Russell*	2,224	81.98	+18.52
	Conservative	Amar Bhandal	489	18.02	−1.58
Majority			1,735	63.96
Turnout			2,713	28.20
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Harbinder Singh*	1,988	71.82	+22.87
	Conservative	Sian Kumar	780	28.18	−5.70
Majority			1,208	43.64
Turnout			2,768	29.46
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Fallings Park

Fallings Park^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Evans*	1,299	56.75	+4.32
	Conservative	Julia Dickens	716	31.28	−6.18
	Party of Women	Charlotte Hawkins	161	7.03	New
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Nixon	113	4.94	−4.89
Majority			583	25.47
Turnout			2,289	25.64
	Labour hold		Swing

Graiseley

Graiseley^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jacqueline Sweetman*	1,724	59.31	−0.67
	Conservative	Tony Gething	566	19.47	−4.64
	Independent	Zahid Shah	278	9.56	New
	Green	Amy Bertaut	240	8.26	−9.05
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Pringle	99	3.40	New
Majority			1,158	39.84
Turnout			2,907	33.28
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Heath Town

Heath Town^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jaspreet Jaspal*	1,305	64.35	+10.56
	Conservative	Joe Banla	432	21.30	+0.23
	Green	Kwaku Tano-Yeboah	193	9.52	−9.89
	Liberal Democrats	Vikas Chopra	98	4.83	New
Majority			873	43.05
Turnout			2,028	23.55
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill

Merry Hill^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Evans	1,540	47.65	+6.50
	Conservative	Chris Haynes*	1,459	45.14	+0.84
	Green	Jennifer Hibell	233	7.21	−9.47
Majority			81	2.51
Turnout			3,232	35.66
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxley

Oxley^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Barbara McGarrity*	1,444	50.10	+1.85
	Conservative	Adam Collinge	1,032	35.81	−2.82
	Green	Mia Clark	266	9.23	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	140	4.86	−4.57
Majority			412	14.29
Turnout			2,882	27.85
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Park

Park^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammad Nasim	1,668	52.97	−4.73
	Conservative	Surrinder Ram	697	22.13	−4.77
	Green	Paul Darke	491	15.59	New
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Lewis	293	9.31	−0.06
Majority			971	30.84
Turnout			3,149	32.98
	Labour hold		Swing

Penn

Penn^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Singh*	1,733	45.26	+2.74
	Labour Co-op	Kashmire Hawker	1,656	43.25	+1.95
	Green	Ayden Young	330	8.62	New
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Khan	110	2.87	−7.65
Majority			77	2.01
Turnout			3,829	39.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Peters

St Peters^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iqra Tahir*	1,249	51.40	−9.41
	Green	Mohammed Naseem	599	24.65	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Murray	300	12.35	−9.49
	Conservative	Gillian Timms	282	11.60	−4.54
Majority			650	26.75
Turnout			2,430	27.51
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Udey Singh*	1,663	51.89	+3.17
	Labour	Robert Siarkiewicz	1,051	32.79	−2.99
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Donald	251	7.83	−1.29
	Green	Don Gwinnett	240	7.49	New
Majority			612	19.10
Turnout			3,205	35.00
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Garner	2,228	63.03	+3.75
	Labour	Bahadur Dehar	950	26.87	−2.74
	Green	Andrea Cantrill	267	7.55	−6.02
	Liberal Democrats	Arfan Khan	90	2.55	New
Majority			1,278	36.16
Turnout			3,535	39.69
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Bateman*	1,431	66.10	+12.52
	Conservative	Nathaniel Williams	754	33.90	−2.41
Majority			677	32.20
Turnout			2,165	26.35
	Labour hold		Swing

Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Coogan*	1,243	50.57	+0.08
	Conservative	Pete Dickens	914	37.18	+1.05
	Green	Hardev Singh	301	12.25	New
Majority			329	13.39
Turnout			2,458	27.77
	Labour hold		Swing