2018 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, 2018

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3 May 2018

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21 of 60 seats
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	25 seats,	28 seats,	2 seats,
Seats won	30	26	2
Seat change	5	2
Popular vote	29,237	25,671	2,456

2018 local election results in Walsall.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2018 Walsall Council election took place on 3 May 2018, to elect members of Walsall Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Result

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2018^[2]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative		30	5		5	50	48.07	29,237
	Labour		26		2	2		42.20	25,671
	Liberal Democrats		2					4.04	2,456
	Independent		2					2.93	1,782
	UKIP		0		3	3		2.39	1,452
	Green		0					0.37	227
	Totals		60					29%

Candidates

Aldridge Central and South

Aldridge Central and South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Murray	2,638	72.8
	Labour	Mish Rahman	683	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Sheward	303	8.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alridge North and Walsall Wood

Alridge North and Walsall Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Harris	1,769	68.7
	Labour	Bob Grainger	806	31.3
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bentley and Darlaston North

Bentley and Darlaston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rose Burley	1,782	73.2
	Conservative	Colleen Jones	654	26.8
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Birchills-Leamore

Birchills-Leamore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lee Jeavons	1,296	50.8
	Conservative	Gaz Ali	1,254	49.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakenall

Blakenall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Robertson	964	47.7
	Independent	Pete Smith	654	32.4
	Conservative	Ross Lee	364	18.0
	Green	Shaun McKenzie	38	1.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Bloxwich East

Bloxwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Statham	1,150	50.5
	Labour	Kath Phillips	1,127	49.5
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bloxwich West

Bloxwich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louise Harrison	1,642	60.0
	Labour	Natalie Latham	1,096	40.0
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brownhills

Brownhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Craddock	1,414	53.6
	Labour	Patti Lane	958	36.3
	UKIP	Derek Bennett	170	6.4
	Green	Timothy Martin	98	3.7
Turnout
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Darlaston South

Darlaston South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Bott	999	42.5
	Labour	Deb Madeley	974	41.4
	Conservative	Hilda Derry	321	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Jukes	59	2.5
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Paddock

Paddock (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sohal Singh	2,496	57.2
	Conservative	Waheed Rasab	2,299	52.7
	Labour	Haj Bashir	1,463	33.5
	Labour	Andrea Bradley	1,408	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Gray	316	7.2
	UKIP	Peter Faultless	219	5.0
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Palfrey

Palfrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammad Nazir	2,675	68.8
	Conservative	Mozamil Khan	1,211	31.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Pelsall

Pelsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sally Neville	1,733	63.8
	Labour	Jon Maltman	607	22.4
	UKIP	Graham Eardley	264	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steijn Van	111	4.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pheasey Park Farm

Pheasey Park Farm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Towe	1,707	62.2
	Labour	Shamim Ahmed	730	26.6
	UKIP	Steven Grey	177	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Fletcher	131	4.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pleck

Pleck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harbans Sarohi	2,453	80.1
	Conservative	Jitu Miah	609	19.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushall-Shelfield

Rushall-Shelfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vera Waters	1,369	53.0
	Labour	Sue Laws	1,030	39.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Cooke	92	3.6
	Green	Liam Allen	91	3.5
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Short Heath

Short Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bal Chatta	962	40.3
	Labour	Carl Brown	635	26.6
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Hodges	593	24.8
	UKIP	Darren Hazell	198	8.3
Turnout
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

St Matthews

St Matthews
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Aftab Nawaz	2,071	51.6
	Conservative	Arfan Matloob	1,415	35.3
	Green	Susan Webster	399	9.9
	Independent	Shaheen Choudhury	129	3.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Streetly

Streetly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Suky Samra	2,184	70.2
	Labour	David Morgan	638	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Katar Uppal	291	9.3
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Willenhall North

Willenhall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Oliver Butler	1,063	41.7
	Labour	Bob Thomas	694	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Fletcher	560	22.0
	UKIP	Liz Hazell	233	9.1
Turnout
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Willenhall South

Willenhall South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diane Coughlan	1,581	57.4
	Conservative	Nirmal Singh	983	35.7
	UKIP	Bruce Bennett	191	6.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections 2018: Wards". go.walsall.gov.uk. Walsall Council. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "Walsall local election results: Tory gains leave them in pole position". Express and Star. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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