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2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
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20 of 60 seats on Walsall Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Mike Bird Matt Ward
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Seats before 37 12 11
Seats won 12 5 3
Seats after 37 14 9
Seat change Steady Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 21,750 20,240 7,618
Percentage 37.1% 34.5% 13.0%
Swing Decrease 9.0% Decrease 6.4% Increase 10.4%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Mike Bird
Conservative

Leader after election

Garry Perry
Conservative

The 2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Walsall Council in the West Midlands. This was on the same day as other local elections. 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

Background

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Since its creation in 1974, Walsall has varied between the Conservatives and Labour. Between 1973 and 2004, Walsall had been under Labour control from 1973 to 1976, 1980 to 1982, 1988 to 1992, 1995 to 1996, and 1999 to 2000.[1] It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and 2011, before reverting to no overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019.[2] In the 2023 elections, the Conservatives retained all 13 seats up for election, receiving 46.1% of the vote, Labour gained 1 seat with 40.9%, and the Liberal Democrats received 4.7%. Despite only standing in 9 of the 20 wards, Reform UK received 3.1%, performing best in Birchills-Leamore, where they received 12.6% of the vote.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2021. In that election, the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 54% of the vote, and Labour lost 3 seats with 36%.

Predictions

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YouGov released an MRP poll, conducted between 14-29 April 2024. Their findings are expecting "significant" labour gains across the country. YouGov expect this to be replicated in Walsall. Their poll has the Conservative Party on 36.1%, Labour on 41.9% and Reform UK on 13.2%.[3]

Previous council composition

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After 2023 election Before 2024 election[4] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 38 Conservative 37[5] Conservative 37
Labour 20 Labour 12[6] Labour 14
Independent 2 Independent 10 Independent 9

Changes 2023–2024:

  • November 2023: Hajran Bashir, Sabina Ditta, Naheed Gultasib, Farhana Hassan, Khizar Hussain, Saiqa Nasreen, Aftab Nawaz, and Abdus Nazir leave Labour to sit as independents[7]

Summary

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The Conservatives retained their majority on the council.[8] Less than a week after the election the Conservative leader of the council, Mike Bird, was suspended from the party.[9] He was subsequently resigned and was replaced as leader by Garry Perry at a council meeting on 3 June 2024.[10]

Election result

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2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 12 Steady 60.0 25 37 61.7 21,750 37.1 –9.0
  Labour 5 Increase 2 25.0 9 14 23.3 20,240 34.5 –6.4
  Independent 3 Decrease 2 15.0 6 9 15.0 7,618 13.0 +10.4
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,171 8.8 +5.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,935 3.3 +0.6
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,887 3.2 –1.5
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 101 0.2 N/A

Ward results

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Aldridge Central and South

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Aldridge Central and South[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Wilson 2,268 59.9 –1.3
Labour James Harrison 926 24.5 +0.8
Reform UK Irene Henery 378 10.0 +4.1
Green Guan Chan 214 5.7 –2.7
Majority 1,342 35.4 –2.8
Turnout 3,786 35.2 +7.0
Registered electors 10,824
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.1

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood

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Aldridge North and Walsall Wood[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Sears 1,399 51.2 –2.3
Labour Dean Margetts 696 25.5 –5.9
Reform UK Lesley Lynch 428 15.7 +6.0
Green Shaun McKenzie 123 4.5 –0.7
Liberal Democrats Nigel Walker 85 3.1 N/A
Majority 703 25.7 +3.5
Turnout 2,731 27.7 +3.0
Registered electors 9,913
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.8

Bentley and Darlaston North

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Bentley and Darlaston North[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lucie Nahal 952 36.4 –22.0
Independent Nahid Ahmed 788 30.1 +8.8
Reform UK Stuart Chapman 414 15.8 N/A
Conservative Kyra Murphy 389 14.9 –3.1
Independent Abul Kalam 75 2.9 +0.9
Majority 164 6.3 –30.8
Turnout 2,618 27.3 +7.2
Registered electors 9,651
Labour hold Swing Decrease15.4

Birchills-Leamore

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Birchills-Leamore[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amo Hussain* 1,089 40.6 –6.0
Labour Elliot Pfebve 936 34.9 –5.7
Reform UK Elaine Williams 406 15.1 +2.5
Green Toyin Oshaniwa 165 6.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Wild 89 3.3 N/A
Majority 153 5.7 –0.3
Turnout 2,685 25.1 +2.2
Registered electors 10,794
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.2

Blakenall

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Blakenall[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Smith* 971 42.6 N/A
Labour Ian Robertson 807 35.4 –1.5
Reform UK Peggy Coop 230 10.1 +6.5
Conservative Ana-Maria Zinica 206 9.0 –18.4
Green Andrea Maynard 67 2.9 +0.3
Majority 164 7.2 N/A
Turnout 2,281 22.2 +2.0
Registered electors 10,361
Independent hold

Bloxwich East

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Bloxwich East[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Flint* 843 40.9 –10.0
Labour Stephen Wade 814 39.5 +0.6
Reform UK Sue Spencer 338 16.4 +11.2
Liberal Democrats Angela Hodges 66 3.2 N/A
Majority 29 1.4 –10.6
Turnout 2,061 23.4 +2.3
Registered electors 8,875
Conservative hold Swing Decrease5.3

Bloxwich West

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Bloxwich West[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Coulson 1,065 40.2 +1.2
Conservative Tony Sadla 1,043 39.4 –8.8
Reform UK Nicky Barker 474 17.9 +10.8
Liberal Democrats Stuart Hodges 66 2.5 –0.2
Majority 22 0.8 N/A
Turnout 2,648 27.2 +2.4
Registered electors 9,844
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase5.0

Brownhills

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Brownhills[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kerry Murphy* 1,056 44.0 –8.6
Labour Michael Bruce 779 32.5 –7.6
Reform UK Joshua Dixon 401 16.7 N/A
Independent Karl Andrews 162 6.8 N/A
Majority 277 11.5 –1.2
Turnout 2,398 25.0 +3.2
Registered electors 9,649
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.5

Darlaston South

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Darlaston South[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Bott* 1,612 65.7 –8.9
Reform UK Peter Burton 380 15.5 N/A
Conservative Owen Webster 360 14.7 –10.0
Liberal Democrats Isaac Crosby 103 4.2 N/A
Majority 1,232 50.2 +0.4
Turnout 2,455 23.0 +6.3
Registered electors 10,829
Labour hold

Paddock

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Paddock[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Gandham* 1,485 37.3 –12.3
Labour Bob Thomas 1,085 27.3 –6.9
Independent Ghulam Papu 789 19.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Dan Barker 279 7.0 –3.1
Reform UK Peter Faultless 187 4.7 N/A
Green Gordon Shipley 155 3.9 N/A
Majority 400 10.0 –5.4
Turnout 3,980 41.0 +2.8
Registered electors 9,832
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.7

Palfrey

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Palfrey[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sabina Ditta* 2,134 48.4 N/A
Labour Zulkifi Ahmed 1,044 23.7 –26.8
Conservative Shamim Ahmed 693 15.7 –24.3
Green Sadat Hussain 298 6.8 +1.6
Reform UK Dexter Williams 240 5.4 +1.7
Majority 1,090 24.7 N/A
Turnout 4,409 40.1 +8.7
Registered electors 11,086
Independent hold

Pelsall

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Pelsall[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Garry Perry* 1,801 67.2 +7.7
Labour Robert Lipke 510 19.0 –2.8
Reform UK Graham Eardley 369 13.8 +4.6
Majority 1,291 48.2 +10.5
Turnout 2,680 31.2 +4.4
Registered electors 8,682
Conservative hold Swing Increase5.3

Pheasey Park Farm

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Pheasey Park Farm[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Andrew* 1,614 61.0 +4.0
Labour Mark Bradley 825 31.2 –3.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Barker 208 7.9 ±0.0
Majority 789 28.8 +7.0
Turnout 2,647 30.9 +6.2
Registered electors 8,655
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.9

Pleck

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Pleck[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Naheed Gultasib* 1,459 39.4 N/A
Labour Adam Mohammed 1,323 35.8 –40.8
Conservative Akbar Ali 557 15.1 –7.3
Green Mary Beddows 260 7.0 N/A
TUSC Jonathan Stanley 101 2.7 N/A
Majority 136 3.6 N/A
Turnout 3,700 36.0 +13.3
Registered electors 10,430
Independent hold

Rushall-Shelfield

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Rushall-Shelfield[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jade Chapman 1,068 41.8 –11.3
Labour Co-op David Morgan 951 37.3 –9.7
Reform UK Pete Page 351 13.8 N/A
Green Joe Belcher 182 7.1 N/A
Majority 117 4.5 –1.6
Turnout 2,552 27.9 +4.1
Registered electors 9,248
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Decrease0.8

Short Heath

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Short Heath[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josh Whitehouse* 1,093 46.8 +4.2
Labour Lee Jeavons 922 39.5 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Chad Pitt 322 13.8 –4.2
Majority 171 7.3 +3.6
Turnout 2,337 27.2 +4.4
Registered electors 8,712
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.8

St Matthews

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St Matthews[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen Russell 1,430 34.5 –16.9
Independent Mushtaq Ahmed 1,240 29.9 N/A
Conservative Vandana Sharma 894 21.6 –7.9
Green Raja Akhtar 296 7.1 –5.3
Reform UK Robin Perry 287 6.9 N/A
Majority 190 4.6 –17.2
Turnout 4,147 37.2 +7.8
Registered electors 11,230
Labour gain from Independent

Streetly

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Streetly[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keir Pedley* 2,203 60.5 –1.0
Labour Harjinder Nahal 801 22.0 –3.4
Reform UK Ruby Ki-Kydd 288 7.9 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Kieran Smith 176 4.8 –4.9
Green Alison Walters 175 4.8 N/A
Majority 1,402 38.5 +2.5
Turnout 3,643 35.4 +6.0
Registered electors 10,400
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.2

Willenhall North

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Willenhall North[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stacie Elson* 997 42.6 –3.6
Labour Tal Singh 989 42.2 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Hodges 355 15.2 –2.6
Majority 8 0.4 –9.7
Turnout 2,341 26.1 +2.9
Registered electors 9,177
Conservative hold Swing Decrease4.9

Willenhall South

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Willenhall South[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Klara Margetts 1,773 68.1 +5.2
Conservative Walter Eze 692 26.6 –0.7
Liberal Democrats Leandra Gebrakedan 138 5.3 –4.5
Majority 1,081 41.5 +6.3
Turnout 2,603 22.8 +4.2
Registered electors 11,669
Labour hold Swing Increase3.0

References

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  1. ^ "Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ Coussins, Jordan (3 May 2019). "Walsall Council local elections 2019: Conservatives take control". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2024: YouGov MRP predicts significant Conservative losses to Labour | YouGov". yougov.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Senior Walsall councillor suspended amid death club licence probe". 1 April 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Six Walsall Labour councillors, including group leader, resign over Starmer's Gaza conflict stance". 16 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Six Walsall Labour councillors quit over Keir Starmer's Gaza ceasefire vote". ITV News. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  8. ^ Stubbings, David (3 May 2024). "Full Walsall Council election results". Express and Star. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  9. ^ Thomas, Emma (8 May 2024). "Council leader suspended by Tories after disciplinary". BBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  10. ^ Asokan, Shyamantha (4 June 2024). "Council elects new leader after Tory suspension". BBC News. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Elections 2024 | Walsall Council". Walsall Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Declaration of results of poll - 2024 local Walsall election" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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