1991 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 2 May 1991 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

During the 1991 election the Merry Hill ward had two seats contested due to a vacancy arising.

Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:

  • Labour 31
  • Conservative 23
  • Liberal Democrats 4
  • Liberal 1
  • Vacancy 1

Following the election the constitution of the Council was:

  • Labour 35
  • Conservative 22
  • Liberal Democrats 3

Election result[]

Bilston East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T H Turner 1738
Liberal Democrats Mrs A Ramsbottom 616
Conservative R Green 413
Ind. Conservative J Davies 260
Majority 1122
Bilston North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miss M Benton 2257
Conservative S Mills 1599
Liberal Democrats Mrs L Gwinnett 432
Majority 658
Blakenhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Reynolds 2477
Conservative Mrs J Shore 1221
Liberal Democrats Mrs M O'Brien 415
Majority 1256
Bushbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P J Turley 2571
Labour P Hamid 1357
Liberal Democrats A Whitehouse 456
Majority 1214
East Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F Docherty 2049
Conservative M Bailey 863
Liberal Democrats J R Steatham 749
Majority 1186
Ettingshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs J Jones 2162
Conservative Miss A J Green 717
Liberal Democrats I Kerr 241
Majority 1445
Fallings Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B Findlay 2032
Labour I Grainger 1983
Liberal A Bourke 296
Liberal Democrats S Birch 240
Majority 49
Graiseley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J P Mellor 2501
Labour Mrs J Rowley 2353
Liberal Democrats W Beard 354
Majority 148
Heath Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M Jaspal 1469
Liberal C Hallmark 1160
Conservative Mrs T Brindley 833
Majority 309
Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P O'Neill 2342
Conservative A Lort 862
Liberal Democrats D Isles 330
Majority 1480
Merry Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R Hart 2612
Conservative Mrs C V Mills 2186
Labour C F Matthews 1327
Labour S Smith 1273
Liberal Democrats J White 576
Liberal Democrats S Jones-Williams 546
Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N Patten 2074
Labour L Turner 1837
Liberal Democrats I Jenkins 536
Majority 237
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mrs M W Hodson 2662
Labour K Vernon 1843
Liberal Democrats B H Lewis 659
Majority 819
Penn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paddy Bradley 2966
Labour P Bhutta 942
Liberal Democrats Mrs C Jones-Williams 771
Majority 2024
St Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R Lawrence 2902
Conservative M Norton 728
Liberal Democrats R Gray 400
Majority 2172
Spring Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mrs K M Morgan 2402
Labour Mrs B Johnson 1889
Conservative A Round 689
Ind. Conservative E Shaw 104
Majority 513
Tettenhall Regis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Davis 2425
Liberal Democrats L McLean 1572
Labour Mrs P Wesley 829
Majority 853
Tettenhall Wightwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J Inglis 3114
Labour Mrs C M Siarkiewicz 979
Liberal Democrats Mrs T O'Brien 496
Majority 2135
Wednesfield North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mrs G Stafford-Good 1998
Conservative A Dawson 1690
Liberal M Pearson 892
Majority 308
Wednesfield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T Brindley 1843
Labour R Garner 1832
Liberal Democrats P Richards 432
Majority 11
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