2018 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, 2018

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All 60 seats to Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 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
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
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative		30	5		5	50		29,237
	Labour		26		2	2			25,671
	Liberal Democrats		2						2,456
	Independent		2						1,782
	UKIP		0		3	3			1,452
	Green		0						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

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