# 2010 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2010 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 56
* Conservative 12
* Liberal Democrat 4

## Background

24 seats were contested in the election with the British National Party contesting every seat for the first time, more than the Liberal Democrats who only stood in 13 seats. Labour were defending over half of the seats being contested, with the deputy leader of the council, Mahboob Hussain in Oldbury ward, being among the councillors standing for re-election.

## Election result

The results saw Labour increase their majority on the council after gaining 7 seats. Labour took 2 seats from the Conservatives, 1 from the Liberal Democrats, 2 from the British National Party and 2 from independents. This meant Labour had 56 seats, compared to 12 for the Conservatives and 4 for the Liberal Democrats. Meanwhile, the British National Party losses in Princes End and Tividale meant the party no longer had any seats on the council.
Sandwell Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 21 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 87.5 | 47.4 | 61,128 | +3.6% |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 8.3 | 27.9 | 35,924 | -8.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 13,589 | +0.7% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 11.5 | 14,860 | +3.1% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1.4 | 1,846 | +1.3% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1,402 | -0.4% |
| CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 154 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bob Piper | 3,352 | 57.6 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Chris Brown | 1,418 | 24.3 | −5.9 |
| | Green | Barry Lim | 652 | 11.2 | +4.3 |
| | BNP | Kim Nunn | 402 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,934 | 33.2 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,824 | 66.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Blackheath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm Bridges | 2,272 | 41.3 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Ching | 1,942 | 35.3 | −18.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Siobhan Wilson | 726 | 13.2 | +3.9 |
| | BNP | Michaela Meachem | 555 | 10.1 | +10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | 6.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,495 | 59.4 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Bristnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steven Frear | 2,495 | 46.1 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Clive Brunt | 1,558 | 28.8 | −17.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Manley-Green | 781 | 14.4 | +5.2 |
| | BNP | Charles Cooper | 575 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 937 | 17.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,409 | 58.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Charlemont with Grove Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Ward | 2,511 | 40.8 | −7.5 |
| | Labour | Liam Preece | 1,947 | 31.7 | +12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michaela Allcock | 957 | 15.6 | +4.9 |
| | BNP | Deborah Howe | 596 | 9.7 | −7.2 |
| | Green | Dell Macefield | 139 | 2.3 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 564 | 9.2 | −19.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,150 | 65.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cradley Heath and Old Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julie Webb | 2,596 | 44.3 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Alan Bowler | 1,901 | 32.4 | −21.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Johns | 805 | 13.7 | +13.7 |
| | BNP | Ann-Marie Hamblett | 558 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 695 | 11.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,860 | 58.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Friar Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Simon Hackett | 2,201 | 46.3 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Farrington | 1,296 | 27.3 | −2.9 |
| | BNP | David Sawers | 715 | 15.0 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Brayshaw | 541 | 11.4 | +5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 905 | 19.0 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,753 | 52.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Great Barr with Yew Tree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Melia | 2,332 | 37.3 | +10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Wilson | 1,862 | 29.8 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert White | 1,420 | 22.7 | +1.6 |
| | BNP | Terence Lewin | 637 | 10.2 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 470 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,251 | 64.2 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Great Bridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joanne Hadley | 1,973 | 40.3 | −4.7 |
| | Conservative | Steve Simcox | 1,076 | 22.0 | −1.2 |
| | BNP | Jennifer Howells | 816 | 16.7 | −9.5 |
| | Independent | Tony Roper | 594 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Underhill | 431 | 8.8 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 897 | 18.3 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,890 | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Greets Green and Lyng :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Badham | 2,436 | 56.6 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Fitzpatrick | 889 | 20.7 | −3.4 |
| | BNP | John Howells | 540 | 12.6 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Mitchener | 437 | 10.2 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,547 | 36.0 | +8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,302 | 53.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hateley Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Moore | 2,621 | 52.1 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Stephanie Page | 1,436 | 28.5 | +2.5 |
| | BNP | Emma McCandless | 822 | 16.3 | −2.6 |
| | CPA | Patrick Fahey | 154 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,185 | 23.5 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,033 | 52.1 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Langley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mick Davies | 2,355 | 45.8 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Michael Cooper | 1,522 | 29.6 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Hackett | 651 | 12.7 | +7.6 |
| | BNP | Tracey Morris | 615 | 12.0 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 833 | 16.2 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,143 | 56.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Newton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Underhill | 2,088 | 36.0 | −9.4 |
| | Labour | Shirley Hosell | 1,979 | 34.2 | +9.3 |
| | Conservative | Val Ward | 1,303 | 22.5 | −3.9 |
| | BNP | Debbie Johnson | 425 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 | 1.9 | −17.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,795 | 64.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Old Warley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Trow | 2,370 | 40.2 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | John McHard | 1,989 | 33.8 | −11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Smith | 866 | 14.7 | +3.7 |
| | BNP | Peter Whitehouse | 488 | 8.3 | +8.3 |
| | Green | Aldo Mussi | 176 | 3.0 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 381 | 6.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,889 | 64.2 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Oldbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mahboob Hussain | 3,673 | 65.9 | +14.9 |
| | Conservative | Bisharat Hussain | 1,201 | 21.6 | −13.2 |
| | BNP | Mark Morris | 697 | 12.5 | +12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,472 | 44.4 | +28.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,571 | 59.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Princes End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Suzanne Hartwell | 1,891 | 42.1 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative | Keith Vaughan | 1,412 | 31.4 | −14.6 |
| | BNP | Russ Green | 1,189 | 26.5 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 10.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,492 | 48.1 | |
| | Labour gain from BNP | Labour gain from BNP | Swing | | |
Rowley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Tranter | 2,540 | 49.2 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | Maurice Gaunt | 1,838 | 35.6 | +0.7 |
| | BNP | Joseph Skeldon | 786 | 15.2 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 702 | 13.6 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,164 | 56.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Pauls :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Babu Bawa | 2,943 | 52.1 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Jagtar Chaggar | 1,234 | 21.9 | −16.9 |
| | Independent | Abdul Rehman | 887 | 15.7 | +13.5 |
| | BNP | Susan Simpson | 321 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| | Green | Neil Barlow | 259 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,709 | 30.3 | +16.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,644 | 60.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Smethwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Vic Silvester | 3,388 | 63.0 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Gurpreet Cheema | 1,341 | 24.9 | −2.7 |
| | BNP | Lynne Benion | 653 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,047 | 38.0 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,382 | 56.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Soho and Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammad Rouf | 3,462 | 67.3 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mazhar Hussain | 835 | 16.2 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Altaf Ahmed | 642 | 12.5 | −0.7 |
| | BNP | Tracy Sefton | 208 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,627 | 51.0 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,147 | 56.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Tipton Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ahmadul Haque | 2,252 | 41.3 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Steve Downing | 1,608 | 29.5 | +5.7 |
| | BNP | Karen Parkes | 709 | 13.0 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Richards | 525 | 9.6 | −0.4 |
| | Independent | Steve Wilkinson | 365 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 644 | 11.8 | −12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,459 | 56.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Tividale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jayne Wilkinson | 2,166 | 40.9 | −15.4 |
| | Conservative | John Stockall | 1,571 | 29.7 | −14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Arnold | 793 | 15.0 | +15.0 |
| | BNP | Gordon Howells | 761 | 14.4 | +14.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 595 | 11.2 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,291 | 56.7 | |
| | Labour gain from BNP | Labour gain from BNP | Swing | | |
Wednesbury North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mavis Hughes | 1,989 | 39.2 | −40.1 |
| | Labour | Pete Hughes | 1,938 | 38.2 | +17.5 |
| | BNP | Emma Howell | 615 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Stanley | 534 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 1.0 | −57.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,076 | 55.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wednesbury South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Giles | 2,758 | 51.1 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Bowen | 1,841 | 34.1 | −6.7 |
| | BNP | Mark Paskin | 798 | 14.8 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 917 | 17.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,397 | 56.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
West Bromwich Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohinder Tagger | 3,188 | 58.1 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | Jack Sabharwal | 986 | 18.0 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Fisher | 757 | 13.8 | +7.7 |
| | BNP | Terence Stanway | 379 | 6.9 | −5.0 |
| | Green | David Hawkins | 176 | 3.2 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,202 | 40.1 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,486 | 58.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |