# 2011 Wolverhampton City Council election

Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 5 May 2011, the same day as the national referendum on the Alternative Vote, in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election.

## Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour Party 31
* Conservative Party 25
* Liberal Democrat 4
    Note: this differs from the total at the previous election, due to a by-election and a Liberal Democrat councillor defecting to Labour.
Following the election, the composition of the council is:
* Labour Party 35
* Conservative Party 22
* Liberal Democrat 3

## Election result

Wolverhampton Local Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Seats % |
| Labour | 35 | 4 | 0 | |
| Conservative | 22 | 0 | 3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Ward results

Bilston East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Valerie Gibson | 1,764 | 66.14 |
| | Conservative | Tom Fellows | 903 | 33.86 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 861 | 32.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2667 | 29.67 |
Bilston North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sue Constable | 1,696 | 59.82 |
| | Conservative | David Hunt | 625 | 22.05 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Heap | 97 | 3.42 |
| | BNP | Stewart Gardner | 154 | 5.43 |
| | UKIP | Remi Hodister | 263 | 9.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1071 | 37.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,835 | 32.51 |
Blakenhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Jones | 3,073 | |
| | Conservative | Sid Sidhu | 678 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,395 | 45.54% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
Bushbury North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Leslie Pugh | 1,347 | |
| | Labour | Ian Angus | 1,673 | |
| | BNP | Simon Patten | 391 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3425 | 37.87% |
Bushbury South and Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter O'Neill | 1,763 | |
| | Conservative | Annette Pugh | 625 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,138 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,406 | 26.74% |
East Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Harman Banger | 1,763 | |
| | Conservative | Darren Friel | 1,508 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 705 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,855 | 32.82% |
Ettingshall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandra Samuels | Unopposed | | − |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | - | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | - | - | − |
Fallings Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Valerie Evans | 2,072 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Hewitt | 1,123 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 949 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,125 | 35.82% |
Graiseley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Elias Mattu | 2,399 | |
| | Conservative | Jazz Boparai | 614 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Birch | 201 | |
| | Independent | John Mellor | 505 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,7585 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,746 | 45.44% |
Heath Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Milkinderpal Jaspal | 1,488 | |
| | Conservative | John Lee | 708 | |
| | Green | Matthew Addison | 231 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,785 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,448 | 31.85% |
Merry Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | Christopher Haynes |
| | Labour | Nav Rana |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lexi Lawrence |
| | Independent | Timothy Broomer |
| | UKIP | Phil Templar |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
Oxley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Bisbey | 1,263 | |
| | Labour | Ian Claymore | 1,749 | |
| | UKIP | Keith Sinclair | 276 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 513 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,285 | 37.12% |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mike Hardacre | 1,910 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Webber | 568 | |
| | Conservative | Nasim Ullah | 968 | |
| | Green | David Belcher | 262 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 942 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,730 | 46.73% |
Penn :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | Paul Singh |
| | Labour | Martin Waite |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Lewis |
| | Green | Daniel Batchelor |
| | UKIP | Barry Hodgson |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
Spring Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Heap |
| | Labour | Gurcharan Bedi |
| | Conservative | Trevor White |
| | BNP | David Bradnock |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
St Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Zahid Shah | 1,867 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Garside | 236 | |
| | Conservative | Shailesh Parekh | 270 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,597 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,391 | 35.07% |
Tettenhall Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Yardley |
| | Labour | Muhammad Khan |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Gray |
| | UKIP | Donald Morris |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
Tettenhall Wightwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | Wendy Thompson |
| | Labour | Stu Goldcrusher |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Hollis |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
Wednesfield North :
| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Conservative | Tania Davis |
| | Labour | Rita Potter |
| Majority | Majority | Majority |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
Wednesfield South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Dobb | 1,074 | |
| | Labour | Bhupinder Gakhal | 1,481 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Oliver Williams | 572 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 407 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,1743 | 37.41% |