# 2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

## Background

Since its first election in 1973, Wolverhampton Council has been a Labour council, aside from a brief period from to 1978 to 1979 when the party was overtaken by the Conservatives. Labour has controlled the council for its entire existence apart from brief periods of no overall control (1978 to 1980, 1987 to 1988, 1992 to 1994, and 2008 to 2011). In the 2021 election, Labour lost 5 seats with 47.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 43.0%.
The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 2 seats with 58.04% of the vote, the Conservatives lost 1 with 33.69%, and UKIP lost representation on the council with 0.93%.

## Council composition

| After 2021 election | After 2021 election | After 2021 election | Before 2022 election | Before 2022 election | Before 2022 election | After 2022 election | After 2022 election | After 2022 election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats |
| | Labour | 44 | | Labour | 44 | | Labour | 44 |
| | Conservative | 15 | | Conservative | 16 | | Conservative | 16 |
| | Independent | 1 | | Independent | 0 | | Independent | 0 |
Changes:
* June 2021: Gurmukh Singh joins Conservatives from Labour
* December 2021: Harman Banger (independent after losing Labour whip) resigns after being found guilty of fraud
* April 2022: Lovinyer Daley wins by-election for Labour from independent

## Results

2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 17 | | 85.00 | 27 | 44 | 73.33 | 28,685 | 57.27 | |
| | Conservative | 3 | | 15.00 | 13 | 16 | 26.67 | 17,406 | 34.75 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,609 | 5.21 | |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,231 | 2.46 | |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 156 | 0.31 | |

## Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

### Bilston East

Bilston East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Simkins* | 1,459 | 68.47 | +13.95 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Thompson | 554 | 26.00 | −6.08 |
| | TUSC | Hannah Davis | 118 | 5.54 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 905 | 42.47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,131 | 19.73 | |

### Bilston North

Bilston North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Philip Page* | 1,376 | 64.88 | +5.06 |
| | Conservative | Dan Perry-Preston | 593 | 27.96 | −6.52 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Birch | 152 | 7.17 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 783 | 36.92 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,121 | 24.04 | |

### Blakenhall

Blakenhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jasbinder Dehar* | 1,931 | 79.17 | +7.23 |
| | Conservative | Nathaniel Williams | 361 | 14.80 | −2.21 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Bentley | 147 | 6.03 | −0.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,570 | 64.37 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,439 | 28.50 | |

### Bushbury North

Bushbury North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Bennett | 1,253 | 50.26 | −7.97 |
| | Labour | Alan Butt* | 1,096 | 43.96 | +9.72 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Marston | 144 | 5.78 | +1.70 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 157 | 6.30 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,493 | 28.55 | |

### Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Sweet* | 1,319 | 64.15 | +5.91 |
| | Conservative | Lewis Wastell | 478 | 23.25 | −12.90 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Jenkins | 259 | 12.60 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 841 | 40.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,056 | 18.90 | |

### East Park

East Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Louise Miles | 1,194 | 69.22 | +15.07 |
| | Conservative | Aaron Hall | 531 | 30.78 | −8.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 663 | 38.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,725 | 19.05 | |

### Ettingshall

Ettingshall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Beverley Momenabadi* | 2,168 | 73.67 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Sian Kumar | 476 | 16.17 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Murray | 299 | 10.16 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,692 | 57.49 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,943 | 26.03 | |

### Fallings Park

Fallings Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Evans* | 1,343 | 62.61 | +15.5 |
| | Conservative | Zahid Shah | 591 | 27.55 | −16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Nixon | 211 | 9.84 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 752 | 35.06 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,145 | 24.38 | |

### Graiseley

Graiseley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Asha Mattu* | 1,643 | 64.20 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Safyaan Salim | 525 | 20.52 | −8.2 |
| | Green | Amy Bertaut | 250 | 9.77 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Hollis | 141 | 5.51 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,118 | 43.69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,559 | 29.73 | |

### Heath Town

Heath Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jaspreet Jaspal* | 1,185 | 60.99 | +21.7 |
| | Conservative | Fortune Sibanda | 433 | 22.29 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Bamber | 166 | 8.54 | +3.8 |
| | Green | Kwaku Tano-Yeboah | 159 | 8.18 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 752 | 38.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,943 | 21.97 | |

### Merry Hill

Merry Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carol Hyatt | 1,456 | 46.95 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative | James Montero | 1,450 | 46.76 | −9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Marsh | 195 | 6.29 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.19 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,101 | 33.87 | |

### Oxley

Oxley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sue Roberts* | 1,216 | 51.20 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Matt Powis | 878 | 36.97 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Jenkins | 149 | 6.27 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Paul Darke | 94 | 3.96 | −0.7 |
| | TUSC | Joshua Allerton | 38 | 1.60 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 338 | 14.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,375 | 26.89 | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Craig Collingswood* | 1,524 | 58.98 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Robert Brotherton | 705 | 27.28 | −7.2 |
| | Green | Jenny Hibell | 237 | 9.17 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Lewis | 118 | 4.57 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 819 | 31.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,584 | 31.34 | |

### Penn

Penn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Celia Hibbert* | 1,948 | 50.58 | +11.0 |
| | Conservative | Ranjit Dhillon | 1,658 | 43.05 | −11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hopkins | 245 | 6.36 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 290 | 7.53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,851 | 39 | |

### Spring Vale

Spring Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara McGarrity* | 1,380 | 58.62 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Surjit Khunkhun | 974 | 41.38 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 406 | 17.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,354 | 26.56 | |

### St Peter's

St Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Obaida Ahmed* | 1,388 | 78.82 | +15.6 |
| | Conservative | John Mumford | 373 | 21.18 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,015 | 57.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,761 | 21.99 | |

### Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sohail Khan* | 1,614 | 50.93 | −8.7 |
| | Labour | Kashmire Hawker | 1,107 | 34.93 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Donald | 241 | 7.60 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Christopher Brookes | 207 | 6.53 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 507 | 16.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,169 | 34.18 | |

### Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Crofts* | 2,166 | 60.17 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | Don Gwinnett | 1,008 | 28.00 | +6.7 |
| | Green | Andrea Cantrill | 284 | 7.89 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arfan Khan | 142 | 3.94 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,158 | 32.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,600 | 39.96 | |

### Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Bateman* | 1,358 | 60.82 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | Tony Gething | 875 | 39.18 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 483 | 21.63 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,233 | 26.60 | |

### Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Greg Brackenridge* | 1,586 | 63.34 | +20.4 |
| | Conservative | Sucha Sahota | 918 | 36.66 | −15.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 668 | 26.68 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,504 | 28.72 | |