# 2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Results

Labour strengthened its position and subsequently its majority, after winning Spring Vale from UKIP of which was the party's only ever seat in the City and also gaining the once Conservative stronghold of Penn, marking the 1st time ever that Labour have had 2 out of the 3 seats, in the ward as mentioned.
The election also saw the first victory of the Conservative's Jane Stevenson within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward, who then was elected as Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East, at the 2019 United Kingdom general election.
The Composition of the Council as a result of May 3, 2018 stood at:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Elected as of 2018 |
| | Labour | 51 |
| | Conservative | 9 |
| Total number of seats | Total number of seats | 60 |
| Actual majority | Actual majority | 42 |
The specific change in seats, from the election was:
Labour - 51 (+2 Seats)
Conservative - 9 (-1 Seats)
UKIP - 0 (-1 Seat)
Results Breakdown - parties who stood no candidates in this election, but did in 2016 are not shown in the table
City of Wolverhampton Council Result 2018 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 19 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 86.36 | 58.04 | 32,491 | +5,646 |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 13.64 | 33.69 | 18,860 | -4,289 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | 2,437 | +288 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 1,418 | +144 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0.93 | 521 | -3,837 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.46 | 249 | -600 |

## Candidates
### Bilston East

Bilston East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Stephen Simkins | 1,327 | 65 |
| Conservative | Gillian Timms | 423 | 21 |
| UKIP | Tom Fellows | 290 | 14 |

### Bilston North

Bilston North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Phil Page | 1,333 | 67 |
| Conservative | Simon Hibell | 547 | 27 |
| Green | Terry Hancox | 110 | 6 |

### Blakenhall

Blakenhall :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Jasbinder Dehar | 2,105 | 68 |
| Conservative | Sera Aulakh | 838 | 27 |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Bentley | 168 | 5 |

### Bushbury North

Bushbury North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Alan Butt | 1,143 | 47 |
| Conservative | Neville Patten | 1,079 | 45 |
| Liberal Democrats | Carole Jenkins | 96 | 4 |
| Green | Michelle Webster | 96 | 4 |

### Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Paul Sweet | 1,270 | 70 |
| Conservative | Jennifer Brewer | 431 | 24 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Bamber | 113 | 6 |

### East Park

East Park :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Keith Inston | 1,208 | 67 |
| Conservative | Suria Photay | 353 | 20 |
| Independent | Steve Hall | 249 | 13 |

### Ettingshall

Ettingshall :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Beverley Momenabadi | 2,306 | 79 |
| Conservative | Adam Ansari | 398 | 14 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Murray | 200 | 7 |

### Fallings Park

Fallings Park :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Steve Evans | 1,247 | 62 |
| Conservative | Josh Moreton | 639 | 32 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Nixon | 122 | 6 |

### Graiseley

Graiseley (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Asha Mattu | 1,926 | 65 |
| Labour | Jacqueline Sweetman | 1,775 | 60 |
| Conservative | Kamran Khan | 717 | 24 |
| Conservative | Safyaan Salim | 619 | 21 |
| Green | Amy Bertaut | 232 | 8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Ball | 187 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bryan Lewis | 156 | 5 |

### Heath Town

Heath Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Caroline Siarkiewicz | 1,454 | 71 | |
| | Conservative | Fortune Sibanda | 584 | 29 | |

### Merry Hill

Merry Hill :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Simon Bennett | 1,622 | 53 |
| Labour | Wayne O'Brien | 1,299 | 43 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nirmal Singh | 125 | 4 |

### Oxley

Oxley (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Sue Roberts | 1,221 | 53 |
| Labour | Clare Simm | 1,105 | 48 |
| Conservative | Andrew McNeil | 771 | 34 |
| Conservative | Zahid Shah | 585 | 25 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Jenkins | 272 | 12 |
| Liberal Democrats | Leyla Abbes | 190 | 8 |
| Green | Helen Tudor | 155 | 7 |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Craig Collingswood | 1,745 | 62 |
| Conservative | Dan Preston | 711 | 25 |
| Green | David Belcher | 192 | 7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Machnik-Foster | 168 | 6 |

### Penn

Penn :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Celia Hibbert | 1,823 | 48 |
| Conservative | David Mackintosh | 1,802 | 47 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Hollis | 173 | 5 |

### Spring Vale

Spring Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara McGarrity | 1,469 | 69 | |
| | Conservative | Ajaz Ali | 665 | 35 | |

### St Peter’s

St Peter’s :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Obaida Ahmed | 1,717 | 74 |
| Conservative | Mohammed Sohaib | 356 | 15 |
| Green | Rachel Arnold | 145 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Natasha Allmark | 94 | 5 |

### Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Regis :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Sohail Khan | 1,568 | 52 |
| Labour | Chester Morrison | 1,120 | 37 |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Donald | 220 | 7 |
| Green | Clive Wood | 120 | 4 |

### Tettenhall Wightwick

Tettenhall Wightwick :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Jane Stevenson | 2,373 | 69 |
| Labour | Yaseen Khan | 732 | 21 |
| Green | Andrea Cantrill | 160 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Marsh | 153 | 4 |

### Wednesfield North

Wednesfield North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Mary Bateman | 1,242 | 54 |
| Conservative | David Hunt | 749 | 33 |
| UKIP | Eddie Szwarc | 231 | 10 |
| Green | Lee Harris | 67 | 3 |

### Wednesfield South

Wednesfield South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Greg Brackenridge | 1,466 | 57 |
| Conservative | Ranjit Dhillon | 974 | 38 |
| Green | Zak Roche | 141 | 5 |