2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2023 English local election
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 Winner of each seat at the 2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council are up for election.
Labour retained its majority on the council. Both Labour and the Conservatives gained seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats and independents lost all their seats, leaving only two parties represented on the council after the election.[2][3]
Sandwell is a consistently Labour council. Labour have held majorities every election since its creation in 1973, apart from 1978 when the Conservatives gained the council.[4] From 2018 to 2021, Sandwell was one of the few councils to be comprised fully of one party, with Labour in control of all 72 wards.[5] In the most recent election in 2022 election Labour lost three seats, while the Conservatives gained three.[6]
The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2019. In that election, Labour won all 24 seats with 58.6% of the vote, giving them full control of the council.
Previous council composition
| After 2022 election | Before 2023 election[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 61 | Labour | 57 | ||
| Conservative | 9 | Conservative | 9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | Liberal Democrats | 2 | ||
| Independent | 2 | Independent | 2 | ||
| vacant | 1 | ||||
Results summary
| 2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election[8] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 22 |  2 |
91.7 | 38 | 60 | 83.3 | 30,656 | 57.8 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | 2 | 2 |
8.3 | 10 | 12 | 16.7 | 15,091 | 28.5 | –5.9 | |
| Green | 0 |  |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,421 | 4.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 |  2 |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,288 | 4.3 | +0.8 | |
| Independent | 0 | 2 |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,387 | 2.6 | –0.9 | |
| Reform UK | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 894 | 1.7 | +1.4 | |
| TUSC | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 253 | 0.5 | ±0.0 | |
| Yeshua | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | <0.1 | –0.1 | |
Ward results
Abbey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Jennifer Lynn Hemingway | 1,586 | 66.17 | −18.2 | |
| Green | Roderick Andrew Macrorie | 357 | 14.89 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Soran Rauf | 271 | 11.31 | −4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Ngorand | 90 | 3.76 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Bob Severn | 80 | 3.34 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,229 | 51.28 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.54 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,484 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,397 | 28.25 | |||
| Labour Co-op gain from Independent | |||||
Blackheath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jag Singh | 866 | 47.82 | −3.8 | |
| Conservative | Greg Stephen Allman | 699 | 38.60 | −9.8 | |
| Green | Deryn Guest | 135 | 7.46 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Muhammad Ibrar Khan | 102 | 5.63 | N/A | |
| Majority | 167 | 9.22 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.50 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,185 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,811 | 19.72 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Bristnall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Tom Johnston | 1,023 | 50.07 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Mo Sakhi | 554 | 27.12 | −11.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Ernest Heywood | 210 | 10.28 | +4.6 | |
| Green | Paul Hinton | 133 | 6.51 | N/A | |
| Reform UK | Pete Durnell | 114 | 5.58 | −.06 | |
| Majority | 469 | 22.95 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.44 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,026 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,043 | 22.63 | |||
| Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Charlemont with Grove Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Natalie Nadine Weston | 1,307 | 48.62 | −2.5 | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Ann Giles | 1,065 | 39.62 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Laureina Smith | 149 | 5.54 | −0.2 | |
| Reform UK | Graham Nock | 106 | 3.94 | +2.0 | |
| TUSC | Owen Lees | 49 | 1.82 | N/A | |
| Majority | 242 | 9.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.41 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,361 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,688 | 28.71 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Cradley Heath and Old Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Tipper | 1,185 | 58.12 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Narinder Kaur Garcha | 490 | 24.03 | −5.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Bradley | 182 | 8.93 | −0.7 | |
| Green | Paul William Connor | 168 | 8.24 | N/A | |
| Majority | 695 | 34.09 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.74 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,481 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,039 | 19.45 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Friar Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Fitzgerald | 840 | 55.23 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Fajli Bibi | 529 | 34.78 | −7.4 | |
| Reform UK | Robert William White | 71 | 4.67 | N/A | |
| Green | Aldo Mussi | 48 | 3.16 | N/A | |
| Yeshua | Colin Nicholas Rankine | 25 | 1.64 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 311 | 20.45 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.52 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,816 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,521 | 17.25 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Great Barr with Yew Tree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kay Allcock | 1,292 | 50.63 | +3.5 | |
| Conservative | Gurmail Kaur | 828 | 32.44 | −8.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Stephen Pakeman Smith | 303 | 11.87 | +0.2 | |
| Reform UK | Geoff Sutton | 120 | 4.70 | N/A | |
| Majority | 464 | 18.19 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.35 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,789 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,552 | 26.07 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Great Bridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sahdaish Kaur Pall | 1,058 | 50.45 | −0.8 | |
| Conservative | Connor Daniel Michael Marshall | 933 | 44.49 | −4.2 | |
| Green | Awais Qaisar | 92 | 4.39 | N/A | |
| Majority | 125 | 5.96 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.67 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,809 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,097 | 21.38 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Greets Green and Lyng
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Jackie Taylor | 1,520 | 73.64 | +10.4 | |
| Conservative | Bethany Sears | 411 | 19.91 | −16.9 | |
| Green | Bryony Morris | 124 | 6.01 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,109 | 53.73 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.44 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,488 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,064 | 21.75 | |||
| Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Hateley Heath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kay Millar | 1,430 | 70.48 | +8.5 | |
| Conservative | Nathan Poole | 439 | 21.64 | −16.4 | |
| Reform UK | Jackie Nock | 154 | 7.59 | N/A | |
| Majority | 991 | 48.84 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.30 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,247 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,029 | 19.80 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Langley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gillian Ann Tromans | 1,126 | 58.71 | +6.9 | |
| Conservative | Dean Millard | 632 | 32.95 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ejaz Ahmed | 141 | 7.35 | −4.1 | |
| Majority | 494 | 25.76 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,528 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,918 | 20.13 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Newton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Sajad Ashraf | 1,004 | 47.07 | −11.4 | |
| Conservative | Shola Sapara | 690 | 32.35 | +1.9 | |
| Green | Jeremy David Parker | 282 | 13.22 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Guriqbal Singh | 147 | 6.89 | −4.2 | |
| Majority | 314 | 14.72 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.47 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,658 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,133 | 24.64 | |||
| Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Old Warley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Chipiliro Kalebe-Nyamongo | 1,132 | 41.81 | −7.0 | |
| Conservative | Paul Michael Smith | 1,001 | 36.98 | −2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Daniel Jones | 481 | 17.77 | +5.6 | |
| Reform UK | Karl Terry Leech | 77 | 2.85 | N/A | |
| Majority | 131 | 4.83 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.59 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,193 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,707 | 29.45 | |||
| Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Oldbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Suzanne Maria Hartwell | 1,509 | 57.46 | −1.6 | |
| Conservative | Abdul Qayyum | 925 | 35.23 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Paresh Patel | 105 | 4.00 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Richard Gingell | 78 | 2.97 | −3.3 | |
| Majority | 584 | 22.23 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.34 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,201 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,626 | 25.74 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Princes End
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Justyna Kordala | 856 | 47.76 | −3.1 | |
| Labour Co-op | Sohail Iqbal | 784 | 43.75 | −5.3 | |
| Reform UK | Chris Clemson | 97 | 5.41 | N/A | |
| Green | Joseph Loudon | 46 | 3.08 | N/A | |
| Majority | 72 | 4.01 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.50 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,414 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,792 | 19.04 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Rowley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Khayam Khan | 958 | 49.13 | −1.7 | |
| Conservative | Steve Hill | 640 | 32.82 | −16.4 | |
| Independent | David Hulme | 162 | 8.31 | N/A | |
| Green | Rudi Sullivan | 91 | 4.67 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wikas Khan | 90 | 4.62 | N/A | |
| Majority | 318 | 16.31 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.46 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,818 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,950 | 19.86 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Smethwick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Luke John Davies | 1,612 | 76.11 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | Imran Qureshi | 303 | 14.31 | −12.8 | |
| Green | Joshi Gita | 184 | 8.69 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,309 | 61.80 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.90 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,885 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,118 | 21.43 | |||
| Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Soho and Victoria
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ragih Muflihi | 1,924 | 79.97 | +26.3 | |
| Conservative | Jomir Ali | 261 | 10.85 | +0.4 | |
| Green | Jeremy Keith Alexander Rendell | 200 | 8.31 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,663 | 69.12 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.87 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,969 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,406 | 21.93 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
St. Paul's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Muhammad Inamullah Loan | 2,239 | 78.07 | −4.9 | |
| Conservative | Mona Khurana | 420 | 14.64 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith John Wilmot | 193 | 6.73 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 1,819 | 63.43 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.56 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,572 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,868 | 27.13 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Tipton Green
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Syeda Amina Khatun | 1,472 | 50.76 | +6.3 | |
| Independent | Richard James Elessing Jeffcoat | 1,225 | 42.24 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Kam Logani | 198 | 6.83 | −9.3 | |
| Majority | 247 | 8.52 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.17 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,680 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,900 | 27.15 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Tividale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Wakas Younis | 923 | 49.31 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Bhupinder Kullar | 767 | 40.97 | −10.1 | |
| Green | Jujhar Singh | 174 | 9.29 | N/A | |
| Majority | 156 | 8.34 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.43 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,188 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,872 | 20.37 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Wednesbury North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nicola Marie Maycock | 1,075 | 56.55 | +3.3 | |
| Conservative | Nik Luzaic | 581 | 30.56 | −12.9 | |
| Green | Mark Redding | 127 | 6.68 | N/A | |
| Reform UK | Steve Dabbs | 88 | 4.63 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Gareth Knox | 24 | 1.26 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 494 | 25.99 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.32 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,244 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,901 | 20.56 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Wednesbury South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kulwant Singh Uppal | 1,358 | 58.61 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Steve Simcox | 766 | 33.06 | −9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Manjit Sing Lall | 94 | 4.06 | N/A | |
| Reform UK | Jack Sabharwal | 67 | 2.89 | N/A | |
| TUSC | U'Semu Makaya | 22 | 0.95 | N/A | |
| Majority | 592 | 25.55 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.43 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,178 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,317 | 22.76 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
West Bromwich Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tirath Singh Dhatt | 1,675 | 71.01 | +1.2 | |
| Conservative | Michael Jones | 590 | 25.01 | −5.2 | |
| Green | Sarah Deans | 155 | 6.57 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Smith | 106 | 4.49 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,085 | 46.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.55 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,278 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,359 | 24.70 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
References
- ↑ "Your councillors". Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ↑ Stubbings, David (5 May 2023). "Sandwell Council election results in full as Labour strengthens grip on authority". Express and Star. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ↑ "Sandwell election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ↑ "Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ↑ Brassington, Jamie (7 May 2021). "Conservative local election success means Sandwell Council has an opposition again". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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- ↑ "Councillors by Party". sandwell.gov. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ↑ "Results of the 2023 Local Elections". Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ↑ "Abbey ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Blackheath ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Bristnall ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Charlemont with Grove Vale ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Cradley Heath and Old Hill ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Friar Park ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Great Barr with Yew Tree ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Great Bridge ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Greets Green and Lyng ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Hateley Heath ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Langley ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Newton ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Abbey ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Oldbury ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Princes End ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Rowley ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Smethwick ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Soho and Victoria ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "St Paul's ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Tipton Green ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Tividale ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Abbey ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Wednesbury South ward election 2023". Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "West Bromwich ward election 2023". Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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