2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
20 of 60 seats on Walsall Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; Mike Bird; Conservative	Leader after election ; TBD;

The 2024 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 2nd May, 2024 to elect members of Walsall Council in the West Midlands. This was on the same day as other local elections. 20 of the 60 seats are up for election.

Background[edit]

Since its creation in 1974, Walsall has varied between the Conservatives and Labour. Between 1973 and 2004, Walsall had been under Labour control from 1973 to 1976, 1980 to 1982, 1988 to 1992, 1995 to 1996, and 1999 to 2000.^[1] It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and 2011, before reverting to no overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019.^[2] In the 2023 elections, the Conservatives retained all 13 seats up for election, receiving 46.1% of the vote, Labour gained 1 seat with 40.9%, and the Liberal Democrats received 4.7%. Despite only standing in 9 of the 20 wards, Reform UK received 3.1%, performing best in Birchills-Leamore, where they received 12.6% of the vote.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2021. In that election, the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 54% of the vote, and Labour lost 3 seats with 36%.

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election^[3]			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	38		Conservative	37^[4]		Conservative
	Labour	20		Labour	12^[5]		Labour
	Independent	2		Independent	10		Independent

Changes:

November 2023: Hajran Bashir, Sabina Ditta, Naheed Gultasib, Farhana Hassan, Khizar Hussain, Saiqa Nasreen, Aftab Nawaz, and Abdus Nazir leave Labour to sit as independents^[6]

Ward results[edit]

Aldridge Central and South[edit]

Aldridge Central and South (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood[edit]

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Bentley and Darlaston North[edit]

Bentley and Darlaston North (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Birchills-Leamore[edit]

Birchills-Leamore (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Blakenall[edit]

Blakenall (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	Andrea Maynard
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Bloxwich East[edit]

Bloxwich East (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Bloxwich West[edit]

Bloxwich West (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Brownhills[edit]

Brownhills (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	John Watson
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Darlaston South[edit]

Darlaston South (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Paddock[edit]

Paddock (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	Gordon Shipley
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Palfrey[edit]

Palfrey (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	Sadat Hussain
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Pelsall[edit]

Pelsall (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	Mia Kalogjera
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Pheasey Park Farm[edit]

Pheasey Park Farm (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Pleck[edit]

Pleck (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	Mary Beddows
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

St Matthews[edit]

St Matthews (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	Ateeq Akhtar (Raja)
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Rushall-Shelfield[edit]

Rushall-Shelfield (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	Joe Belcher
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Short Heath[edit]

Short Heath (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Streetly[edit]

Streetly (1)
Party		Candidate
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green	Alison Walters
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Willenhall North[edit]

Willenhall North (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

Willenhall South[edit]

Willenhall South (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Green
	Reform UK
Majority
Rejected ballots
Turnout
	hold

References[edit]

^ "Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ Coussins, Jordan (3 May 2019). "Walsall Council local elections 2019: Conservatives take control". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Your Councillors by Party". 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ "Senior Walsall councillor suspended amid death club licence probe". 1 April 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ "Six Walsall Labour councillors, including group leader, resign over Starmer's Gaza conflict stance". 16 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ "Six Walsall Labour councillors quit over Keir Starmer's Gaza ceasefire vote". ITV News. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

[1] "Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[2] Coussins, Jordan (3 May 2019). "Walsall Council local elections 2019: Conservatives take control". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[3] "Your Councillors by Party". 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

[4] "Senior Walsall councillor suspended amid death club licence probe". 1 April 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

[5] "Six Walsall Labour councillors, including group leader, resign over Starmer's Gaza conflict stance". 16 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

[6] "Six Walsall Labour councillors quit over Keir Starmer's Gaza ceasefire vote". ITV News. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

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