The 2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council elections was held on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom and the 2024 West Midlands mayoral election.[1] One third of seats on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council were up for election.[2]
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24 of 72 seats to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 37 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Sandwell is a consistently Labour council, with Labour having held majorities in every election since its creation in 1973, apart from 1978 when the Conservatives gained the council.[3] 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.[4] In the most recent election in 2023 election both Labour and the Conservatives gained two seats each, the councillors on these seats having either switched to the Liberal Democrats or gone independent after the 2022 election.
Both of the parties have lost councillors over the last year. The majority of these have not had the reasons behind publicly revealed. However, it is known that Councillor Jay Anandou left the Conservatives over the rest of his party failing to back his campaign to stop development on the former Brandhall Golf Club.[5] Additionally, two councillors switched from Conservative to Labour, citing a lack of faith in the Conservatives ability to govern.[6]
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[7] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 60 | Labour | 59 | Labour | 64 | |||
Conservative | 12 | Conservative | 8 | Conservative | 5 | |||
Independent | 0 | Independent | 5 | Independent | 3 |
Summary edit
Election result edit
2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 22 | 5 | 91.7 | 42 | 64 | 88.9 | 36,990 | 56.9 | –0.9 | |
Conservative | 1 | 3 | 4.2 | 4 | 5 | 6.9 | 13,815 | 21.3 | –7.2 | |
Independent | 1 | 2 | 4.2 | 2 | 3 | 4.2 | 2,949 | 4.5 | +1.9 | |
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,885 | 7.5 | +5.8 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,578 | 5.5 | +0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,237 | 3.4 | –0.9 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 454 | 0.7 | +0.2 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Yeshua | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | <0.1 | ±0.0 |
Ward results edit
Abbey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nicky Hinchcliff* | 2,078 | 69.0 | +2.8 | |
Green | Roderick Macrorie | 413 | 13.7 | –1.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas Blewitt | 395 | 13.1 | +1.8 | |
TUSC | Justin Macintosh | 126 | 4.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,665 | 55.3 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,058 | 36.3 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,431 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 |
Blackheath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kerrie Carmichael* | 1,180 | 52.0 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Bob Dunn | 520 | 22.9 | –15.7 | |
Reform UK | Mike Cooper | 310 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Green | Aldo Mussi | 157 | 6.9 | –0.6 | |
Independent | Craig Taylor | 102 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 660 | 29.1 | +19.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,288 | 24.9 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,183 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.0 |
Bristnall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ellen Fenton* | 1,413 | 58.5 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Gemma Barnfield | 464 | 19.2 | –7.9 | |
Reform UK | Chris Clemson | 316 | 13.1 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Heywood | 224 | 9.3 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 949 | 39.3 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,461 | 27.5 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,941 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.2 |
Charlemont with Grove Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dalel Bhamra | 1,480 | 45.6 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | David Fisher* | 1,243 | 38.3 | –10.3 | |
Reform UK | Graham Nock | 256 | 7.9 | +4.0 | |
Green | Jeremy Parker | 135 | 4.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Sam Harding | 71 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Usha Braich | 59 | 1.8 | –3.7 | |
Majority | 237 | 7.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,284 | 35.2 | +6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 9,331 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 8.2 |
Cradley Heath and Old Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vicki Smith* | 1,340 | 54.3 | –3.8 | |
Conservative | Leon Barnfield | 506 | 20.5 | –3.5 | |
Reform UK | Ballie Singh | 267 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Green | Paul Connor | 211 | 8.6 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Bradley | 123 | 5.0 | –3.9 | |
TUSC | Cammilla Mngaza | 19 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 834 | 33.8 | –0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,495 | 23.7 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,517 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.2 |
Friar Park edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Elizabeth Giles | 1,013 | 51.7 | –3.5 | |
Conservative | Scott Chapman* | 626 | 32.0 | –2.8 | |
Reform UK | Steve Khuttan | 204 | 10.4 | +5.7 | |
Green | Kevin Priest | 50 | 2.6 | –0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard McVittie | 44 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Yeshua | Colin Rankine | 21 | 1.1 | –0.5 | |
Majority | 387 | 19.7 | –0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,970 | 22.5 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,756 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.4 |
Great Barr with Yew Tree edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Connor Horton | 1,507 | 49.7 | –0.9 | |
Conservative | Adrian Jones | 752 | 24.8 | –7.6 | |
Reform UK | Margaret Sutton | 292 | 9.6 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Smith | 262 | 8.6 | –3.3 | |
Green | Shareen Khan | 219 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 755 | 24.9 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,064 | 31.6 | +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 9,702 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.4 |
Great Bridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Will Gill* | 1,278 | 46.7 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Khurshid Haque | 1,035 | 37.8 | –12.7 | |
Reform UK | Pete Durnell | 253 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Green | Awais Qaisar | 173 | 6.3 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 243 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,761 | 28.3 | +6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,762 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.5 |
Greets Green and Lyng edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Pam Randhawa* | 1,926 | 67.2 | –6.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Green | 422 | 14.7 | –5.2 | |
Green | Gill Darby | 295 | 10.3 | +4.3 | |
Reform UK | Ray Nock | 225 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,504 | 52.5 | –1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,960 | 30.8 | +9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,604 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Hateley Heath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Amardeep Singh | 1,713 | 66.9 | –3.5 | |
Conservative | Jason Glover | 439 | 17.1 | –4.5 | |
Reform UK | Jackie Nock | 283 | 11.1 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Roebuck | 125 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,274 | 49.8 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,604 | 25.0 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,400 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 0.5 |
Langley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Caroline Owen* | 1,523 | 65.9 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Gillian Coleyshaw | 475 | 20.6 | –12.4 | |
Reform UK | Ian Plant | 312 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,048 | 45.3 | +19.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,354 | 24.7 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,529 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.8 |
Newton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Elaine Giles | 1,502 | 57.7 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Ravi Sangar | 552 | 21.2 | –11.2 | |
Reform UK | Geoffrey Sutton | 216 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Green | Hannah Valenzuela | 181 | 6.9 | –6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Braich | 154 | 5.9 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 950 | 36.5 | +21.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,644 | 30.6 | +6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,647 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.9 |
Old Warley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Luke Cotterill | 1,412 | 51.4 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Jeffrey Regha | 619 | 22.6 | –14.4 | |
Reform UK | Karl Leech | 290 | 10.6 | +7.7 | |
Green | Hilary Grandey | 249 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Smith | 175 | 6.4 | –11.4 | |
Majority | 793 | 28.8 | +24.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,766 | 30.4 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,099 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 12.0 |
Oldbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Rizwan Jalil* | 1,714 | 58.5 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Yardley | 521 | 17.8 | –17.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wikas Khan | 399 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Green | Mark Holdroyd | 200 | 6.8 | +2.8 | |
TUSC | Richard Gingell | 95 | 3.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,193 | 40.7 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,995 | 28.8 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,414 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.2 |
Princes End edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Archer Williams* | 942 | 46.7 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Kelly Cranston | 755 | 37.4 | –10.4 | |
Reform UK | Gary Dale | 268 | 13.3 | +7.9 | |
Green | Joe Loudon | 53 | 2.6 | –0.5 | |
Majority | 187 | 13.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,038 | 22.0 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,255 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.7 |
Rowley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sohail Iqbal | 1,080 | 46.9 | –2.2 | |
Conservative | Satpal Singh | 471 | 20.4 | –12.4 | |
Reform UK | Chris Fanthom | 351 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Laured Kalari* | 265 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Green | Saskia Ebanks | 138 | 6.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 609 | 26.5 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,327 | 23.8 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,759 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 5.1 |
Smethwick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Parbinder Kaur* | 2,024 | 68.2 | –7.9 | |
Conservative | Stephen Emms | 443 | 14.9 | +0.6 | |
Green | Gita Joshi | 340 | 11.5 | +2.8 | |
TUSC | Ravaldeep Bath | 159 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,581 | 53.3 | –8.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,043 | 31.1 | +9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,797 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 |
Soho and Victoria edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Farut Shaeen | 2,207 | 70.1 | –9.9 | |
Green | Jeremy Rendell | 435 | 13.8 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Parminder Dhesi | 336 | 10.7 | –0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Wilmot | 169 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,772 | 56.3 | –12.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,234 | 29.2 | +7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,066 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.6 |
St. Paul's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sukhbir Singh Gill* | 2,928 | 84.0 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Patricia Emms | 557 | 16.0 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 2,371 | 68.0 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,774 | 35.2 | +8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,712 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Tipton Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Richard Jeffcoat | 1,630 | 51.2 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Charn Padda* | 1,226 | 38.5 | –12.3 | |
Conservative | Aaron Emms | 328 | 10.3 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 404 | 12.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,233 | 30.6 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,559 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 10.7 |
Tividale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maria Crompton* | 1,295 | 59.2 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Neil Griffiths | 502 | 23.0 | –18.0 | |
Reform UK | Steve Dabbs | 264 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Palwinder Singh | 125 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 793 | 36.2 | +27.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,207 | 24.0 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,183 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 14.0 |
Wednesbury North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Peter Hughes | 1,042 | 41.6 | –15.0 | |
Conservative | Steve Simcox | 517 | 20.7 | –9.9 | |
Independent | Abdul Husen | 513 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Jayne Heathcote | 259 | 10.4 | +5.8 | |
Green | Mark Redding | 106 | 4.2 | –2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Jones | 49 | 2.0 | N/A | |
TUSC | Gareth Knox | 16 | 0.6 | –0.7 | |
Majority | 525 | 20.9 | –5.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,531 | 27.4 | +6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,236 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.6 |
Wednesbury South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jenny Chidley | 1,603 | 59.8 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Connor Marshall | 636 | 23.7 | –9.4 | |
Reform UK | Jack Sabharwal | 258 | 9.6 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Manjit Lall | 143 | 5.3 | +1.2 | |
TUSC | U'Sema Makaya | 39 | 1.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 967 | 36.1 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,717 | 26.3 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,319 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 |
West Bromwich Central edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Farzana Haq | 1,807 | 53.6 | –17.4 | |
Conservative | Rafiullah Mohammadzai | 458 | 13.6 | –11.4 | |
Independent | Mohammed Rohim | 439 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Robert White | 261 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Green | Sarah Deans | 223 | 6.6 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daljit Kaur Nagra | 186 | 5.5 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,349 | 40.0 | –6.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,453 | 33.1 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,434 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.0 |
References edit
- ^ "Local elections 2024: Mayor of the West Midlands". Institute for Government. 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ Bustin, Claire. "Information about the 2024 elections in Sandwell". Sandwell Council. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2024/01/20/conservative-party-sacks-sandwell-federation-chairman-after-row-over-leaders-suspension/
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl4xl3dn8r8o
- ^ "Councillors by Party". sandwell.gov. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.