2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

Map of the results

The 2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 24 of the 72 seats were up for election.[1]

Background

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.[2] From 2018 to 2021, Sandwell was one of the few councils to be comprised fully of 1 party, with Labour in control of all 72 wards.[3] In the 2021 election, Labour lost 9 seats with 53.1% of the vote, the Conservatives gained 9 with 36.6%, and independents did not make any gains or losses with 4.6% of the vote.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour won all seats with 68.5% of the vote, giving them full control of the council. The Conservatives won 24.4%.

Previous council composition

After 2021 election Before 2022 election[4]
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 58 Labour 59
Conservative 9 Conservative 9
Independent 4 Independent 1
Sandwell Together 0 Sandwell Together 2

Changes:

  • November 2021: Rajbir Singh (Labour) resigns from council; seat left vacant until 2022 election[5]
  • January 2022: Ian Chambers joins Labour from the Conservatives[6]
  • April 2022: Iqbal Singh Padda joins Conservatives from Labour[7]
  • Independent councillors Yvonne Davies and Joanne Hadley form Sandwell Together[8]

Results

2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 21 Decrease 3 87.5 40 61 84.7 34,847 57.5 +4.4
  Conservative 3 Increase 3 12.5 6 9 13.9 20,881 34.4 -2.2
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 2 2 1.4 2,137 3.5 N/A
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,146 3.5 +1.0
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 302 0.5 +0.2
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 203 0.3 -0.6
  For Britain 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 74 0.1 ±0.0
  Yeshua 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 38 0.1 ±0.0

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Abbey

Abbey[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Piper 2,328 84.6 +16.2
Conservative Mona Khurana 424 15.4 −0.4
Majority 1,904 69.2 Increase 16.5
Turnout 2,809 33.13 Decrease 3.83
Labour hold Swing

Blackheath

Blackheath[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danny Millard 1,053 51.6 −5.1
Conservative Greg Allman 986 48.4 +5.1
Majority 67 3.2 Decrease 10.2
Turnout 2,053 22.26 Decrease 4.5
Labour hold Swing

Bristnall

Bristnall[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amolak Dhariwal 1,203 49.5 −2.3
Conservative Fajli Bibi 938 38.6 +0.5
Reform UK Peter Durnell 150 6.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Manjit Lall 139 5.7 +1.5
Majority 265 10.9 Decrease 2.8
Turnout 2,445 26.72 Decrease 2.2
Labour hold Swing

Charlemont with Grove Vale

Charlemont with Grove Vale[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Les Trumpeter 1,449 51.1 −2.9
Labour Jennifer Hemmingway 1,099 38.7 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Sadie Smith 163 5.7 +3.0
For Britain Sam Harding 74 2.6 +0.5
Reform UK Graham Nock 53 1.9 +0.1
Majority 350 12.4 Decrease 3.6
Turnout 2,851 30.19 Decrease 5.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Cradley Heath and Old Hill

Cradley Heath and Old Hill[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Webb 1,324 58.0 +9.8
Conservative Fahmida Yasmin 680 29.8 −16.0
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Bradley 220 9.6 N/A
TUSC Cammilla Mngaza 60 2.6 +1.0
Majority 644 28.2 Increase 25.8
Turnout 2,306 21.96 Decrease 3.0
Labour hold Swing

Friar Park

Friar Park[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Hackett 1,094 55.9 +17.1
Conservative Ryan Trumpeter 825 42.2 −9.4
Yeshua Colin Rankine 38 1.9 ±0.0
Majority 269 13.7 n/a
Turnout 1,958 21.98 Increase 0.2
Labour hold Swing

Great Barr with Yew Tree

Great Barr with Yew Tree[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Melia 1,335 47.1 +10.5
Conservative Connor Jones 1,169 41.2 −6.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Smith 331 11.7 +3.3
Majority 166 5.9 n/a
Turnout 2,845 28.58 Decrease 3.6
Labour hold Swing

Great Bridge

Great Bridge[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Soyfur Rahman 1,123 51.3 +4.4
Conservative Craig Adams 1,067 48.7 +1.0
Majority 56 2.6 n/a
Turnout 2,208 22.4 Decrease 1.1
Labour hold Swing

Greets Green and Lyng

Greets Green and Lyng[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Giles 1,676 63.2 +6.4
Conservative Iqbal Padda 974 36.8 +9.1
Majority 1,002 26.4 Decrease 2.7
Turnout 2,668 28.08 Decrease 3.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hateley Heath

Hateley Heath[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Moore 1,550 62.0 +11.7
Conservative Yesmeen Singh 951 38.0 −5.6
Majority 599 24.0 Increase 17.3
Turnout 2,529 24.55 Decrease 4.0
Labour hold Swing

Langley

Langley[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Gavan 1,113 51.8 +4.6
Conservative Sharon Davies 788 36.7 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Clive Heywood 248 11.5 N/A
Majority 325 15.1 Decrease 3.7
Turnout 2,161 22.47 Decrease 3.1
Labour hold Swing

Newton

Newton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Allcock 1,500 58.5 +17.3
Conservative Mujakkir Ahmed 782 30.5 −4.9
Liberal Democrats Amanda Jenkins 284 11.1 +5.6
Majority 718 28.0 Increase 22.2
Turnout 2,590 29.35 Decrease 4.6
Labour hold Swing

Old Warley

Old Warley[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harnoor Bhullar 1,372 48.8 +11.5
Conservative Mo Sakhi 1,100 39.1 +11.1
Liberal Democrats Bob Smith 342 12.2 +4.5
Majority 272 9.7
Turnout 2,834 30.55 Decrease 2.5
Labour hold Swing

Oldbury

Oldbury[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nagi Singh 1,579 59.1 −4.9
Conservative Abdul Qayyum 924 34.6 +3.5
TUSC Richard Gingell 167 6.3 +1.5
Majority 655 24.5 Decrease 8.4
Turnout 2,686 26.09 Decrease 5.5
Labour hold Swing

Princes End

Princes End[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Wilkes 856 50.9 +2.2
Labour Jenny Chidley 825 49.1 +17.5
Majority 31 1.8 Decrease 15.3
Turnout 1,694 17.91 Decrease 1.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Rowley

Rowley[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claire Mayo 1,070 50.8 +5.4
Conservative Wendy Steed 1,038 49.2 −5.4
Majority 32 1.6
Turnout 2,138 21.83 Decrease 3.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Smethwick

Smethwick[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashley Lewis 1,968 72.9 +3.9
Conservative Satinder Dunn 731 27.1 +8.4
Majority 1,237 45.8 Decrease 5.5
Turnout 2,721 27.58 Decrease 3.2
Labour hold Swing

Soho and Victoria

Soho and Victoria[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Uddin 1,781 53.7 −16.4
Independent Mohammad Rouf 970 29.3 N/A
Conservative Jasbir Ranie 349 10.5 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Daisy Shone 214 6.5 −0.7
Majority 811 24.4 Decrease 43.0
Turnout 3,353 30.55 Decrease 1.9
Labour gain from Independent Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aqeela Choudhry 2,863 83.0 +1.5
Conservative Imran Qureshi 382 11.1 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Wilmot 205 5.9 +1.9
Majority 2,481 71.9 Increase 4.9
Turnout 3,470 32.94 Decrease 4.5
Labour hold Swing

Tipton Green

Tipton Green[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abid Hussain 1,319 44.5 −1.3
Independent Richard Jeffcoat 1,167 39.4 +5.7
Conservative Steve Emms 476 16.1 −4.4
Majority 149 5.1 Decrease 7.0
Turnout 2,970 27.53 Decrease 0.1
Labour hold Swing

Tividale

Tividale[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amrita Dunn 1,094 51.1 +4.1
Labour Robert Hevican 1,046 48.9 −4.1
Majority 48 2.2 Decrease 7.4
Turnout 2,149 23.25 Increase 3.5
Conservative hold Swing

Wednesbury North

Wednesbury North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Luke Giles 1,233 53.3 +2.2
Conservative Marc Lucock 1,005 43.5 +0.5
TUSC Gareth Knox 75 3.2 +1.9
Majority 228 9.8 Increase 1.6
Turnout 2,331 25.1 Decrease 1.5
Labour hold Swing

Wednesbury South

Wednesbury South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Chambers 1,409 57.6 +21.9
Conservative Vijay Gaddu 1,036 42.4 +6.7
Majority 373 15.2
Turnout 2,464 23.87 Decrease 7.0
Labour hold Swing

West Bromwich Central

West Bromwich Central[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Preece 1,984 69.8 +12.8
Conservative Aran Duggal 857 30.2 −3.3
Majority 1,127 39.6 Increase 16.2
Turnout 2,863 27.86 Decrease 4.4
Labour hold Swing

References

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  2. ^ "Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ^ Brassington, Jamie (7 May 2021). "Conservative local election success means Sandwell Council has an opposition again". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Councillors by Party". sandwell.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ Storer, Rhi (18 November 2021). "Rajbir Singh steps down as Sandwell councillor". Halesowen News. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  6. ^ Storer, Rhi (20 January 2022). "Sandwell Conservative councillor defects to Labour". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  7. ^ Madeley, Peter (5 April 2022). "More chaos in Sandwell as Labour cabinet member quits party to stand for Tories". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Councillors by Party: Sandwell Together party | Sandwell Council". www.sandwell.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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