2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
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24 of 72 seats on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
37 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Kerrie Carmichael[1] David Fisher
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 21 3
Seats before 57 10
Seats after 60 12
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 0 0
Seats before 2 2
Seats after 0 0
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Kerrie Carmichael
Labour

Leader after election


Labour

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]

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.[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 Increase 2 91.7 38 60 83.3 30,656 57.8 +0.3
  Conservative 2 Increase 2 8.3 10 12 16.7 15,091 28.5 –5.9
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,421 4.6 N/A
  Liberal Democrats 0 Decrease 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,288 4.3 +0.8
  Independent 0 Decrease 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,387 2.6 –0.9
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 894 1.7 +1.4
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 253 0.5 ±0.0
  Yeshua 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 25 <0.1 –0.1

Results

Abbey

Abbey (1)[9]
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

Blackheath (1)[10]
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

Bristnall (1)[11]
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

Charlemont with Grove Vale (1)[12]
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

Cradley Heath and Old Hill (1)[13]
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

Friar Park (1)[14]
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

Great Barr with Yew Tree (1)[15]
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

Great Bridge (1)[16]
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

Greets Green and Lyng (1)[17]
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

Hateley Heath (1)[18]
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

Langley (1)[19]
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

Newton (1)[20]
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

Old Warley (1)[21]
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

Oldbury (1)[22]
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

Princes End (1)[23]
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

Rowley (1)[24]
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

Smethwick (1)[25]
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

Soho and Victoria (1)[26]
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

St Paul's (1)[27]
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

Tipton Green (1)[28]
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

Tividale (1)[29]
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

Wednesbury North (1)[30]
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

Wednesbury South (1)[31]
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

West Bromwich Central (1)[32]
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

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