2022 UK local government 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 3 87.5 40 61 84.7 34,847 57.5 +4.4 Conservative 3 3 12.5 6 9 13.9 20,881 34.4 -2.2 Independent 0 0.0 2 2 1.4 2,137 3.5 N/A Liberal Democrats 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,146 3.5 +1.0 TUSC 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 302 0.5 +0.2 Reform UK 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 203 0.3 -0.6 For Britain 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 74 0.1 ±0.0 Yeshua 0 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 16.5 Turnout 2,809 33.13 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 10.2 Turnout 2,053 22.26 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 2.8 Turnout 2,445 26.72 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 3.6 Turnout 2,851 30.19 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 25.8 Turnout 2,306 21.96 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 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 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 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 2.7 Turnout 2,668 28.08 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 17.3 Turnout 2,529 24.55 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 3.7 Turnout 2,161 22.47 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 22.2 Turnout 2,590 29.35 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 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 8.4 Turnout 2,686 26.09 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 15.3 Turnout 1,694 17.91 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 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 5.5 Turnout 2,721 27.58 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 43.0 Turnout 3,353 30.55 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 4.9 Turnout 3,470 32.94 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 7.0 Turnout 2,970 27.53 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 7.4 Turnout 2,149 23.25 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 1.6 Turnout 2,331 25.1 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 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 16.2 Turnout 2,863 27.86 4.4 Labour hold Swing
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