Tettenhall Wightwick

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Tettenhall Wightwick is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. It is one of two wards covering the Tettenhall area, the other being Tettenhall Regis. It is situated on the western edge of the city, bordering South Staffordshire and the Tettenhall Regis, Park and Merry Hill wards. It forms part of the Wolverhampton South West constituency. This ward returned the 2nd,3rd and 4th highest majorities of any political party in the West Midlands at the 2004 local government elections, which were all out elections in Wolverhampton due to boundary changes.

As well as the southern part of Tettenhall, it covers the suburbs of Compton, Tettenhall Wood and Wightwick, and parts of Castlecroft and Finchfield.

The ward is home to Tettenhall College, Smestow Secondary school and a number of Primary schools.