The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday May 3rd 1990 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.
During the 1990 election the Conservative Party gained Tettenhall Regis from a Liberal candidate.
1990 saw a huge decline in candidates from the rump SDP and Liberal Party, with only 1 from each standing. The Liberal Democrats contested most of the remaining wards. The Labour Party retained its majority and control of the council.
Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:
Following the election the constitution of the Council was:
| Bilston East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | N Davies | 2430 | |||
| Conservative | J Davies | 964 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | A Ramsbottom | 289 | |||
| Majority | 1466 | ||||
| Bilston North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mrs T Bowen | 2861 | |||
| Conservative | B Hooper | 1787 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | R Wedge | 410 | |||
| Majority | 1074 | ||||
| Blakenhall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J Rowley | 2906 | |||
| Conservative | M Norton | 1505 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | M O'Brien | 286 | |||
| Majority | 1401 | ||||
| Bushbury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | G Patten | 2591 | |||
| Labour | P Hamid | 1767 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | I Jenkins | 627 | |||
| Majority | 824 | ||||
| East Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | G Howells | 2726 | |||
| Conservative | M K Bailey | 1108 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | A Whitehouse | 394 | |||
| Majority | 1618 | ||||
| Ettingshall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | J Shelley | 2654 | |||
| Conservative | J Humphreys | 905 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | T Kerr | 264 | |||
| Majority | 1749 | ||||
| Fallings Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mrs J Hill | 2243 | |||
| Conservative | A Murray | 1935 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | S Birch | 286 | |||
| Wolves | G Dawidow | 143 | |||
| Social Democrat | D Fysh | 105 | |||
| Majority | 308 | ||||
| Graiseley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | F Ledsam | 2711 | |||
| Conservative | L Phelps | 1859 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | W M Beard | 330 | |||
| Wolves | N Frisby | 141 | |||
| Majority | 857 | ||||
| Heath Town | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | A Garner | 2262 | |||
| Conservative | A Dawson | 854 | |||
| Liberal | A A C Bourke | 786 | |||
| Majority | 1408 | ||||
| Low Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Bilson | 2859 | |||
| Conservative | A Lort | 1123 | |||
| Majority | 1736 | ||||
| Merry Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | B Clarke | 2981 | |||
| Labour | S Smith | 1587 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | J White | 457 | |||
| Majority | 1394 | ||||
| Oxley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | K Clifford | 2220 | |||
| Conservative | K Pederson | 1941 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | A Jenkins | 340 | |||
| Green | P Yates | 204 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | M Griffiths | 2895 | |||
| Labour | R Garner | 2087 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | B Lewis | 449 | |||
| Green | A Squire | 261 | |||
| Majority | 808 | ||||
| Penn | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J Carpenter | 3374 | |||
| Labour | P Bhutta | 1157 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | C Jones-Williams | 715 | |||
| Majority | 2217 | ||||
| St Peter's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | T Singh | 2948 | |||
| Conservative | A Chathli | 690 | |||
| Green | F Bastin | 355 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | G Ellam | 348 | |||
| Majority | 2258 | ||||
| Spring Vale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Gwinnett | 2331 | |||
| Labour | B Holmes | 2272 | |||
| Conservative | J Lenoir | 1017 | |||
| Majority | 59 | ||||
| Tettenhall Regis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | B Ward | 2535 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | L McLean | 1565 | |||
| Labour | L Turner | 947 | |||
| Green | A Dickinson-Flint | 164 | |||
| Majority | 970 | ||||
| Tettenhall Wightwick | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | R Williams | 3587 | |||
| Labour | F Docherty | 1084 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | M Rowen | 277 | |||
| Green | J Raven | 252 | |||
| Majority | 2503 | ||||
| Wednesfield North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | G Walton | 2476 | |||
| Conservative | G Clark | 1897 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | M A Pearson | 935 | |||
| Majority | 579 | ||||
| Wednesfield South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | R Thompson | 2161 | |||
| Conservative | F Haley | 1940 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | D Iles | 501 | |||
| Majority | 221 | ||||
| Preceded by Wolverhampton Council election, 1988 |
Wolverhampton local elections | Succeeded by Wolverhampton Council election, 1991 |