Wolverhampton City Council elections

One third of Wolverhampton City Council in the West Midlands, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Except 1973 when all councillors were up, and 2004 when boundary changes forced another all out. Since the 2004 boundary changes 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973–1978
No overall control	1978–1980
Labour	1980–1987
No overall control	1987–1988
Labour	1988–1992
No overall control	1992–1994
Labour	1994–2008
No overall control	2008–2011
Labour	2011 – present

Council elections

Borough result maps

2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map

By-election results

1990–1999

Heath Town By-Election 17 October 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greg Brackenridge	1,172	63.8
	Liberal Democrat		437	23.8
	Conservative	Peter O'Connell	227	12.4
Majority			735	40.0
Turnout			1,836	22.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall By-Election 10 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Smith	949	72.9	-5.1
	Conservative	Simon Jevon	223	17.1	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat		130	10.0	+4.3
Majority			726	55.8
Turnout			1,302	16.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hart	1,395	51.7	+3.6
	Labour		1,003	37.2	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat		298	11.1	+1.6
Majority			392	14.5
Turnout			2,696
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Fallings Park By-Election 10 June 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		941	46.9	-2.9
	Conservative		841	41.9	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat		225	11.2	+11.2
Majority			100	5.0
Turnout			2,007
	Labour hold		Swing

2000–2009

Tettenhall Regis By-Election 13 March 2003^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Yardley	1,279	62.5	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jenkins	431	21.0	+7.3
	Labour	Michael Stafford	338	16.5	-7.4
Majority			848	41.5
Turnout			2,048	22.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North By-Election 23 October 2008^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Clarke	1,295	45.3	+0.1
	Labour	David Jones	1,072	37.5	+3.0
	BNP	Dennis Organ	337	11.8	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jenkins	156	5.5	+0.5
Majority			223	7.8
Turnout			2,860	31.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield South By-Election 23 October 2008^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Dobb	1,123	45.2	-16.1
	Labour	Mike Hardacre	867	34.9	+8.0
	BNP	David Bradnock	358	14.4	+14.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Steatham	134	5.4	-1.4
Majority			256	10.3
Turnout			2,482	28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heath Town By-Election 5 February 2009^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Milkinderpal Jaspal	621	49.1	+3.1
	Conservative	Madeleine Wilson	497	39.3	-14.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Birch	147	11.6	+11.6
Majority			124	9.8
Turnout			1,265	17.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall By-Election 26 March 2009^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Samuels	1,274	58.8	+0.3
	Conservative	Arun Photay	449	20.7	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Kerrigan	366	16.9	-0.1
	Independent	Jaswinder Tinsa	77	3.6	+3.6
Majority			825	38.1
Turnout			2,166	25.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2010–2019

Bilston North By-Election 29 July 2010^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Leach	1292
	Conservative	Marlene Berry	460
	BNP	Stewart Gardner	131
	UKIP	Barry Hodgson	55
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Friel	52
Majority			832
Turnout			1993	22.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Graiseley By-Election 15 September 2011^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Sweetman	1527	64.7	+0.2
	Conservative	John Mellor	591	25.0	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Birch	177	7.5	+2.1
	UKIP	Don Cooper	65	2.8	+2.8
Majority			936	39.7
Turnout			2369	28.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

References

↑ "Political structure". Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
↑ "Tettenhall Regis Ward By-Election Results – 13 March 2003". Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
1 2 "Tories hold 'scandal' seats". Birmingham Mail. 24 October 2008. p. 3. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "By Election Results – 23 October 2008". Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
↑ "Results – Heath Town by-election". Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
↑ "Results – Ettingshall by-election, March 26, 2009". Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
↑ "Bilston North by-election, July 29, 2010". Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
↑ "Graiseley by-election, September 15, 2011". Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

External links

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