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2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

October 28, 2023

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Abbey edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ^ Brassington, Jamie (7 May 2021). "Conservative local election success means Sandwell Council has an opposition again". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Councillors by Party". sandwell.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ Storer, Rhi (18 November 2021). "Rajbir Singh steps down as Sandwell councillor". Halesowen News. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  6. ^ Storer, Rhi (20 January 2022). "Sandwell Conservative councillor defects to Labour". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  7. ^ Madeley, Peter (5 April 2022). "More chaos in Sandwell as Labour cabinet member quits party to stand for Tories". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Councillors by Party: Sandwell Together party | Sandwell Council". www.sandwell.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Statement of Persons Nominated". Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 16 April 2022.

October 28, 2023
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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 Contents 1 Background 2 Previous council composition 3 Results 4 Results by ward 4 1 Abbey 4 2 Blackheath 4 3 Bristnall 4 4 Charlemont with Grove Vale 4 5 Cradley Heath and Old Hill 4 6 Friar Park 4 7 Great Barr with Yew Tree 4 8 Great Bridge 4 9 Greets Green and Lyng 4 10 Hateley Heath 4 11 Langley 4 12 Newton 4 13 Old Warley 4 14 Oldbury 4 15 Princes End 4 16 Rowley 4 17 Smethwick 4 18 Soho and Victoria 4 19 St Paul s 4 20 Tipton Green 4 21 Tividale 4 22 Wednesbury North 4 23 Wednesbury South 4 24 West Bromwich Central 5 ReferencesBackground editSandwell 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 editAfter 2021 election Before 2022 election 4 Party Seats Party SeatsLabour 58 Labour 59Conservative 9 Conservative 9Independent 4 Independent 1Sandwell Together 0 Sandwell Together 2Changes 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 edit2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council electionParty This election Full council This electionSeats Net Seats Other Total Total Votes Votes Labour 21 nbsp 3 87 5 40 61 84 7 34 847 57 5 4 4 Conservative 3 nbsp 3 12 5 6 9 13 9 20 881 34 4 2 2 Independent 0 nbsp 0 0 2 2 1 4 2 137 3 5 N A Liberal Democrats 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 146 3 5 1 0 TUSC 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 302 0 5 0 2 Reform UK 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 0 3 0 6 For Britain 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 1 0 0 Yeshua 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 1 0 0Results by ward editAn asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor Abbey edit Abbey 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bob Piper 2 328 84 6 16 2Conservative Mona Khurana 424 15 4 0 4Majority 1 904 69 2 nbsp 16 5Turnout 2 809 33 13 nbsp 3 83Labour hold SwingBlackheath edit Blackheath 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Danny Millard 1 053 51 6 5 1Conservative Greg Allman 986 48 4 5 1Majority 67 3 2 nbsp 10 2Turnout 2 053 22 26 nbsp 4 5Labour hold SwingBristnall edit Bristnall 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Amolak Dhariwal 1 203 49 5 2 3Conservative Fajli Bibi 938 38 6 0 5Reform UK Peter Durnell 150 6 2 N ALiberal Democrats Manjit Lall 139 5 7 1 5Majority 265 10 9 nbsp 2 8Turnout 2 445 26 72 nbsp 2 2Labour hold SwingCharlemont with Grove Vale edit Charlemont with Grove Vale 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Les Trumpeter 1 449 51 1 2 9Labour Jennifer Hemmingway 1 099 38 7 0 7Liberal Democrats Sadie Smith 163 5 7 3 0For Britain Sam Harding 74 2 6 0 5Reform UK Graham Nock 53 1 9 0 1Majority 350 12 4 nbsp 3 6Turnout 2 851 30 19 nbsp 5 7Conservative gain from Labour SwingCradley Heath and Old Hill edit Cradley Heath and Old Hill 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Julie Webb 1 324 58 0 9 8Conservative Fahmida Yasmin 680 29 8 16 0Liberal Democrats Nicholas Bradley 220 9 6 N ATUSC Cammilla Mngaza 60 2 6 1 0Majority 644 28 2 nbsp 25 8Turnout 2 306 21 96 nbsp 3 0Labour hold SwingFriar Park edit Friar Park 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Simon Hackett 1 094 55 9 17 1Conservative Ryan Trumpeter 825 42 2 9 4Yeshua Colin Rankine 38 1 9 0 0Majority 269 13 7 n aTurnout 1 958 21 98 nbsp 0 2Labour hold SwingGreat Barr with Yew Tree edit Great Barr with Yew Tree 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Steve Melia 1 335 47 1 10 5Conservative Connor Jones 1 169 41 2 6 1Liberal Democrats Mark Smith 331 11 7 3 3Majority 166 5 9 n aTurnout 2 845 28 58 nbsp 3 6Labour hold SwingGreat Bridge edit Great Bridge 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Soyfur Rahman 1 123 51 3 4 4Conservative Craig Adams 1 067 48 7 1 0Majority 56 2 6 n aTurnout 2 208 22 4 nbsp 1 1Labour hold SwingGreets Green and Lyng edit Greets Green and Lyng 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Giles 1 676 63 2 6 4Conservative Iqbal Padda 974 36 8 9 1Majority 1 002 26 4 nbsp 2 7Turnout 2 668 28 08 nbsp 3 5Labour gain from Conservative SwingHateley Heath edit Hateley Heath 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Paul Moore 1 550 62 0 11 7Conservative Yesmeen Singh 951 38 0 5 6Majority 599 24 0 nbsp 17 3Turnout 2 529 24 55 nbsp 4 0Labour hold SwingLangley edit Langley 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bill Gavan 1 113 51 8 4 6Conservative Sharon Davies 788 36 7 8 3Liberal Democrats Clive Heywood 248 11 5 N AMajority 325 15 1 nbsp 3 7Turnout 2 161 22 47 nbsp 3 1Labour hold SwingNewton edit Newton 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Keith Allcock 1 500 58 5 17 3Conservative Mujakkir Ahmed 782 30 5 4 9Liberal Democrats Amanda Jenkins 284 11 1 5 6Majority 718 28 0 nbsp 22 2Turnout 2 590 29 35 nbsp 4 6Labour hold SwingOld Warley edit Old Warley 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Harnoor Bhullar 1 372 48 8 11 5Conservative Mo Sakhi 1 100 39 1 11 1Liberal Democrats Bob Smith 342 12 2 4 5Majority 272 9 7Turnout 2 834 30 55 nbsp 2 5Labour hold SwingOldbury edit Oldbury 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Nagi Singh 1 579 59 1 4 9Conservative Abdul Qayyum 924 34 6 3 5TUSC Richard Gingell 167 6 3 1 5Majority 655 24 5 nbsp 8 4Turnout 2 686 26 09 nbsp 5 5Labour hold SwingPrinces End edit Princes End 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Wilkes 856 50 9 2 2Labour Jenny Chidley 825 49 1 17 5Majority 31 1 8 nbsp 15 3Turnout 1 694 17 91 nbsp 1 9Conservative gain from Labour SwingRowley edit Rowley 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Claire Mayo 1 070 50 8 5 4Conservative Wendy Steed 1 038 49 2 5 4Majority 32 1 6Turnout 2 138 21 83 nbsp 3 6Labour gain from Conservative SwingSmethwick edit Smethwick 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Ashley Lewis 1 968 72 9 3 9Conservative Satinder Dunn 731 27 1 8 4Majority 1 237 45 8 nbsp 5 5Turnout 2 721 27 58 nbsp 3 2Labour hold SwingSoho and Victoria edit Soho and Victoria 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Mohammed Uddin 1 781 53 7 16 4Independent Mohammad Rouf 970 29 3 N AConservative Jasbir Ranie 349 10 5 2 2Liberal Democrats Daisy Shone 214 6 5 0 7Majority 811 24 4 nbsp 43 0Turnout 3 353 30 55 nbsp 1 9Labour gain from Independent SwingSt Paul s edit St Paul s 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Aqeela Choudhry 2 863 83 0 1 5Conservative Imran Qureshi 382 11 1 3 4Liberal Democrats Keith Wilmot 205 5 9 1 9Majority 2 481 71 9 nbsp 4 9Turnout 3 470 32 94 nbsp 4 5Labour hold SwingTipton Green edit Tipton Green 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Abid Hussain 1 319 44 5 1 3Independent Richard Jeffcoat 1 167 39 4 5 7Conservative Steve Emms 476 16 1 4 4Majority 149 5 1 nbsp 7 0Turnout 2 970 27 53 nbsp 0 1Labour hold SwingTividale edit Tividale 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Amrita Dunn 1 094 51 1 4 1Labour Robert Hevican 1 046 48 9 4 1Majority 48 2 2 nbsp 7 4Turnout 2 149 23 25 nbsp 3 5Conservative hold SwingWednesbury North edit Wednesbury North 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Luke Giles 1 233 53 3 2 2Conservative Marc Lucock 1 005 43 5 0 5TUSC Gareth Knox 75 3 2 1 9Majority 228 9 8 nbsp 1 6Turnout 2 331 25 1 nbsp 1 5Labour hold SwingWednesbury South edit Wednesbury South 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Ian Chambers 1 409 57 6 21 9Conservative Vijay Gaddu 1 036 42 4 6 7Majority 373 15 2Turnout 2 464 23 87 nbsp 7 0Labour hold SwingWest Bromwich Central edit West Bromwich Central 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour Liam Preece 1 984 69 8 12 8Conservative Aran Duggal 857 30 2 3 3Majority 1 127 39 6 nbsp 16 2Turnout 2 863 27 86 nbsp 4 4Labour hold SwingReferences edit Election timetable in England GOV UK Retrieved 9 April 2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973 2012 PDF Elections Centre Retrieved 16 April 2022 Brassington Jamie 7 May 2021 Conservative local election success means Sandwell Council has an opposition again Express and Star Retrieved 16 April 2022 Councillors by Party sandwell gov Retrieved 14 April 2022 Storer Rhi 18 November 2021 Rajbir Singh steps down as Sandwell councillor Halesowen News Retrieved 16 April 2022 Storer Rhi 20 January 2022 Sandwell Conservative councillor defects to Labour BirminghamLive Retrieved 16 April 2022 Madeley Peter 5 April 2022 More chaos in Sandwell as Labour cabinet member quits party to stand for Tories Express and Star Retrieved 16 April 2022 Councillors by Party Sandwell Together party Sandwell Council www sandwell gov uk Retrieved 16 April 2022 a 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