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2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election

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All 60 seats to City of Wolverhampton Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Ian Brookfield Wendy Thompson Party Labour Conservative Last election 44 seats, 57.3% 16 seats, 34.8% Seats won 47 13 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 74,536 48,250 Percentage 57.2% 37.0% Swing 0.1% 2.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Leader before election Ian Brookfield Labour Leader after election Ian Brookfield Labour

The 2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 4 May 2023, alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Due to changes in the boundaries of the wards, all 60 seats on the City of Wolverhampton Council, were up for election. All twenty wards elected three councillors. Labour increased its majority on the council.

Background

In 2023, The Local Government Boundary Commission for England created the Wolverhampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2023, abolishing all 20 wards of the city council and replaced them with wards that have newly drawn boundaries. The number of wards and councillors remains the same as the previous election. The next election will be in 2024, with a third of the council (20 Seats) up for election of which are those candidates who finished 3rd at this poll.

Pre-Election Composition

Summary

Election result

2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	60	47	3	0	3	78.3	57.2	74,536	–0.1
	Conservative	60	13	0	3	3	21.7	37.0	48,250	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	18	0	0	0		0.0	3.3	4,273	–1.9
	Green	9	0	0	0		0.0	2.1	2,759	–0.4
	Independent	3	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	324	N/A
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	164	N/A
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	89	–0.2

Ward results

The following is a list of candidates by council ward.

Sitting Councillors of whom sought re-election, are marked with an asterisk (*).

Bilston North

Bilston South

Blakenhall

Bushbury North

Bushbury South and Low Hill

East Park

Ettingshall North

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale

Fallings Park

Graiseley

Heath Town

Merry Hill

Oxley

Park

Penn

St. Peter's

Tettenhall Regis

Tettenhall Wightwick

Wednesfield North

Wednesfield South

By-elections

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Bushbury South and Low Hill: 28 September 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brookfield	686	59.2	–5.4
	Conservative	Rob Williams	256	22.1	–0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jenkins	139	12.0	–0.8
	Green	Mohammed Naseem	78	6.7	N/A
Majority			430	37.1
Turnout			1,169
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

References

1. "Polling District Review Consultation - City of Wolverhampton Council - Citizen Space". consultation.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
2. ^ Sweeney, Joe (5 January 2023). "Wolverhampton prepares for all-out May elections". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
3. "Council Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
4. "Elections - WVInsight". insight.wolverhampton.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
5. Sweeney, Joe (5 May 2023). "Local election results 2023 for Wolverhampton as Labour get big majority". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
6. "Wolverhampton election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
7. LGBCE. "Wolverhampton | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
8. Sweeney, Joe (14 April 2023). "Full list of Wolverhampton's May 2023 election candidates". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
9. "Wolverhampton local election". whocanivotefor.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
10. Madeley, Peter (6 April 2023). "Wolverhampton Council elections: Full list of candidates standing in this year's poll". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

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