Election Name: | 2016 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | West Midlands |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2015 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Next Election: | 2018 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | 25 out of 72 seats to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 37 |
Leader1: | Patrick Harley |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 24 seats, 56.9% |
Seats Before1: | 24 |
Seats1: | 14 |
Popular Vote1: | 36,015 |
Percentage1: | 48.6% |
Swing1: | 8.3% |
Leader2: | Qadar Zada |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 24 seats, 33.5% |
Seats Before2: | 23 |
Seats2: | 12 |
Seats After2: | 26 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 31,452 |
Percentage2: | 42.4% |
Swing2: | 8.9% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Party: | No overall control |
The 2016 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect a third of the members of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The table below shows a summary of the make-up of the City Council before the 5 May 2016 elections.[2]
Party | Number of seats Previous | Number of seats After | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 24 | 29 | |
Labour | 38 | 35 | |
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | |
Green Party | 1 | 0 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | |
UKIP | 7 | 8 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 72 | 72 |
*Incumbent Candidate