| Election Name: | 2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | West Midlands |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 of 60 seats on Walsall Council |
| Majority Seats: | 31 |
| Election Date: | 6 May 2021 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Mike Bird |
| Seats Before1: | 36 |
| Seats After1: | 36 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Aftab Nawaz |
| Seats Before2: | 25 |
| Seats After2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Leader3: | n/a |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader4: | n/a |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 0 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
The 2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Walsall Council in England. This was on the same day as the 2021 elections for the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, and the 2021 West Midlands mayoral election.[1] These elections had been delayed from May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[2]
One-third of the seats were up for election, with one ward (Pelsall) electing three councillors.[3] [4]
Since its creation in 1974, Walsall has varied between the Conservatives and Labour. Between 1973 and 2004, Walsall had been under Labour control from 1973 to 1976, 1980 to 1982, 1988 to 1992, 1995 to 1996, and 1999 to 2000.[5] It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and 2011, before reverting to no overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019.[6] In the 2019 elections, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 41% of the vote, Labour lost 2 with 38%, and the UKIP received 10.5% of the vote. Despite Conservative losses across the UK, the Conservative Party gained control of this council.
The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2016. In that election, the Labour Party gained 1 seat, with 43.2% of the vote, the Conservatives received 36.6%, and UKIP received 11.7%. This election was held prior to the 2016 EU Referendum.
Three seats available.