2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election explained
The 2022 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.[1]
Background
Since its first election in 1973, Wolverhampton Council has been a Labour council, aside from a brief period from to 1978 to 1979 when the party was overtaken by the Conservatives. Labour has controlled the council for its entire existence apart from brief periods of no overall control (1978 to 1980, 1987 to 1988, 1992 to 1994, and 2008 to 2011).[2] In the 2021 election, Labour lost 5 seats with 47.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 43.0%.
The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 2 seats with 58.04% of the vote, the Conservatives lost 1 with 33.69%, and UKIP lost representation on the council with 0.93%.[3]
Council composition
| After 2021 election | Before 2022 election[4] | After 2022 election[5] |
|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats |
|---|
| 44 | | 44 | | 44 |
| 15 | | 16 | | 16 |
| 1 | | 0 | | 0 | |
Changes:
- June 2021: Gurmukh Singh joins Conservatives from Labour[6]
- December 2021: Harman Banger (independent after losing Labour whip) resigns after being found guilty of fraud[7]
- April 2022: Lovinyer Daley wins by-election for Labour from independent[8]
Results by ward
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.
Wednesfield South
Notes and References
- Web site: Election timetable in England . GOV.UK . 9 April 2022 . en.
- Web site: Wolverhampton City Council Election Results 1973-2012 . Elections Centre . 14 April 2022.
- Web site: Election results by party, 3 May 2018 . Wolverhampton.gov . 14 April 2022 . en-gb . 3 May 2018.
- Web site: Your Councillors by Party . wolverhampton.gov . 14 April 2022 . en .
- News: Wolverhampton result - Local Elections 2022 . . 21 May 2022.
- News: Parkes . Thomas . Wolverhampton councillor defects from Labour to Conservatives . 14 April 2022 . Express and Star . 14 June 2021 . en.
- News: Smith . Adam . Disgraced former councillor guilty of fraud to stay free until October after lodging appeal . 14 April 2022 . Express and Star . 20 January 2022 . en.
- Web site: Local Elections Archive Project — East Park Ward . www.andrewteale.me.uk . 14 April 2022.
