| Election Name: | 2022 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | West Midlands |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 of 60 seats on Walsall Council |
| Majority Seats: | 31 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Mike Bird |
| Seats Before1: | 37 |
| Seats After1: | 38 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Aftab Nawaz |
| Seats Before2: | 19 |
| Seats After2: | 20 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Leader3: | n/a |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | Mike Bird |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| After Election: | Mike Bird |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2022 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Walsall Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 21 of the 60 seats were up for election, with 1 ward (Willenhall South) electing 2 councillors.[1]
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.[2] It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and 2011, before reverting to no overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019.[3] In the 2021 elections, the Conservatives gained 5 seats with 54.1% of the vote, Labour lost 3 with 36.3%, and the Liberal Democrats lost their 2 seats on the council with 2.5%.
The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, the Conservatives gained 5 seats, Labour lost 2, and UKIP lost their 3 seats on the council.[4]
| After 2021 election | Before 2022 election[5] | After 2022 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| 36 | 37 | 38 | ||||||
| 22 | 19 | 20 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Changes:
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.