| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Country: | West Midlands |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Previous Election: | 2023 City of Wolverhampton Council election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Next Election: | 2026 City of Wolverhampton Council election |
| Seats For Election: | 20 out of 60 seats to City of Wolverhampton Council |
| Majority Seats: | 31 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Stephen Simkins |
| Leaders Seat1: | Bilston South |
| Seats Before1: | 46 |
| Seats1: | 16 |
| Seats After1: | 47 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | Wendy Thompson |
| Leaders Seat2: | Tettenhall |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 1 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Stephen Simkins |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Stephen Simkins |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2024 City of Wolverhampton Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 60 members of City of Wolverhampton Council in the West Midlands were elected.
Wolverhampton is a strong Labour council. The party have controlled the council for most of its history, only failing to win a majority in 1987, 1992, 2008, and 2010.[1] The 2023 election was for the entire council on new ward boundaries.[2] In that election, Labour won 47 seats with 57.2% of the vote, and the Conservatives won 13 with 37.0%.
The 2024 election was for seats held by councillors who were elected with the smallest number of votes.[3] Labour defended 15 seats and the Conservatives defended 5.[4]
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[5] | After 2024 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| 47 | 46 | 47 | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Labour increased their majority on the council, gaining a seat from the Conservatives.[9]
An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.