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2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2026 →
24 of 72 seats to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
37 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Kerrie Carmichael David Fisher
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election 60 seats, 57.8% 12 seats, 28.5% 0 seats, 2.6%
Seats before 59 8 5
Seats won 22 1 1
Seats after 64 5 3
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 3 Decrease 2
Popular vote 36,990 13,815 2,949
Percentage 56.9% 21.3% 4.5%
Swing Decrease 0.9% Decrease 7.2% Increase 1.9%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Kerrie Carmichael
Labour

Leader after election

Kerrie Carmichael
Labour

The 2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council elections was held on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom and the 2024 West Midlands mayoral election.[1] One third of seats on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council were up for election.[2] The council remained under Labour majority control.

Background

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Sandwell is a consistently Labour council, with Labour having held majorities in every election since its creation in 1973, apart from 1978 when the Conservatives gained the council.[3] From 2018 to 2021, Sandwell was one of the few councils to be comprised fully of one party, with Labour in control of all 72 wards.[4] In the previous election in 2023 both Labour and the Conservatives gained two seats each, the councillors on these seats having either switched to the Liberal Democrats or gone independent after the 2022 election.

Both of the parties have lost councillors over the last year. The majority of these have not had the reasons behind publicly revealed. However, it is known that Councillor Jay Anandou left the Conservatives over the rest of his party failing to back his campaign to stop development on the former Brandhall Golf Club.[5] Additionally, two councillors switched from Conservative to Labour, citing a lack of faith in the Conservatives' ability to govern.[6]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[7] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 60 Labour 59 Labour 64
Conservative 12 Conservative 8 Conservative 5
Independent 0 Independent 5 Independent 3

Summary

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Labour increased their majority on the council at the election. The Conservatives lost three seats, including that of their group leader, David Fletcher.[8]

Election result

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2024 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 22 Increase 5 91.7 42 64 88.9 36,990 56.9 –0.9
  Conservative 1 Decrease 3 4.2 4 5 6.9 13,815 21.3 –7.2
  Independent 1 Decrease 2 4.2 2 3 4.2 2,949 4.5 +1.9
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,885 7.5 +5.8
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,578 5.5 +0.9
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,237 3.4 –0.9
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 454 0.7 +0.2
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 71 0.1 N/A
  Yeshua 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 21 <0.1 ±0.0

Ward results

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Abbey

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Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicky Hinchcliff* 2,078 69.0 +2.8
Green Roderick Macrorie 413 13.7 –1.2
Conservative Thomas Blewitt 395 13.1 +1.8
TUSC Justin Macintosh 126 4.2 +0.9
Majority 1,665 55.3 +4.0
Turnout 3,058 36.3 +8.0
Registered electors 8,431
Labour hold Swing Increase2.0

Blackheath

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Blackheath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kerrie Carmichael* 1,180 52.0 +4.2
Conservative Bob Dunn 520 22.9 –15.7
Reform UK Mike Cooper 310 13.7 N/A
Green Aldo Mussi 157 6.9 –0.6
Independent Craig Taylor 102 4.5 N/A
Majority 660 29.1 +19.9
Turnout 2,288 24.9 +5.2
Registered electors 9,183
Labour hold Swing Increase10.0

Bristnall

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Bristnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ellen Fenton* 1,413 58.5 +8.4
Conservative Gemma Barnfield 464 19.2 –7.9
Reform UK Chris Clemson 316 13.1 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Clive Heywood 224 9.3 –1.0
Majority 949 39.3 +16.3
Turnout 2,461 27.5 +4.9
Registered electors 8,941
Labour hold Swing Increase8.2

Charlemont with Grove Vale

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Charlemont with Grove Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dalel Bhamra 1,480 45.6 +6.0
Conservative David Fisher* 1,243 38.3 –10.3
Reform UK Graham Nock 256 7.9 +4.0
Green Jeremy Parker 135 4.2 N/A
UKIP Sam Harding 71 2.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Usha Braich 59 1.8 –3.7
Majority 237 7.3 N/A
Turnout 3,284 35.2 +6.5
Registered electors 9,331
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase8.2

Cradley Heath and Old Hill

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Cradley Heath and Old Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vicki Smith* 1,340 54.3 –3.8
Conservative Leon Barnfield 506 20.5 –3.5
Reform UK Ballie Singh 267 10.8 N/A
Green Paul Connor 211 8.6 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Bradley 123 5.0 –3.9
TUSC Cammilla Mngaza 19 0.8 N/A
Majority 834 33.8 –0.3
Turnout 2,495 23.7 +4.2
Registered electors 10,517
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.2

Friar Park

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Friar Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Giles 1,013 51.7 –3.5
Conservative Scott Chapman* 626 32.0 –2.8
Reform UK Steve Khuttan 204 10.4 +5.7
Green Kevin Priest 50 2.6 –0.6
Liberal Democrats Richard McVittie 44 2.2 N/A
Yeshua Colin Rankine 21 1.1 –0.5
Majority 387 19.7 –0.8
Turnout 1,970 22.5 +5.2
Registered electors 8,756
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease0.4

Great Barr with Yew Tree

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Great Barr with Yew Tree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Connor Horton 1,507 49.7 –0.9
Conservative Adrian Jones 752 24.8 –7.6
Reform UK Margaret Sutton 292 9.6 +4.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Smith 262 8.6 –3.3
Green Shareen Khan 219 7.2 N/A
Majority 755 24.9 +6.7
Turnout 3,064 31.6 +5.5
Registered electors 9,702
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase3.4

Great Bridge

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Great Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Will Gill* 1,278 46.7 +2.2
Labour Khurshid Haque 1,035 37.8 –12.7
Reform UK Pete Durnell 253 9.2 N/A
Green Awais Qaisar 173 6.3 +1.9
Majority 243 8.9 N/A
Turnout 2,761 28.3 +6.9
Registered electors 9,762
Conservative hold Swing Increase7.5

Greets Green and Lyng

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Greets Green and Lyng
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Pam Randhawa* 1,926 67.2 –6.4
Conservative Paul Green 422 14.7 –5.2
Green Gill Darby 295 10.3 +4.3
Reform UK Ray Nock 225 7.8 N/A
Majority 1,504 52.5 –1.2
Turnout 2,960 30.8 +9.0
Registered electors 9,604
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease0.6

Hateley Heath

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Hateley Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Amardeep Singh 1,713 66.9 –3.5
Conservative Jason Glover 439 17.1 –4.5
Reform UK Jackie Nock 283 11.1 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Roebuck 125 4.9 N/A
Majority 1,274 49.8 +1.0
Turnout 2,604 25.0 +5.2
Registered electors 10,400
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase0.5

Langley

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Langley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Owen* 1,523 65.9 +7.2
Conservative Gillian Coleyshaw 475 20.6 –12.4
Reform UK Ian Plant 312 13.5 N/A
Majority 1,048 45.3 +19.5
Turnout 2,354 24.7 +4.6
Registered electors 9,529
Labour hold Swing Increase9.8

Newton

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Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Giles 1,502 57.7 +10.6
Conservative Ravi Sangar 552 21.2 –11.2
Reform UK Geoffrey Sutton 216 8.3 N/A
Green Hannah Valenzuela 181 6.9 –6.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Braich 154 5.9 –1.0
Majority 950 36.5 +21.8
Turnout 2,644 30.6 +6.0
Registered electors 8,647
Labour hold Swing Increase10.9

Old Warley

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Old Warley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Luke Cotterill 1,412 51.4 +9.6
Conservative Jeffrey Regha 619 22.6 –14.4
Reform UK Karl Leech 290 10.6 +7.7
Green Hilary Grandey 249 9.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Bob Smith 175 6.4 –11.4
Majority 793 28.8 +24.0
Turnout 2,766 30.4 +0.9
Registered electors 9,099
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase12.0

Oldbury

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Oldbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Rizwan Jalil* 1,714 58.5 +1.0
Conservative Robert Yardley 521 17.8 –17.4
Liberal Democrats Wikas Khan 399 13.6 N/A
Green Mark Holdroyd 200 6.8 +2.8
TUSC Richard Gingell 95 3.2 +0.2
Majority 1,193 40.7 +18.4
Turnout 2,995 28.8 +3.1
Registered electors 10,414
Labour hold Swing Increase9.2

Princes End

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Princes End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Archer Williams* 942 46.7 +2.9
Conservative Kelly Cranston 755 37.4 –10.4
Reform UK Gary Dale 268 13.3 +7.9
Green Joe Loudon 53 2.6 –0.5
Majority 187 13.3 N/A
Turnout 2,038 22.0 +3.0
Registered electors 9,255
Labour hold Swing Increase6.7

Rowley

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Rowley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sohail Iqbal 1,080 46.9 –2.2
Conservative Satpal Singh 471 20.4 –12.4
Reform UK Chris Fanthom 351 15.2 N/A
Independent Laured Kalari* 265 11.5 N/A
Green Saskia Ebanks 138 6.0 +1.3
Majority 609 26.5 +10.2
Turnout 2,327 23.8 +3.9
Registered electors 9,759
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase5.1

Smethwick

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Smethwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Parbinder Kaur* 2,024 68.2 –7.9
Conservative Stephen Emms 443 14.9 +0.6
Green Gita Joshi 340 11.5 +2.8
TUSC Ravaldeep Bath 159 5.4 N/A
Majority 1,581 53.3 –8.5
Turnout 3,043 31.1 +9.7
Registered electors 9,797
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.3

Soho and Victoria

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Soho and Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Farut Shaeen 2,207 70.1 –9.9
Green Jeremy Rendell 435 13.8 +5.3
Conservative Parminder Dhesi 336 10.7 –0.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Wilmot 169 5.4 N/A
Majority 1,772 56.3 –12.8
Turnout 3,234 29.2 +7.3
Registered electors 11,066
Labour hold Swing Decrease7.6

St. Paul's

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St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sukhbir Singh Gill* 2,928 84.0 +5.9
Conservative Patricia Emms 557 16.0 +1.4
Majority 2,371 68.0 +4.6
Turnout 3,774 35.2 +8.1
Registered electors 10,712
Labour hold Swing Increase2.3

Tipton Green

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Tipton Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Jeffcoat 1,630 51.2 +9.0
Labour Charn Padda* 1,226 38.5 –12.3
Conservative Aaron Emms 328 10.3 +3.5
Majority 404 12.7 N/A
Turnout 3,233 30.6 +3.4
Registered electors 10,559
Independent gain from Labour Swing Increase10.7

Tividale

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Tividale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria Crompton* 1,295 59.2 +9.9
Conservative Neil Griffiths 502 23.0 –18.0
Reform UK Steve Dabbs 264 12.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Palwinder Singh 125 5.7 N/A
Majority 793 36.2 +27.9
Turnout 2,207 24.0 +3.6
Registered electors 9,183
Labour hold Swing Increase14.0

Wednesbury North

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Wednesbury North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Peter Hughes 1,042 41.6 –15.0
Conservative Steve Simcox 517 20.7 –9.9
Independent Abdul Husen 513 20.5 N/A
Reform UK Jayne Heathcote 259 10.4 +5.8
Green Mark Redding 106 4.2 –2.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Jones 49 2.0 N/A
TUSC Gareth Knox 16 0.6 –0.7
Majority 525 20.9 –5.1
Turnout 2,531 27.4 +6.8
Registered electors 9,236
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.6

Wednesbury South

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Wednesbury South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Chidley 1,603 59.8 +1.2
Conservative Connor Marshall 636 23.7 –9.4
Reform UK Jack Sabharwal 258 9.6 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Manjit Lall 143 5.3 +1.2
TUSC U'Sema Makaya 39 1.5 +0.5
Majority 967 36.1 +10.5
Turnout 2,717 26.3 +3.5
Registered electors 10,319
Labour hold Swing Increase5.3

West Bromwich Central

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West Bromwich Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Farzana Haq 1,807 53.6 –17.4
Conservative Rafiullah Mohammadzai 458 13.6 –11.4
Independent Mohammed Rohim 439 13.0 N/A
Reform UK Robert White 261 7.7 N/A
Green Sarah Deans 223 6.6 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Daljit Kaur Nagra 186 5.5 +1.0
Majority 1,349 40.0 –6.0
Turnout 3,453 33.1 +8.4
Registered electors 10,434
Labour hold Swing Decrease3.0

References

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  1. ^ "Local elections 2024: Mayor of the West Midlands". Institute for Government. 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  2. ^ Bustin, Claire. "Information about the 2024 elections in Sandwell". Sandwell Council. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  3. ^ "Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. ^ Brassington, Jamie (7 May 2021). "Conservative local election success means Sandwell Council has an opposition again". Express and Star. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. ^ Smith, Adam (20 January 2024). "Conservative Party sacks Sandwell Federation chairman after row over leader's 'suspension'". Express and Star. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  6. ^ Thomas, Emma (23 January 2024). "Sandwell councillor 'lost trust' in Conservatives". BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Councillors by Party". sandwell.gov. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ^ Stubbings, David (3 May 2024). "Sandwell Council election results in full as Labour tighten grip and claim big Tory scalp". Express and Star. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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