The 2022 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election is currently taking place as of 5 May 2022 to elect members of

Walsall Council Walsall Council, formerly Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council was created in 1974 to administer the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council was assessed by the Audit Commission in 2008 and judged to ...

. This is on the same day as other local elections. 21 of the 60 seats will be up for election, with 1 ward (Willenhall South) electing 2 councillors.

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Walsall has varied between the Conservatives and

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. Between 1973 and

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, Walsall had been under Labour control from 1973 to 1976, 1980 to 1982, 1988 to 1992, 1995 to 1996, and

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. It was then under Conservative control between 2004 and

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, before reverting to no overall control and being retaken by the Conservatives in 2019. In the

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, 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

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. In that election, the Conservatives gained 5 seats, Labour lost 2, and UKIP lost their 3 seats on the council.

Previous council composition

Changes: * May 2021: Douglas James leaves Labour to sit as an independent * July 2021: Harbans Sarohi (Labour) dies; by-election held in December, but winner unable to take seat * December 2021: Sean Coughlan (Labour) resigns; seat left vacant until 2022 elections

Background

Previous council composition

Results

Results by ward

Aldridge Central and South

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood

Bentley and Darlaston North

Birchills Leamore

Blakenall

Bloxwich East

Bloxwich West

Brownhills

Darlaston South

Paddock

Palfrey

Pelsall

Pheasey Park Farm

Pleck

Rushall-Shelfield

Short Heath

St. Matthews

Streetly

Willenhall North

Willenhall South

References