Sandwell Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the

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Sandwell Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. According to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, t ...

in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 72 councillors have been elected from 24

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Political control

The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1997 have been:

Council elections

* 1998 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election *

1999 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 1999 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in ...

* 2000 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2002 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2003 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2004 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election (whole council elected after boundary changes) * 2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election *

2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2007 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed ...

* 2008 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2010 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election *

2011 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2011 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and t ...

2012 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2012 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. In ...

* 2014 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2015 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election *

2016 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2016 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Ward Results St Paul's Ward ...

2018 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2018 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other 2018 United Kingdom local elections, local elections. Res ...

2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Results summary Ward result ...

2021 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2021 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It coincided with other local elections across the United Kingdom. One-third of the seat ...

2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2022 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election is currently taking place as of 5 May 2022 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 24 of the 72 seats will be up for elec ...

Borough result maps

File:Sandwell UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map File:Sandwell 2006 election map.png, 2006 results map File:Sandwell 2007 election map.png, 2007 results map File:Sandwell 2008 election map.png, 2008 results map File:Sandwell UK local election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map File:Sandwell UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:Sandwell UK local election 2018 map.svg, 2018 results map File:Sandwell UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

2001-2005

2005-2009

2009-2013

2014-present

References

By-election results

External links

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England Politics of Sandwell Council elections in the West Midlands (county) Metropolitan borough council elections in England