City of Wolverhampton Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time.

City of Wolverhampton Council City of Wolverhampton Council is the governing body of the city of Wolverhampton, England. It was previously known as Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council (WMBC) prior to the award of city status in 2000, and also as Wolverhampton City Co ...

is the local authority for the

metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan ...

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...

in the

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. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 60

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s have been elected from 20

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Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Wolverhampton was a

county borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent ter ...

, independent of any county council. Under the

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it had its territory enlarged and became a

, with

West Midlands County Council West Midlands County Council (WMCC) was, from 1974 to 1986, the upper-tier administrative body for the West Midlands county, a metropolitan county in England. History The WMCC existed for a total of twelve years. It was established on 1 April 19 ...

providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Midlands County Council was abolished in 1986 and Wolverhampton became a

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. Wolverhampton was awarded city status on 31 January 2001. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties: Wolverhampton council seats

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1974 have been:

Council elections

* 1973 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election *

1975 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election The 1975 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 1 May 1975. The Labour Party retained control of the Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council. The 1975 elections were the first "one third" elections since Wolverhamp ...

* 1976 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1978 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1979 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election *

1980 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council elections in 1980 were held on Thursday 1 May. Following the elections the Labour Party had overall control of the council. The composition of the council prior to the election was: *Labour 28 *Conserv ...

2007 Wolverhampton City Council election Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 3 May 2007 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Composition Prior to the electi ...

2008 Wolverhampton City Council election Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 1 May 2008 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour group lost overall control after losing eight seats across the City. Turnout across the City w ...

Borough result maps

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

By-election results

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

2020–onwards

References

Wolverhampton election results

External links

City of Wolverhampton Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England Elections in Wolverhampton Council elections in the West Midlands (county)