Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1992

Elections to Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1992. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party led the Council in coalition with the Liberal Democrats until the next round of elections in 1994.

Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Wolverhampton Local Election Result 1992
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29	0	6	-6	48.33
	Conservative	28	6	0	+6	46.67
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	0	0	5

Ward results

Bilston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John E Collingswood	1078
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs A E Ramsbottom	849
	Conservative	Mrs V Robinson	590
Majority			229
	Labour hold		Swing

Bilston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter O'Connell	1866
	Labour	Cornelius Dougherty	1651
	Liberal Democrat	P E Lloyd	212
Majority			215
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Blakenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Jones	1950
	Conservative	Mrs Jean E Shore	1388
	Liberal Democrat	T E Kerr	196
Majority			562
	Labour hold		Swing

Bushbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Brueton	2734
	Labour	Mrs P Wesley	1097
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs C A Jenkins	194
Majority			1637
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Pat Byrne	1796
	Conservative	Mrs J Louder	1065
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs L Gwinnett	264
Majority			731
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Johnson	1515
	Conservative	Robert Green	817
	Liberal Democrat	T C Heaton	181
Majority			698
	Labour hold		Swing

Fallings Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Margaret Findlay	2306
	Labour	I C Grainger	1504
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne M Beard	221
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
Majority			802

Graiseley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Mark Simpson	2415
	Labour	Mrs Judith Rowley	2333
	Liberal Democrat	S J Birch	194
Majority			82
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Heath Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R N Harding	1374
	Conservative	Sham Dev Sharma	916
	Liberal	Colin Hallmark	587
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs M M O'Brien	80
Majority			485
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J McCallum	1580
	Conservative	Mrs Jean Lenoir	1124
	Liberal Democrat	D E Iles	182
Majority			456
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Christine Mills	3049
	Labour	C F Matthews	984
	Liberal Democrat	J N M White	315
Majority			2065
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Patricia Patten	2314
	Labour	J Clifford	1515
	Liberal Democrat	I C Jenkins	228
Majority			799
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Swatman	2900
	Labour	M R Swain	1639
	Liberal Democrat	A Parker	393
Majority			1261
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hart	3322
	Labour	A J Romaya	748
	Liberal Democrat	S M Jones-Williams	407
Majority			2574
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Whitehouse	2486
	Labour	M D Thomas	1213
	Conservative	Miss M Bradley	712
Majority			1273
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Surjan Singh Duhra	1913
	Conservative	Matthew A Norton	974
	Liberal Democrat	R Gray	352
Majority			939
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Doreen Seiboth	2770
	Liberal Democrat	B H Lewis	1075
	Labour	Miss Helen King	506
Majority			1695
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Wendy Thompson	3520
	Labour	Mrs Caroline Siarkiewicz	653
	Liberal Democrat	Miss T J O'Brien	267
Majority			2867
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dawson	2166
	Labour	Philip Bateman	1857
	Liberal	M A Pearson	397
Majority			309
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wednesfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Trina Brindley	2385
	Labour	Mrs T Walton	1503
	Liberal Democrat	J J Steatham	185
Majority			882
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Council elections in the West Midlands

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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2015

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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Wolverhampton City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

West Midlands County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(1991 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1992 (→ 1993)

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See also: UK General election

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