Wolverhampton City Council election, 2010

Map of the results of the 2010 Wolverhampton council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Wolverhampton City Council were held on 6 May 2010 in Wolverhampton, England. One third of the council was up for election, with the Wednesfield North ward electing two Councillors due to the resignation of a Councillor in January 2010 - the winning candidate will serve a 4-year term of office and the second placed candidate will serve a 1-year term.

The 2010 election saw a full slate of 20 candidates from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. UKIP and the British National Party each fielded 4 candidates and 5 independents also stood. The Green Party had no candidates for the first time in a number of years.

Composition

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

• Labour Party 28
• Conservative Party 26
• Liberal Democrat 5
• Vacant 1

Following the election, the composition of the council is:

• Labour Party 29
• Conservative Party 26
• Liberal Democrat 5

Election result

Wolverhampton Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29	1	0	+1	48.33	40.25	43520
	Conservative	26	0	1	-1	43.33	36.69	39668
	Liberal Democrat	5	0	0		8.33	18.29	19784
	BNP	0	0	0		0	1.75	1900
	Independent	0	0	0		0	1.53	1655
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	1.47	1592

Ward results

Bilston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Simkins	2165
	Conservative	Tom Fellows	1393
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Darke	562
	UKIP	Raymond Hollington	496
Majority			772
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout

Bilston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Page	2262
	Conservative	Marlene Berry	1481
	Liberal Democrat	Frances Heap	663
	BNP	Stewart Gardner	589
Majority			781
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Rowley	3140
	Conservative	Avtar Sidhu	1480
	Liberal Democrat	Javid Kakroo	406
Majority			1660
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Bushbury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Patten	2280
	Labour	Ian Claymore	1938
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jenkins	811
	BNP	Simon Patten	621
Majority			342
Turnout			5713	64
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bushbury South and Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sweet	2339
	Conservative	Nick Thompson	1156
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Lewis	624
Majority			1183
Turnout			4144	47.49
	Labour hold		Swing

East Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Inston	2040
	Conservative	Roger Cartwright	1199
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Friel	914
	BNP	John Painter	391
Majority			841
Turnout			4569	53.33
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Johnson	3071
	Conservative	Sera Aulakh	975
	Liberal Democrat	Rajinder Singh	687
Majority			2096
Turnout			4786	55.81
	Labour hold		Swing

Fallings Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Wayne Evans	2500
	Conservative	Madelaine Wilson	1898
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Birch	751
Majority			602
Turnout			5180	58.70
	Labour hold		Swing

Graiseley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Man Mohan Passi	2440
	Conservative	Nasim Ullah	1270
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Birch	840
	Independent	John Mellor	600
Majority			1170
Turnout			5196	62.95
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Siarzewicz	2122
	Conservative	John Lee	1242
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Gray	675
Majority			880
Turnout			4037	54.17
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Mills	2993
	Labour	Navjit Rana	1823
	Liberal Democrat	Alexandra Lawrence	1135
	Independent	Timothy Broomer	255
Majority			1170
Turnout			6272	68.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Hodgkiss	2155
	Conservative	Neil Macleod	1965
	Liberal Democrat	John Steatham	745
	UKIP	Keith Sinclair	363
Majority			190
Turnout			5085	58.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manohar Minhas	2137
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Webber	1690
	Conservative	Martin Berrington	1423
Majority			447
Turnout			5292	66.91
	Labour hold		Swing

Penn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Patten	3262
	Labour	Martin Waite	2286
	Liberal Democrat	June Hemsley	1244
	UKIP	Barry Hodgson	372
Majority			967
Turnout			7213	73.41
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Gwinnett	2330
	Labour	Valerie Gibson	1542
	Conservative	Ben Mills	1186
Majority			788
Turnout			5087	60.24
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tersaim Singh	1863
	Liberal Democrat	Zahid Shah	1228
	Conservative	Annette Pugh	588
Majority			635
Turnout			3713	55.06
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Findlay	3310
	Labour	David Hartley	1542
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Fellows	1081
	UKIP	Donald Morris	361
	Independent	Keith Sutton	62
Majority			1768
Turnout			6396	70.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Wynne	3829
	Labour	Muhammad Khan	1267
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Fellows	1046
	BNP	David Bradnock	299
	Independent	Anthony Callaghan	121
Majority			2562
Turnout			6606	73.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Clarke	2264
	Labour	Rita Potter	2210
	Conservative	Catherine Bisbey	2108
	Labour	Derek Wollam	1755
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Jenkins	748
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Bamber	720
	Independent	Derek Watts	617
Majority			54
Majority			102
Turnout			5684	65.15
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wednesfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Holdcroft	2366
	Labour	Bhupinder Gakhal	1918
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Williams	884
Majority			448
Turnout			5215	62.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Results Wolverhampton City Council