Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1990

The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 3 May 1990 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.

During the 1990 election the Conservative Party gained Tettenhall Regis from a Liberal candidate.

1990 saw a huge decline in candidates from the rump SDP and Liberal Party, with only 1 from each standing. The Liberal Democrats contested most of the remaining wards. The Labour Party retained its majority and control of the council.

Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:

Conservative 23
Labour 31
Lib Dem 5
Other 1

Following the election the constitution of the Council was:

Conservative 24
Labour 31
Lib Dem 5

Election result

Bilston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N Davies	2430
	Conservative	J Davies	964
	Liberal Democrat	A Ramsbottom	289
Majority			1466

Bilston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs T Bowen	2861
	Conservative	B Hooper	1787
	Liberal Democrat	R Wedge	410
Majority			1074

Blakenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Rowley	2906
	Conservative	M Norton	1505
	Liberal Democrat	M O'Brien	286
Majority			1401

Bushbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Patten	2591
	Labour	P Hamid	1767
	Liberal Democrat	I Jenkins	627
Majority			824

East Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Howells	2726
	Conservative	M K Bailey	1108
	Liberal Democrat	A Whitehouse	394
Majority			1618

Ettingshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Shelley	2654
	Conservative	J Humphreys	905
	Liberal Democrat	T Kerr	264
Majority			1749

Fallings Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs J Hill	2243
	Conservative	A Murray	1935
	Liberal Democrat	S Birch	286
	Wolves	G Dawidow	143
	Social Democratic	D Fysh	105
Majority			308

Graiseley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Ledsam	2711
	Conservative	L Phelps	1859
	Liberal Democrat	W M Beard	330
	Wolves	N Frisby	141
Majority			857

Heath Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Garner	2262
	Conservative	A Dawson	854
	Liberal	A A C Bourke	786
Majority			1408

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bilson	2859
	Conservative	A Lort	1123
Majority			1736

Merry Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B Clarke	2981
	Labour	S Smith	1587
	Liberal Democrat	J White	457
Majority			1394

Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Clifford	2220
	Conservative	K Pederson	1941
	Liberal Democrat	A Jenkins	340
	Green	P Yates	204
Majority

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M Griffiths	2895
	Labour	R Garner	2087
	Liberal Democrat	B Lewis	449
	Green	A Squire	261
Majority			808

Penn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Carpenter	3374
	Labour	P Bhutta	1157
	Liberal Democrat	C Jones-Williams	715
Majority			2217

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Singh	2948
	Conservative	A Chathli	690
	Green	F Bastin	355
	Liberal Democrat	G Ellam	348
Majority			2258

Spring Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Gwinnett	2331
	Labour	B Holmes	2272
	Conservative	J Lenoir	1017
Majority			59

Tettenhall Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B Ward	2535
	Liberal Democrat	L McLean	1565
	Labour	L Turner	947
	Green	A Dickinson-Flint	164
Majority			970

Tettenhall Wightwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Williams	3587
	Labour	F Docherty	1084
	Liberal Democrat	M Rowen	277
	Green	J Raven	252
Majority			2503

Wednesfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Walton	2476
	Conservative	G Clark	1897
	Liberal Democrat	M A Pearson	935
Majority			579

Wednesfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Thompson	2161
	Conservative	F Haley	1940
	Liberal Democrat	D Iles	501
Majority			221

Council elections in the West Midlands

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

(1989 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1990 (→ 1991)

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