Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1996

Elections to Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained overall control of the Council, gaining seven seats at the expense of the Conservative group.

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	46	7	0	7	76.67
	Conservative	12	0	-7	-6	20
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	0	0	3.33

Ward results

Bilston East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Collingswood	1549
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs A E Ramsbottom	407
	Conservative	E Topliss	267
Majority			1142
	Labour hold		Swing

Bilston North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Stringer	2026
	Conservative	F Haley	788
	Liberal Democrat	I Ellis	282
Majority			1238
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Blakenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Jones	2465
	Conservative	W Sandhu	645
	Liberal Democrat	R Gray	238
Majority			1820
	Labour hold		Swing

Bushbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Stelfox	1592
	Conservative	Charles Brueton	1464
	Liberal Democrat	C Jenkins	236
Majority			123
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

East Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Pat Byrne	2086
	Conservative	L Berry	386
	Liberal Democrat	T O'Brien	158
Majority			1700
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Johnson	1723
	Conservative	M Hanson	362
	Liberal Democrat	M Heap	125
Majority			1361
	Labour hold		Swing

Fallings Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Dougherty	1786
	Conservative	K Hodges	918
	Liberal	A Bourke	336
Majority			868
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Graiseley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Moore	2372
	Conservative	N Patten	1432
	Liberal Democrat	M Millar	304
Majority			940
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Heath Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Turner	1394
	Liberal	C Hallmark	518
	Conservative	G Wright	314
Majority			876
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J McCallum	1676
	Conservative	P Topliss	302
	Liberal Democrat	D E Iles	228
Majority			1374
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Christine Mills	1898
	Labour	C Matthews	1677
	Liberal Democrat	J White	375
Majority			221
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Allen	1820
	Conservative	P O'Connell	1073
	Liberal Democrat	I Jenkins	327
Majority			747
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Edmondson	2208
	Conservative	M Griffiths	1777
	Liberal Democrat	B Lewis	380
Majority			431
	Labour hold		Swing

Penn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hart	2058
	Labour	A Convery	1713
	Liberal Democrat	P Beeston	458
Majority			345
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Whitehouse	2403
	Labour	E Brookes	1469
	Conservative	C Haynes	229
Majority			934
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Duhra	2022
	Conservative	T Perkins	421
	Liberal Democrat	D Murray	413
Majority			1601
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Doreen Seiboth	1672
	Liberal Democrat	L MacLean	1347
	Labour	J Jaspal	597
Majority			325
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Wynne	2385
	Labour	S Tracey	1008
	Liberal Democrat	P Bennett	361
Majority			1377
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Stafford-Good	2015
	Conservative	Andrew Dawson	955
	Liberal	M Pearson	432
Majority			1060
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wednesfield South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Hall	1822
	Conservative	S Jevon	939
	Liberal Democrat	J Steatham	241
Majority			883
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Council elections in the West Midlands

Birmingham 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

Coventry 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

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

Solihull 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

Walsall 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

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

(1995 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1996 (→ 1997)

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Unitary authorities	Bournemouth Brighton and Hove Darlington Derby Hartlepool Leicester Luton Milton Keynes Poole Portsmouth Rutland Southampton

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Ad-hoc election	Northern Ireland Forum

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