2026 City of Wolverhampton Council election

2026 City of Wolverhampton Council election

The 2026 City of Wolverhampton Council election will take place on Thursday 7 May 2026, alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. One third of the 60 members of City of Wolverhampton Council in the West Midlands will be elected.

Council composition

2026 City of Wolverhampton Council election

After 2024 election	Before 2026 election
Party	Seats	Party	Seats
	Labour	47		Labour	44
	Conservative	12		Conservative	12
	Reform	0		Reform	1
	Independent	1		Independent	3

• June 2024: Claire Darke (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent • August 2024: Susan Roberts (Labour) dies – by-election held October 2024 • October 2024: Anita Stanley (Reform) gains by-election from Labour • July 2025: Greg Brackenridge (Labour) suspended from party

Summary

Background

Wolverhampton was created in 1974 as a metropolitan borough, gaining city status in 2000. Since its creation, the council has either been controlled by Labour or under no overall control. No party held a majority between (/wiki/1987WolverhamptonMetropolitanBoroughCouncilelection) and (/wiki/1988WolverhamptonMetropolitanBoroughCouncilelection), between (/wiki/1992WolverhamptonMetropolitanBoroughCouncilelection) and (/wiki/1994WolverhamptonMetropolitanBoroughCouncilelection), and between (/wiki/2008WolverhamptonCityCouncilelection) and (/wiki/2011WolverhamptonCityCouncilelection). Labour have held a majority for the previous 15 years, increasing their majority by 1 in (/wiki/2024CityofWolverhamptonCouncilelection) through gaining a seat from the Conservatives.

The 2023 election took place on a new set of ward boundaries.. As such, these elections will be for the councillors elected with the second-highest number of votes. Labour will be defending 16 seats and the Conservatives will be defending 4.

Election result

2026 City of Wolverhampton Council election
Party	This election	Full council	This election
Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour				29
	Conservative				8
	Independent				2
	Reform				0
	Green				0
	Liberal Democrats				0

Incumbents

2026 City of Wolverhampton Council election

<table><thead><tr><th>Ward</th><th>Incumbent councillor</th><th>Party</th><th>Re-standing</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Bilston North</td><td>Anita Stanley</td><td></td><td>Reform</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bilston South</td><td>Gillian Wildman</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Blakenhall</td><td>Tersaim Singh</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bushbury North</td><td>Andrew McNeil</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bushbury South & Low Hill</td><td>Paul Brookfield</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>East Park</td><td>Louise Miles</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ettingshall North</td><td>Jeszemma Howl</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ettingshall South & Spring Vale</td><td>Jasbinder Dehar</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fallings Park</td><td>Chris Burden</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Graiseley</td><td>John Reynolds</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Heath Town</td><td>Milkinderpal Jaspal</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Merry Hill</td><td>Carol Hyatt</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Oxley</td><td>Jane Francis</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Park</td><td>Craig Collingswood</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Penn</td><td>Stephanie Haynes</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>St Peters</td><td>Qaiser Azeem</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tettenhall Regis</td><td>Sohail Khan</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tettenhall Wightwick</td><td>Jonathan Crofts</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wednesfield North</td><td>Rita Potter</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wednesfield South</td><td>Ciaran Brackenridge</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>