Dudley council election, 2018
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 14 | +4 | 35,071 | 48.1% | +14.3 |
| Labour Party | 10 | -4 | 28,613 | 39.2% | +0.8 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 0 | -1 | 5,699 | 7.8% | -14.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | +0 | 1,799 | 2.5% | +1.0 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 1,681 | 2.3% | -1.3 |
| Independents for Direct Democracy | 0 | +0 | 65 | 0.1% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 24 | |
| Labour Party | 24 | |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 19 | |
| Green Party | 12 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | |
| Independents for Direct Democracy | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 24 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Amblecote
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul William Bradley Elected | 1,562 | 55.3% | +24.6 |
| Labour Party | Peter Drake | 895 | 31.7% | -2.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Barbara Deeley | 215 | 7.6% | -21.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Martin Flynn | 151 | 5.3% | -0.5 |
| Majority | 667 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,823 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party
Belle Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jake Cooper Elected | 1,669 | 49.7% | +4.3 |
| Labour Party | Ian Gordon Cooper | 1,534 | 45.7% | +0.7 |
| Green Party | Bill McComish | 156 | 4.6% | -4.9 |
| Majority | 135 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,359 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Brierley Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Zafar Islam Elected | 1,078 | 46.3% | -0.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Phil Atkins | 834 | 35.8% | +15.9 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Terry Thorn | 218 | 9.4% | -19.2 |
| Green Party | Gordon Christopher Elcock | 132 | 5.7% | +1.1 |
| Independents for Direct Democracy | John Arthur Dyer | 65 | 2.8% | — |
| Majority | 244 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,327 | |||
Labour Party hold
Brockmoor and Pensnett
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Judy Foster Elected | 987 | 45.8% | -2.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sue Greenaway | 940 | 43.6% | +16.9 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Rich Colley | 175 | 8.1% | -13.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Bramall | 53 | 2.5% | — |
| Majority | 47 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,155 | |||
Labour Party hold
Castle and Priory
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Alan Finch Elected | 1,654 | 59.4% | +2.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard John Tasker | 831 | 29.8% | +10.6 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Martin Paul Day | 250 | 9.0% | -15.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Priest | 51 | 1.8% | — |
| Majority | 823 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,786 | |||
Labour Party hold
Coseley East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Bec Gentle Elected | 1,150 | 48.8% | +4.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Josef Barrington Baker | 894 | 37.9% | +13.2 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Karen Louise Jones | 249 | 10.6% | -20.3 |
| Green Party | Catherine Mary Maguire | 63 | 2.7% | — |
| Majority | 256 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,356 | |||
Labour Party hold
Cradley and Wollescote
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Tim Crumpton Elected | 1,425 | 51.6% | -1.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kamran Razzaq | 704 | 25.5% | +6.6 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Mitch Bolton | 487 | 17.6% | -6.8 |
| Green Party | Pam Archer | 148 | 5.4% | +1.5 |
| Majority | 721 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,764 | |||
Labour Party hold
Gornal
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bryn Challenor Elected | 1,942 | 58.4% | +22.6 |
| Labour Party | Dave Branwood | 1,047 | 31.5% | -3.5 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Roger Desmond Scott-Dow | 270 | 8.1% | -19.4 |
| Green Party | Mitch Barlow | 66 | 2.0% | +0.4 |
| Majority | 895 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,325 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Halesowen North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joe Roberts Elected | 1,550 | 43.0% | +9.3 |
| Labour Party | Parmjit Singh Sahota | 1,375 | 38.2% | -4.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Stuart Carl Henley | 582 | 16.2% | -3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lois Bramall | 95 | 2.6% | — |
| Majority | 175 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,602 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party
Halesowen South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ray Burston Elected | 2,321 | 66.2% | +12.6 |
| Labour Party | James Howard Walker | 945 | 27.0% | +0.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Derek Campbell | 238 | 6.8% | — |
| Majority | 1,376 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,504 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Hayley Green and Cradley South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrea Goddard Elected | 1,843 | 61.1% | +12.6 |
| Labour Party | Donella Joy Russell | 875 | 29.0% | +0.8 |
| Green Party | John Payne | 174 | 5.8% | +0.7 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Delesh Patel | 122 | 4.0% | -14.1 |
| Majority | 968 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,014 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Kingswinford North and Wall Heath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Edward Robert Lawrence Elected | 2,460 | 68.2% | +29.3 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Damian Corfield | 952 | 26.4% | -18.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Michael Bramall | 197 | 5.5% | — |
| Majority | 1,508 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,609 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party
Kingswinford South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Patrick Harley Elected | 2,216 | 66.6% | +22.9 |
| Labour Party | Jay Liam Daren Griffiths | 922 | 27.7% | +1.3 |
| Green Party | Taryn Zoe Bradley | 187 | 5.6% | +0.8 |
| Majority | 1,294 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,325 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Lye and Stourbridge North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Pete Lowe Elected | 1,589 | 54.1% | +13.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Thomas Ruff | 985 | 33.5% | +0.2 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Euan James Dunn | 229 | 7.8% | -15.0 |
| Green Party | Naz Ahmed | 136 | 4.6% | +1.3 |
| Majority | 604 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,939 | |||
Labour Party hold
Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Elaine Taylor Elected | 1,376 | 54.9% | +10.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin Berrington | 703 | 28.1% | +17.6 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Dean Horton | 246 | 9.8% | -18.8 |
| Green Party | Alex Wright | 181 | 7.2% | -8.9 |
| Majority | 673 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,506 | |||
Labour Party hold
Norton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Colin Julian Elcock Elected | 2,278 | 61.8% | +9.9 |
| Labour Party | Monika Narad | 865 | 23.5% | +3.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Ashley Bramall | 400 | 10.8% | +2.5 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | David Jolyan Stroud Powell | 145 | 3.9% | -9.5 |
| Majority | 1,413 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,688 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Pedmore and Stourbridge East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Angus Stuart Macpherson Lees Elected | 2,269 | 63.2% | +5.3 |
| Labour Party | Jonathan Dean | 897 | 25.0% | +0.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Paul Hanson | 258 | 7.2% | -1.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Glen Wilson | 167 | 4.7% | -10.3 |
| Majority | 1,372 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,591 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Chris Barnett Elected | 1,053 | 45.0% | -6.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christopher John Blake | 957 | 40.9% | +20.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Angela Jane Walker | 277 | 11.8% | -13.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lee Taylor | 54 | 2.3% | — |
| Majority | 96 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,341 | |||
Labour Party hold
Sedgley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Shaun Roger Keasey Elected | 1,936 | 58.9% | +19.3 |
| Labour Party | Mushtaq Hussain | 742 | 22.6% | -5.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Bill Etheridge | 498 | 15.2% | -17.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Catherine Sheppard | 110 | 3.3% | — |
| Majority | 1,194 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,286 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
St James's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Khurshid Ahmed Elected | 1,265 | 48.9% | +6.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Malcolm Davis | 990 | 38.2% | +16.1 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Mick Forsyth | 244 | 9.4% | -20.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben France | 90 | 3.5% | — |
| Majority | 275 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,589 | |||
Labour Party hold
St Thomas's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Steve Waltho Elected | 2,121 | 69.4% | +9.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jonathan Andrew Elliott | 630 | 20.6% | +9.9 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Phil Wimlett | 215 | 7.0% | -22.0 |
| Green Party | Francis John Sheppard | 91 | 3.0% | — |
| Majority | 1,491 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,057 | |||
Labour Party hold
Upper Gornal and Woodsetton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Neale Elected | 1,180 | 41.6% | +17.5 |
| Labour Party | Lynette Corfield | 1,148 | 40.5% | -2.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Dean Perks | 431 | 15.2% | -14.5 |
| Green Party | Kelly Joanne Richards | 79 | 2.8% | -0.7 |
| Majority | 32 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,838 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party
Wollaston and Stourbridge Town
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicolas Anthony Barlow Elected | 1,914 | 48.4% | +10.7 |
| Labour Party | Harriet Caroline Foster | 1,771 | 44.8% | +7.2 |
| Green Party | Andi Mohr | 268 | 6.8% | +1.3 |
| Majority | 143 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,953 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Wordsley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Donna Harley Elected | 1,463 | 45.8% | +20.7 |
| Labour Party | Kevin Billingham | 947 | 29.7% | -4.1 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Paul Simon Brothwood | 679 | 21.3% | -16.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | David John Sheppard | 102 | 3.2% | — |
| Majority | 516 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,191 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)