Walsall council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 20 wards · 60 seats contested

Most seats
40
Reform UK
Seats contested
60
across 20 wards
Turnout
39.1%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 40 +40 80,225 37.1% +28.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 10 -2 49,091 22.7% -14.4
Walsall Community Independents Party 8 +8 18,925 8.8% —
Labour Party 1 -4 30,277 14.0% -20.5
Independent 1 -2 8,949 4.1% -8.8
Green Party 0 +0 26,017 12.0% +8.7
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 1,447 0.7% -2.5
Advance UK 0 +0 1,324 0.6% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 60
Conservative and Unionist Party 60
Labour Party 60
Reform UK 60
Green Party 54
Walsall Community Independents Party 20
Independent 18
Liberal Democrats 7
Advance UK 5

A party standing a full slate could field 60 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.

Aldridge Central & South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Timothy Simon Wilson Elected 1,895 39.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Murray Elected 1,873 39.1% —
Reform UK Lucy Rebecca Darby Elected 1,719 35.9% —
Reform UK Jeffrey Grosvenor Robinson 1,684 35.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Pardeep Kaur 1,659 34.6% —
Reform UK Francis Patrick Perks 1,610 33.6% —
Labour Party Anna Brook 721 15.1% —
Labour Party Mark Ernest Bradley 496 10.4% —
Green Party Rebecca Elizabeth Owen Fullerton 472 9.9% —
Green Party Jamie Clarson 461 9.6% —
Labour Party Nikita Sowan 415 8.7% —
Green Party Shaun Alardice McKenzie 404 8.4% —
Majority35
Turnout46.6%
Registered electors10,368
Ballots cast4,789

Aldridge North & Walsall Wood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Lesley Ann Lynch Elected 1,696 40.5% —
Reform UK Ian Benton Elected 1,681 40.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Joan Edwards Elected 1,524 36.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Sears 1,456 34.7% —
Reform UK George Kyriacou 1,440 34.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Connor Brendan McCormack 1,400 33.4% —
Green Party Tom Glibbery 416 9.9% —
Green Party Sam Kitchen 406 9.7% —
Labour Party Kelly Christina Patricia Baker 399 9.5% —
Green Party Tanya Petrovic 361 8.6% —
Labour Party Patti Lane 322 7.7% —
Labour Party Sarmad Ali 293 7.0% —
Independent Vera Waters 214 5.1% —
Majority68
Turnout42.1%
Registered electors9,964
Ballots cast4,191

Beechdale, Leamore & Reedswood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Matthew James Eason Elected 1,416 51.3% —
Reform UK Stuart John Lathe Elected 1,336 48.4% —
Reform UK Scott Anthony Simmons Elected 1,323 47.9% —
Labour Party Tina Joan Jukes 495 17.9% —
Green Party Rebecca Dolphin 374 13.6% —
Labour Party Elliot Pfebve 361 13.1% —
Labour Party Pam Sheemar 361 13.1% —
Green Party Darren James Neville 295 10.7% —
Green Party Steven John Hayward 293 10.6% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Elizabeth Toluwayemi Adekanye 283 10.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jenny Bradley 276 10.0% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Nadine Hamilton 232 8.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Liam Andrew Murphy 217 7.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lisa Turner 207 7.5% —
Majority828
Turnout29.1%
Registered electors9,581
Ballots cast2,760

Bentley & Darlaston North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Michael Edward Barker Elected 1,249 38.1% —
Reform UK Paul Antony Lunn Elected 1,184 36.1% —
Reform UK Ramtirth Singh Elected 1,013 30.9% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Yasin Abad 667 20.3% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Nahid Ahmed 665 20.3% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Sajakat Ali 609 18.6% —
Labour Party Adam Mohammed 597 18.2% —
Labour Party Louis Gill 594 18.1% —
Labour Party Lucie Jane Nahal 580 17.7% —
Green Party Hannah Faye Burston 423 12.9% —
Green Party Faisal Majeed 343 10.5% —
Green Party Kaiser Majeed 298 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Jones 268 8.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Manju Gill 232 7.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven David Turner 220 6.7% —
Independent Abdul Kalam 45 1.4% —
Majority346
Turnout34.5%
Registered electors9,664
Ballots cast3,282

Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Aiden Richard Clarke Elected 1,643 50.8% —
Reform UK Richard James Tapper Elected 1,521 47.0% —
Reform UK David Marshall Sambrook Elected 1,505 46.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Flint 745 23.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Corin Ann Statham 723 22.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Andrew Statham 707 21.8% —
Labour Party Thanh Huynh 413 12.8% —
Green Party Jayne-Edgar Dragon 412 12.7% —
Labour Party Kamran McDonald 382 11.8% —
Green Party David John Taylor 339 10.5% —
Labour Party Ismail Adam Mohammed 326 10.1% —
Green Party Mike Walters 305 9.4% —
Majority760
Turnout34.2%
Registered electors9,591
Ballots cast3,236

Bloxwich West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Nicky Barker Elected 2,100 58.1% —
Reform UK Paul Nugent Elected 1,918 53.0% —
Reform UK Tony Sadla Elected 1,850 51.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Louise Ann Harrison 824 22.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean Boyle 736 20.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tracey Anne Hateley 692 19.1% —
Labour Party Tayo Fadimine 362 10.0% —
Labour Party Imogen Margetts 355 9.8% —
Green Party Deborah Elizabeth Lee 352 9.7% —
Green Party William George Raby 336 9.3% —
Green Party Adam Snape 302 8.3% —
Labour Party Manjit Kaur Padda 301 8.3% —
Majority1,026
Turnout38.9%
Registered electors9,415
Ballots cast3,617

Brownhills 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Joshua Edward Dixon Elected 1,889 51.4% —
Reform UK Pete Sutton Elected 1,642 44.7% —
Reform UK Aysha Nizamoglu Elected 1,406 38.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ken Ferguson 1,006 27.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kerry Murphy 991 27.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carolyn Claire Sault 767 20.9% —
Green Party Kathryn Anne Smith 433 11.8% —
Labour Party Stephen Jukes 351 9.6% —
Advance UK Martin Mason-Woodhouse 331 9.0% —
Green Party Richard Harries 325 8.8% —
Green Party Rowan Gentle Lavender 295 8.0% —
Labour Party Bob Thomas 294 8.0% —
Labour Party Jay Wall 262 7.1% —
Advance UK Joanna Maria Phillips 177 4.8% —
Majority400
Turnout37.9%
Registered electors9,757
Ballots cast3,673

Darlaston South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Peter Raymond Burton Elected 1,490 45.3% —
Reform UK David John Bailey Elected 1,361 41.4% —
Reform UK Jenny Nock Elected 1,269 38.6% —
Independent Chris Bott 719 21.9% —
Independent Paul Bott 691 21.0% —
Labour Party Ade Walker 664 20.2% —
Labour Party Amy Walker 644 19.6% —
Labour Party Matt Ward 589 17.9% —
Green Party Liam Alexander Jones 451 13.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Parmajit Kaur 265 8.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Balvinder Singh 232 7.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Melvin John Glasby 217 6.6% —
Liberal Democrats Sylwia Anna Juranek 186 5.7% —
Majority550
Turnout30.7%
Registered electors10,865
Ballots cast3,290

Harden, Goscote & Ryecroft 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Lisa Jones Elected 1,044 37.9% —
Reform UK Robin David Perry Elected 1,019 37.0% —
Reform UK Tabbi Wilberforce Awotwe Elected 929 33.8% —
Independent Pete Smith 804 29.2% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Mushtaq Khan 436 15.8% —
Labour Party Lee David Jeavons 407 14.8% —
Green Party Yobba Baldeh 347 12.6% —
Green Party Joseph David Chandler 330 12.0% —
Labour Party Robert Lipke 330 12.0% —
Labour Party Ulrike Olivia Wilson 299 10.9% —
Green Party Andrea Maynard 287 10.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen John Langford 147 5.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Langford 136 4.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Ronald Dubberley 135 4.9% —
Majority125
Turnout28.9%
Registered electors9,569
Ballots cast2,751

New Invention 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Carl Usher Creaney Elected 1,537 42.3% —
Reform UK Gill Mitchell Elected 1,435 39.5% —
Reform UK Daniel Adam Rollinson Elected 1,414 38.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Hicken 979 26.9% —
Labour Party Tal Singh 811 22.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Larden 736 20.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Peter Washbrook 674 18.5% —
Labour Party Iqbal Singh Padda 652 17.9% —
Labour Party Courtney Dianaleigh Jukes 633 17.4% —
Liberal Democrats Dan Barker 393 10.8% —
Independent Stacie Ann Elson 346 9.5% —
Independent Stacie Elson 346 9.5% —
Majority435
Turnout40.1%
Registered electors9,160
Ballots cast3,637

Paddock 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gurmeet Singh Sohal Elected 1,423 29.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amrik Singh Dhesy Elected 1,361 28.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sawra Shmim Elected 1,149 23.8% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Amo Hussain 1,086 22.5% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Gaz Ali 1,078 22.3% —
Green Party Karam Singh Sangha 1,011 21.0% —
Green Party Helen Louise Neville 1,006 20.9% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Izzy Hussain 979 20.3% —
Green Party Mish Rahman 933 19.3% —
Green Party Mish Rahman 933 19.3% —
Reform UK Mary Louise Birch 731 15.2% —
Reform UK Brian Anthony Cusack 698 14.5% —
Reform UK Khan William Rose 562 11.7% —
Labour Party Dean Margetts 518 10.7% —
Labour Party Klara Margetts 514 10.7% —
Labour Party Muhammad Hafeez Khan 491 10.2% —
Majority63
Turnout—
Registered electors9,787
Ballots cast (estimated)4,824

Palfrey & The Delves 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Walsall Community Independents Party Dilu Miah Elected 1,518 30.3% —
Independent Ashfaq Ahmed Elected 1,419 28.3% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Hajran Bashir Elected 1,394 27.8% —
Independent Shakir Hussain 1,345 26.8% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Saiqa Nasreen 1,291 25.8% —
Independent Imran Ahmed 1,235 24.6% —
Green Party Sadat Hussain 1,089 21.7% —
Green Party Marc William Batchford 568 11.3% —
Green Party Mehvish Khatoon 520 10.4% —
Reform UK Tony Simmons 512 10.2% —
Reform UK Joshua Frederick Pope 507 10.1% —
Labour Party Mohammed Kawsar Musharaf 505 10.1% —
Labour Party Wemi Agboaye 462 9.2% —
Reform UK Ananya Sabharwal 439 8.8% —
Labour Party Paul Graham 429 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Mary Magee 272 5.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nirmal Singh 271 5.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bradley Steven Fisher 255 5.1% —
Majority49
Turnout45.1%
Registered electors11,348
Ballots cast5,013

Pelsall 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Ann Elizabeth Ault Elected 2,132 45.4% —
Reform UK Jim Parsons Elected 1,996 42.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rose Ann Martin Elected 1,486 31.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Andrew Elliott 1,446 30.8% —
Reform UK Faiza Adeeba Hussain 1,360 29.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lorna Jean Rattigan 1,320 28.1% —
Green Party James Rowley 522 11.1% —
Advance UK Jade Elizabeth Chapman 468 10.0% —
Green Party Kath Jennings 433 9.2% —
Green Party Jon Maltman 353 7.5% —
Independent Graham Eardley 327 7.0% —
Labour Party Zoe Jennifer Anne Harrison 289 6.2% —
Labour Party John Edward Foxall 266 5.7% —
Labour Party Lewis Thomas Norgrove 261 5.6% —
Liberal Democrats Matthew George Barker 197 4.2% —
Majority40
Turnout42.8%
Registered electors11,015
Ballots cast4,692

Pheasey Park Farm 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Karen Marie Griffiths Elected 1,699 36.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adrian John Austin Andrew Elected 1,677 36.1% —
Reform UK Christopher James Hickey Elected 1,602 34.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Bird 1,595 34.3% —
Reform UK Mark Wellings 1,542 33.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sheeban Mohammad Yasin 1,240 26.7% —
Green Party Laura Jennifer Foreman 686 14.8% —
Green Party Kieren Guice 583 12.6% —
Green Party Arranjit Singh Rangi 580 12.5% —
Labour Party Tony Cashmore 543 11.7% —
Labour Party Jasvir Singh 489 10.5% —
Labour Party Colin Wilkes 441 9.5% —
Advance UK Ray Southam 131 2.8% —
Independent Chris Newey 110 2.4% —
Majority7
Turnout46.1%
Registered electors10,149
Ballots cast4,644

Pleck 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Walsall Community Independents Party Khizar Hussain Elected 1,698 40.2% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Ashraq Ahmad Elected 1,601 37.9% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Basharat Hussain Elected 1,581 37.4% —
Labour Party Zulkifl Ahmed 933 22.1% —
Labour Party Ram Kishan Mehmi 773 18.3% —
Labour Party Muhammad Khosru Miah 761 18.0% —
Reform UK Peter David Faultless 701 16.6% —
Reform UK Melissa Victoria Rooker 677 16.0% —
Reform UK Joshua Anthony Sadla 597 14.1% —
Green Party Matthew Harper 494 11.7% —
Green Party Yasin Dad 469 11.1% —
Green Party Khuram Mahmood 398 9.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mozamil Khan 364 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Abdul Malik 244 5.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Salek Miah 221 5.2% —
Independent Ifrahim Tabassum 201 4.8% —
Liberal Democrats Jagadees Nair 95 2.2% —
Independent Kashif Azam Meher 80 1.9% —
Majority648
Turnout39.9%
Registered electors10,815
Ballots cast4,226

Rushall-Shelfield 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Stuart Raymond Chapman Elected 1,610 40.0% —
Reform UK Irene Henery Elected 1,525 37.9% —
Reform UK Barbara Violet McCracken Elected 1,506 37.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elliot Adam Benton 752 18.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michelle Louise Coles 739 18.4% —
Green Party Raja Ateeq 719 17.9% —
Green Party Joe Belcher 677 16.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Robert Kirk 662 16.4% —
Green Party Julie Elizabeth Skellern 628 15.6% —
Labour Party James Albert Harrison 625 15.5% —
Labour Party Edward Assamoah-Cobbiah 606 15.1% —
Labour Party Sam Fletcher 575 14.3% —
Walsall Community Independents Party David Morgan 290 7.2% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Aadam Oates 233 5.8% —
Independent Jason Goher 205 5.1% —
Majority754
Turnout38.5%
Registered electors10,596
Ballots cast4,025

Short Heath 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Rohan Beecha Elected 1,775 44.9% —
Reform UK Bella Simon Elected 1,768 44.8% —
Reform UK Elaine Ruth Williams Elected 1,727 43.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amandeep Garcha 1,218 30.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Poonam Chamdal Gill 1,148 29.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Ronald Whitehouse 1,119 28.3% —
Labour Party Elouise Francis 380 9.6% —
Labour Party Leah Letisha Martin 303 7.7% —
Green Party Liam Craig Allen 299 7.6% —
Labour Party Gerard Joseph Lyng 281 7.1% —
Green Party Cally Russon 274 6.9% —
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Aaron Hodges 250 6.3% —
Liberal Democrats Simon Frank Rollason 211 5.3% —
Majority509
Turnout39.8%
Registered electors10,018
Ballots cast3,949

St Matthew's 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Walsall Community Independents Party Aftab Ahmad Nawaz Elected 1,116 33.2% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Mushtaq Ahmed Elected 1,105 32.8% —
Walsall Community Independents Party Basharat Hussain Elected 1,063 31.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Faruk Uddin 631 18.8% —
Green Party Katharine Rebecca Angharad Morgan 614 18.2% —
Green Party Scott Kyle Mabbutt 599 17.8% —
Green Party Adeel Riaz 548 16.3% —
Labour Party Eileen Bridie Russell 486 14.4% —
Independent Jamal Ahmed 426 12.7% —
Reform UK Michael Dimkpa 403 12.0% —
Labour Party Chris Williams 399 11.9% —
Labour Party Ewan Ralph Thornton 390 11.6% —
Reform UK Gabriel Kehinde Obasa 373 11.1% —
Reform UK Enoch Adewunmi Oyeduntan 346 10.3% —
Independent Akhter Ali 341 10.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Khalid Mahmood Khan 277 8.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sajid Mahmood 258 7.7% —
Majority432
Turnout39.3%
Registered electors8,668
Ballots cast3,365

Streetly 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Alan John Roland Fleming Elected 2,087 41.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amanda Parkes Elected 1,894 37.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kara Abbra Babb Elected 1,723 33.8% —
Reform UK Matt Matloob 1,650 32.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vandana Mukesh Sharma 1,525 29.9% —
Reform UK Mani Panchhi 1,482 29.1% —
Green Party Pam Walters 608 11.9% —
Labour Party Sarah Anne Jeavons 581 11.4% —
Labour Party Shaun Francis Fitzpatrick 565 11.1% —
Green Party Aaron Singh Pooni 559 11.0% —
Labour Party Nikita Goldsmith 545 10.7% —
Advance UK Adrian Kenneth Hutton 217 4.3% —
Independent Thomas Stanley Hing Seong Yoong 95 1.9% —
Majority73
Turnout46.8%
Registered electors10,981
Ballots cast5,096

Willenhall 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Peter Michael Harrison Elected 1,449 43.4% —
Labour Party Simran Kaur Cheema Elected 1,378 41.3% —
Reform UK Roy Michael Tandy Elected 1,257 37.7% —
Reform UK Parvesh Kumar 1,189 35.6% —
Labour Party Natalie Louise Latham 892 26.7% —
Labour Party Harj Nahal 887 26.6% —
Green Party Aleena Khan 328 9.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Ann Haig 323 9.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Colleen Susan Jones 295 8.8% —
Green Party Toyin Oshaniwa 268 8.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gail Shirley Jordan 264 7.9% —
Green Party Shakir Mehmood Khan 258 7.7% —
Liberal Democrats Leandra Lola Gebrakedan 115 3.4% —
Majority68
Turnout32.4%
Registered electors10,467
Ballots cast3,336

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