2012 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections for Walsall Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 2012. This was the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election.

Map of the results of the 2012 Walsall council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

Election results

Walsall Council Election, 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	3	2	+1
	Conservative	7	0	3	-3
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0
	Independent	2	2	0	+2
	UKIP	0	0	0	0
	BNP	0	0	0	0
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0
	Green	0	0	0	0
	TOTAL	20	5	5	0	100.0	100.0

Council composition

The composition of the council before the election and a summary of which parties' seats are up for election can be found in the following table:^[1][2]

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Labour	27	19	8	9	28
	Conservatives	27	15	12	7	24
	Liberal Democrats	5	3	2	2	5
	Independents	1	1	0	2	3
Total		60	40	20	20	60

Ward results

According to Walsall Council's website^[2]

Aldridge Central & South Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Gordon Ansell	1,602	49.88
	Labour	Michael Johnson	735	22.88
	UKIP	Russell Owen Armitage	517	16.10
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Bridget Sheward	358	11.15
Majority			867	26.99
Turnout			3,212	26.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldridge North & Walsall Wood Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Sears	1,348
	Labour	Robert Arthur Grainger	936
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Robert Greveson	163
	BNP	Terence Majorowicz	264
Majority			412
Turnout				29.23%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bentley & Darlaston North Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Underhill	1,811
	Conservative	Susan Allen	397
	Liberal Democrats	Sulaiman Uddin	136
Majority			1,414
Turnout				25.50%
	Labour hold		Swing

Birchills-Leamore Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Joan Jukes	1,424
	Conservative	Chad Louis Pitt	274
	BNP	Robert William Ball	230
	English Democrat	Christopher Martin Newey	128
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Conway Griffin	74
	Green	Leandra Lola Gebrakedan	59
Majority			1,150
Turnout				21.80%
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakenall Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Edward Smith	1,025
	Labour Co-op	Ian Charles Robertson	1,012
	Conservative	Hilda Derry	201
Majority			13
Turnout				26.19%
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Bloxwich East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Fitzpatrick	1,282
	Independent	Leslie Alan Beeley	595
	Conservative	Peter John Hryhoruk	364
	Independent	Stephen John Baggott	70
Majority			687
Turnout				25.82%
	Labour hold		Swing

Bloxwich West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick James Westley	1,463
	Conservative	Abigail Pitt	888
	Independent	Michael Ronald Ross	250
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Cockayne	85
Majority			575
Turnout				27.38%
	Labour hold		Swing

Brownhills Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Wade	1,233
	Conservative	Alan John Paul	1,087
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Martin Ryan	173
Majority			146
Turnout				26.19%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Darlaston South Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Bott	1,353
	Labour	Graham Edward Wilkes	1,003
	Conservative	Michelle Louise Martin	139
Majority			350
Turnout				25.85%
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Paddock Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rose Martin	2,066
	Labour	Nasar Ali	1,763
	UKIP	Derek Bennett	444
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Malik	75
Majority			303
Turnout				44.14%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Palfrey Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Whyte	1,880
	Conservative	Matloob Hussain	1,570
	Liberal Democrats	Saddat Hussain	302
Majority			310
Turnout				35.36%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pelsall Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garry Perry	1,886
	Labour	Hugh Alpheus Stewart	658
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Gwendoline Balgobin	122
Majority			1,228
Turnout				29.59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pheasey Park Farm Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian John Austin Andrew	1,351
	Labour	Patricia Susan Lane	967
	UKIP	Steven George Grey	517
Majority			384
Turnout				32.20%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pleck Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Alfred Anson	2,137
	Conservative	Gazanfer Ali	878
	Independent	Mark Andrew Dabbs	220
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Yaqub	215
Majority			1,259
Turnout				34.58%
	Labour hold		Swing

Rushall-Shelfield Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Vernon Worrall	1,233
	Conservative	Ronald Ernest George Carpenter	954
	UKIP	Timothy Neil Melville	284
	Liberal Democrats	Royston Mark Sheward	71
Majority			279
Turnout				27.59%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Short Heath Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Shires	896
	Labour	Matthew Joseph Ward	801
	Conservative	Anne Elizabeth Ault	264
	UKIP	Darren Thomas Hazell	229
	English Democrat	Malcolm William Moore	151
Majority			95
Turnout				25.86%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Matthew's Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Arif	1,702
	Labour	Aftab Ahmad Nawaz	1,573
	UKIP	Kathleen Rita Oakley	437
	Liberal Democrats	Mozamil Khan	186
Majority			129
Turnout				38.30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Streetly Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Alastair Douglas-Maul	1,829
	Labour	Steven King	757
	UKIP	Steven John Whitehouse	515
	Liberal Democrats	John Paul Garfitt	122
Majority			1,072
Turnout				29.30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Willenhall North Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Shires	1,046
	Labour	Rosemary Cleaver	753
	UKIP	Elizabeth Anne Hazell	327
	Conservative	Clive Michael Ault	260
	English Democrat	Christopher Charles Edwin Haywood	94
Majority			293
Turnout				25.84%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Willenhall South Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Patrick Coughlan	1696
	Conservative	Wendy Ann Sharp	361
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Edna May Fletcher	180
Majority			1,335
Turnout				20.41%
	Labour hold		Swing