Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Summary

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 72 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.[1]

Council elections edit

Results maps edit

By-election results edit

1998-2002 edit

Halesowen South By-Election 9 July 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Woodall 1,333 56.5 +5.4
Labour Nigel Hodgetts 777 32.9 -4.1
Liberal Democrats Stanley Robert Ratcliff 249 10.6 -1.3
Majority 556 23.6
Turnout 2,359 23.0
Conservative hold Swing

2002-2006 edit

St Andrews By-Election 18 October 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Higgins 794 62.2 +14.3
Conservative Steve Ridley 358 28.0 -13.3
Liberal Democrats Tim Fletcher 125 9.8 -1.0
Majority 436 34.2
Turnout 1,277 13.6
Labour hold Swing

2010-2014 edit

Norton by-election, 21 June 2012[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Elcock 1,375 51.2 +3.1
Labour Adnan Rashid 633 23.6 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Bramall 259 9.6 +2.3
UKIP Glenn Wilson 229 8.5 -5.0
Green Benjamin Sweeney 143 5.3 -1.3
National Front Kevin Inman 47 1.7 +1.7
Majority 742 27.6
Turnout 2,686
Labour hold Swing
Wollaston and Stourbridge Town By election, 1 February 2013[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Barbara Sykes 847 35.8 -1.5
Conservative Matt Rogers 787 33.3 +0.9
UKIP Barbara Deeley 249 10.5 +0.8
Independent Russell Eden 211 8.9 +8.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bramall 169 7.1 -5.7
BNP Ken Griffiths 96 4.1 +4.1
Green Ben Sweeney 7 0.3 +0.3
Majority 60 25.4
Turnout 2,366
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Coseley East Ward by-election, 19 September 2013[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clem Baugh 1,053 55.7 +1.3
UKIP Star Etheridge 478 25.3 +8.2
Conservative Julian Ryder 190 10.1 -8.5
BNP Ken Griffiths 120 6.3 +6.3
Green Becky Blatchford 33 1.7 -1.1
National Front Kevin Inman 16 0.8 -2.0
Majority 575 30.4
Turnout 1,890
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018 edit

Kingswinford North and Wall Heath by-election, 25 February 2016[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Lawrence 1,456 53.8 +3.9
Labour Lynn Boleyn 934 34.5 +8.1
UKIP Mick Forsyth 262 9.7 -11.4
Green Andi Mohr 52 1,9 -0.8
Majority 522 19.3
Turnout 2,704
Conservative hold Swing
St James's by-election, 25 February 2016[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cathryn Bayton 847 46.3 +1.3
UKIP Graeme Lloyd 554 30.3 +2.3
Conservative Wayne Sullivan 427 23.4 -0.4
Majority 293 16.0
Turnout 1,828
Labour hold Swing
St Thomas's by-election, 16 February 2017[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaneila Mughal 1,466 60.6 +17.9
UKIP Phil Wimlett 653 27.0 -2.8
Conservative Jonathan Elliott 249 10.3 -11.9
Green Francis Sheppard 52 2.1 -1.2
Majority 813 33.6
Turnout 2,420
Labour hold Swing

2022-2026 edit

Cradley and Wollescote by-election, 3 August 2023[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ryan Priest 1,321 52.4 +14.5
Labour Rachael Gardener 771 30.6 –8.1
Conservative Steve Hill 353 14.0 –4.9
Green Kash Khan 69 2.7 –0.6
TUSC Siobhan Friel 5 0.2 –0.7
Majority 550 21.8
Turnout 2,526
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
St James's by-election, 24 August 2023[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Reid 816 48.0 –5.9
Conservative Rab Rana 719 42.3 +1.7
Independent Richard Tasker 84 4.9 +4.9
Green Christian Kiever 50 2.9 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Abdul Qadus 32 1.9 -3.6
Majority 97 5.7
Turnout 1,701
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

External links edit

  • Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Borough of Dudley (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2767, retrieved 13 September 2022
  2. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Norton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Wollaston and Stourbridge Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Coseley East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kingswinford North and Wall Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St James's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Thomas's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cradley and Wollescote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St James's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.