The 2018 City of Wolverhampton Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of City of Wolverhampton Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
Labour strengthened its position and subsequently its majority, after winning Spring Vale from UKIP of which was the party's only ever seat in the City and also gaining the once Conservative stronghold of Penn, marking the 1st time ever that Labour have had 2 out of the 3 seats, in the ward as mentioned.
The election also saw the first victory of the Conservative's Jane Stevenson within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward, who then was elected as Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East, at the 2019 United Kingdom general election.
The Composition of the Council as a result of May 3, 2018 stood at:
Affiliation Members Elected as of 201851 9 Total number of seats60 Actual majority42
The specific change in seats, from the election was:
Labour - 51 (+2 Seats)
Conservative - 9 (-1 Seat)
UKIP - 0 (-1 Seat)
Results Breakdown - parties who stood no candidates in this election, but did in 2016 are not shown in the table
Ward results
Bilston East
Bilston North
Blakenhall
Bushbury North
Bushbury South and Low Hill
East Park
Ettingshall
Fallings Park
Graiseley
Heath Town
Merry Hill
Oxley
Park
Penn
Spring Vale
St Peter’s
Tettenhall Regis
Tettenhall Wightwick
Wednesfield North
Wednesfield South
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