The 2023 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council are up for election.
Labour retained its majority on the council. Both Labour and the Conservatives gained seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats and independents lost all their seats, leaving only two parties represented on the council after the election.
Background Sandwell is a consistently Labour council. Labour have held majorities every election since its creation in 1973, apart from 1978 when the Conservatives gained the council. From 2018 to 2021, Sandwell was one of the few councils to be comprised fully of one party, with Labour in control of all 72 wards. In the most recent election in 2022 election Labour lost three seats, while the Conservatives gained three.
The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2019. In that election, Labour won all 24 seats with 58.6% of the vote, giving them full control of the council.
Previous council composition After 2022 election Before 2023 election Party Seats Party Seats 61 57 9 9 0 2 2 2 vacant 1
Results summary
Ward results Abbey
Blackheath
Bristnall
Charlemont with Grove Vale
Cradley Heath and Old Hill
Friar Park
Great Barr with Yew Tree
Great Bridge
Greets Green and Lyng
Hateley Heath
Langley
Newton
Old Warley
Oldbury
Princes End
Rowley
Smethwick
Soho and Victoria
St. Paul's
Tipton Green
Tividale
Wednesbury North
Wednesbury South
West Bromwich Central
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