2021 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It coincided with other local elections across the United Kingdom.^[1] One-third of the seats were up for election, with three wards (Old Warley, Rowley, and Wednesbury South) electing two councillors.^[2]

Results

2021 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election^[3]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	18	9	66.7	40	58	81.7	39,053	53.1	-5.5
	Conservative	9	9	33.3	0	9	12.7	26,945	36.6	+18.1
	Independent	0		0.0	4	4	5.6	3,394	4.6	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,840	2.5	+0.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,190	1.6	-8.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	658	0.9	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	229	0.3	New
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	92	0.1	New
	Women's Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	75	0.1	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	72	0.1	-1.8
	Yeshua	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	37	0.1	±0.0

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicky Hinchliff	2,197	68.44	+13.6
	Conservative	Ali Hussain	507	15.79	+1.9
	Green	Barry Lim	416	12.96	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Johns	90	2.80	−5.3
Majority			1,690	52.65
Turnout			3,210	36.96
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackheath

Blackheath^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kerrie Carmichael	1,402	56.7	+23.3
	Conservative	Greg Allman	1,072	43.3	+14.8
Majority
Turnout			2,505	26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Bristnall

Bristnall^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ellen Fenton	1,366	51.8	+5.5
	Conservative	Connor Jones	1,005	38.1	+10.5
	Green	Joe Loudon	158	6.0	−20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Manjit Lall	110	4.2	New
Majority
Turnout			2,669	28.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Charlemont with Grove Vale

Charlemont with Grove Vale^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Fisher	1,814	54.0	+23.3
	Labour	Liam Preece	1,276	38.0	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Jenkins	92	2.7	New
	For Britain	Sam Harding	72	2.1	−3.7
	Reform UK	Graham Nock	62	1.8	New
	Independent	Sanjeev Kumar	43	1.3	New
Majority
Turnout			3,409	35.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cradley Heath and Old Hill

Cradley Heath and Old Hill^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vicki Smith	1,250	48.2	−3.0
	Conservative	Satinder Dunn	1,187	45.8	+30.3
	Independent	Caroline White	113	4.4	New
	TUSC	Cammilla Mngaza	41	1.6	New
Majority
Turnout			2,622	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Friar Park

Friar Park^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Chapman	1,008	51.6	+36.0
	Labour	John Giles	759	38.8	−5.9
	Independent	Wayne Trinder	151	7.7	−27.3
	Yeshua	Colin Rankine	37	1.9	−2.8
Majority
Turnout			1,971	21.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great Barr with Yew Tree

Great Barr with Yew Tree^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Abrahams	1,518	47.3	+29.9
	Labour	Christopher Worsey	1,172	36.6	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Smith	269	8.4	+3.0
	Independent	Darryl Magher	247	7.7	New
Majority
Turnout			3,230	32.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great Bridge

Great Bridge^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Will Gill	1,099	47.7	+20.5
	Labour	Ann Jarvis	1,081	46.9	−25.9
	Independent	Sandeep Singh	123	5.3	New
Majority
Turnout			2,326	23.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Greets Green and Lyng

Greets Green and Lyng^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Randhawa	1,679	56.8	−17.1
	Conservative	Md Jalal Ahmed	820	27.7	+12.6
	Independent	John Edwards	457	15.5	New
Majority
Turnout			2,991	31.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Hateley Heath

Hateley Heath^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kacey Akpoteni	1,471	50.3	−25.3
	Conservative	Les Trumpeter	1,277	43.6	+19.2
	Reform UK	Jacqueline Nock	112	3.8	New
	Independent	Paavan Ohm	67	2.3	New
Majority
Turnout			2,951	28.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Langley

Langley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Owen	1,151	47.2	−13.0
	Conservative	Mohammed Sakhi	693	28.4	+6.6
	Independent	Sharon Davies	596	24.4	New
Majority
Turnout			2,473	25.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Newton

Newton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Giles	1,242	41.2	+4.4
	Conservative	Lee Williams	1,066	35.4	+20.6
	Independent	Joyce Underhill	452	15.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Bertram Richards	165	5.5	−9.5
	Green	Hannah Valenzuela	90	3.0	−1.5
Majority
Turnout			3,049	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Warley

Old Warley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jay Anandou	1,361	44.3
	Labour	Harnoor Bhullar	1,145	37.3
	Labour	John Tipper	922	30.0
	Conservative	Jeffrey Regha	859	28.0
	Green	Aldo Mussi	267	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Smith	236	7.7
	Reform UK	Karl Leech	112	3.6
Turnout			3,071	33.1
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Oldbury

Oldbury^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rizwan Jalil	2,075	64.0	−8.9
	Conservative	Nathan Poole	1,009	31.1	+15.1
	TUSC	Richard Gingell	157	4.8	New
Majority
Turnout			3,278	31.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Princes End

Princes End^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archer Williams	909	48.7	+28.8
	Labour	Susan Eaves	590	31.6	−7.8
	Reform UK	Bill Cherrington	232	12.4	New
	Independent	Ian Jones	134	7.2	New
Majority
Turnout			1,882	19.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Rowley

Rowley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Laured Kalari	1,050	42.0
	Conservative	Satpal Singh	1,039	41.6
	Labour	Claire Mayo	872	34.9
	Labour	Nagi Daya Singh	865	34.6
Turnout			2,498	25.4
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Smethwick

Smethwick^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Parbinder Kaur	2,066	69.0	−3.4
	Conservative	Amrita Dunn	559	18.7	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Bradley	149	5.0	New
	Green	Rod Macrorie	144	4.8	−9.4
	Women's Equality	Serena Laidley	75	2.5	New
Majority
Turnout			3,044	30.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Soho and Victoria

Soho and Victoria^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Farut Shaeen	2,799	80.1	−0.1
	Conservative	Steve Simcox	444	12.7	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Daisy Shone	253	7.2	New
Majority			2,355	67.4
Turnout			3,546	32.5
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sukhbir Gill	3,193	81.5	−0.8
	Conservative	Keith Lawley	570	14.5	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jeavons	157	4.0	New
Majority
Turnout			3,961	37.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Tipton Green

Tipton Green^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charn Padda	1,372	45.8	−12.7
	Independent	Richard Jeffcoat	1,011	33.7	New
	Conservative	Narinder Garcha	613	20.5	+2.4
Majority
Turnout			3,022	27.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Tividale

Tividale^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Crompton	1,323	53.0	−1.3
	Conservative	Emma Henlan	1,173	47.0	+23.9
Majority			150	6.0
Turnout			2,521	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wednesbury North

Wednesbury North^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Peter Hughes	1,259	51.12
	Conservative	Sarah Johnson	1,058	42.96
	Green	Mark Redding	115	4.67
	TUSC	Gareth Knox	31	1.26
Majority			201	8.16
Turnout			2,463	26.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Wednesbury South

Wednesbury South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kirat Singh	1,578	49.5
	Conservative	Ian Chambers	1,137	35.7
	Labour	Gulshan Tabassum	1,032	32.4
	Conservative	David Wilkes	970	30.4
	Reform UK	Steve Dabbs	140	4.4
	Workers Party	Reuben Lawrence	92	2.9
Turnout			3,187	30.9
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

West Bromwich Central

West Bromwich Central^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Rollins	1,916	56.97	14.3
	Conservative	Fajli Bibi	1,128	33.54	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daljit Kaur Nagra	319	9.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,363	32.32
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections

Tividale

Tividale: 15 July 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Henlan	986	52.6	+20.7
	Labour	Robert Hevican	810	43.2	−13.7
	Independent	Energy Kutebura	40	2.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Bradley	30	1.6	New
	TUSC	Richard Gingell	9	0.5	New
Majority			176	9.4	N/A
Turnout			1,878	20.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	17.2

References

^ "Elections 2021". Sandwell.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Sandwell Council election 2021: Full list of candidates". Express and Star. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Statement of Persons Nominated - Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council" (PDF). Sandwell.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Elections 2021". Sandwell.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[2] "Sandwell Council election 2021: Full list of candidates". Express and Star. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[3] "Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council".

[wards-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Statement of Persons Nominated - Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council" (PDF). Sandwell.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

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