Sandwell Council election results in full as Labour tighten grip and claim big Tory scalp

The ruling Labour group, which has held power in Sandwell for all but one of the borough’s 50-year existence, swiped three of the four seats the Conservatives were defending in local elections on Thursday (May 2) – including the party’s leader David Fisher.

Of the 24 seats up for grabs, 22 were won by Labour with the Conservatives winning one and independent candidate Richard Jeffcoat won in Tipton Green.

The political split on Sandwell Council now sees Labour with 65 councillors, the Conservatives have five with two independents.

Labour’s Dalel Singh Bamra was victorious in the Charlemont with Grove Vale ward over Tory leader David Fisher with Connor Horton winning in Great Barr with Yew Tree. Tory councillor Scott Chapman lost his Friar Park seat to Labour’s Elizabeth Giles.

Conservative councillor Will Gill was re-elected in Great Bridge in what was the only saving grace for the party in Sandwell.

Independent candidate Richard Jeffocat pulled off a big win and was finally successful at the fifth attempt in Tipton Green where he defeated Labour cabinet member Charn Singh Padda with a whopping 1,630 votes.

Archer Williams, who was elected in Princes End in 2021 as a Conservative was re-elected this time around but as a Labour candidate having switched sides at the end of last year.

Labour council leader Kerrie Carmichael was re-elected in Blackheath – and she was among a string of Labour councillors who kept their seats with resounding wins.

Councillor Carmichael said she was “elated” by the results which saw Labour win 22 of the 24 seats on offer.

“Any other council would kill for that kind of result,” she said. “Obviously I’m disappointed that we’ve lost two seats, a clean sweep would have been nice but we are on an upward trajectory as a council.

“The residents voting for us in this way shows that we are doing a good job. Bring on the general election.”

Cabinet member Peter Hughes retained his Wednesbury North seat. There were big wins for Labour’s Parbinder Kaur in Smethwick, Jenny Chidley in Wednesbury South, Rizwan Jalil in Oldbury, Maria Crompton in Tividale and Ellen Fenton in Bristnall.

A huge win for Labour’s Nicky Hinchliff in the Abbey ward saw her re-elected with a 1,655-vote majority. Vicki Smith also won comfortably in Cradley Heath and Old Hill alongside a massive win for Sukhbir Singh Gill in the St Paul’s ward. Farut Shaeen was also victorious for Labour in the Soho and Victoria ward and Farzana Haq won in West Bromwich Central.

Amardeep Singh was victorious in Hateley Heath and Caroline Owen was re-elected for Labour in Langley.

Elaine Giles won in Newton and Pam Randhawa was elected with a 1,484-vote majority in Greets Green and Lyng. Sohail Iqbal, who replaced Wade Taylor as Labour candidate at the last minute, won comfortably for the party in Rowley.

Luke Cotterill won in Old Warley – which had been won by Tory councillor Jay Anandou in 2021 before he quit the party and saw out his term as an independent – in another gain for Labour.

A third of the council’s seats were on the line when polls opened on Thursday (May 2) with residents in each of the 24 wards asked to cast a vote.

The overall turnout for Sandwell was 28.48 per cent.

Here are the full results.

* denotes winner

Abbey

Thomas Blewitt, Conservative - 395

Nicky Hinchliff, Labour - 2,078*

Justin Macintosh, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition - 126

Roderick MacRorie, Green Party - 413

Blackheath

Kerrie Carmichael, Labour - 1,180*

Mike Cooper, Reform UK - 310

Bob Dunn, Conservative - 520

Aldo Mussi, Green Party - 157

Craig Taylor, Independent - 102

Bristnall

Gemma Barnfield, Conservative - 464

Chris Clemson, Reform UK - 316

Ellen Fenton, Labour - 1,413*

Clive Heywood, Liberal Democrat - 224

Charlemont with Grove Vale

Dalel Singh Bhamra, Labour - 1,480*

Usha Rani Braich, Liberal Democrat - 59

David Fisher, Conservative - 1,243

Sam Harding, UKIP - 71

Graham Nock, Reform UK - 256

Jeremy Parker, Green Party - 135

Cradley Heath and Old Hill

Leon Barnfield, Conservative - 506

Nicholas Bradley, Liberal Democrat - 123

Paul Connor, Green Party - 211

Cammilla Mngaza, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition - 19

Ballie Singh, Reform UK - 267

Vicki Smith, Labour - 1,340*

Friar Park

Scott Chapman, Conservative - 626

Elizabeth Giles, Labour - 1,013*

Steve Khuttan, Reform UK - 204

Richard McVittie, Liberal Democrat - 44

Kevin Priest, Green Party - 50

Colin Rankine, Yeshua - 21

Great Barr with Yew Tree

Connor Horton, Labour - 1,507*

Adrian Jones, Conservative - 752

Shareen Khan, Green Party - 219

Mark Smith, Liberal Democrat - 262

Margaret Sutton, Reform UK - 292

Great Bridge

Pete Durnell, Reform UK - 253

Will Gill, Conservative - 1,278*

Khurshid Haque, Labour - 1,035

Awais Qaisar, Green Party - 173

Greets Green Party - and Lyng

Gill Darby, Green Party - 295

Paul Green , Conservative - 422

Ray Nock, Reform UK - 225

Pam Randhawa, Labour - 1,926*

Hateley Heath

Jason Glover, Conservative - 439

Jackie Nock, Reform UK - 283

Martin Roebuck, Liberal Democrat - 125

Amardeep Singh, Labour - 1,713*

Langley

Gillian Coleyshaw, Conservative - 475

Caroline Owen, Labour - 1,523*

Ian Plant, Reform UK - 312

Newton

Tony Braich, Liberal Democrat - 154

Elaine Giles, Labour - 1,502*

Ravi Sangar, Conservative - 552

Geoffrey Sutton, Reform UK - 216

Hannah Valenzuela, Green Party - 181

Old Warley

Luke Cotterill, Labour - 1,412*

Hilary Grandey, Green Party - 249

Karl Leech, Reform UK - 290

Jeffrey Regha, Conservative - 619

Bob Smith, Liberal Democrat - 175

Oldbury

Richard Gingell, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition - 95

Mark Holdroyd, Green Party - 200

Rizwan Jalil, Labour - 1,714*

Wikas Khan, Liberal Democrat - 399

Robert Yardley, Conservative - 521

Princes End

Kelly Cranston, Conservative - 755

Gary Dale, Reform UK - 268

Joe Loudon, Green Party - 53

Archer Williams, Labour - 942*

Rowley

Saskia Ebanks, Green Party - 138

Chris Fanthom, Reform UK - 351

Sohail Iqbal, Labour - 1,080*

Laured Kalari, Independent - 265

Satpal Singh, Conservative - 471

Smethwick

Ravaldeep Bath, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition - 159

Stephen Emms, Conservative - 443

Gita Joshi, Green Party - 340

Parbinder Kaur, Labour - 2,024*

Soho and Victoria

Parminder Dhesi, Conservative - 336

Jeremy Rendell, Green Party - 435

Farut Shaeen, Labour - 2,207*

Keith Wilmot, Liberal Democrat - 169

St Paul’s

Patricia Emms, Conservative - 557

Sukhbir Singh Gill, Labour - 2,928*

Tipton Green

Aaron Emms, Conservative - 328

Richard Jeffcoat, Independent - 1,630*

Charn Singh Padda, Labour - 1,226

Tividale

Maria Crompton, Labour - 1,295*

Steve Dabbs, Reform UK - 264

Neil Griffiths, Conservative - 502

Palwinder Singh, Liberal Democrat - 125

Wednesbury North

Jayne Heathcote, Reform UK - 259

Peter Hughes, Labour - 1,042*

Abdul Husen, Independent - 513

Richard Jones, Liberal Democrat - 49

Gareth Knox, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition - 16

Mark Redding, Green Party - 106

Steve Simcox, Conservative - 517

Wednesbury South

Jenny Chidley, Labour - 1,603*

Manjit Singh Lall, Liberal Democrat - 143

U’Semu Makaya, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition - 39

Connor Marshall, Conservative - 636

Jack Sabharwal, Reform UK - 258

West Bromwich Central

Sarah Deans, Green Party - 223

Farzana Haq, Labour - 1,807*

Daljit Kaur Nagra, Liberal Democrat - 186

Rafiullah Mohammadzai, Conservative - 458

Mohammed Rohim, Independent - 439

Robert White, Reform UK - 261