Full Sandwell Council election results as Tories gain nine seats
Labour retained its vice-like control on Sandwell Council but will have a genuine opposition after the Conservatives gained nine seats.
What happened: Labour is still the dominant party but the Conservatives won nine seats to gain representation on the council for the first time in five years.
Political make-up: Lab 58, Cons 9, Indep 4, Vacant 1
Turnout: 29.5%
Full results ward-by-ward
*Denotes party that won seat in 2016
Abbey
Nicky Hinchliff (Lab)* 2,197
Ali Akhbar Hussain (Cons) 507
Robert Johns (Lib Dem) 90
Barry Lim (Green) 416
Lab hold
Blackhealth
Greg Allman (Cons) 1,072
Kerrie Carmichael (Lab)* 1,402
Lab hold
Bristnall
Ellen Fenton (Lab)* 1,366
Connor Jones (Cons) 1,005
Manjit Lall (Lib Dem) 110
Joe Loudon (Green) 158
Lab hold
Charlemont with Grove Vale
David Fisher (Cons) 1,814
Sam Harding (For Britain) 72
Amanda Jenkins (Lib Dem) 92
Sanjeev Kumar (Indep) 43
Graham Nock (Reform UK) 62
Liam Preece (Lab)* 1,276
Cons gain
Cradley Heath and Old Hill
Satinder Dunn (Cons) 1,187
Cammilla Mngaza (TUSC) 41
Vicki Smith (Lab)* 1,250
Caroline White (Indep) 113
Lab hold
Friar Park
Scott Chapman (Cons) 1,008
John Giles (Lab)* 759
Colin Rankine (Yeshua) 37
Wayne Trinder (Indep) 151
Cons gain
Great Barr with Yew Tree
Liam Abrahams (Cons) 1,518
Darryl Magher (Indep) 247
Mark Smith (Lib Dem) 269
Christopher Worsey (Lab)* 1,172
Cons gain
Great Bridge
William Gill (Cons) 1,099
Ann Jarvis (Lab)* 1,081
Sandeep Singh (Indep) 123
Cons gain
Greets Green and Lyng
Md Jalal Ahmed (Cons) 820
John Edwards (Indep) 457
Pam Randhawa (Lab)* 1,679
Lab hold
Hateley Heath
Kacey Akpoteni (Lab) 1,471
Jacqueline Nock (Reform UK) 112
Paavan Ohm Sehmar (Indep) 67
Les Trumpeter (Cons) 1,277
Lab hold
Langley
Sharon Davies (Indep) 596
Caroline Owen (Lab)* 1,151
Mohammed Sakhi (Cons) 693
Lab hold
Newton
Elaine Giles (Lab)* 1,242
Bertram Richards (Lid Dem) 165
Joyce Underhill (Indep) 452
Hannah Valenzuela (Green) 90
Lee Williams (Cons) 1,066
Lab hold
Old Warley (2 seats)
Jay Anandou (Cons) 1,361
Harnoor Bhullar (Lab)* 1,145
Karl Leech (Reform UK) 112
Aldo Mussi (Green) 267
Jeffrey Regha (Cons) 859
Bob Smith (Lib Dem) 236
John Tipper (Lab) 922
Lab hold (x1), Cons gain (x1)
Oldbury
Richard Gingell (TUSC) 157
Rizwan Jalil (Lab) 2,075
Nathan Poole (Cons) 1,009
Lab hold
Princes End
Bill Cherrington (Reform UK) 232
Susan Eaves (Lab)* 590
Ian Jones (Indep) 134
Archer Williams (Cons) 909
Cons gain
Rowley
Nagi Daya Singh (Lab)* 865
Laured Kalari (Cons) 1,050
Claire Mayo (Lab) 872
Satpal Singh (Cons) 1,039
Cons gain (x2)
Smethwick
Nicholas Bradley (Lib Dems) 149
Amrita Dunn (Cons) 559
Parbinder Kaur (Lab)* 2,066
Serena Laidley (WEP) 75
Rod Macrorie (Green) 144
Lab hold
Soho and Victoria
Farut Shaeen (Lab)* 2,799
Daisy Shone (Lib Dem) 253
Steve Simcox (Cons) 444
Lab hold
St. Paul’s
Sukhbir Gill (Lab)* 3,193
Ian Jeavons (Lib Dem) 157
Keith Lawley (Cons) 570
Lab hold
Tipton Green
Narinder Garcha (Cons) 613
Richard Jeffcoat (Indep) 1,011
Charn Padda (Lab)* 1,372
Lab hold
Tividale
Maria Crompton (Lab)* 1,323
Emma Henlan (Cons) 1,173
Lab hold
Wednesbury North
Peter Hughes (Lab)* 1,259
Sarah Johnson (Cons) 1,058
Gareth Knox (TUSC) 31
Mark Redding (Green) 115
Lab hold
Wednesbury South (2 seats)
Ian Chambers (Cons) 1,137
Steve Dabbs (Reform UK) 140
Reuben Lawrence (WPB) 92
Kirat Singh (Lab)* 1,578
Gulshan Tabassum (Lab) 1,032
David Wilkes (Cons) 970
Cons gain (x1), Lab hold (x1)
West Bromwich Central
Fajli Bibi (Cons) 1,128
Daljit Kaur Nagra (Lib Dem) 319
Laura Rollins (Lab) 1,916
Lab hold