Walsall Council election 2021: Full list of candidates

Voters will head to the polls next month for elections that were postponed last year due to the pandemic.

Elections for 143 local authorities in England will take place on May 6, as well as polls for regional metro mayors and police and crime commissioners.

The four Black Country authorities will each see around one third of council seats go before voters.

In Walsall, 22 seats are up for grabs. They include all three seats in Pelsall, where Conservative councillors Sally Neville and Marco Longhi MP are stepping down.

Scroll down to see the candidates in every ward across the borough and stay posted for a full election preview.

The deadline to register to vote is 11.59pm on April 19, while the deadline to register for a postal vote is 5pm the following day.

Walsall Council make-up

Current state of play: Cons 32, Lab 26, Lib Dem 2

Last time these seats were up for grabs: 2016

Result in 2016: Labour 10, Conservative 7, Liberal Democract 2, Independent 1

Seats up for grabs in 2021: 22 seats in 20 wards. One ward, Pelsall, has three seats up for election.

*Denotes party that won seat in 2016

• Birchills-Leamore: Amo Hussain (Cons), Tina Jukes (Lab)*, Kevin Pitt (Green), Paul Wild (Lib Dem), Elaine Williams (Reform UK)

• Blakenall: Saghir Mohammed (Cons), Pete Smith (Indep), Matt Ward (Lab)*

• Bloxwich East: Gary Flint (Cons), Kath Phillips (Lab)*

• Bloxwich West: Brad Allen (Cons)*, Stuart Hodges (Lib Dem), Robert Matthews (Reform UK), David Morgan (Lab)

• Short Heath: Daniel Barker (Lib Dem)*, Elliot Pfebve (Lab), Josh Whitehouse (Cons)

• Willenhall North: Stacie Elson (Cons), Carl Harrison (Green), Stephen Moreton (Lab), Ian Shires (Lib Dem)*

• Willenhall South: Sean Coughlan (Lab)*, Ben Hodges (Lib Dem), Amandeep Kaur Garcha (Cons)

• Aldridge Central and South: Shaz Akhtar (Lab), Jonathan Bates (Lib Dem), Guan Chan (Green), Tim Wilson (Cons)*

• Aldridge North and Walsall Wood: Michael Bruce (Lab), Isaac Crosby (Lib Dem), Tanya Petrovic (Green), Keith Sears (Cons)*

• Brownhills: Lee Chapman (Reform UK), Hamza Karim (Lib Dem), Kerry Murphy (Cons), Phil Parker (Green), Steve Wade (Lab)*

• Pelsall (three seats): Shamim Ahmed (Lab), Graham Eardley (Reform UK), Patti Lane (Lab), Deborah Lee (Green), Ed Lee (Cons), Jon Maltman (Lab), Rose Martin (Cons), Garry Perry (Cons)*

• Pheasey Park Farm: Adrian Andrew (Cons)*, Matthew Barker (Lib Dem), Andrea Maynard (Green), Trish White (Lab)

• Rushall-Shelfield: Jade Davies (Reform UK), Sawra Shmim (Cons), Richard Worrall (Lab)*

• Streetly: Michael Coulson (Lab), Jennifer Gray (Lib Dem), Keir Pedley (Cons)*, Alison Walters (Green)

• Bentley and Darlaston North: Sukhy Nijjar (Cons), Angela Underhill (Lab)*

• Darlaston South: Derek Bennett (Cons), Chris Bott (Lab) *won as independent

• Paddock: Nasar Ali (Lab), Nick Gandham (Cons)*, Roger Watts (Lib Dem)

• Palfrey: Sabina Ditta (Lab)*, Moz Khan (Cons)

• Pleck: Naheed Gultasib (Lab)*, Jitu Miah (Cons)

• St Matthews: Abdus Nazir (Lab)*, Michael Walters (Green), Mohammed Yaqoob (Cons)