sentences:  Walsall Wood is part of the Aldridge North and Walsall Wood ward, in the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency, the MP of which is presently Wendy Morton, taking over from Richard Shepherd (Conservative).The area is represented by three Conservative councillors, Karl Brookhouse, Russell Bird and James Powell.The population in 2011 was 13,207 a 2.5% increase from 2001.