title: 2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
text: # 2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election
  
  The 2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
  
  ## Results summary
  
  2019 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election :
  
  | Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
  | | Labour | 24 | | 100.0 | 48 | 72 | 100.0 | 31,823 | 58.6 | -9.9 |
  | | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10,077 | 18.5 | -5.9 |
  | | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,326 | 9.8 | +5.2 |
  | | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,730 | 5.0 | +4.2 |
  | | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,800 | 3.3 | +3.1 |
  | | For Britain | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,020 | 1.9 | +0.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 924 | 1.7 | +1.3 |
  | | Black Country Party | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 568 | 1.0 | New |
  | | Yeshua | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Abbey
  
  Abbey :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Ahmad Bostan | 1,406 | 54.8 |
  | | Green | Michael Allen | 597 | 23.2 |
  | | Conservative | Robin Bird | 358 | 13.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Karl Renar | 207 | 8.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,619 | 31.6 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Blackheath
  
  Blackheath :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Thabiso Mabena | 726 | 33.4 |
  | | Conservative | Bob Dunn | 620 | 28.5 |
  | | UKIP | David Westwood | 457 | 21.0 |
  | | Black Country Party | Ian Bradshaw | 253 | 11.6 |
  | | Green | Aldo Mussi | 120 | 5.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,185 | 23.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Bristnall
  
  Bristnall :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Saikha Kausar | 900 | 46.3 |
  | | Conservative | Connor Jones | 537 | 27.6 |
  | | Green | Susan O'Dell | 506 | 26.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,998 | 22.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Charlemont with Grove Vale
  
  Charlemont with Grove Vale :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Elizabeth Giles | 1,145 | 46.2 |
  | | Conservative | Lee Williams | 761 | 30.7 |
  | | UKIP | Graham Nock | 430 | 17.3 |
  | | For Britain | Sam Harding | 144 | 5.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,510 | 27.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Cradley Heath and Old Hill
  
  Cradley Heath and Old Hill :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Ann Shackleton | 1,149 | 51.2 |
  | | UKIP | Simon Roberts | 487 | 21.7 |
  | | Conservative | Balhar Ramewal | 349 | 15.5 |
  | | Green | Paul Connor | 175 | 7.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Robert Johns | 86 | 3.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,256 | 22.5 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Friar Park
  
  Friar Park :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Karen Simms | 719 | 44.7 |
  | | Independent | Wayne Trinder | 562 | 35.0 |
  | | Conservative | Bob Willetts | 250 | 15.6 |
  | | Yeshua | Colin Rankine | 76 | 4.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,637 | 18.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Great Barr with Yew Tree
  
  Great Barr with Yew Tree :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Gurdesh Gill | 1,254 | 47.0 |
  | | Conservative | Paul Kearns | 465 | 17.4 |
  | | For Britain | Lorraine Binsley | 344 | 12.9 |
  | | Independent | Shirley Hosell | 340 | 12.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Pimm | 144 | 5.4 |
  | | Green | Daniela Waugh | 120 | 4.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,684 | 27.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Great Bridge
  
  Great Bridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Pete Allen | 1,156 | 72.8 |
  | | Conservative | Stuart Bate | 432 | 27.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,707 | 18.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Great Green and Lyng
  
  Great Green and Lyng :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jackie Taylor | 1,684 | 74.0 |
  | | Conservative | Judith Willetts | 344 | 15.1 |
  | | Green | Fiona Pitt | 249 | 10.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,320 | 26.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Hateley Heath
  
  Hateley Heath :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Kay Millar | 1,575 | 75.6 |
  | | Conservative | John Stockall | 508 | 24.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,219 | 22.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Langley
  
  Langley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Yvonne Davies | 1,221 | 60.2 |
  | | Conservative | Archer Williams | 442 | 21.8 |
  | | Green | Frederic Lacroix | 365 | 18.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,078 | 22.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Newton
  
  Newton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Richard McVittie | 817 | 36.8 |
  | | Independent | Dave Hosell | 512 | 23.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bertam Richards | 333 | 15.0 |
  | | Conservative | Pauline Williams | 328 | 14.8 |
  | | For Britain | Stephen Latham | 131 | 5.9 |
  | | Green | Hannah Valenzuela | 100 | 4.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,233 | 26.0 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Oldbury
  
  Oldbury :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Suzanne Hartwell | 1,759 | 72.9 |
  | | Conservative | Kerntian Keri | 364 | 15.1 |
  | | Green | Jody Waugh | 290 | 12.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,453 | 25.6 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Old Warley
  
  Old Warley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Richard Jones | 979 | 45.3 |
  | | Conservative | Jeffrey Regha | 516 | 23.9 |
  | | Black Country Party | Jason Dickens | 315 | 14.6 |
  | | Green | Samantha Lyster | 199 | 9.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Manley-Green | 154 | 7.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,181 | 24.1 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Princes End
  
  Princes End :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Stephen Jones | 599 | 39.4 |
  | | UKIP | Paul Blundell | 426 | 28.0 |
  | | Conservative | Scott Chapman | 302 | 19.9 |
  | | Independent | James Marsh | 193 | 12.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,531 | 16.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Rowley
  
  Rowley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Shaheen Akhtar | 759 | 38.0 |
  | | Independent | Paul Rudge | 533 | 26.7 |
  | | Conservative | Satpal Singh | 457 | 22.9 |
  | | Green | Heather Allen | 246 | 12.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,029 | 21.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Smethwick
  
  Smethwick :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Manjit Gill | 1,863 | 72.4 |
  | | Green | Stephanie Buckman | 365 | 14.2 |
  | | Conservative | Colin Clark | 344 | 13.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,577 | 27.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Soho and Victoria
  
  Soho and Victoria :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Zahir Hussain | 2,285 | 80.2 |
  | | Green | Robert Buckman | 298 | 10.5 |
  | | Conservative | Suki Nandra | 267 | 9.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,869 | 29.3 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### St. Paul's
  
  St. Paul's :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Zahoor Ahmed | 2,729 | 82.3 |
  | | Conservative | Mohammad Hussain | 319 | 9.6 |
  | | Green | Fabienne Ottridge | 266 | 8.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,353 | 33.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Tipton Green
  
  Tipton Green :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Syeda Khatun | 1,405 | 58.5 |
  | | Green | Richard Jeffcoat | 563 | 23.4 |
  | | Conservative | Sam Wilkes | 435 | 18.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,474 | 23.8 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Tividale
  
  Tividale :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Lorraine Ashman | 1,051 | 54.3 |
  | | Conservative | Narinder Garcha | 446 | 23.1 |
  | | Green | Keir Williams | 437 | 22.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,978 | 21.7 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Wednesbury North
  
  Wednesbury North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Elaine Costigan | 1,436 | 62.3 |
  | | For Britain | Darryl Magher | 401 | 17.4 |
  | | Conservative | Steve Simcox | 311 | 13.5 |
  | | Green | Mark Redding | 156 | 6.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,319 | 25.4 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Wednesbury South
  
  Wednesbury South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Olwen Jones | 1,243 | 55.5 |
  | | Independent | Lynn Chawner | 590 | 26.4 |
  | | Conservative | Keith Lawley | 405 | 18.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,271 | 22.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### West Bromwich Central
  
  West Bromwich Central :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Bawa Dhallu | 1,963 | 71.3 |
  | | Conservative | Elizabeth Brown | 516 | 18.7 |
  | | Green | Ryan Ottridge | 274 | 10.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,792 | 28.9 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  