1996 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 1996. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained overall control of the Council, gaining seven seats at the expense of the Conservative group.

Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour Party 39
• Conservative Party 19
• Liberal Democrat 2

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour Party 46
• Conservative Party 12
• Liberal Democrat 2

Election result

Wolverhampton Local Election Result 1996

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	46	7	0	+7	76.67
	Conservative	12	0	-7	-7	20.00
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	3.33

Ward results

Bilston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Collingswood	1549
	Liberal Democrats	Mrs A E Ramsbottom	407
	Conservative	E Topliss	267
Majority			1142
	Labour hold		Swing

Bilston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Stringer	2026
	Conservative	F Haley	788
	Liberal Democrats	I Ellis	282
Majority			1238
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Blakenhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Jones	2465
	Conservative	W Sandhu	645
	Liberal Democrats	R Gray	238
Majority			1820
	Labour hold		Swing

Bushbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Stelfox	1592
	Conservative	Charles Brueton	1464
	Liberal Democrats	C Jenkins	236
Majority			123
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

East Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs Pat Byrne	2086
	Conservative	L Berry	386
	Liberal Democrats	T O'Brien	158
Majority			1700
	Labour hold		Swing

Ettingshall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Johnson	1723
	Conservative	M Hanson	362
	Liberal Democrats	M Heap	125
Majority			1361
	Labour hold		Swing

Fallings Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Dougherty	1786
	Conservative	K Hodges	918
	Liberal	A Bourke	336
Majority			868
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Graiseley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Moore	2372
	Conservative	N Patten	1432
	Liberal Democrats	M Millar	304
Majority			940
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Heath Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Turner	1394
	Liberal	C Hallmark	518
	Conservative	G Wright	314
Majority			876
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J McCallum	1676
	Conservative	P Topliss	302
	Liberal Democrats	D E Iles	228
Majority			1374
	Labour hold		Swing

Merry Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Christine Mills	1898
	Labour	C Matthews	1677
	Liberal Democrats	J White	375
Majority			221
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P Allen	1820
	Conservative	P O'Connell	1073
	Liberal Democrats	I Jenkins	327
Majority			747
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Edmondson	2208
	Conservative	M Griffiths	1777
	Liberal Democrats	B Lewis	380
Majority			431
	Labour hold		Swing

Penn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hart	2058
	Labour	A Convery	1713
	Liberal Democrats	P Beeston	458
Majority			345
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spring Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whitehouse	2403
	Labour	E Brookes	1469
	Conservative	C Haynes	229
Majority			934
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Duhra	2022
	Conservative	T Perkins	421
	Liberal Democrats	D Murray	413
Majority			1601
	Labour hold		Swing

Tettenhall Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs Doreen Seiboth	1672
	Liberal Democrats	L MacLean	1347
	Labour	J Jaspal	597
Majority			325
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tettenhall Wightwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Wynne	2385
	Labour	S Tracey	1008
	Liberal Democrats	P Bennett	361
Majority			1377
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wednesfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Stafford-Good	2015
	Conservative	Andrew Dawson	955
	Liberal	M Pearson	432
Majority			1060
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wednesfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Hall	1822
	Conservative	S Jevon	939
	Liberal Democrats	J Steatham	241
Majority			883
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing