Dudley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 72 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.^[1]

By-election results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Woodall	1,333	56.5	+5.4
	Labour	Nigel Hodgetts	777	32.9	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Robert Ratcliff	249	10.6	-1.3
Majority			556	23.6
Turnout			2,359	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Higgins	794	62.2	+14.3
	Conservative	Steve Ridley	358	28.0	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Fletcher	125	9.8	-1.0
Majority			436	34.2
Turnout			1,277	13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Elcock	1,375	51.2	+3.1
	Labour	Adnan Rashid	633	23.6	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Bramall	259	9.6	+2.3
	UKIP	Glenn Wilson	229	8.5	-5.0
	Green	Benjamin Sweeney	143	5.3	-1.3
	National Front	Kevin Inman	47	1.7	+1.7
Majority			742	27.6
Turnout			2,686
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Barbara Sykes	847	35.8	-1.5
	Conservative	Matt Rogers	787	33.3	+0.9
	UKIP	Barbara Deeley	249	10.5	+0.8
	Independent	Russell Eden	211	8.9	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bramall	169	7.1	-5.7
	BNP	Ken Griffiths	96	4.1	+4.1
	Green	Ben Sweeney	7	0.3	+0.3
Majority			60	25.4
Turnout			2,366
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clem Baugh	1,053	55.7	+1.3
	UKIP	Star Etheridge	478	25.3	+8.2
	Conservative	Julian Ryder	190	10.1	-8.5
	BNP	Ken Griffiths	120	6.3	+6.3
	Green	Becky Blatchford	33	1.7	-1.1
	National Front	Kevin Inman	16	0.8	-2.0
Majority			575	30.4
Turnout			1,890
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence	1,456	53.8	+3.9
	Labour	Lynn Boleyn	934	34.5	+8.1
	UKIP	Mick Forsyth	262	9.7	-11.4
	Green	Andi Mohr	52	1,9	-0.8
Majority			522	19.3
Turnout			2,704
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cathryn Bayton	847	46.3	+1.3
	UKIP	Graeme Lloyd	554	30.3	+2.3
	Conservative	Wayne Sullivan	427	23.4	-0.4
Majority			293	16.0
Turnout			1,828
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaneila Mughal	1,466	60.6	+17.9
	UKIP	Phil Wimlett	653	27.0	-2.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Elliott	249	10.3	-11.9
	Green	Francis Sheppard	52	2.1	-1.2
Majority			813	33.6
Turnout			2,420
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Priest	1,321	52.4	+14.5
	Labour	Rachael Gardener	771	30.6	–8.1
	Conservative	Steve Hill	353	14.0	–4.9
	Green	Kash Khan	69	2.7	–0.6
	TUSC	Siobhan Friel	5	0.2	–0.7
Majority			550	21.8
Turnout			2,526
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Reid	816	48.0	–5.9
	Conservative	Rab Rana	719	42.3	+1.7
	Independent	Richard Tasker	84	4.9	+4.9
	Green	Christian Kiever	50	2.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Qadus	32	1.9	-3.6
Majority			97	5.7
Turnout			1,701
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing