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Wolverhampton local election results: Labour in control but Tories gain one seat

Find out all the results from the 2019 Wolverhampton local election count.

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Newly-elected councillor Olivia Birch celebrates her win with Councillor Linda Leach in Wolverhampton

What happened:

Labour maintained control of the council but lost one seat to the Tories after Paul Appleby won Bushbury North by just eight votes.

Political make-up:

Labour 50, Conservatives 10.

Turnout: 27 per cent

Scroll down for full results by ward

GALLERY from Wolverhampton election count:

The first ballot box arrives at the count in Wolverhampton
City MPs Pat McFadden and Emma Reynolds were at the count
Votes were revealed in Wolverhampton in the early hours of Friday morning
The scene inside Aldersley Village
Roger Lawrence's successor will be chosen on Friday evening
Councillor Olivia Birch celebrates her win with Councillor Linda Leach in Wolverhampton
Rupinderjit Kaur celebrates holding her Spring Vale ward
Valerie Evans celebrates holding Fallings Park
Claire Simm held her Oxley Ward seat
Paul Appleby was delighted to win Bushbury for the Conservatives by eight votes
Votes arrive at Aldersley Leisure Village
Outgoing council leader Roger Lawrence at the count
Councillors Phil Page, Tim Johnson and Claire Darke
Wendy Thompson, leader of the Conservatives in Wolverhampton
Councillor Jacqui Sweetman with plenty of coffees
Councillor Beverley Momenabadi, who represents Ettingshall

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Ward-by-ward results

* = elected councillor

Bilston East: (Lab hold)

Tom Fellows (Indep) 191

Rashpal Kaur (Lab)* 1,045

Sian Kumar (Cons) 275

Robert Wells (Ukip) 550

Bilston North: (Lab hold)

Olivia Birch (Lab)* 1,216

Brian Lawley (Ukip) 540

Mohammed Sohaib (Cons) 318

Blakenhall: (Lab hold)

Patrick Bentley (Lib) 115

Paul Birch (Lab)* 2,221

Christopher Gleve (Ukip) 142

Josh Moreton (Cons) 335

Bushbury North: (Cons gain)

Paul Appleby (Cons)* 795

Ann Jenkins (Lib) 118

Wayne O’Brien (Lab) 787

John Rickhuss (Ukip) 515

Michelle Webster (Green) 134

Bushbury South and Low Hill: (Lab hold)

Alan Bamber (Lib) 126

Paula Brookfield (Lab)* 1,067

Robert Hornsby (Cons) 331

Clive Wood (Green) 209

East Park: (Lab hold)

Harman Banger (Lab)* 1,013

Steve Hall (Indep) 395

Andrew Timmins (Cons) 299

Ettingshall: (Lab hold)

David Murray (Lib) 347

Sandra Samuels (Lab)* 2,005

Fortune Sibanda (Cons) 292

Fallings Park: (Lab hold)

Helen Currie (Green) 229

Ranjit Dhillon (Cons) 537

Valerie Evans (Lab)* 931

Peter Nixon (Lib) 165

Graiseley: (Lab hold)

Daniel Flynn (Green) 234

Giuliano Pisarski (Cons) 497

Jacqueline Sweetman (Lab)* 1,630

Joanne Taaffe (Lib) 142

Heath Town: (Lab hold)

Milkinderpal Jaspal (Lab)* 1,124

Ian Jenkins (Lib) 281

Sucha Singh (Cons) 436

Merry Hill: (Cons hold)

Paul Darke (Lab) 1,020

Kate Gilbert (Green) 415

Chris Haynes (Cons) 1,499

Oxley: (Lab hold)

Leyla Abbes (Lib) 180

Joshua Allerton (Soc) 30

Andrew McNeil (Cons) 492

Clare Simm (Lab)* 971

Bob Southam (BCP) 320

Helen Tudor (Green) 114

Park: (Lab hold)

Amy Bertaut (Green) 359

David Davies (Cons) 651

Michael Hardacre (Lab)* 1,354

Nicholas Machnik-Foster (Lib) 171

Penn: (Cons hold)

Peter Hollis (Lib) 248

Muhammad Nasim (Lab) 1,127

Paul Singh (Cons)* 1,880

Holly Whitmill (Green) 394

Spring Vale: (Lab hold)

Kathryn Ball (Lib) 480

Rupinderjit Kaur (Lab)* 1,105

Safyaan Salim (Cons) 405

St Peters: (Lab hold)

Terry Hancox (Green) 179

Lynne Moran (Lab)* 1,391

Gillian Timms (Cons) 254

Tettenhall Regis: (Cons hold)

Benjamin Brunsdon (Green) 254

Julian Donald (Lib) 171

Chester Morrison (Lab) 850

Jonathan Yardley (Cons)* 1,692

Tettenhall Wightwick (two seats): (Cons hold x2)

Andrea Cantrill (Green) 609

Jonathan Crofts (Cons)* 1,997

Pat Cross (Lab) 754

Bryan Lewis (Lib) 247

David Marsh (Lib) 186

Wendy Thompson (Cons)* 2,073

Wednesfield North: (Lab hold)

Adam Collinge (Cons) 473

Lee Harris (Green) 122

Rita Potter (Lab)* 957

Eddie Szwarc (Ukip) 702

Wednesfield South (two seats): (Lab hold x2)

Raj Chagger (Cons) 674

Jacqui Coogan (Lab)* 933

Sandra Hopkins (Ukip) 545

Zak Roche (Green) 252

Bhupinder Gakhal (Lab)* 1,063

Alison Webb (Cons) 675

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