Walsall

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data

20.6% all-time seats elected below the quota (42 of 204)

21.1% all-time seats unfairly awarded (43 of 204 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

60 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 60 seats were up across 20 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 60 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	80,225	37.3%	40	66.7%	23	38.3%	+17
Conservative Party	49,091	22.8%	10	16.7%	14	23.3%	-4
Labour Party	30,277	14.1%	1	1.7%	9	15.0%	-8
Green Party	25,084	11.7%	0	0.0%	7	11.7%	-7
Walsall Community Independents Party	18,925	8.8%	8	13.3%	5	8.3%	+3
Independent	8,603	4.0%	1	1.7%	2	3.3%	-1
Liberal Democrats	1,447	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Advance UK	1,324	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	214,976	100.0%	60	100.0%	60	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward	2016	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
Aldridge Central and South	57%	73%	48%	76%	68%	62%	60%	42%
Aldridge North and Walsall Wood	49%	69%	52%	72%	64%	54%	51%	44%
Beechdale, Leamore and Reedswood								57%
Bentley and Darlaston North	63%	73%	52%	56%	58%	59%	36%	42%
Birchills Leamore	77%	51%	52%
Birchills-Leamore				54%	53%	47%	41%
Blakenall	51%	48%	51%	38%	38%	37%	43%
Bloxwich East	50%	51%	53%	61%	60%	51%	41%
Bloxwich East and Blakenall Heath								55%
Bloxwich West	52%	60%	64%	67%	59%	48%	40%	62%
Brownhills	45%	54%	37%	55%	49%	53%	44%	56%
Darlaston South	50%	42%	46%	64%	79%	75%	66%	51%
Harden, Goscote and Ryecroft								47%
New Invention								48%
Paddock	55%	61%	51%	53%	46%	50%	37%	32%
Palfrey	78%	69%	63%	66%	54%	51%	48%
Palfrey and the Delves								32%
Pelsall	69%	64%	56%	98%	64%	60%	67%	50%
Pheasey Park Farm	54%	62%	54%	71%	58%	57%	61%	39%
Pleck	71%	80%	78%	75%	74%	77%	39%	43%
Rushall-Shelfield	54%	53%	41%	50%	48%	53%	42%	43%
Short Heath	34%	40%	46%	54%	47%	43%	47%	50%
St Matthew's	54%	52%	48%					36%
St. Matthews				51%	62%	51%	34%
Streetly	62%	70%	51%	68%	59%	61%	60%	46%
Willenhall								49%
Willenhall North	46%	42%	45%	46%	42%	46%	43%
Willenhall South	65%	57%	61%	53%	70%	63%	68%