Walsall Elections 2022 – All Candidates

The latest Walsall elections take place on Thursday 5 May with 21 seats being contested on Walsall Council.

Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm with the final count taking place a the Civic Centre.

walsall council house

There is one seat available in each of the wards with the Willenhall South seat to be contested with two candidates after councillor Sean Coughlan was removed from his post for child sex offences.

Currently, the Conservative party holds the majority with 37 seats, followed by Labour with 19 and two independent candidates.

The full list of candidates is as follows.

Candidates For 2022 Walsall Elections

Aldridge Central and South:

  • Bobby Bains (Conservative)
  • Kathryn Smith (Labour)

Aldridge North and Walsall Wood:

  • Michael Bruce (Labour)
  • Anthony Harris (Conservative)

Bentley and Darlaston North:

  • Rose Burley (Labour)
  • Sharon Felton (Independent)
  • Saghir Mohammed (Conservative)

Birchills-Leamore:

  • Tina Jukes (Labour)
  • Amy Read (Conservative)
  • Elaine Williams (Reform)

Blakenall:

  • Izzy Hussain (Conservative)
  • Dave Taylor (Independent)
  • Matt Ward (Labour)

Bloxwich East:

  • Ben Hodges (Lib Dem)
  • Adam Mohammed (Labour)
  • Mark Statham (Conservative)

Bloxwich West:

  • Michael Coulson (Labour)
  • Louise Harrison (Conservative)

Brownhills:

  • Lee Chapman (Independent)
  • Emma Morgan (Labour)
  • John Murray (Conservative)

Darlaston South:

  • Paul Bott (Labour)
  • Manju Gill (Conservative)

Paddock:

  • Daniel Barker (Lib Dem)
  • Rishi Sharma (Labour)
  • Gurmeet Singh Sohal (Conservative)

Palfrey:

  • Shamim Ahmed (Independent)
  • Shakila Hussain (Labour)
  • Moz Khan (Conservative)

Pelsall:

  • Graham Eardley (Reform)
  • Patti Lane (Labour)
  • Edward Lee (Conservative)

Pheasey Park Farm:

  • Matthew Barker (Lib Dem)
  • Hannah Jones (Labour)
  • Chris Towe (Conservative)

Pleck:

  • Leyoh Goodall (Conservative)
  • Ram Mehmi (Labour)

Rushall-Shelfield:

  • Jade Davies (Independent)
  • David Morgan (Labour)
  • Vera Waters (Conservative)

Short Heath:

  • Amandeep Garcha (Conservative)
  • Simon Rollason (Labour)
  • Mohammed Yaqub (Lib Dem)

St Matthews:

  • Aftab Nawaz (Labour)
  • Vandana Sharma (Conservative)
  • Roger Watts (Lib Dem)

Streetly:

  • Jennifer Gray (Lib Dem)
  • Eileen Russell (Labour)
  • Suky Samra (Conservative)

Willenhall North:

  • Stuart Hodges (Lib Dem)
  • Lee Jeavons (Labour)
  • Rob Larden (Conservative)

Willenhall South (two seats):

  • Simran Cheema (Labour)
  • Poonam Gill (Conservative)
  • Angela Hodges (Lib Dem)
  • Connor Horton (Labour)
  • Tony Sadler (Conservative)

The results are expected to be announced on 6 May.