Dudley
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Council composition (approx.)
122 councillors elected across cycles 2022, 2023, 2024, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.
Cycles
- 2024 24 races · 72 seats 100.0% below quota
- 2023 24 races · 25 seats 32.0% below quota
- 2022 24 races · 25 seats 36.0% below quota
- 2021 24 races · 26 seats 38.5% below quota
Party-control changes between cycles
Cases where the largest party (by seats won) changed from one cycle to the next. Each row shows the new party's vote share in both cycles and the seats they took. A small vote shift paired with a big seat shift is the First-Past-the-Post volatility story.
2023 2024
Labour Party Conservative and Unionist Party
Vote share vs seat share
2022 2023
Conservative and Unionist Party Labour Party
Vote share vs seat share
Caveat for by-thirds councils: only a third of the seats are elected in each cycle, so a flip in the "largest party this cycle" doesn't necessarily mean a flip in overall council control. The vote-vs-seat divergence still tells you something about how First-Past-the-Post allocates the seats that were contested.
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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amblecote | 58% | 57% | 52% | 21% |
| Belle Vale | 32% | 48% | 54% | 20% |
| Brierley Hill | 59% | 47% | 44% | |
| Brierley Hill and Wordsley South | 17% | |||
| Brockmoor & Pensnett | 45% | 65% | 58% | |
| Brockmoor and Pensnett | 24% | |||
| Castle & Priory | 49% | 64% | 60% | |
| Castle and Priory | 19% | |||
| Coseley | 23% | |||
| Coseley East | 53% | 64% | 63% | |
| Cradley & Wollescote | 44% | 39% | 39% | |
| Cradley North and Wollescote | 20% | |||
| Gornal | 68% | 66% | 36% | 17% |
| Halesowen North | 51% | 57% | 54% | 20% |
| Halesowen South | 64% | 29% | 54% | 20% |
| Hayley Green & Cradley South | 66% | 58% | 53% | |
| Hayley Green and Cradley South | 20% | |||
| Kingswinford North & Wall Heath | 35% | 63% | 61% | |
| Kingswinford North and Wall Heath | 18% | |||
| Kingswinford South | 67% | 59% | 57% | 16% |
| Lye & Stourbridge North | 44% | 45% | 52% | |
| Lye and Stourbridge North | 16% | |||
| Netherton and Holly Hall | 24% | |||
| Netherton Woodside & St. Andrews | 48% | 62% | 63% | |
| Norton | 63% | 54% | 47% | 18% |
| Pedmore & Stourbridge East | 63% | 55% | 54% | |
| Pedmore and Stourbridge East | 18% | |||
| Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood | 59% | 52% | 51% | |
| Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood | 20% | |||
| Sedgley | 74% | 65% | 56% | 18% |
| St James's | 20% | |||
| St Thomas's | 19% | |||
| St. James | 54% | 46% | ||
| St. James's | 54% | |||
| St. Thomas | 51% | 50% | ||
| St. Thomas's | 29% | |||
| Upper Gornal & Woodsetton | 48% | 52% | 57% | |
| Upper Gornal and Woodsetton | 23% | |||
| Wollaston & Stourbridge Town | 49% | 49% | 48% | |
| Wollaston and Stourbridge Town | 21% | |||
| Wordsley | 73% | 55% | 47% | |
| Wordsley North | 21% |