Full Wolverhampton Council election results as Labour increase majority

Labour has increased its majority on Wolverhampton Council after picking up a seat from the Conservatives.

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One third of the authority's 60 seats have been up for grabs in this year's local elections.

Heading into the contest, Labour had 46 councillors, and overall control of the authority, while the Conservatives had 13. A single independent councillor was also on the council.

After ballot papers had been counted, Labour had upped their number of councillors to 47, reducing the number of Tory representatives to 12.

Here are the full results from the count.

* denotes winner

Bilston North

Leigh New, Labour and Co-operative - 1,763*

Audrey Okere, Conservative - 710

Bilston South

Rashpal Kaur, Labour - 1,549*

Lewis Wastell, Conservative - 661

Blakenhall

Adam Ansari, Conservative - 453

Patrick Bentley, Liberal Democrat - 86

Tracy Cooper, Independent - 80

Sally Green, Labour and Co-operative - 2,244*

Stephen Petter, Green Party - 126

Bushbury North

Simon Bennett gets a win for Conservatives

Simon Bennett, Conservative - 1,321*

Gary Edwards, Labour - 1,271

Gary Peck, Liberal Democrat - 217

Bushbury South and Low Hill

Ann Jenkins, Liberal Democrat - 152

Paul Sweet, Labour - 1,323*

Rob Williams, Conservative - 403

Labour leader Stephen Simkins with deputy leader and elected councillors. The party picked up a seat to end the day with 47 representatives

East Park

Steve Hall, Independent - 294

Stephen Russell, Labour - 1,433*

Joe Stepien, Conservative - 374

Ettinghshall North

Amar Bhandal, Conservative - 489

Zee Russell, Labour and Co-operative - 2,224*

Ettingshall South and Spring Vale

Sian Kumar, Conservative - 780

Harbinder Singh, Labour and Co-operative - 1,988*

Fallings Park

Julia Dickens, Conservative - 716

Valerie Evans, Labour - 1,299*

Charlotte Hawkins, Party of Women - 161

Peter Nixon, Liberal Democrat - 113

Graiseley

Amy Bertaut, Green Party - 240

Tony Gething, Conservative - 566

Jessica Pringle, Liberal Democrat - 99

Zahid Shah, Independent - 278

Jacqueline Sweetman, Labour and Co-operative - 1,724*

Heath Town

Joe Banla, Conservative - 432

Vikas Chopra, Liberal Democrat - 98

Jaspreet Jaspal, Labour - 1,305*

Kwaku Tano-Yeboah, Green Party - 193

Jaspreet Jaspal was elected to represent Heath Town for Labour

Merry Hill

Ben Evans, Labour - 1,540*

Chris Haynes, Conservative - 1,459

Jennifer Hibell, Green Party - 233

Oxley

Mia Clark, Green Party - 266

Adam Collinge, Conservative - 1,032

Ian Jenkins, Liberal Democrat - 140

Barbara McGarrity, Labour and Co-operative - 1,444*

Park

Paul Darke, Green Party - 491

Bryan Lewis, Liberal Democrat - 293

Muhammad Nasim, Labour - 1,668*

Surrinder Ram, Conservative - 697

Penn

Kashmire Hawker, Labour and Co-operative - 1,656

Anna Khan, Liberal Democrat - 110

Paul Singh, Conservative - 1,733*

Ayden Young, Green Party - 330

The Tories lost a seat on Wolverhampton Council

St Peters

David Murray, Liberal Democrat - 300

Mohammed Naseem, Green Party - 599

Iqra Tahir, Labour - 1,249*

Gillian Timms, Conservative - 282

Tettenhall Regis

Julian Donald, Liberal Democrat - 251

Don Gwinnett, Green Party - 240

Robert Siarkiewicz, Labour - 1,051

Udey Singh, Conservative - 1,663*

Tettenhall Wightwick

Andrea Cantrill, Green Party - 267

Bahadur Dehar, Labour - 950

Sally Garner, Conservative - 2,228*

Arfan Khan, Liberal Democrat - 90

Wednesfield North

Mary Bateman, Labour - 1,431*

Nathaniel Williams, Conservative - 754

Wednesfield South

Jacqui Coogan, Labour - 1,243*

Pete Dickens, Conservative - 914

Hardev Singh, Green Party - 301