{"id":572981,"date":"2026-05-08T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572981\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:08:09","slug":"birmingham-and-the-black-country-local-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572981\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham and the Black Country local election results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Labour hold its majority in Wolverhampton?published at 13:12 BST<\/p>\n<p>13:12 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ec2a076e-de15-4856-a6ed-ffbae016dcbc.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Rob Trigg<br \/>at the Wolverhampton count<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Prime Minister launched Labour\u2019s local election campaign in Wolverhampton for good reason &#8211;  the city has been loyal to the party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For 15 years at least half of the 60 councillors on City of Wolverhampton Council have represented Labour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In fact, it has been the largest party on the authority for almost 50 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the results of this election could severely reduce its political dominance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wolverhampton Railway Station\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/364e37ad-ab4a-47e0-8217-15f57926220d.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"976\" height=\"549\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, John Bray\/BBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The city\u2019s Labour group is defending 16 of the 20 seats on offer at this round of elections, in which a third of the council faces the vote every four years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hypothetically, if Reform UK were to win all 21 seats available, then the party, which already has two councillors, would still not have enough seats to be the largest group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But it is mathematically possible, however, for the party to end Labour\u2019s overall majority and weaken its clout to rule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Of all recent council elections in Wolverhampton, this is the one in which Labour candidates would not have gone to bed last night expecting the level of support they have been offered in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Labour hold its majority in Wolverhampton?published at 13:12 BST 13:12 BST Rob Triggat the Wolverhampton count The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-572981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}