Council by-election · Thursday, 24 September 2026
South Staffordshire: Wombourne North ward
5 candidates. Same page for each, in ballot-paper order.
At the election of Thursday, 4 May 2023, this seat was won by 78 votes (1.9% of votes cast); turnout was 31%. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
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This is a council seat. A councillor's win changes what the council decides: council tax, housing repairs and allocations, planning, social care, schools admissions, parking, bins, libraries. It does not change national tax, benefits or NHS policy, so this page shows only positions published for this council election, and no national party pledges are implied.
No sourced positions have been published for this ballot yet, so every candidate shows the same empty slots. Every claim that appears carries its source, date and exact quotation; see the public ledger.
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How this vote is counted: first past the post. One cross; the candidate with the most votes wins.Worked example
Every ballot with one cross is counted for that candidate. The one with the most votes wins, even without a majority. Example: A 4,000, B 3,900, C 2,100. A wins with 40% of the vote; the 60% cast for others elect nobody. There are no second preferences; a vote for a candidate who does not win has no further effect.
Michael James Jones
Liberal Democrats
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Michael James Jones
Liberal Democrats
In their own words
No statement to voters supplied to Democracy Club.
Where this information comes from
Positions are quoted from the candidate's or party's own published material and official records, each with its source. Candidates and their agents can also submit sourced statements, published as written once we confirm they appear at the cited address. Submit a statement.
Published positions on the nine topics
Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.
- Are you this candidate, or their agent? Send us a sourced statement; it is published as written.
- Look yourself: the council's election notices · the party's site · leaflets archived for this area (electionleaflets.org, a Democracy Club project).
Elizabeth Beatrice Florence Keeling
The Conservative and Unionist Party
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Elizabeth Beatrice Florence Keeling
The Conservative and Unionist Party
In their own words
No statement to voters supplied to Democracy Club.
Where this information comes from
Positions are quoted from the candidate's or party's own published material and official records, each with its source. Candidates and their agents can also submit sourced statements, published as written once we confirm they appear at the cited address. Submit a statement.
Published positions on the nine topics
Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.
- Are you this candidate, or their agent? Send us a sourced statement; it is published as written.
- Look yourself: the council's election notices · the party's site · leaflets archived for this area (electionleaflets.org, a Democracy Club project).
Claire McIlvenna
Green Party candidate
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Claire McIlvenna
Green Party candidate
In their own words
No statement to voters supplied to Democracy Club.
Where this information comes from
Positions are quoted from the candidate's or party's own published material and official records, each with its source. Candidates and their agents can also submit sourced statements, published as written once we confirm they appear at the cited address. Submit a statement.
Published positions on the nine topics
Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.
- Are you this candidate, or their agent? Send us a sourced statement; it is published as written.
- Look yourself: the council's election notices · the party's site · leaflets archived for this area (electionleaflets.org, a Democracy Club project).
Marie Shortland
Reform UK
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Marie Shortland
Reform UK
In their own words
No statement to voters supplied to Democracy Club.
Where this information comes from
Positions are quoted from the candidate's or party's own published material and official records, each with its source. Candidates and their agents can also submit sourced statements, published as written once we confirm they appear at the cited address. Submit a statement.
Published positions on the nine topics
Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.
- Are you this candidate, or their agent? Send us a sourced statement; it is published as written.
- Look yourself: the council's election notices · the party's site · leaflets archived for this area (electionleaflets.org, a Democracy Club project).
Anil Singh
Labour and Co-operative Party
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Anil Singh
Labour and Co-operative Party
In their own words
Anil is proud to live in the friendly neighbourhood Lower Penn, close to the wonderful Wombourne village. He passionately beilieves local businesses should take priority for contracts with the local Council.
With very high levels of council tax, huge savings cound be generated by using systems thinking approaches by bringing the pothole fixing team in-house, devolving it to our District Council would create a more responsive service and end the cycle of botched repairs.
His highest priority is to promote 'good neightbours' across the District. Let's plant more trees, this will absorb carbon and enable nature to thrive.
Where this information comes from
Positions are quoted from the candidate's or party's own published material and official records, each with its source. Candidates and their agents can also submit sourced statements, published as written once we confirm they appear at the cited address. Submit a statement.
Published positions on the nine topics
Nothing published that we could source, yet. A councillor sits on the council that sets council tax and decides planning, housing repairs and allocations, social care, bins, parking, libraries and, in most areas, school admissions. It cannot change national tax, benefits or NHS policy.
- Are you this candidate, or their agent? Send us a sourced statement; it is published as written.
- Look yourself: the council's election notices · leaflets archived for this area (electionleaflets.org, a Democracy Club project).
Last time in this seat: election of Thursday, 4 May 2023
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Kinsey (elected) | Conservative and Unionist Party | 891 | 21.2% |
| Barry Michael Bond (elected) | Conservative and Unionist Party | 813 | 19.3% |
| Martin John Perry (elected) | Conservative and Unionist Party | 680 | 16.1% |
| Ian Leonard Sadler | Green Party | 425 | 10.1% |
| Margaret Rose Davidson | Labour Party | 402 | 9.5% |
| Chris Wood | Labour Party | 342 | 8.1% |
| Richard Blaikie | Heritage Party | 208 | 4.9% |
| Claire Louise Male | Liberal Democrats | 195 | 4.6% |
| Jon Thorpe | Green Party | 149 | 3.5% |
| Mark Ronald Middleton | Liberal Democrats | 107 | 2.5% |
4,212 valid votes, turnout 31%. Result data from Democracy Club (source). Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
South Staffordshire: Wombourne North ward in numbers
Recorded crime nearby, July 2026
42 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
- violent crime: 12
- vehicle crime: 8
- anti social behaviour: 5
- criminal damage arson: 3
- public order: 3
- shoplifting: 3
Go deeper: independent sources
Cross-cutting: polling, fact-checking, parliamentary research
- Commons Library: constituency data dashboards
- electionleaflets.org: archive of election leaflets, searchable by area
- Electoral Commission: political finance register (donations, loans, spending)
- Full Fact
- House of Commons Library research briefings
- Institute for Government
- Ipsos Issues Index: what the public says matters most
- LG Inform: council performance and finance data
- Local Elections Archive Project: every council result since 2002
- mySociety Local Intelligence Hub: data by constituency
- UK Parliament: Commons votes (every division, how each MP voted)
- UK Parliament: petitions, with signatures by constituency