DOZENS of candidates from a host of different parties have thrown their hat in the ring in the fight to gain a seat on Sandwell Council.

Voters will go to the polls across the borough on Thursday May 6 which will determine 27 of the total 72 seats there are on the authority.

This will be the first ballot in Sandwell since 2019 following the postponement of last year’s local election due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The count and the result will be announced on Friday, while the count for both the West Midlands Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner elections will take place on the Saturday (May 8).

Most of the 24 Sandwell wards will see one elected apart from in Old Warley, Rowley and Wednesbury South, where there are two seats up for grabs.

Sandwell Council is currently dominated by Labour, with 62 of the 72 seats belonging to them, and the party is looking to strengthen that further by fielding 27 candidates – at least one in every ward.

But the Conservatives are also putting up 27 would-be councillors for the ballot as the party looks to build on the success of the 2019 General Election, which saw them gain two MPs in the borough.

There are 11 independent candidates standing while the Liberal Democrats are fielding 10, the Greens have six, Reform UK have four and the Trade Union and Socialist Alliance have three.

There is also one each for the Women’s Equality Party, The For Britain Movement, Workers Party for Britain and Yeshua.

The full list of nominations, by ward, are:

Abbey:

Nicky Hinchliff – Labour

Ali Hussain – Conservative

Robert Johns – Liberal Democrat

Barry Lim – Green

Blackheath:

Greg Allman – Conservative

Kerrie Carmichael – Labour

Bristnall:

Ellen Fenton – Labour

Connor Jones – Conservative

Manjit Lall – Liberal Democrat

Joe Loudon – Green

Charlemont with Grove Vale:

David Fisher – Conservative

Sam Harding – The For Britain Movement

Amanda Jenkins – Liberal Democrat

Sanjeev Kumar – Independent

Graham Nock – Reform UK

Liam Preece – Labour

Cradley Heath and Old Hill:

Satinder Dunn – Conservative

Cammilla Mngaza – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Vicki Smith – Labour

Caroline White – Independent

Friar Park:

Scott Chapman – Conservative

John Giles – Labour

Colin Rankine – Yeshua

Wayne Trinder – Independent

Great Barr with Yew Tree:

Liam Abrahams – Conservative

Darryl Magher – Independent

Mark Smith – Liberal Democrat

Chris Worsey – Labour

Great Bridge:

William Gill – Conservative

Ann Jarvis – Labour

Sandeep Singh – Independent

Greets Green and Lyng Ward:

Md Jalal Ahmed – Conservative

John Edwards – Independent

Pam Randhawa – Labour

Hateley Heath:

Kacey Akpoteni – Labour

Jacqueline Nock – Reform UK

Paavan Sehmar – Independent

Les Trumpeter – Conservative

Langley:

Sharon Davies – Independent

Caroline Owen – Labour

Mohammed Sakhi – Conservative

Newton:

Elaine Giles – Labour

Bertram Richards – Liberal Democrat

Joyce Underhill – Independent

Hannah Valenzuela – Green

Lee Williams – Conservative

Old Warley:

Jay Anandou – Conservative

Harnoor Bhullar – Labour

Karl Leech – Reform UK

Aldo Mussi – Green

Jeffrey Regha – Conservative

Bob Smith – Liberal Democrats

John Tipper – Labour

Oldbury:

Richard Gingell – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Rizwan Jalil – Labour

Nathan Poole – Conservative

Princes End:

Bill Cherrington – Reform UK

Susan Eaves – Labour

Ian Jones – Independent

Archer Williams – Conservative

Rowley:

Nagi Daya – Labour

Laured Kalari – Conservative

Claire Mayo – Labour

Satpal Singh – Conservative

Smethwick:

Nicholas Bradley – Liberal Democrat

Amrita Dunn – Conservative

Parbinder Kaur – Labour

Serena Laidley – Women’s Equality Party

Rod Macrorie – Green

Soho and Victoria:

Farut Shaheen – Labour

Daisy Shone – Liberal Democrat

Steve Simcox – Conservative

St Paul’s:

Sukhbir Gill – Labour

Ian Jeavons – Liberal Democrat

Keith Lawley – Conservative

Tipton Green:

Narinder Garcha – Conservative

Richard Jeffcoat – Independent

Charn Padda – Labour

Tividale Ward:

Maria Crompton – Labour

Emma Henlan – Conservative

Wednesbury North:

Peter Hughes – Labour

Sarah Johnson – Conservative

Gareth Knox – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Mark Redding – Green

Wednesbury South:

Ian Chambers – Conservative

Steve Dabbs – Reform UK

Reuben Lawrence – Workers Party of Britain

Kirat Singh – Labour

Gulshan Tabussum – Labour

David Wilkes – Conservative

West Bromwich Central:

Fajli Bibi – Conservative

Daljit Kaur – Liberal Democrat

Laura Rollins – Labour