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Local Elections 2026
Results in St Matthew's
These are the local election records for St Matthew's (Walsall and Bloxwich) on 7 May 2026.
Council-wide result
Walsall Council
Seat totals across the whole council, not ward-level candidate votes.
Declared60 of 60 seats declared
66.7%
16.7%
15.0%
Reform UK 40 (66.7%)(+40)Conservative 10 (16.7%)(-28)Independent 9 (15.0%)(+6)Labour 1 (1.7%)(-18)
Current councillors in St Matthew's
Aftab Ahmad Nawaz, Basharat Hussain, Mushtaq Ahmed were elected in St Matthew's.
9,375 valid candidate votes were recorded across 17 candidates.
Turnout was 39.3%.
Filter by party
17 candidates across 6 parties
Aftab Ahmad NawazElected
Walsall Community Independents Party
11.9 %
1,116 votes
MA
Mushtaq AhmedElected
Walsall Community Independents Party
11.79 %
1,105 votes
BH
Basharat HussainElected
Walsall Community Independents Party
11.34 %
1,063 votes
FU
Faruk UddinNot elected
Conservative
6.73 %
631 votes
KM
Katharine Rebecca Angharad MorganNot elected
Green Party
6.55 %
614 votes
SM
Scott Kyle MabbuttNot elected
Green Party
6.39 %
599 votes
AR
Adeel RiazNot elected
Green Party
5.85 %
548 votes
ER
Eileen Bridie RussellNot elected
Labour
5.18 %
486 votes
JA
Jamal AhmedNot elected
Independent
4.54 %
426 votes
MD
Michael DimkpaNot elected
Reform UK
4.3 %
403 votes
CW
Chris WilliamsNot elected
Labour
4.26 %
399 votes
ET
Ewan Ralph ThorntonNot elected
Labour
4.16 %
390 votes
GO
Gabriel Kehinde ObasaNot elected
Reform UK
3.98 %
373 votes
EO
Enoch Adewunmi OyeduntanNot elected
Reform UK
3.69 %
346 votes
AA
Akhter AliNot elected
Independent
3.64 %
341 votes
KK
Khalid Mahmood KhanNot elected
Conservative
2.95 %
277 votes
SM
Sajid MahmoodNot elected
Conservative
2.75 %
258 votes
| Data | Value |
|---|---|
| Election date | 7 May 2026 |
| Seats contested | 3 |
| Candidates | 17 |
| Parties on ballot | 6 |
| Vote totals | Imported |
| Valid votes | 9,375 |
| Turnout | 39.3% |