CONSERVATIVES HOLD – Matthew Holdcroft retains his seat with a majority of 418. Name Description Votes Majority GAKHAL Bhupinder The Labour Party Candidate 1918 HOLDCROFT Matthew The Conservative Party Candidate 2366 448 WILLIAMS Oliver Roy Liberal Democrats 884 Ballot papers issued 5215 Electorate 8306 % poll 62.79% See all council election results here.
Tag: Wolverhampton
Whilst WV11 aims to stay away from politics as much as possible, we feel it’s our responsibility to help make members of our local community aware of their options when it comes to local and national elections. Hopefully this post will do that. General Information When polls open for voting on Thursday 6th May you […]
As of Easter Sunday (4th April) Wolverhampton bus station will be closed for 15 months whilst it is completely redeveloped into a ‘state-of-the-art passenger facility’. This means that all city centre buses will be leaving from temporary stops whilst the station is redeveloped.
As of Monday 30th November, the 559 bus service operated by National Express West Midlands which runs from Wolverhampton city centre via New Cross Hospital and Wednesfield to Ashmore Park has been reduced. Buses now run every 6 mins instead of every 5 mins on weekdays & Saturdays and whilst the result is only 1 […]
It’s that time of year again when the nights draw in the central heating is always on and you gorge yourself on mince pies and brandy cream under the guise of celebration. It’s also the time of the year that the events calendar fills with Christmas parties and family visits, but if you still have […]
Friday afternoon saw over 200 local residents fill Wednesfield High Street outside St Thomas’ Church for the annual Christmas lights switch on. The festivities included a choir service with performances from several local schools, a visit from Father Christmas who gave out sweets and raffle tickets and a speech from Wolverhampton’s Mayor, Councillor Surjan Singh […]
Last week we came across an article about Wednesfield’s history of trap making, so we thought we’d share it on WV11. The Wednesfield area was renowned as the British centre for trap making during the Victorian era and the traps that were made in Wednesfield were exported in huge numbers around the world. Read the […]