Walsall local elections: How hard your councillor has worked for you in figures

Every resident in Walsall has three ward councillors who act as a bridge between them and Walsall Council.

As councillors it is their duty to raise enquiries for matters such as antisocial behaviour, issues with roads, waste management and more.

For this role, every councillor was compensated a basic rate of £13,887 for the year 2025/26.

Freedom of Information figures have revealed the number of enquiries submitted by each member between February 2025 and February 2026.

Coming in at number one is Councillor Simran Cheema, Willenhall South ward, with 492 enquiries raised.

The second highest performing member was Councillor Suky Samra in the Streetly ward with 289 enquiries raised.

Councillor Samra is not listed below as he is not standing for re-election on May 7.

He was deselected by the Aldridge Brownhills Conservative Association, the reason for which was never confirmed.

Councillor Cheema and Councillor Samra’s casework combined makes up more than a quarter of all enquiries submitted by all 60 councillors.

Below is the list of 43 existing councillors who are also standing as a candidate on May 7, and their number of enquiries for the 12-month period.

It is important to note that the figures relate to enquiries that were reported using the Members Portal only.

It means some cases will not be included in the grand total as members can approach officers directly to have issues resolved.

Also released are figures from group administrators. This is where councillors submit enquiries via each political group’s PA.

1. Councillor Simran Cheema, Willenhall candidate, Labour, 492 enquiries
2. Councillor Matt Ward, Darlaston South candidate, Labour, 189 enquiries
3. Councillor Kerry Murphy, Brownhills candidate, Conservative, 184 enquiries
4. Councillor Josh Whitehouse, Short Heath candidate, Conservative, 169 enquiries
5. Councillor Chris Bott, Darlaston South candidate, Independent, 166 enquiries
6. Councillor Hajran Bashir, Palfrey and the Delves candidate, Walsall Community Independents Party, 129 enquiries
7. Councillor Rose Martin, Pelsall candidate, Conservative, 118 enquiries
8. Councillor Tina Jukes, Beechdale, Leamore and Reedswood candidate, Labour, 93 enquiries
9. Councillor Lucie Nahal, Bentley and Darlaston North candidate, Labour, 88 enquiries
10. Councillor Adam Hicken, New Invention candidate, Conservative, 78 enquiries
11. Councillor Jade Chapman, Pelsall candidate, Advance UK, 75 enquiries
12. Councillor Amandeep Garcha, Short Heath candidate, Conservative, 69 enquiries
13. Councillor Graham Eardley, Pelsall candidate, Independent, 52 enquiries
14. Councillor Pete Smith, Harden, Goscote and Ryecroft candidate, Independent, 41 enquiries
15. Councillor Lorna Rattigan, Pelsall candidate, Conservative, 36 enquiries
16. Councillor Stacie Elson, New Invention candidate, Independent, 34 enquiries
17. Councillor Gurmeet Singh Sohal, Paddock candidate, Conservative, 33 enquiries
18. Councillor Gary Flint, Bloxwich East and Blakenall Heath candidate, Conservative, 32 enquiries
19. Councillor Natalie Latham, Willenhall candidate, Labour, 32
20. Councillor Rob Larden, New Invention candidate, Conservative, 31 enquiries
21. Councillor Vera Waters, Aldridge North and Walsall Wood candidate, Independent, 31 enquiries
22. Councillor Izzy Hussain, Paddock candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 27 enquiries
23. Councillor Corin Statham, Bloxwich Eat and Blakenall Heath candidate, Conservative, 25 enquiries
24. Councillor Amo Hussain, Paddock candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 22 enquiries
25. Councillor Louise Harrison, Bloxwich West candidate, Conservative, 22 enquiries
26. Councillor Eileen Russell, St Matthew’s candidate, Labour, 20
27. Councillor Mark Statham, Bloxwich East and Blakenall Heath candidate, Conservative, 19 enquiries
28. Councillor Mike Bird, Pheasey Park Farm candidate, Conservative, 19 enquiries
29. Councillor Adrian Andrew, Pheasey Park Farm candidate, Conservative, 17 enquiries
30. Councillor Aftab Nawaz, St Matthew’s candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 15 enquiries
31. Councillor Ram K Mehmi, Pleck candidate, Labour, 14 enquiries
32. Councillor Ken Ferguson, Brownhills candidate, Conservative, 12 enquiries
33. Councillor Gaz Ali, Paddock candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 10 enquiries
34. Councillor Amanda Parkes, Streetly candidate, Conservative, 7 enquiries
35. Councillor Tim Wilson, Aldridge Central and South candidate, Conservative, 6 enquiries
36. Councillor Poonam Gill, Short Heath candidate, Conservative, 5 enquiries
37. Councillor Pardeep Kaur, Aldridge Central and South candidate, Conservative, 4 enquiries
38. Councillor John Murray, Aldridge Central and South candidate, Conservative, 3 enquiries
39. Councillor Khizar Hussain, Pleck candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 3 enquiries
40. Councillor Keith Sears, Aldridge North and Walsall Wood candidate, Conservative, 2 enquiries
41. Councillor Klara Margetts, Paddock candidate, Labour, 2 enquiries
42. Councillor Saiqa Nasreen, Palfrey and the Delves candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 0 enquiries
43. Councillor Paul Bott, Darlaston South candidate, Independent, 0 enquiries

Independent Group PA, 82 enquiries

Conservative Group PA, 67 enquiries

Labour group PA, 25 enquiries