Walsall Council

Walsall Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Louise Harrison,
Conservative
since 19 May 2025
Mike Bird,
Conservative
since 10 June 2025
Emma Bennett
since October 2023
Structure
Seats60 councillors
Political groups
Administration (31)
  Conservative (31)
Other parties (29)
  Labour (11)
  Your Party (6)
  Advance UK (1)
  Reform UK (1)
  Independent (10)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Council House, Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS1 1TW
Website
walsall.gov.uk

Walsall Council, formally Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. The town of Walsall had been a borough from medieval times, which was reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority since 2016.

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2019. The council meets at Walsall Council House and has its main offices at the adjoining Civic Centre.