Walsall Council

Walsall Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough council
Leadership
Mayor	Anthony Harris, Conservative since 20 May 2024[1]
Leader	Garry Perry, Conservative since 3 June 2024
Chief Executive	Emma Bennett since October 2023[2]
Structure
Seats	60 councillors
Political groups	Administration (36)   Conservative (36) Other parties (24)   Labour (14)   Independent (10)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	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.