New figures reveal how hard your local councillor has worked for you in Walsall. Councillor Simran Cheema and Councillor Suky Samra's casework figures form more than a quarter of all enquiries from all 60 members.
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.
Top Performers
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.
Full List of Enquiries
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.
- Councillor Simran Cheema, Willenhall candidate, Labour, 492 enquiries
- Councillor Matt Ward, Darlaston South candidate, Labour, 189 enquiries
- Councillor Kerry Murphy, Brownhills candidate, Conservative, 194 enquiries
- Councillor Josh Whitehouse, Short Heath candidate, Conservative, 169 enquiries
- Councillor Chris Bott, Darlaston South candidate, Independent, 166 enquiries
- Councillor Hajran Bashir, Palfrey and the Delves candidate, Walsall Community Independents Party, 129 enquiries
- Councillor Rose Martin, Pelsall candidate, Conservative, 118 enquiries
- Councillor Tina Jukes, Beechdale, Leamore and Reedswood candidate, Labour, 93 enquiries
- Councillor Lucie Nahal, Bentley and Darlaston North candidate, Labour, 88 enquiries
- Councillor Adam Hicken, New Invention candidate, Conservative, 78 enquiries
- Councillor Jade Chapman, Pelsall candidate, Advance UK, 75 enquiries
- Councillor Amandeep Garcha, Short Heath candidate, Conservative, 69 enquiries
- Councillor Graham Eardley, Pelsall candidate, Independent, 52 enquiries
- Councillor Pete Smith, Harden, Goscote and Ryecroft candidate, Independent, 41 enquiries
- Councillor Lorna Rattigan, Pelsall candidate, Conservative, 36 enquiries
- Councillor Stacie Elson, New Invention candidate, Independent, 34 enquiries
- Councillor Gurmeet Singh Sohal, Paddock candidate, Conservative, 33 enquiries
- Councillor Gary Flint, Bloxwich East and Blakenall Heath candidate, Conservative, 32 enquiries
- Councillor Natalie Latham, Willenhall candidate, Labour, 32 enquiries
- Councillor Rob Larden, New Invention candidate, Conservative, 31 enquiries
- Councillor Vera Waters, Aldridge North and Walsall Wood candidate, Independent, 31 enquiries
- Councillor Izzy Hussain, Paddock candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 27 enquiries
- Councillor Corin Statham, Bloxwich East and Blakenall Heath candidate, Conservative, 25 enquiries
- Councillor Amo Hussain, Paddock candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 22 enquiries
- Councillor Louise Harrison, Bloxwich West candidate, Conservative, 22 enquiries
- Councillor Eileen Russell, St Matthew's candidate, Labour, 20 enquiries
- Councillor Mark Statham, Bloxwich East and Blakenall Heath candidate, Conservative, 19 enquiries
- Councillor Mike Bird, Pheasey Park Farm candidate, Conservative, 19 enquiries
- Councillor Adrian Andrew, Pheasey Park Farm candidate, Conservative, 17 enquiries
- Councillor Aftab Nawaz, St Matthew's candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 15 enquiries
- Councillor Ram K Mehmi, Pleck candidate, Labour, 14 enquiries
- Councillor Ken Ferguson, Brownhills candidate, Conservative, 12 enquiries
- Councillor Gaz Ali, Paddock candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 10 enquiries
- Councillor Amanda Parkes, Streetly candidate, Conservative, 7 enquiries
- Councillor Tim Wilson, Aldridge Central and South candidate, Conservative, 6 enquiries
- Councillor Poonam Gill, Short Heath candidate, Conservative, 5 enquiries
- Councillor Pardeep Kaur, Aldridge Central and South candidate, Conservative, 4 enquiries
- Councillor John Murray, Aldridge Central and South candidate, Conservative, 3 enquiries
- Councillor Khizar Hussain, Pleck candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 3 enquiries
- Councillor Keith Sears, Aldridge North and Walsall Wood candidate, Conservative, 2 enquiries
- Councillor Klara Margetts, Paddock candidate, Labour, 2 enquiries
- Saiqa Nasreen, Palfrey and the Delves candidate, Walsall Community Independents, 0 enquiries
- Paul Bott, Darlaston South candidate, Independent, 0 enquiries
Group Administrator Figures
Also released are figures from group administrators. This is where councillors submit enquiries via each political group's PA. The Independent Group PA submitted 82 enquiries, the Conservative Group PA submitted 67 enquiries, and the Labour Group PA submitted 25 enquiries.
