The Labour Party candidate Rokhsana Fiaz won the mayoral election.

[3] The Labour Party won 67% of the vote and all 60 seats for the third election in a row.

[4][5][6] A total of 181 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards.

Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative Party also ran a full slate for the second election in a row, and the Liberal Democrats ran 14 candidates.

Other candidates running were 25 Christian Peoples Alliance, 11 Greens, 4 TUSC, 2 UKIP, 2 Democrats and Veterans, 1 Communist League and 2 Independents.