Birmingham City Council elections

Councillors for Birmingham City Council in the West Midlands, England are elected every 4 years (known as all-out elections). The next elections are in 2022. Changes to ward boundaries were made in 2018. 101 councillors are elected from 69 wards.^[1]

Political control[]

Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	2012–present
	No overall control	2003–2012
	Labour	1984–2003
	Conservative	1982–1984
	Labour	1980–1982
	No overall control	1979–1980
	Conservative	1976–1979
	No overall control	1975–1976
	Labour	1973–1975

Council elections[]

2018 (whole council election after boundary changes)
2016
2015
2014
2012
2011
2010
2008
2007
(whole council elected after boundary changes)^[3]
1998

Result maps[]

2018
2016
2015
2014
2012
2011
2010
2008

By-election results[]

2013–2017[]

Resignation of Labour Cllr Sam Burden.

Hall Green By-election, 4 May 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz Clements	3,138	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tanveer Choudhry	1,889	25.2
	Conservative	Obaid Khan	1,683	22.5
	UKIP	Alan Blumenthal	462	6.1
	Green	Gareth Courage	307	4.1
Majority			1,249	16.7
Turnout			7,479	39.0

Death of Lib Dem Cllr Ray Hassall.^[4]

Perry Barr By-election, 4 May 2017^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Morriam Jan	2,387	44.1
	Labour	Mohammed Hanif	2,156	39.8
	Conservative	Minu Sungu	558	10.3
	Green	Matthew Ford	314	5.8
Majority			231	4.3
Turnout			5,415	33.7

Resignation of Labour Cllr Cath Grundy.

Kingstanding By-election, 13 February 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Sambrook	1,571	47.0	7.3
	Labour	Lorraine Owen	1,433	42.8	6.9
	UKIP	Roger Tempest	266	7.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Lippiatt	43	1.3	0.7
	National Front	Terry Williams	33	1.0	0.2
Majority			138	4.1
Turnout			3,355	19
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2009-2013[]

Sparkbrook By-election, 10 November 2011^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Quinn	3,932	56.7	6.9
	Respect	Mohammed Ishtiaq	2,301	33.2	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adil Rashid	395	5.7	0.8
	Green	Peter Tinsley	179	2.6	0.4
	Conservative	Sahar Rezazadeh	133	1.9	0.8
Majority			1,631	23.5
Turnout			6,965	33.0
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

Sutton New Hall By-election, 22 October 2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Barrie	1,633	58.3	8.8
	Labour	Robert Pocock	505	18.0	5.6
	UKIP	Maddy Westrop	344	12.3	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hardware	319	11.4	2.7
Majority			1,128	40.3
Turnout			2,801	15.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sparkbrook By-election, 17 September 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Respect	Shokat Ali	2,495	39.6	7.0
	Labour	Mohammed Azim	2,228	35.4	1.3
	Conservative	Abdul Kadir	799	12.7	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Naeem Qureshi	506	8.0	1.5
	Green	Charles Alldrick	213	3.4	3,4
	Independent	Sakander Mahmood	55	0.9	0.9
Majority			267	4.2
Turnout			6,296	32.3
	Respect hold		Swing

Lozells and East Handsworth By-election, 4 June 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hendrina Quinnen	3,018	42.2	31.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sabirul Islam	2,000	28.0	15.1
	Conservative	Raja Khan	1,622	22.7	22.9
	Green	Ankaret Harmer	297	4.2	8.6
	UKIP	Melvin Ward	208	2.9	2.9
Majority			1,018	14.2
Turnout			7,145	38.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009[]

Brandwood By-election, 20 September 2007^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Leddy	1,998	42.7	9.1
	Conservative	Ken Axford	1,663	35.6	4.2
	BNP	Robert Purcell	290	6.2	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Peace	285	6.1	4.9
	Green	Anna Masters	193	4.1	2.6
	Independent	Frank Chance	157	3.4	3.4
	UKIP	Francois Jones	64	1.4	1.4
	New Nationalist Party	Keith Axon	25	0.5	0.5
Majority			335	7.1
Turnout			4,675	26.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Tyburn By-election, 8 September 2005^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Clinton	1,451	52.4	19.3
	Conservative	Gerald Brien	982	35.5	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Line	334	12.1	4.3
Majority			469	16.9
Turnout			2,767	15.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Aston By-election, 28 July 2005 (3 seats)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ayoub Khan	2,081
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Aziz	2,044
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Khalique	1,905
	Labour	Ziaul Islam	1,896
	Labour	Anthony Kennedy	1,843
	Labour	Changese Khan	1,578
	Conservative	Raja Iqbal	282
	Green	Anna Dunstan	182
	Conservative	David Williams-Masinda	166
	Conservative	Mohammed Mushtaq	148
Turnout			12,125	25.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bordesley Green By-election, 28 July 2005 (3 seats)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	People's Justice	Shaukat Ali	2,241
	Labour	Shafique Shah	2,183
	People's Justice	Saeed Mohammed	2,065
	People's Justice	Choudhry Ullah	2,041
	Labour	Zulfiqar Khan	2,009
	Labour	Stewart Stacey	1,875
	Liberal Democrats	Qamar Nawaz	1,372
	Liberal Democrats	Nazar Hussain	1,117
	Liberal Democrats	Azad Aslam	1,058
	Green	Alan Clawley	314
	Conservative	David Fazakerley	251
	Conservative	Mohammed Shariff-Malik	154
	Conservative	Jasbir Singh	153
Turnout			16,833	31.3
	People's Justice gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	People's Justice gain from Labour		Swing

Moseley & Kings Heath By-election, 5 May 2005^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Henley	4,162	37.4	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Zaman Khan	3,898	35.1	4.0
	Conservative	Barry Hands	1,889	16.9
	Green	Stuart Masters	1,184	10.6	5.7
Majority			264	2.3
Turnout			11,133	61.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2001-2005[]

Stockland Green By-election, 20 November 2003^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah-Jayne Plant	1,377	43.0	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Foley	759	23.7	5.0
	Conservative	Derek Green	512	16.0	6.0
	BNP	Robert Purcell	503	15.7	15.7
	Socialist Alliance	Maria Werson	48	1.5	1.5
Majority			618	19.3
Turnout			3,199	18.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Hodge Hill By-election, 28 February 2002^[15]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,172	42.5	13.7
	Conservative	1,044	37.9	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	287	10.4	7.8
	UKIP	255	9.2	9.2
Majority		128	4.6
Turnout		2,758	15.0
	Labour gain from Conservative	Swing

Kingsbury By-election, 11 October 2001^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Sharpe	1,113	57.2	5.5
	Conservative	Craig Smeaton	679	34.9	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Rohaise	105	5.4	4.1
	Socialist Alliance	Steven Godward	37	1.9	1.9
	UKIP	Alan Ware	13	0.7	0.7
Majority			434	22.3
Turnout			1,947	16.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Fox Hollies By-election, 7 June 2001^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Redmond	4,311	52.5	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Wagg	2,838	34.6	23.1
	Conservative	Paul Burke	1,010	12.3	0.2
Majority			1,473	17.9
Turnout			8,159	48.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

1997-2001[]

Death of Labour Cllr David Wells.

Stockland Green By-election, 15 July 1999^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Langley	1,369	70.2	9.9
	Conservative	Paul Valdmanis	432	22.1	0.6
	Justice for the Elderly	Christopher F S Rose	229	11.7	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Derek P Parsons	148	7.6	4.4
Majority			937	48.1
Turnout			2,178	12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Death of Labour Cllr Anthony Rust.

Harborne By-election, 11 September 1997^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	2,719	53.4	8.5
	Labour	Stephen Cormell	1,859	36.5	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Conall Boyle	420	8.2	1.3
	Green	Peter Beck	96	1.9	0.4
Majority			860	16.9
Turnout			5,094	29.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Aston By-election, 10 July 1997^[16]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,623	80.2	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	426	13.0	5.6
	Conservative	221	6.8	4.9
Majority		2,197	67.2
Turnout		3,270
	Labour hold	Swing

King's Norton By-election, 10 July 1997^[16]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,731	64.9	3.5
	Conservative	700	26.3	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	184	6.9	4.0
	BNP	50	1.9	1.9
Majority		1,031	38.6
Turnout		2,665	16.4
	Labour hold	Swing

1993-1997[]

Death of Lib Dem Cllr Neil Biddlestone.

By-election, 30 January 1997^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	James Whorwood	3,134	59.9
	Labour	Brenden O'Brien	1,626	31.1
	Conservative	Peter Osborn	407	7.8
	UKIP	Alan Ware	60	1.1
Majority			1,508	26.1
Turnout			5,227	26.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yardley By-election, 7 November 1996^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Jackson	3,285	67.5
	Labour	Lewis Berry	1,191	24.4
	Conservative	Bryan Brooke	395	8.1
Majority			2,094	42.9
Turnout			4,871	27.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Death of Labour Cllr Edward Rochford.

Hodge Hill By-election, 11 January 1996^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anita Ward	1,240	52.0
	Conservative	Barry Hands	790	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Hagan	352	14.8
Majority			450	18.9
Turnout			2,382	12.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Death of Labour Cllr Paul Haymeraj.

Small Heath By-election, 12 May 1994^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Douglas McCarrick	3,268	62.0
	Small Heath Res	Kenneth Greaves	920	17.5
	Conservative	Nasreen Kayani	861	16.3
	Green	Alan Clawley	181	3.4
	Natural Law	Tessa Portsmouth	37	0.7
Majority			2,348	44.6
Turnout			5,267	25.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Death of Conservative Cllr Arthur Walker.

Quinton By-election, 24 March 1994^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Bashford	2,919	46.6
	Conservative	Edward Grant	2,625	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Sherwen	529	8.4
	Green	Peter Beck	195	3.1
Majority			294	0.1
Turnout			5,267	39.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Death of Conservative Cllr Clare Fancote.

Sutton Vesey By-election, 9 September 1993^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hood	3,539	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Marie Cope	3,118	40.3
	Labour	Frank Hooley	797	10.3
	National Front	Louise Holland	171	2.2
	Monster Raving Loony	Tessa Portsmouth	104	1.4
Majority			421	0.1
Turnout			7,729	33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Resignation of Labour Cllr Khalid Mahmood.

Sparkbrook By-election, 22 April 1993^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Kennedy	2,232	55.9
	Conservative	Aziz-ul Hassan	1,306	32.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Hagan	311	7.8
	Green	Charles Alldrick	147	3.7
Majority			926	23.2
Turnout			3,996	24.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Resignation of Lib Dem Cllr Paul Shefield.

Acock's Green By-election, 11 February 1993^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Biddlestone	3,462	62.1
	Labour	Ian Jamieson	1,407	25.2
	Conservative	Clifford Beasley	705	12.6
Majority			2,055	36.8
Turnout			5,577	27.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Resignation of Labour Cllr Fred Grattidge.

Fox Hollies By-Election 11 February 1993^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stanley Yapp	1,539	47.2
	Conservative	Leonard Kirby	937	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Henry	782	24.0
Majority			602	18.4
Turnout			3,261	18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Before 1993[]

Erdington By-Election 25 October 1973^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Graham Vickers	3,179
	Conservative	Donald Bailey	1,770
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Pearson	1,716
	National Front	Reginald Barlow	371
Majority			1,409
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References[]

^ "Local Government Boundary Review". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Birmingham". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ "Birmingham council". BBC Online. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ "Ex-Lord Mayor Ray Hassall dies suddenly aged 74". 12 March 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^ "Candidates announced for Hall Green and Perry Barr by-elections". 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^ "Sparkbrook by-election result". Birmingham News Room. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Less than one in six vote as Tories win Sutton Coldfield by-election". Birmingham Post. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
^ "Postal vote fraud rocks Birmingham by-election in Sparkbrook". Birmingham Post. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ "Results of BCC by-election for Lozells and East Handsworth Ward". Birmingham City Council. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.^{[dead link]}
^ Elkes, Neil (21 September 2007). "Labour in control after by-election". Birmingham Mail. p. 3.
^ "Tyburn win for Labour". Birmingham Post. 9 September 2005. p. 1.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Mulholland, Hélène (29 July 2005). "Big losses for Labour in council election re-runs". guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ "Election 2005: City ward retained". Birmingham Post. 7 May 2005. p. 3.
^ "Seat held". Birmingham Mail. 22 November 2003. p. 6.
^ "Labour gains ahead of May local polls". guardian.co.uk. London. 1 March 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Local and parliamentary by-elections (pre 2010)". Birmingham: Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

External links[]

Birmingham City Council
Local Authority Byelection Results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[voting-1] "Local Government Boundary Review". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[change-2] "Birmingham". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

[birmingham-3] "Birmingham council". BBC Online. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

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[5] "Candidates announced for Hall Green and Perry Barr by-elections". 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.

[6] "Sparkbrook by-election result". Birmingham News Room. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[less-7] "Less than one in six vote as Tories win Sutton Coldfield by-election". Birmingham Post. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.

[postal-8] "Postal vote fraud rocks Birmingham by-election in Sparkbrook". Birmingham Post. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

[lozells-9] "Results of BCC by-election for Lozells and East Handsworth Ward". Birmingham City Council. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.^{[dead link]}

[control-10] Elkes, Neil (21 September 2007). "Labour in control after by-election". Birmingham Mail. p. 3.

[tyburn-11] "Tyburn win for Labour". Birmingham Post. 9 September 2005. p. 1.

[reruns-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b Mulholland, Hélène (29 July 2005). "Big losses for Labour in council election re-runs". guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

[retained-13] "Election 2005: City ward retained". Birmingham Post. 7 May 2005. p. 3.

[seat-14] "Seat held". Birmingham Mail. 22 November 2003. p. 6.

[ahead-15] "Labour gains ahead of May local polls". guardian.co.uk. London. 1 March 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2009.

[historical-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Local and parliamentary by-elections (pre 2010)". Birmingham: Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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