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Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan district of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 101 councillors have been elected from 69 wards. [1] Prior to 2018 elections were held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. [2]
The 2022 Birmingham City Council election took place on 5 May 2022, with all 101 council seats up for election across 37 single-member and 32 two-member wards. [1] The election was held alongside other local elections across Great Britain and town council elections in Sutton Coldfield .
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East is an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council in the south of Birmingham, West Midlands, covering an urban area to the south of the city centre. The ward was created in 2018 as a result of boundary changes that saw the number of wards in Birmingham increase from 40 to 69.
1955 Birmingham City Council election, Weoley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour: William Henry Milner : 5,225 : 61.3 : Conservative: Ernest Frank Scadding 2,875 33.7 Liberal: Kenneth Arnold Day 261 3.1 Communist: Albert Charles Norton 163 1.91 Majority 2,350 27.6 Turnout: 39.6 Registered electors: 21,518 Labour hold: Swing: 5.7
Birmingham's borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty passed to the new district and its council. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the West Midlands County Council .
The 2010 Birmingham City Council Election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Birmingham City Council in the West Midlands, England.One third of the council was up for election, one seat in each of the city's 40 council wards, [1] with the election taking place at the same time as the general election.
The 2018 Birmingham City Council election is one of many local elections that took place in England on 3 May 2018. This was the first 'all-out' election for Birmingham City Council following a boundary review, which reduced the number of councillors from 120 to 101, serving 69 wards (previously 40 wards).
One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control as it had been since 2003. [1] 230 candidates stood in the election for the 40 seats that were contested. Five parties contested every ward in Birmingham, the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, British National Party and the Greens. [2]