Aston (Birmingham ward)

Aston is a ward covering an area of north east Birmingham, including the districts of Aston.

Ward demographics

From the census of 2001:^[1]

White British - 26.00%
White Irish - 2.58%
White Other - 0.87%
Asian or Asian British - 42.41%
Black or Black British - 21.51%
Mixed - 3.69%
Chinese or other - 2.02%

Ward history

The ward was created in 1911, when Birmingham gained the Aston Manor Urban District. As a typical inner city ward, which tends to lose population the boundaries have been altered on a number of occasions.

Election results

2010s

Birmingham City Council election: Aston Ward - 22 May 2014 Electorate Turnout
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ziaul Islam	4175	68.7	+18.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sham Uddin	1341	22.0	-22.2
	Conservative	Thomas Pike	452	7.4	+5.4
	Independent	Abdusalam bin Smith	108	1.7	-0.4%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Birmingham City Council election: Aston Ward - 3 May 2012 Electorate Turnout
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nagina Kauser	3567	50.5	-11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ayoub Khan	3123	44.2	+14.3
	Independent	Abdusalam bin Smith	145	2.1	-
	Conservative	Ian Colpman	138	2.0	-2.2
	Green	Ankaret Harmer	94	1.3	-1.6
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Birmingham City Council election: Aston Ward - 5 May 2011 Electorate 19,982 Turnout 36.6%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammad Afzal	4,562	62.4	+7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Monhammed Hanif	2,187	29.9	-3.5
	Conservative	Adam Felman	304	4.2	-1.2
	Green	Aby Alamgir	209	2.9	+0.6
Majority			2,375
	Labour hold		Swing

Birmingham City Council election: Aston Ward - 6 May 2010 Electorate 19,877 Turnout 53.1%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ziaul Islam	5,683	54.8
	Liberal Democrat	Sham Uddin	3,360	32.4
	Conservative	Gareth Moore	564	5.4
	Independent	Abdusalam Smith	321	3.1
	Green	Alan Bale	242	2.3
Majority			2,323	22.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2000s

1 May 2008 Electorate 18,899 Turnout 29.0%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ayoub Khan	2,769	38.6%
	Labour	Amjad Hussain	2,417	33.7%
	Respect	Abdul Aziz	1,406	19.6%
	Conservative	Tom Nyeko Olam	206	2.9%
	Green	David Goley	118	1.6%
	UKIP	Abdul Azad	113	1.6%
	BNP	Alan Chamberlain	105	1.5%
Majority			252	4.9%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

3 May 2007 Electorate Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative			%
	Labour			%
	Liberal			%
	Independent			%
Majority				%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

4 May 2006 Electorate Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative			%
	Labour			%
	Liberal			%
	Independent			%
Majority				%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

6 May 2004 Electorate Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative			%
	Labour			%
	Liberal			%
	Independent			%
Majority				%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1 May 2003 Electorate 16,985 Turnout 29.0%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	A Khan	2,467	50.1%
	Labour	A Malik	1,868	38.0%
	Conservative	G Khan	560	11.4%
Majority			599	12.1%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

2 May 2002 Electorate 16,983 Turnout 16.1%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Kennedy	2,347	86.1%
	Labour	N Ahmed	1,734	63.6%
	Liberal Democrat	M Monu	499	18.3%
	People's Justice	Z Ahmed	383	14.0%
	Conservative	G Khan	325	11.9%
	Independent	M Miah	164	6.0%
Majority			1,848 & 1,235	67.8% & 45.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

4 May 2000 Electorate 16,945 Turnout 26.1%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Afzal	2,245	50.8%
	Independent	A Bahar	1,240	28.0%
	Conservative	M Shaw	635	14.4%
	Liberal Democrat	S Dad	265	6.0%
Majority			1,005	22.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

6 May 1999 Electorate 17,180 Turnout 27.4%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Iftikhar	2,319	49.2%
	Independent	G Miah	1,361	28.9%
	Conservative	A Choudhury	366	7.8%
	Independent	M Rahman	228	4.8%
	Liberal Democrat	U Shariff-Sliame	205	4.4%
	Independent	J Foster	164	3.5%
Majority			958	20.3%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

7 May 1998 Electorate 17,023 Turnout 20.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Kennedy	2,504	71.1%
	Conservative	O Shariff	656	18.6%
	Independent	J Foster	334	9.5%
Majority			1,848	52.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

2 May 1996 Electorate 17,364 Turnout 63.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Winters	457	11.6%
	Labour	M Afzal	2,511	63.7%
	Conservative	C Winters	457	11.6%
	Independent	J Foster	365	9.3%
	Independent	O Shariff	291	7.4%
	Liberal Democrat	S Horvat-Marcovic	288	7.3%
Majority			2,054	52.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

4 May 1995 Electorate 17,649 Turnout 26.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Stacey	3,468	73.6%
	Conservative	R Li	499	10.6%
	Independent	O SHariff	281	6.0%
	Liberal Democrat	S Horvat-Marcovic	278	5.9%
	Green	P Slatter	130	2.8%
Majority				%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

5 May 1994 Electorate 17,334 Turnout 33.5%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Chauhan	3,401	58.6%
	Conservative	A Choudhury	1,619	27.9%
	Liberal Democrat	S Horvat-Marcovic	399	6.9%
	Green	A Clawley	388	6.7%
Majority			2,782	30.7%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

7 May 1992 Electorate 17,867 Turnout 23.2%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Afzal	2,514	60.7%
	Conservative	Z Mian	894	21.6%
	Liberal Democrat	D Bennett	433	10.4%
	Green	A Clawley	231	5.6%
	Independent	K Tunaley	65	1.6%
Majority				%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2 May 1991 Electorate 17,809 Turnout 31.9%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Stacey	3,827	67.4%
	Conservative	Z Mian	840	14.8%
	Liberal Democrat	D Bennett	598	10.5%
	Green	H Clawley	376	6.6%
Majority				%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

3 May 1990 Electorate 17,506 Turnout 36.9%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Carless	5,024	77.8%
	Conservative	N Kayani	618	9.6%
	Liberal	R Crosbee	433	6.7%
	Green	H Clawley	384	5.9%
Majority				%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1980s

5 May 1988 Electorate 18,167 Turnout 30.6%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Afzal	4,338	78.0%
	Conservative	S Ratra	625	11.2%
	Independent	B Ali	464	8.3%
	Independent	S Singh	136	2,4%
Majority			3,713	66.8%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

7 May 1987 Electorate 18,621 Turnout 34.3%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Carter	4,517	70.7%
	Liberal	T Nightingale	871	13.6%
	Conservative	S Ratra	774	12.1%
	Green	G Grainger	219	3.4%
Majority			3,646	57.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

1 May 1986 Electorate 18,869 Turnout 31.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Carless	4,342	72.6%
	Liberal	G Crosbee	1,012	16.9%
	Conservative	C Harrison	515	8.6%
Majority			3,230	55.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

3 May 1984 Electorate 19,300 Turnout 32.3%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Afzal	3,949	63.3%
	Liberal	G Crosbee	1,580	25.3%
	Conservative	J Dad	701	11.2%
Majority			2,369	38.0%
	Labour hold		Swing

5 May 1983 Electorate 19,069 Turnout 38.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Carter	5,218	70.7%
	Liberal	S Anderson	1,170	15.9%
	Conservative	G Bayliss	939	12.7%
Majority			4,038	54.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

6 May 1982 Electorate 19,187 Turnout 35.9%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Carless	3,209	46.6%
	Labour	M Afzal	3,119	45.3%
	Labour	F Carter	3,038	44.1%
	Liberal	Paul Tilsley	2,546	37.0%
	Liberal	R Millichip	2,171	31.5%
	Liberal	M Sharpe	2,040	29.6%
	Conservative	G Bayliss	884	12.8%
	Conservative	M Price	695	10.1%
	Conservative	H Hordern	594	8.6%
Majority			663, 573 & 492	9.6%, 8.3% & 7.1%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1 May 1980

Electorate
Turnout %,

Party

Candidate

Votes

±%

Labour

G Eynon

1,702

51.6%

Liberal

G Gopsill

1,413

42.8%

Conservative

Z Saeed

185

5.6%

Majority

289

8.8%

Labour gain from Liberal

Swing

1970s

3 May 1979 Electorate 7,534 Turnout 62.6%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Carless	2,702	57.3%
	Liberal	G Hughes	1,483	31.4%
	Conservative	K Wooldridge	534	11.3%
Majority			1,219	25.9%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

4 May 1978 Electorate 7,715 Turnout 48.9%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Tilsley	1,919	50.8%
	Labour	E Carless	1,697	44.9%
	Conservative	J Spittle	160	4.2%
Majority			222	5.9%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

6 May 1976 Electorate 7,533 Turnout 39.9%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G Gopsill	1,387	46.1%
	Labour	E Carless	1,203	40.0%
	Conservative	J Kemp	252	8.4%
	National Front	C Driscoll	112	3.7%
	Independent	S Banner	38	1.3%
Majority			184	6.1%
	Liberal hold		Swing

1 May 1975 Electorate 7,635 Turnout 35.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G Hughes	1,527	56.1%
	Labour	E Carless	944	34.7%
	Conservative	Wilkins	253	9.3%
Majority			583	21.4%
	Liberal hold		Swing

2 May 1974 Electorate 7,635 Turnout 35.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G Hughes	1,527	56.1%
	Labour	E Carless	944	34.7%
	Conservative	Wilkins	253	9.3%
Majority			583	21.4%
	Liberal hold		Swing

3 May 1973 Electorate 7,736 Turnout 35.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Tilsley	2,000	72.4%
	Liberal	G Gopsill	1,884	68.2%
	Liberal	G Hughes	1,846	66.8%
	Labour	B Downey	743	26.9%
	Labour	F Deakin	727	26.3%
	Labour	J Brooke	677	24.5%
	Conservative	R Harris	127	4.6%
	Conservative	J Kemp	119	4.3%
	Conservative	S Wilkins	104	3.8%
	Independent	K Taylor	60	2.2%
Majority			1,257, 1,141 & 1,103	45.5%, 41.3% &39.9%
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

4 May 1972 Electorate 8,464 Turnout 37.1%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G Gopsill	1,707	54.4%
	Labour	F Bagshaw	1,199	38.2%
	Conservative	R Jauncey	231	7.4%
Majority			508	16.2%
	Liberal hold		Swing

13 May 1971 Electorate 10,188 Turnout 36.8%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Tilsley	2,225	59.3%
	Labour	F Bagshaw	1,213	32.3%
	Conservative	F O’Brien	312	8.3%
Majority			1,012	27.0%
	Liberal hold		Swing

7 May 1970 Electorate 12,527 Turnout 22.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H Minnis	1,151	40.5%
	Labour	Stan Yapp	1,128	39.6%
	Conservative	D Krause	433	15.2%
	Independent	A Shorthouse	133	4.7%
Majority			23	0.9%
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

1960s

8 May 1969 Electorate 14,033 Turnout 23.2%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G Gopsill	1,894	58.1%
	Labour	E MacDonald	697	21.4%
	Conservative	F O’Brien	583	17.9%
	Communist	N Jelf	85	2.6%
Majority			1,197	36.7%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

9 May 1968 Electorate 15,070 Turnout 31.6%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Tilsley	2,475	52.0%
	Conservative	C Hamilton	1,118	23.5%
	Labour	F Gillespie	1,080	22.7%
	Communist	N Jelf	84	1.8%
Majority			1,357	28.5%
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

11 May 1967 Electorate 16,977 Turnout 20.5%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Styles	1,525	43.8%
	Conservative	F O’Brien	1,045	30.0%
	Liberal	Paul Tilsley	780	22.4%
	Communist	J Leishman	131	3.8%
Majority			480	13.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

12 May 1966 Electorate 17,605 Turnout 22.3%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E MacDonald	2,383	60.7%
	Conservative	F O’Brien	1,355	34.5%
	Communist	J Leishman	185	4.7%
Majority			1,028	26.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

13 May 1965 Electorate 17,996 Turnout 22.8%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Gillespie	2,077	50.5%
	Conservative	F O’Brien	1,696	41.3%
	Liberal	R Bourne	219	5.3%
	Communist	J Leishman	119	2.9%
Majority			381	9.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

7 May 1964 Electorate 18,062 Turnout 23.8%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F O’Brien	1,212	28.2%
	Labour	S Styles	2,888	67.2%
	Communist	J Leishman	197	4.6%
Majority			1,676	39.0%
	Labour hold		Swing

9 May 1963 Electorate 18.573 Turnout 23.9%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E MacDonald	3,107	70.1%
	Conservative	L Lanham	1,096	24.7%
	Communist	J Leishman	227	5.1%
Majority			2,111	45.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

10 May 1962 Electorate 19,129 Turnout 23.4%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Gillespie	2,775	61.9%
	Conservative	F Gillespie	1,140	25.4%
	Liberal	K Day	453	10.1%
	Communist	J Leishman	115	2.6%
Majority			1,635	36.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

11 May 1961 Electorate 17,176 Turnout 29.2%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Styles	3,099	61.9%
	Conservative	A Hinton	1,275	25.5%
	Liberal	G Wilson	482	9.6%
	Communist	J Leishman	153	3.1%
Majority			1,724	66.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

12 May 1960 Electorate 17,421 Turnout 20.1%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Hinton	1,332	38.1%
	Labour	E MacDonald	1,998	57.2%
	Communist	J Leishman	166	4.7%
Majority			666	19.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

1950s

14 May 1959 Electorate 17,808 Turnout 26.6%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Hinton	1,409	29.7%
	Labour	F Gillespie	3,161	66.7%
	Communist	J Leishman	167	3.5%
Majority			1,752	37.0%
	Labour hold		Swing

8 May 1958 Electorate 17,911 Turnout 31.0%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Styles	3,955	71.2%
	Conservative	A Gilroy Bevan	1,369	24.6%
	Communist	J Leishman	232	4.2%
Majority			2,586	46.6%
	Labour hold		Swing

9 May 1957 Electorate 17,899 Turnout 25.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Wood	3,156	68.6%
	Conservative	K Freshwater	1,292	28.1%
	Communist	J Leishman	153	3.3%
Majority			1,864	40.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

10 May 1956 Electorate 18,267 Turnout 27.3%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Gillespie	3,286	65.8%
	Conservative	K Freshwater	1,527	30.6%
	Communist	J Leishman	181	3.6%
Majority			1,759	35.2%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

12 May 1955 Electorate 18,608 Turnout 32.1%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Whitehead	2.009	33.6%
	Labour	S Styles	3,812	63.8%
	Communist	J Leishman	153	2.6%
Majority			1,803	30.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

13 May 1954 Electorate 18,810 Turnout 32.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Wood	3,576	58.2%
	Conservative	R Freshwater	2,396	39.0%
	Communist	J Leishman	173	2.8%
Majority			1,180	19.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

7 May 1953 Electorate 19,145 Turnout 30.5%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Whitehead	1,834	31.4%
	Labour	F Gillespie	3,910	66.9%
	Communist	W Evans	100	1.7%
Majority			2,076	35.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

8 May 1952 Electorate 19,508 Turnout 39.2%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Styles	5,586	73.0%
	Conservative	C Whitehead	1,964	25.7%
	Communist	J Leishman	101	1.3%
Majority			3,622	47.3%
	Labour hold		Swing

10 May 1951 Electorate 19,572 Turnout 34.9%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Wood	3,720	54.4%
	Conservative	F Lennon	2,977	43.5%
	Communist	O Dorman	139	2.0%
Majority			743	10.9%
	Labour hold		Swing

11 May 1950 Electorate 19,709 Turnout 35.7%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H Watton	4,341	61.7%
	Conservative	F Lannon	2,577	36.6%
	Communist	J Leishman	117	1.7%
Majority			1,764	25.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

1940s

12 May 1949 Electorate 19,643 Turnout 45.0%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Moody	5,075	57.4%
	Conservative	I Shelley	3,769	42.6%
Majority			1,306	14.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

1 November 1947 Electorate 19,423 Turnout 42.9%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Wood	4,373	52.5%
	Conservative	D Heath	3,962	47.5%
Majority			411	5.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2 November 1946 Electorate 18,858 Turnout 34.0%,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H Watton	4,031	62.8%
	Conservative	W Blackwell	2,386	37.2%
Majority			1,645	25.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

3 November 1945 Electorate 18,224 Turnout 35.1 %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Moody	4,535	70.8%
	Conservative	H Farr	1,867	29.2%
Majority			2,668	41.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6174685&c=aston&d=14&e=13&g=370420&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1289957147975&enc=1&dsFamilyId=47

Government of Birmingham

Birmingham council constituencies and wards

Edgbaston	Bartley Green Edgbaston Harborne Quinton

Erdington	Erdington Kingstanding Stockland Green Tyburn

Hall Green	Hall Green Moseley and Kings Heath Sparkbrook Springfield

Hodge Hill	Bordesley Green Hodge Hill Shard End Washwood Heath

Ladywood	Aston Ladywood Nechells Soho

Northfield	Kings Norton Longbridge Northfield Weoley

Perry Barr	Handsworth Wood Lozells and East Handsworth Oscott Perry Barr

Selly Oak	Billesley Bournville Brandwood Selly Oak

Sutton Coldfield	Sutton Four Oaks Sutton New Hall Sutton Trinity Sutton Vesey

Yardley	Acocks Green Sheldon South Yardley Stechford and Yardley North

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