Birmingham City Council elections

One third of Birmingham City Council in the West Midlands, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 120 councillors have been elected from 40 wards.^[1]

Political control

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

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

Council elections

Birmingham City Council election, 1998
Birmingham City Council election, 1999
Birmingham City Council election, 2000
Birmingham City Council election, 2002
Birmingham City Council election, 2003
Birmingham City Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[3]
Birmingham City Council election, 2006
Birmingham City Council election, 2007
Birmingham City Council election, 2008
Birmingham City Council election, 2010
Birmingham City Council election, 2011
Birmingham City Council election, 2012
Birmingham City Council election, 2014
Birmingham City Council election, 2015

By-election results

1993-1997

Yardley By-Election 7 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		3,285	67.4
	Labour		1,191	24.5
	Conservative		395	8.1
Majority			2,094	42.9
Turnout			4,871	27.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Acocks Green By-Election 30 January 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		3,134	59.9
	Labour		1,626	31.1
	Conservative		407	7.8
	UKIP		60	1.1
Majority			1,508	26.1
Turnout			5,227	26.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

1997-2001

Aston By-Election 10 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		2,623	80.2	+16.0
	Liberal Democrat		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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,731	64.9	+3.5
	Conservative		700	26.3	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat		184	6.9	-4.0
	BNP		50	1.9	+1.9
Majority			1,031	38.6
Turnout			2,665	16.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Harborne By-Election 11 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		2,719	53.4	+8.5
	Labour		1,859	36.5	-6.8
	Liberal Democrat		420	8.2	-1.3
	Green		96	1.9	-0.4
Majority			860	16.9
Turnout			5,094	29.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stockland Green By-Election 15 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,369	70.2	+9.9
	Conservative		432	22.1	-0.6
	Justice for the Elderly		229	11.7	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat		148	7.6	-4.4
Majority			937	48.1
Turnout			2,178	12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

2001-2005

Fox Hollies By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Redmond	4,311	52.5	+20.2
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

Kingsbury By-Election 11 October 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Sharpe	1,113	57.2	+5.5
	Conservative	Craig Smeaton	679	34.9	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

Hodge Hill By-Election 28 February 2002^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,172	42.5	+13.7
	Conservative		1,044	37.9	-15.1
	Liberal Democrat		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

Stockland Green By-Election 20 November 2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah-Jayne Plant	1,377	43.0	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	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

2005-2009

Moseley & Kings Heath By-Election 5 May 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Henley	4,162	37.4	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Zaman Khan	3,898	35.1	+4.0
	Conservative	Barry Hands	1,889	16.9	+0.0
	Green	Stuart Masters	1,184	10.6	+5.7
Majority			264	2.3
Turnout			11,133	61.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Aston By-Election 28 July 2005 (3)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ayoub Khan	2,081
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Aziz	2,044
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Bordesley Green By-Election 28 July 2005 (3)^[7]
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 Democrat	Qamar Nawaz	1,372
	Liberal Democrat	Nazar Hussain	1,117
	Liberal Democrat	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

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

Brandwood By-Election 20 September 2007^[9]
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 Democrat	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

2009-2013

Lozells and East Handsworth By-Election 4 June 2009^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hendrina Quinnen	3,018	42.2	+31.1
	Liberal Democrat	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

Sparkbrook By-Election 17 September 2009^[11]
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 Democrat	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

Sutton New Hall By-Election 22 October 2009^[12]
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 Democrat	Robert Hardware	319	11.4	+2.7
Majority			1,128	40.3
Turnout			2,801	15.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2013-2017

Resignation of Labour Cllr Cath Grundy.

Kingstanding By-Election, 13th 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 Democrat	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

References

↑ "Elections and Voting". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Birmingham". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Birmingham council". BBC Online. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
↑ "Labour gains ahead of May local polls". London: guardian.co.uk. 2002-03-01. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Seat held". Birmingham Mail. 2003-11-22. p. 6.
↑ "Election 2005: City ward retained". Birmingham Post. 2005-05-07. p. 3.
1 2 Mulholland, Hélène (2005-07-29). "Big losses for Labour in council election re-runs". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Tyburn win for Labour". Birmingham Post. 2005-09-09. p. 1.
↑ Elkes, Neil (2007-09-21). "Labour in control after by-election". Birmingham Mail. p. 3.
↑ "Results of BCC by-election for Lozells and East Handsworth Ward". Birmingham City Council. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Postal vote fraud rocks Birmingham by-election in Sparkbrook". Birmingham Post. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Less than one in six vote as Tories win Sutton Coldfield by-election". Birmingham Post. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-24.

By-election results

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