Birmingham local elections

One third of Birmingham City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Political control

*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 - present

Council elections

*Birmingham Council election, 1998
*Birmingham Council election, 1999
*Birmingham Council election, 2000
*Birmingham Council election, 2002
*Birmingham Council election, 2003
*Birmingham Council election, 2004
*Birmingham Council election, 2006
*Birmingham Council election, 2007
*Birmingham Council election, 2008

By-election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 3,285
percentage = 67.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,191
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 395
percentage = 8.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,094
percentage = 42.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 4,871
percentage = 27.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 3,134
percentage = 59.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,626
percentage = 31.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 407
percentage = 7.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate =
votes = 60
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,508
percentage = 26.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 5,227
percentage = 26.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 2,623
percentage = 80.2
change = +16.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 426
percentage = 13.0
change = +5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 221
percentage = 6.8
change = -4.9Election box majority
votes = 2,197
percentage = 67.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,270
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,731
percentage = 64.9
change = +3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 700
percentage = 26.3
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 184
percentage = 6.9
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate =
votes = 50
percentage = 1.9
change = +1.9Election box majority
votes = 1,031
percentage = 38.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,665
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 2,719
percentage = 53.4
change = +8.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,859
percentage = 36.5
change = -6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 420
percentage = 8.2
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate =
votes = 96
percentage = 1.9
change = -0.4Election box majority
votes = 860
percentage = 16.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 5,094
percentage = 29.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,369
percentage = 70.2
change = +9.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 432
percentage = 22.1
change = -0.6Election box candidate
party = Justice for the Elderly
candidate =
votes = 229
percentage = 11.7
change = +6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 148
percentage = 7.6
change = -4.4Election box majority
votes = 937
percentage = 48.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,178
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Redmond
votes = 4,311
percentage = 52.5
change = +20.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Penelope Wagg
votes = 2,838
percentage = 34.6
change = -23.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Burke
votes = 1,010
percentage = 12.3
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 1,473
percentage = 17.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 8,159
percentage = 48.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Sharpe
votes = 1,113
percentage = 57.2
change = +5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Craig Smeaton
votes = 679
percentage = 34.9
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Emily Rohaise
votes = 105
percentage = 5.4
change = -4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Steven Godward
votes = 37
percentage = 1.9
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Ware
votes = 13
percentage = 0.7
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 434
percentage = 22.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,947
percentage = 16.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,172
percentage = 42.5
change = +13.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,044
percentage = 37.9
change = -15.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 287
percentage = 10.4
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate =
votes = 255
percentage = 9.2
change = +9.2Election box majority
votes = 128
percentage = 4.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,758
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah-Jayne Plant
votes = 1,377
percentage = 43.0
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Foley
votes = 759
percentage = 23.7
change = +5.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Green
votes = 512
percentage = 16.0
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Robert Purcell
votes = 503
percentage = 15.7
change = +15.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Maria Werson
votes = 48
percentage = 1.5
change = +1.5Election box majority
votes = 618
percentage = 19.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,199
percentage = 18.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Henley
votes = 4,162
percentage = 37.4
change = +7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Zaman Khan
votes = 3,898
percentage = 35.1
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Hands
votes = 1,889
percentage = 16.9
change = +0.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Stuart Masters
votes = 1,184
percentage = 10.6
change = +5.7Election box majority
votes = 264
percentage = 2.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 11,133
percentage = 61.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ayoub Khan
votes = 2,081
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Abdul Aziz
votes = 2,044
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Abdul Khalique
votes = 1,905
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ziaul Islam
votes = 1,896
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Kennedy
votes = 1,843
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Changese Khan
votes = 1,578
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raja Iqbal
votes = 282
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Anna Dunstan
votes = 182
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Williams-Masinda
votes = 166
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Mushtaq
votes = 148
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 12,125
percentage = 25.9
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = People's Justice Party (UK)
candidate = Shaukat Ali
votes = 2,241
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shafique Shah
votes = 2,183
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = People's Justice Party (UK)
candidate = Saeed Mohammed
votes = 2,065
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = People's Justice Party (UK)
candidate = Choudhry Ullah
votes = 2,041
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Zulfiqar Khan
votes = 2,009
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stewart Stacey
votes = 1,875
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Qamar Nawaz
votes = 1,372
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nazar Hussain
votes = 1,117
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Azad Aslam
votes = 1,058
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Alan Clawley
votes = 314
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Fazakerley
votes = 251
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Shariff-Malik
votes = 154
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jasbir Singh
votes = 153
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 16,833
percentage = 31.3
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = People's Justice Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = People's Justice Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lynda Clinton
votes = 1,451
percentage = 52.4
change = +19.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gerald Brien
votes = 982
percentage = 35.5
change = +12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Line
votes = 334
percentage = 12.1
change = -4.3Election box majority
votes = 469
percentage = 16.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,767
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Leddy
votes = 1,998
percentage = 42.7
change = +9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ken Axford
votes = 1,663
percentage = 35.6
change = -4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Robert Purcell
votes = 290
percentage = 6.2
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Pearce
votes = 285
percentage = 6.1
change = -4.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Anna Masters
votes = 193
percentage = 4.1
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Frank Chance
votes = 157
percentage = 3.4
change = +3.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Francois Jones
votes = 64
percentage = 1.4
change = +1.4Election box candidate
party = New Nationalist Party
candidate = Keith Axon
votes = 25
percentage = 0.5
change = +0.5Election box majority
votes = 335
percentage = 7.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 4,675
percentage = 26.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

External links

* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk Birmingham Council]