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The 2016 Birmingham City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 [1] [2] [3] to elect one third of the members of Birmingham City Council in England. The election was held on the same day as the election of a Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands as part of the 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
Labour increased their hold on the City Council, winning 30 of the 40 seats up for election, gaining 1 from the Conservatives and 1 from the Liberal Democrats as well as retaining 1 previously vacant seat formerly held by a Labour Councillor.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 75.0 | 51.1 | 113,018 | 3,177 | |
Conservative | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17.5 | 23.0 | 50,828 | 662 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 12.2 | 26,877 | 7,830 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 17,801 | 12,886 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 9,920 | 217 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 989 | 844 | |||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 937 | 879 | |||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 358 | 71 | |||
Christian | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 310 | 132 | |||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 104 | 39 | |||
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 | 4 | |||
Totals | 40 | 221,200 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John O'Shea | 2,760 | 48.0 | 5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penny Wagg | 2,136 | 37.1 | 2.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Sparkes | 467 | 8.1 | 3.2 | |
Green | Amanda Baker | 225 | 3.9 | 0.6 | |
TUSC | Eamonn Flynn | 131 | 2.3 | 1.2 | |
SDP | Alan Ware | 32 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 624 | 10.9 | 7.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,751 | 30.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nagina Kauser | 5,047 | 88.6 | 38.1 | |
Conservative | Jahid Choudhury | 208 | 3.7 | 1.7 | |
Green | Christopher Garghan | 181 | 3.2 | 1.9 | |
Christian | Adrian Dawkins | 159 | 2.8 | − | |
Liberal Democrats | Yaser Iqbal | 100 | 1.8 | 42.4 | |
Majority | 4,839 | 85.0 | 78.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,695 | 32.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 18.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Des Flood | 2,080 | 45.0 | 1.5 | |
Labour | Saddak Miah | 1,270 | 27.5 | 3.7 | |
UKIP | Tony Hayes | 827 | 17.9 | 1.8 | |
Green | Peter Thorneycroft | 216 | 4.7 | 0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Garrett | 165 | 3.6 | 1.4 | |
TUSC | Moira O'Driscoll | 62 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 810 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,620 | 27.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phil Davis | 2,730 | 52.2 | ||
UKIP | James Dalton | 1,052 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | Aaron Humphriss | 1,045 | 20.0 | ||
Green | Clare Thomas | 218 | 4.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Morrow | 187 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 1,678 | 32.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,232 | 28.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Uzma Ahmed | 4,300 | 58.3 | 16.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shaukat Khan | 2,298 | 31.2 | 17.1 | |
UKIP | Mohammed Khan | 337 | 4.6 | 4.6 | |
Green | Alan Clawley | 242 | 3.3 | 1.7 | |
Conservative | Guy Hordern | 198 | 2.7 | 2.3 | |
Majority | 2,002 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,375 | 37.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Locke | 3,408 | 42.9 | 6.4 | |
Conservative | Nigel Dawkins | 3,095 | 38.9 | 1.9 | |
Green | Ian Jamieson | 695 | 8.7 | 1.1 | |
UKIP | Sylvia Tempest-Jones | 514 | 6.5 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Gilliam | 196 | 2.4 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 313 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 7,948 | 42.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eva Phillips | 3,520 | 56.1 | 9.8 | |
Conservative | Neville Summerfield | 1,485 | 23.7 | 5.4 | |
UKIP | Alan Blumenthal | 813 | 13.0 | 1.6 | |
Green | Patrick Cox | 266 | 4.2 | 1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Smith | 186 | 3.0 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 2,035 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,270 | 35.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Deirdre Alden | 2,043 | 44.6 | 2.1 | |
Labour | Tom Keeley | 1,967 | 42.9 | 2.3 | |
Green | Joe Belcher | 222 | 4.8 | 3.2 | |
UKIP | Peter Hughes | 180 | 3.9 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lee Dargue | 174 | 3.8 | 0.7 | |
Majority | 76 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,586 | 32.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Beauchamp | 2,722 | 53.0 | 9.7 | |
Labour | Keith Heron | 1,701 | 33.1 | 2.9 | |
UKIP | Steve Cooling | 462 | 9.0 | 3.8 | |
Green | Joe Rooney | 122 | 2.4 | 1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Mills | 103 | 2.0 | 0.6 | |
TUSC | Joe Foster | 30 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 1,021 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 5,140 | 31.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barry Bowles | 2,827 | 42.2 | 1.8 | |
Conservative | Tom Skidmore | 1,823 | 27.2 | 3.6 | |
Independent | Bob Harvey | 989 | 14.8 | 6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tavneer Choudhry | 467 | 7.0 | 9.4 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Mummery | 400 | 6.1 | 1.8 | |
Green | Rachel Xerri-Brooks | 162 | 2.4 | 0.8 | |
TUSC | David Wright | 20 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 1,004 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 6,688 | 35.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gurdial Atwal | 3,743 | 66.8 | 2.9 | |
Conservative | Sukhwinder Sungu | 863 | 15.4 | 7.1 | |
Green | Chloe Juliette | 370 | 6.6 | 2.5 | |
Socialist Labour | John Tyrrell | 358 | 6.4 | 4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Valvinder Kaur | 267 | 4.8 | 1.3 | |
Majority | 2,880 | 51.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,601 | 30.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jayne Francis | 2,841 | 44.7 | 1.7 | |
Conservative | Akaal Sidhu | 2,404 | 37.8 | 0.5 | |
Green | Phil Simpson | 494 | 7.8 | 0.6 | |
UKIP | Mary Morris | 376 | 5.9 | 0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Banting | 240 | 3.8 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 437 | 6.9 | 2.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,355 | 39.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Diane Donaldson | 3,433 | 66.0 | 5.0 | |
UKIP | David Bridges | 680 | 13.1 | 2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gwyn Neilly | 542 | 10.4 | 6.6 | |
Conservative | Parveen Hassan | 405 | 7.8 | 8.7 | |
Green | Michael Harrison | 114 | 2.2 | 0.5 | |
SDP | Peter Johnson | 26 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 2,753 | 52.9 | 8.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,200 | 29.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valerie Seabright | 1,834 | 38.7 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | Barbara Wood | 1,811 | 38.3 | 0.3 | |
UKIP | Tim Plumbe | 722 | 15.3 | 0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Lloyd | 196 | 4.1 | 1.2 | |
Green | Eleanor Masters | 172 | 3.6 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 23 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,735 | 29.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Sambrook | 1,858 | 43.5 | 11.8 | |
Labour | Jane Jones | 1,651 | 38.6 | 3.9 | |
UKIP | Philip Davies | 593 | 13.9 | 7.2 | |
Green | Anne Okole | 89 | 2.1 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Lippiatt | 48 | 1.1 | 0.5 | |
National Front | Terry Williams | 21 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
TUSC | Joseph Derbyshire | 16 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 207 | 4.8 | 6.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,276 | 26.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kath Hartley | 2,337 | 62.7 | 10.7 | |
Conservative | Rob Coleman | 735 | 19.7 | 5.3 | |
Green | Sara Myers | 372 | 10.0 | 0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Hardy | 284 | 7.6 | 1.8 | |
Majority | 1,602 | 43.0 | 16.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,728 | 22.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carole Griffiths | 1,753 | 39.74 | ||
Conservative | Dan Caldicott | 1,316 | 29.83 | ||
UKIP | Kevin Morris | 993 | 22.51 | ||
Green | Elizabeth Sharman | 152 | 3.45 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hannon | 147 | 3.33 | ||
TUSC | Clive Walder | 50 | 1.13 | ||
Majority | 437 | 9.91 | |||
Turnout | 4,411 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mahmood Hussain | 4,967 | |||
Conservative | Ravi Chumber | 448 | |||
Green | Hazel Clawley | 295 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Baljinder Kaur | 250 | |||
Majority | 4,519 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lisa Trickett | 4,029 | 55.3% | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Mullaney | 1,945 | 26.7% | ||
Green | Robert Grant | 554 | 7.6% | ||
Conservative | Owen Williams | 522 | 7.2% | ||
UKIP | Kenneth Lowry | 231 | 3.2% | ||
Majority | 2,084 | ||||
Turnout | 7281 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tahir Ali | 3,405 | |||
Conservative | Emma Watkins | 414 | |||
Green | Janet Assheton | 295 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Jolliffe | 174 | |||
Majority | 2,991 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brett O'Reilly | 2,283 | 38.93 | ||
Conservative | Les Lawrence | 2,098 | 35.78 | ||
UKIP | Keith Rowe | 752 | 12.82 | ||
Green | Fiona Nunan | 575 | 9.81 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andy Moles | 156 | 2.66 | ||
Majority | 185 | 3.15 | |||
Turnout | 5,864 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tristan Chatfield | 2,042 | |||
Conservative | Graham Green | 1,100 | |||
UKIP | Roger Tempest | 926 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fullylove | 164 | |||
Green | Harry Eyles | 108 | |||
National Front | Adrian Davidson | 37 | |||
Majority | 942 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ray Hassall | 3,248 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Hanif | 2,085 | |||
Conservative | Alain Hurst | 338 | |||
Green | Beck Collins | 200 | |||
Majority | 1,163 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Booth | 2,668 | 45.89 | ||
Conservative | Georgina Chandler | 2,067 | 35.55 | ||
UKIP | Martin Barrett | 641 | 11.03 | ||
Green | James Robertson | 225 | 3.87 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Garrett | 185 | 3.18 | ||
TUSC | Nick Hart | 28 | 0.48 | ||
Majority | 601 | 10.34 | |||
Turnout | 5,814 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen McCarthy | 2,141 | 51.5 | 6 | |
Conservative | Monica Hardie | 779 | 18.7 | 4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Green | 763 | 18.4 | 3.2 | |
Green | Daniel Wilshire | 381 | 9 | 3.2 | |
TUSC | Theo Sharieff | 67 | 1.6 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 1,362 | 32.8 | 13 | ||
Turnout | 4,131 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marjorie Bridle | 2,437 | |||
UKIP | Paul Clayton | 1,178 | |||
Conservative | Nick Psirides | 284 | |||
Green | Sam Braithwaite | 106 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Barber | 104 | |||
Majority | 1,259 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sue Anderson | 2,742 | 58.41 | ||
Labour | Bob Collins | 928 | 19.77 | ||
UKIP | Attiqa Khan | 486 | 10.35 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Hall | 314 | 6.69 | ||
Green | Max Ramsay | 142 | 3.03 | ||
National Front | Paul Morris | 46 | 0.98 | ||
TUSC | Richard Carter | 36 | 0.77 | ||
Majority | 1,814 | 38.65 | |||
Turnout | 4,694 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chaman Lal | 4,263 | |||
Conservative | Robert Higginson | 440 | |||
Green | Kefentse Dennis | 262 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Morriam Jan | 193 | |||
Christian | Pastor Gabriel Ukandu | 151 | |||
Majority | 3,823 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Zafar Iqbal | 3,112 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Baber Baz | 2,361 | |||
Conservative | Neil Shastri-Hurst | 408 | |||
TUSC | Mark Andrews | 372 | |||
Green | Ulla Grant | 207 | |||
Majority | 751 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Azim | 6,069 | 87.61 | ||
Conservative | Santhi Rajakaruna | 343 | 4.95 | ||
Green | Elly Stanton | 307 | 4.43 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Blair Kesseler | 208 | 3.00 | ||
Majority | 5,726 | 82.66 | |||
Turnout | 6,927 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shabrana Hussain | 3,828 | 47.44 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jerry Evans | 3,775 | 46.78 | ||
Conservative | Adam Higgs | 292 | 3.62 | ||
Green | Seeyam Brijmohun | 174 | 2.16 | ||
Majority | 53 | 0.66 | |||
Turnout | 8,069 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neil Eustace | 3,001 | |||
Labour | Cheryl Garvey | 1,721 | |||
UKIP | Graham Duffen | 580 | |||
Conservative | Mary Storer | 193 | |||
Green | Julien Pritchard | 70 | |||
Majority | 1,280 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Josh Jones | 2,533 | |||
Conservative | Leona Leung | 698 | |||
UKIP | Albert Meehan | 535 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Franklyn Aaron | 189 | |||
Green | Darren Smith | 133 | |||
TUSC | Ted Woodley | 71 | |||
Majority | 1,835 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Meirion Jenkins | 4,022 | 61.67 | ||
Labour | Peter French | 970 | 14.87 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Shorrock | 845 | 12.96 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hubert Duffy | 354 | 5.43 | ||
Green | David Ratcliff | 331 | 5.08 | ||
Majority | 3,052 | 46.80 | |||
Turnout | 6,522 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alex Yip | 3,277 | 58.71 | ||
Labour | Ian Brindley | 1,007 | 18.04 | ||
UKIP | Stewart Cotterill | 856 | 15.34 | ||
Green | Colin Marriott | 231 | 4.14 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Holtom | 211 | 3.78 | ||
Majority | 2,270 | 40.67 | |||
Turnout | 5582 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Waddington | 2,890 | |||
Labour | Roger Barley | 1,265 | |||
UKIP | Michael Joyce | 879 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Wilkinson | 360 | |||
Green | Eloise England | 309 | |||
Majority | 1,625 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rob Pocock | 4,102 | |||
Conservative | Suzanne Webb | 2,303 | |||
UKIP | Maureen Smith | 457 | |||
Green | Zoe Challenor | 163 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sally Lippiatt | 163 | |||
Majority | 1,799 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mick Brown | 1,780 | |||
UKIP | Andrew Garcarz | 747 | |||
Conservative | Clifton Welch | 747 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Holtom | 318 | |||
Green | Giovanni Esposito | 86 | |||
TUSC | Marie O'Connor | 54 | |||
Majority | 1,033 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mariam Khan | 6,136 | 81.15 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shamsur Rehman | 821 | 10.86 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Delaney | 350 | 4.63 | ||
Green | Jane McKears | 254 | 3.36 | ||
Majority | 5,315 | 70.29 | |||
Turnout | 7,561 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Johnson | 2,125 | 40.71 | ||
Conservative | Eddie Freeman | 1,943 | 37.22 | ||
UKIP | Steven Brookes | 739 | 14.16 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Haynes | 213 | 4.08 | ||
Green | Ben Kerr-Morgan | 200 | 3.83 | ||
Majority | 182 | 3.49 | |||
Turnout | 5,220 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
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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. The election was held alongside other local elections across Great Britain and town council elections in Sutton Coldfield.