Council profile

Birmingham

Data through 26 October 2026

Metropolitan borough · West Midlands · 101 seats in 69 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 2 May 2030

Birmingham Council is run by a Liberal Democrats / Green / Independent minority coalition. The council has 101 councillors in 69 wards. Seats by party: Reform 21, Green 19, Other 18, Conservative 16, Labour 14, Lib Dem 12. The next election is on 2 May 2030.

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats / Green / Independent Coalition (Minority)
101 seats - 51 for a majority
21
14
16
12
19
18
1
Reform 21Labour 14Conservative 16Lib Dem 12Green 19Other 18Vacant 1
Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Other +4 Reform −2 Labour −3 1 vacant
Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (101 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Green19.2%19
Labour19.2%17
Reform18.9%23
Other16.8%14
Conservative15.2%16
Lib Dem10.7%12

2026 election results for Birmingham, ward by ward

Next election
2 May 2030
all 101 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Reform 21
30 short of the 51 needed for a majority
Closest result
Reform won the last seat by 1 vote over Labour, 7 May 2026
Latest by-election
Lib Dem gain from Labour, 23 October 2025 (6 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
50%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

Acocks GreenAllens CrossAlum RockAstonBalsall Heath WestBartley GreenBillesleyBirchfieldBordesley & HighgateBordesley GreenBournbrook & Selly ParkBournville & CotteridgeBrandwood & King's HeathBromford & Hodge HillCastle ValeDruids Heath & MonyhullEdgbastonErdingtonFrankley Great ParkGarretts GreenGlebe Farm & Tile CrossGravelly HillHall Green NorthHall Green SouthHandsworthHandsworth WoodHarborneHeartlandsHighter's HeathHolyheadKing's Norton NorthKing's Norton SouthKingstandingLadywoodLongbridge & West HeathLozellsMoseleyNechellsNewtownNorth EdgbastonNorthfieldOscottPerry BarrPerry CommonPype HayesQuintonRubery & RednalShard EndSheldonSmall HeathSoho & Jewellery QuarterSouth YardleySparkbrook & Balsall Heath EastSparkhillStirchleyStockland GreenSutton Four OaksSutton Mere GreenSutton ReddicapSutton RoughleySutton TrinitySutton VeseySutton Walmley & MinworthSutton Wylde GreenTyseley & Hay MillsWard EndWeoley & Selly OakYardley EastYardley West & Stechford
LabourConservativeLib DemReformGreenIndependentSplit evenly

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Acocks Green
Roger Harmer, Penny Wagg
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 35.5% lead 14.6 pts
Allens Cross
Eddie Freeman
7 May 2026
Reform 34.3% lead 10.8 pts
Alum Rock
Nosheen Khalid, Shaukat Mahmood
7 May 2026
Independent 32.7% lead 0.4 pts
Aston
Abdul Shumon, Mumtaz Hussain
7 May 2026
Independent 27.5% lead 1.7 pts
Balsall Heath West
Duncan Ali
7 May 2026
Green 34.5% lead 15.4 pts
Bartley Green
Christopher Steele, Rajbir Singh
7 May 2026
Reform 36.5% lead 9.5 pts
Billesley
Chris Garghan, Joe Peacock
7 May 2026
Green 43.7% lead 20.4 pts
Birchfield
Arshid Mahmood
7 May 2026
Labour 34.6% lead 2.8 pts
Bordesley & Highgate
Ali Kazi
7 May 2026
Green 25.0% lead 3.5 pts
Bordesley Green
Adnan Hussain
7 May 2026
Independent 30.8% lead 5.8 pts
Bournbrook & Selly Park
Jane Baston, Corinne Fowler
7 May 2026
Green 62.6% lead 43.9 pts
Bournville & Cotteridge
Roxanne Green, Nicky Brennan
7 May 2026
Green 26.3% lead 4.1 pts
Brandwood & King's Heath
Hamzah Sheikh, Jordan Phillip
7 May 2026
Green 39.6% lead 15.0 pts
Bromford & Hodge Hill
Majid Mahmood, Diane Donaldson
7 May 2026
Labour 30.9% lead 13.6 pts
Castle Vale
Ray Goodwin
7 May 2026
Labour 44.4% lead 2.2 pts
Druids Heath & Monyhull
Julien Pritchard
7 May 2026
Green 64.3% lead 39.6 pts
Edgbaston
Deirdre Alden, Matt Bennett
7 May 2026
Conservative 41.8% lead 16.2 pts
Erdington
Gareth Moore, Robert Alden
7 May 2026
Conservative 42.1% lead 23.2 pts
Frankley Great Park
Gemma Guttridge
7 May 2026
Reform 38.9% lead 16.3 pts
Garretts Green
Saddak Miah
7 May 2026
Labour 39.3% lead 4.9 pts
Glebe Farm & Tile Cross
Jess Ankrett, Shehryar Kayani
7 May 2026
Reform 28.5% lead 4.7 pts
Gravelly Hill
Mick Brown
7 May 2026
Labour 29.6% lead 9.7 pts
Hall Green North
Mansoor Qureshi, Haroon Salim
7 May 2026
Green 41.1% lead 26.4 pts
Hall Green South
Timothy Huxtable
7 May 2026
Conservative 56.6% lead 39.5 pts
Handsworth
Ed Freshwater
7 May 2026
Green 40.7% lead 21.9 pts
Handsworth Wood
Narinder Kooner, Randeep Kular
7 May 2026
Labour 32.6% lead 19.6 pts
Harborne
Kevin Carmody, Martin Brooks
7 May 2026
Independent 20.2% lead 3.0 pts
Heartlands
Shafique Shah
7 May 2026
Labour 39.0% lead 15.2 pts
Highter's Heath
Adam Higgs
7 May 2026
Conservative 45.3% lead 15.7 pts
Holyhead
Rinkal Shergill
7 May 2026
Independent 34.8% lead 1.0 pts
King's Norton North
Martin Smith
7 May 2026
Reform 33.7% lead 9.2 pts
King's Norton South
Rob Grant
7 May 2026
Green 60.3% lead 33.7 pts
Kingstanding
John Lambert, Jex Parkin
7 May 2026
Reform 39.6% lead 17.5 pts
Ladywood
Siobhan Harper-Nunes, Raheem Humphreys
7 May 2026
Green 34.8% lead 9.7 pts
Longbridge & West Heath
Charlie Latchford, Anthony Ward
7 May 2026
Reform 38.9% lead 9.3 pts
Lozells
Taj Uddin
7 May 2026
Independent 38.4% lead 10.7 pts
Moseley
Izzy Knowles, Philip Mills
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 49.5% lead 25.8 pts
Nechells
Mansuur Ahmed
7 May 2026
Independent 44.9% lead 20.0 pts
Newtown
Rasheda Begum
7 May 2026
Labour 41.8% lead 24.4 pts
North Edgbaston
Sarina Younas, Marcus Bernasconi
7 May 2026
Labour 37.2% lead 14.7 pts
Northfield
George Hall
7 May 2026
Reform 35.7% lead 9.6 pts
Oscott
Graham Green, Martin McAuley
7 May 2026
Reform 37.2% lead 11.9 pts
Perry Barr
James Hinton, Morriam Jan
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 29.6% lead 11.2 pts
Perry Common
Sue Willetts
7 May 2026
Reform 42.3% lead 22.1 pts
Pype Hayes
Danny Carter
7 May 2026
Reform 43.8% lead 22.8 pts
Quinton
Sam Forsyth, Nagu Penakacherla
7 May 2026
Independent 25.7% lead 4.8 pts
Rubery & Rednal
Rebecca Waters
7 May 2026
Reform 36.9% lead 2.0 pts
Shard End
Vacant
7 May 2026
Reform 51.3% lead 31.5 pts
Sheldon
Rachel Conaghan, Darren Colling
7 May 2026
Reform 39.8% lead 7.2 pts
Small Heath
Mohammed Saeed, Shaukat Ali Khan
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 29.2% lead 5.1 pts
Soho & Jewellery Quarter
Shuranjeet Singh, Su Brooks
7 May 2026
Labour 35.2% lead 4.7 pts
South Yardley
Zaker Choudhry
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 49.0% lead 21.7 pts
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East
Raihaan Abbas, Jamil Khan
7 May 2026
Independent 27.0% lead 4.5 pts
Sparkhill
Bushra Bi, Rashad Mahmood
7 May 2026
Labour 36.2% lead 13.6 pts
Stirchley
Kamel Hawwash
7 May 2026
Green 39.4% lead 4.7 pts
Stockland Green
Manni Butt, Amar Khan
7 May 2026
Independent 21.6% lead 3.6 pts
Sutton Four Oaks
Raaj Shamji
7 May 2026
Conservative 58.2% lead 36.3 pts
Sutton Mere Green
Meirion Jenkins
7 May 2026
Conservative 46.0% lead 18.8 pts
Sutton Reddicap
Richard Parkin
7 May 2026
Conservative 52.8% lead 26.7 pts
Sutton Roughley
Harry Parmar
7 May 2026
Conservative 40.4% lead 7.2 pts
Sutton Trinity
David Pears
7 May 2026
Conservative 36.6% lead 6.9 pts
Sutton Vesey
John Cooper, Anja Pawson
7 May 2026
Conservative 31.6% lead 2.5 pts
Sutton Walmley & Minworth
John Perks, Ken Wood
7 May 2026
Conservative 42.4% lead 6.1 pts
Sutton Wylde Green
Alex Yip
7 May 2026
Conservative 52.4% lead 32.0 pts
Tyseley & Hay Mills
Atikur Rahman
7 May 2026
Green 20.5% lead 3.2 pts
Ward End
Harris Khaliq
7 May 2026
Independent 61.2% lead 45.7 pts
Weoley & Selly Oak
Glyn Marston, Cherie Waddingham
7 May 2026
Reform 26.9% lead 2.4 pts
Yardley East
Deborah Harries
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 34.6% lead 7.7 pts
Yardley West & Stechford
Baber Baz
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 60.8% lead 47.9 pts

Changed party since the election

5 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

WardCouncillorElected asNow
Bromford & Hodge HillDiane DonaldsonLabour 2026Independent
Bromford & Hodge HillMajid MahmoodLabour 2026Independent
LadywoodSiobhan Harper-NunesGreen 2026Independent
Rubery & RednalRebecca WatersReform 2026Independent
SparkhillBushra BiLabour 2026Green

Every council by-election since 2021

6 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
23 October 2025MoseleyLib Dem gain from Labour35.0%
4 July 2024King's Norton NorthLabour hold40.6%
4 July 2024NorthfieldLabour hold40.5%
30 May 2024KingstandingConservative hold47.9%
2 May 2024Bournbrook & Selly ParkLabour hold39.0%
6 October 2022Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath EastLabour hold69.6%

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Birmingham Ladywood13%LabourLabour 33%
Birmingham Erdington11%LabourLabour 39%
Birmingham Perry Barr11%OtherOther 27%
Birmingham Northfield10%LabourLabour 35%
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley10%LabourLabour 25%
Birmingham Yardley10%LabourLabour 26%
Birmingham Edgbaston10%LabourLabour 37%
Birmingham Selly Oak9%LabourLabour 35%
Sutton Coldfield9%ConservativeConservative 37%
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North8%LabourReform 28%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Birmingham

1,144,905 residents in 423,441 households

Voted Leave in 2016
50% 2 below GB
Degree or higher
30% 4 below GB
No qualifications
24% 6 above GB
Own their home
53% 8 below GB
Rent from a council or housing association
24% 7 above GB
Rent privately
23% 3 above GB
Aged 15 to 34
38% 7 above GB
Aged 65 and over
17% 5 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.