2016 Birmingham City Council election

The 2016 Birmingham City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 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.

2016 Birmingham City Council election

5 May 2016
One third (40) seats to Birmingham City Council 61 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Clancy Robert Alden Paul Tilsley Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Quinton Erdington Sheldon Seats before 77 30 11 Seats after 80 29 10 Seat change 3 1 1 Popular vote 113,018 50,828 26,877 Percentage 51.09% 22.98% 12.15%
2016 local election results in Birmingham.
Council control before election John Clancy Labour Council control after election John Clancy Labour

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.

Result

Birmingham City Council election result, 2016

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

Ward results

Acocks Green

Acocks Green 2016

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

Aston

Aston 2016

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

Bartley Green

Bartley Green 2016

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

Billesley

Billesley 2016

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

Bordesley Green

Bordesley Green 2016

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

Bournville

Bournville 2016

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

Brandwood

Brandwood 2016

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

Edgbaston

Edgbaston 2016

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

Erdington

Erdington 2016

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

Hall Green

Hall Green 2016

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

Handsworth Wood

Handsworth Wood 2016

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

Harborne

Harborne 2016

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

Hodge Hill

Hodge Hill 2016

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

Kings Norton

Kings Norton 2016

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

Kingstanding

Kingstanding 2016

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

Ladywood

Ladywood 2016

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

Longbridge

Longbridge 2016

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

Lozells and East Handsworth

Lozells and East Handsworth 2016

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

Moseley and Kings Heath

Moseley and Kings Heath 2016

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

Nechells

Nechells 2016

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

Northfield

Northfield 2016

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

Oscott

Oscott 2016

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

Perry Barr

Perry Barr 2016

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

Quinton

Quinton 2016

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

Selly Oak

Selly Oak 2016

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

Shard End

Shard End 2016

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

Sheldon

Sheldon 2016

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

Soho

Soho 2016

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

South Yardley

South Yardley 2016

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

Sparkbrook

Sparkbrook 2016

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

Springfield

Springfield 2016

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

Stechford and Yardley North

Stechford and Yardley North 2016

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

Stockland Green

Stockland Green 2016

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

Sutton Four Oaks

Sutton Four Oaks 2016

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

Sutton New Hall

Sutton New Hall 2016

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

Sutton Trinity

Sutton Trinity 2016

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

Sutton Vesey

Sutton Vesey 2016

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

Tyburn

Tyburn 2016

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

Washwood Heath

Washwood Heath 2016

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

Weoley

Weoley 2016

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