Birmingham local elections

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

[edit] Political control

Labour 1973 - 1975

No overall control 1975 - 1976

No overall control 1979 - 1980

Labour 1980 - 1982

Labour 1984 - 2003

No overall control 2003 -

Birmingham Council election 1999

Birmingham Council election 2000

Birmingham Council election 2002

Birmingham Council election 2003

Birmingham Council election 2004

Birmingham Council election 2006

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

Acocks Green By-Election 30 January 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats 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 Democrats		184	6.9	-4.0
	British National		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		148	7.6	-4.4
Majority			937	48.1
Turnout			2,178	12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Fox Hollies By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Redmond	4,311	52.5	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats		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 Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,172	42.5	+13.7
	Conservative		1,044	37.9	-15.1
	Liberal Democrats		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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah-Jayne Plant	1,377	43.0	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Foley	759	23.7	+5.0
	Conservative	Derek Green	512	16.0	-6.0
	British National	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

Moseley & Kings Heath By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Henley	4,162	37.4	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	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)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ayoub Khan	2,081
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Aziz	2,044
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bordesley Green By-Election 28 July 2005 (3)
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 Democrats	Qamar Nawaz	1,372
	Liberal Democrats	Nazar Hussain	1,117
	Liberal Democrats	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Clinton	1,451	52.4	+19.3
	Conservative	Gerald Brien	982	35.5	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Line	334	12.1	-4.3
Majority			469	16.9
Turnout			2,767	15.0
	Labour hold		Swing