2010 Birmingham City Council election

The 2010 Birmingham City Council Election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Birmingham City Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election, one seat in each of the city's 40 council wards,^[1] with the election taking place at the same time as the general election.

Campaign

Before the election the council was under no overall control with the composition of the council being Conservative 49, Labour 36, Liberal Democrat 32 and Respect 3.^[2] The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats ran the council in coalition, while Labour formed the main opposition.^[3] 40 seats were up for election with 16 Conservative, 15 Labour, 9 Liberal Democrat and 1 Respect seats being defended.

Election results

Birmingham Local Election Result 2010^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	45	0	4	-4	37.5	27.1	115,742
Labour	41	5	0	+5	34.2	36.8	156,951
Liberal Democrats	31	0	1	-1	25.8	24.6	104,902
Respect	3	0	0	-	2.5	2.5	10,646
BNP	0	0	0	-	0	4.8	20,578
Green	0	0	0	-	0	2.5	10,651
UKIP	0	0	0	-	0	0.7	3,136
Independent	0	0	0	-	0	0.5	2,199
National Front	0	0	0	-	0	0.17	727
Christian People's Alliance	0	0	0	-	0	0.08	321
SDP	0	0	0	-	0	0.07	294
English Democrat	0	0	0	-	0	0.06	272

Ward results

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Acocks Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain David Bowen	4,374
	Labour	Stewart Charles Stacey	3,400
	Conservative	Joe Edginton	1,416
	BNP	Carl Terence Brisker	686
	Green	Amanda Caroline Baker	280
	UKIP	John David Butler	233
	SDP	Alan James Ware	21
Majority
Turnout				53.2

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Aston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ziaul Islam	5,683
	Liberal Democrats	Sham Uddin	3,360
	Conservative	Gareth Raymond Moore	564
	Independent	Abdusalam Bin Smith	321
	Green	Alan Bale	242
Majority
Turnout				53.1

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Bartley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bruce John Lines	4,508
	Labour	Caroline Mary Badley	3,290
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Franceska Garrett	1,267
	BNP	Trevor Sidney Lloyd	807
	Green	Alan Clawley	180
Majority
Turnout				56.9

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Billesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alexander Buchanan	4,043
	Conservative	Susan Axford	3,832
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Andrew Banting	1,692
	BNP	Howard Rodrick Hamilton	1,235
	Green	John David Bentley	229
	Independent	Lol Stait	149
Majority
Turnout				58.8

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Bordesley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mohammed Aikhlaq	5,486
	Liberal Democrats	Zaker Ullah Choudhry	4,358
	Conservative	Aqil Zada	896
	Green	Hazel Marjorie Clawley	376
	UKIP	Elaine Pauline Duffen	299
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Bournville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rob Sealey	4,781
	Labour Co-op	Nathan Matthew	4,077
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Stimpson	2,844
	Green	Charlene Melody Bale	752
	BNP	Paul Trevor Oakley	670
Majority
Turnout				67.9

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Brandwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Leddy	4,706
	Conservative	Derek Anthony Johnson	3,772
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Alec Peace	1,929
	BNP	Lynette Ann Orton	731
	Green	Steven John Austin	347
	CPA	Morag Marinoni	108
Majority
Turnout				62.9

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Edgbaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fergus David Robinson	3,832
	Labour	Niki Constantinou	3,036
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Hunter	2,053
	Green	Ed Moss	378
	BNP	Elizabeth Jane Wainwright	181
Majority
Turnout				51.8

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Erdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert James Cambray Alden	4,539
	Labour	Mark Sheriff McKenzie	2,990
	Liberal Democrats	Philip David Mills	1,265
	BNP	Amanda Offord	512
	CPA	Michael James Warom	133
Majority
Turnout				57.3

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Hall Green
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Denise Smith	4,691
	Conservative	Bob Harvey	3,336
	Labour	Rod Dungate	2,882
	Respect	Rana Nazir	1,136
	BNP	Brian Frank Maund	538
	Green	Johnny Rafter	225
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Handsworth Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Narinder Kaur Kooner	6,741
	Liberal Democrats	Baljinder Kaur	2,080
	Conservative	Mahinderpal Singh	1,953
	Green	Elizabeth Jane Sharman	504
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Harborne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael John Whitby	4,640
	Labour	James Robert McKay	3,766
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sagier	1,609
	Green	Phil Simpson	744
	BNP	Roy Albert Bevington	289
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Hodge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tim Evans	4,336
	Liberal Democrats	Hakil Ahmed	2,830
	Conservative	Arshed Ash Zaman	1,598
	BNP	David John Campion	875
	UKIP	Waheed Rafiq	214
	SDP	Peter Frank Johnson	192
	Green	Anna Masters	154
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Kings Norton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Steve Bedser	3,710
	Conservative	Jacquie Fear	3,531
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Ian Godfree Roberts	1,548
	BNP	Malcolm Lee Doughty	541
	Green	Ged Hickman	302
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Kingstanding
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Des Hughes	3,372
	Conservative	Gary William Sambrook	2,792
	BNP	Kevin McHugh	891
	Liberal Democrats	Hubert Duffy	866
	National Front	Terry Williams	160
	Green	Lee Martyn Moore	103
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Ladywood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Carl Joseph Rice	3,504
	Liberal Democrats	David Matthew Nikel	2,338
	Conservative	Sharon Janet Pennant	1,684
	Green	James Robertson	378
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Longbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ian Christopher Cruise	3,769
	Conservative	Sue Barton	3,652
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Francis Hannon	1,601
	BNP	Michael Bell	906
	Green	Joel Large	175
	English Democrat	Vincent Schittone	174
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Lozells and East Handsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Hendrina Quinnen	6,362
	Liberal Democrats	Mehnaz Khan	1,704
	Conservative	Raja Shahpal Khan	1,646
	Independent	Abdul Kalam Azad	308
	Green	Kirsty Rebbecca Tedstone	301
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Moseley and Kings Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Ernie Hendricks	4,300
	Labour	Martin Gladstone Straker Welds	4,061
	Conservative	Maura Judges	1,888
	Respect	Tahir Rehman	1,420
	Green	William Lilley	697
	BNP	Brian Leslie Haynes	256
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Nechells
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Chauhdry Abdul Rashid	4,402
	Conservative	Mohammed Shahban	1,203
	Liberal Democrats	Shazad Iqbal	1,197
	Independent	Mohamed Sharif	534
	Green	Janet Elizabeth Assheton	478
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Northfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Randal Anthony Maddock Brew	4,344
	Labour Co-op	Andrew Charles Coulson	3,631
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew William Moles	1,872
	BNP	Leslie John Orton	993
	UKIP	John Hamilton Borthwick	526
	Green	Tracie Hammond	215
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Oscott
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Barbara Dring	4,048
	Conservative	Maria Anna Green	3,457
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Jolliffe	1,501
	BNP	Richard Neil Morris	992
	National Front	Keith Alan Axon	241
	Green	Harry Eyles	194
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Perry Barr
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Hamilton	4,163
	Labour	Brian Lloyd Rhoden	3,307
	Conservative	Paul Michael Francis Burke	1,660
	BNP	Susan Maureen Morris	620
	Green	Karl Raymond MacNaughton	199
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Quinton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Matthew John Gregson	4,298
	Conservative	Jennifer Jane James	4,142
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Anthony George Garrett	1,413
	BNP	Stuart James Bates	647
	Green	Peter Charles Beck	354
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Selly Oak
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	David Stephen Radcliffe	4,536
	Labour	Brigid Jones	3,142
	Conservative	Andrew David Hardie	2,214
	Green	James Burn	453
	BNP	Zane Leon Patchell	230
	CPA	David John Booth	80
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Shard End
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Leslie Barton Cotton	3,824
	Conservative	Jessie Holland	1,980
	BNP	Richard John Lumby	1,177
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Barber	1,110
	UKIP	Iain James Roden	308
	National Front	Mark Neary	98
	English Democrat	Frank Roy Parker	98
	Green	Colette Caroline Tedstone	70
	SDP	Joyce Ware	35
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Sheldon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Ward	4,860
	Labour	Keith John Culliford	1,920
	Conservative	Amil Khan	1,261
	BNP	Mark Wilson	831
	UKIP	Richard John Allen	376
	National Front	Paul Edward Morris	101
	Green	Samantha Jane Winsper	79
	SDP	Joylan Charlotte Ware	46
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Soho
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Dorothy Hargreaves	5,762
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Yaseen	2,641
	Conservative	Robert John Higginson	957
	Green	Huw Gwynfor Davies	262
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: South Yardley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	David Willis	5,298
	Labour	Nawaz Ali	3,212
	Conservative	Pervez Akhtar	1,155
	BNP	Tanya Jane Lumby	681
	UKIP	Albert William Duffen	341
	Green	Helen Victoria Sauntson	187
	National Front	Adrian Davidson	127
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Sparkbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Respect	Salma Yaqoob	5,119
	Labour	Mohammed Azim	3,878
	Conservative	Abdul Kadir	1,027
	Liberal Democrats	Naeem Rabbani Qureshi	973
	Green	Charles John Alldrick	349
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Springfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Part (UK)	Mohammed Fazal	4,225
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Fiaz	3,362
	Respect	Saleem Younis	2,971
	Conservative	Tim Hasker	924
	BNP	Darren John Allen	328
	Green	David Martin Ratcliff	282
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Stechford and Yardley North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Jones	4,834
	Labour	Gill Beddows	2,470
	Conservative	Robert McKenzie Clark	1,353
	BNP	Ben Martin Lumby	911
	UKIP	Graham Michael Duffen	350
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Stockland Green
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Penny Holbrook	4,513
	Conservative	Simon Richard Phillips	2,753
	Liberal Democrats	Franklyn Earlynton Aaron	1,335
	BNP	Robert Offord	514
	Green	Elly Stanton	210
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Sutton Four Oaks
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anne Underwood	8,168
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Charles Pearson	2,396
	Labour	Manish Kumar Puri	1,616
	BNP	Robert James Grierson	652
	Green	Ben Bradley	430
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Sutton New Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Andrew Bird	6,058
	Labour	Richard Ian Edward Costello	2,179
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hardware	1,792
	Independent	Maureen Murphy	887
	BNP	Roger Henry Turner	667
	Green	Jim Orford	184
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Sutton Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alberta Margaret Mallard Waddington	6,468
	Labour	Roger Eric Barley	2,580
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Parker	2,518
	BNP	Michael Jones	656
	Green	Joe Rooney	313
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Sutton Vesey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alan Malcolm Rudge	6,346
	Labour	Robert Leonard Pocock	3,798
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Woods	2,526
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Tyburn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Lynda Alice Clinton	3,846
	Conservative	Tim Wilson	2,217
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Holtom	1,911
	BNP	Graham Jones	688
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Washwood Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mohammed Idrees	7,511
	Liberal Democrats	Saleem Iqbal Malik	3,057
	Conservative	Asifa Khan	998
	UKIP	Adrian David Duffen	489
Majority
Turnout

Birmingham Council election, 2010: Weoley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Douglas Osborn	3,639
	Labour	Christopher Peter Hillcox	3,575
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Peter Sword	1,694
	BNP	Trevor John Shearer	873
	Green	David Toke	277
Majority
Turnout

References

^ "Councillors by Ward". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2010-04-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Birmingham City Council - Composition". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2010-04-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Birmingham City Council elections - who is standing in your area". Birmingham Mail. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Local Elections 2010 - Results". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2010-05-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External Links

List of Candidates by Ward

Preceded by Birmingham Council election, 2008	Birmingham local elections	Succeeded by Birmingham Council election, 2011

[ward-1] "Councillors by Ward". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2010-04-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[composition-2] "Birmingham City Council - Composition". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2010-04-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[standing-3] "Birmingham City Council elections - who is standing in your area". Birmingham Mail. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[results-4] "Local Elections 2010 - Results". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 2010-05-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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