2012 Birmingham City Council election

2012 Birmingham City Council election
One third (40) seats to Birmingham City Council; 61 seats needed for a majority
	2012 local election results in Birmingham.
Council control before election; Mike Whitby; No Overall Control	Council control after election ; Albert Bore; Labour

Elections to Birmingham City Council in England were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.^[1] One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from No Overall Control.^[2]

These election results are directly comparable with the corresponding elections held in 2008.

Election summary

Birmingham Local Election Result 2012
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	77	20		51	109,841
Conservative	28	11		24	51,490
Liberal Democrats	15	9		14	34,707
Green	0	0	0.0	4.5	9,703
UKIP	0	0	0.0	2.3	4,915
BNP	0	0	0.0	1.5	3,306
Socialist Labour	0	0	0.0		429
Communities Against the Cuts	0	0	0.0		385
English Democrat	0	0	0.0		226
National Front	0	0	0.0		143
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990 – present)	0	0	0.0		64
TUSC	0	0	0.0		58
Independent	0	0	0.0		withdrawn

Resulting Political Composition

Party	Seats			Council Composition 3 May 2012
Party	2010	2011	2012	Council Composition 3 May 2012
Labour	41	57	77

Conservative	45	39	28
Liberal Democrats	31	24	15

Ward results

Acocks Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John O'Shea	2,170	42.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harmer	1,993	39.2%
	UKIP	Chris Whitehouse	269	5.3%
	Conservative	Joe Edginton	247	4.9%
	Green	Amanda Baker	168	3.3%
	BNP	Stella Taylor	166	3.3%
	TUSC	Ben Rubery	58	1.1%
	Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990 – present)	Alan Ware	15	0.3%
Majority
Turnout

Aston ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nagina Kauser	3,567	50.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Ayoub Khan	3,123	44.2%
	Independent	Abdusalam bin Smith	145	2.1%
	Conservative	Ian Colpman	138	2.0%
	Green	Ankaret Harmer	94	1.3%
Majority
Turnout

Bartley Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vivienne Barton	2,716	56.2%
	Labour	Nora Young	1,639	33.9%
	BNP	John Grainger	235	4.9%
	Green	Adam Round	155	3.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Garrett	87	1.8%
Majority
Turnout

Billesley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phil Davies	2,586	49.7%
	Conservative	Len Gregory	1,749	33.6%
	UKIP	Adrian Duffen	287	5.5%
	BNP	Paul Hickman	237	4.6%
	Green	Anna Masters	191	3.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Simone Rudge-Beattie	156	3.0%
Majority
Turnout

Bordesley Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Uzma Ahmed	5,042	61.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Shaukat Ali Khan	2,701	32.8%
	Green	Huw Davies	180	2.3%
	Conservative	Andrew Hardie	176	2.1%
	UKIP	Dale Wynde	144	1.7%
Majority
Turnout

Bournville ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phil Walking	3,185	44.3%
	Conservative	Nigel Dawkins	2,878	40.0%
	Green	Joe Rooney	417	5.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Stimpson	272	3.8%
	Communities Against the Cuts	Lynne Habermacher	256	3.6%
	BNP	Darren Allen	188	2.6%
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Brandwood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eva Phillips	3,360	54.3%
	Conservative	Neville Summerfield	1,978	31.9%
	UKIP	James Wood	335	5.4%
	Green	Jane Bradshaw	317	5.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Burgess	202	3.3%
	Independent	Karen Osborne	withdrawn
Majority
Turnout

Edgbaston ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Deirdre Alden	2,240	46.2%
	Labour	Dennis Minnis	1,999	41.3%
	Green	Bill van Marle	279	5.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Green	196	4.0%
	UKIP	David Bridges	131	2.7%
Majority
Turnout

Erdington ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Beauchamp	2,300	50.3
	Labour	Elaine Jackson	1,854	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Mills	114	2.5
	BNP	Morris Vincent	142	3.1
	Green	David Williams	161	3.5
Majority			446	9.7
Turnout

Hall Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barry Bowles	2,613	41.2
	Conservative	Bob Harvey	2,127	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	1,302	20.6
	Green	Charles Alldrick	294	4.6
Majority
Turnout

Handsworth Wood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gurdial Atwal	3,779	65.5
	Conservative	Amrik Singh Sahota	1,199	20.8
	Socialist Labour	John Tyrrell	350	6.0
	Green	Hugh Williams	300	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Malti Dhiman	142	2.5
Majority			1,780	44.7
Turnout

Harborne ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elaine Williams	3,264	50.2
	Conservative	John Alden	2,441	37.5
	Green	Phil Simpson	394	6.1
	UKIP	Keith Rowe	233	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alaine Christian	178	2.6
Majority			823	17.7
Turnout

Hodge Hill ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Anita Ward	3,345	65.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyn Neilly	836	16.4
	Conservative	Derek Johnson	384	7.5
	UKIP	John Butler	270	5.3
	BNP	David Campion	139	2.7
	Green	Anne Margaret Okole	102	2.0
	Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990 – present)	Peter Johnson	14	0.3
Majority			2,509	49.3
Turnout

Kings Norton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Valerie Seabright	2,047	43.7
	Conservative	Barbara Wood	1,764	37.7
	UKIP	Peter Hughes	297	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Berwick	170	3.6
	BNP	Frances Waldron	145	3.1
	Green	Ged Hickman	131	2.8
	Communities Against the Cuts	Christopher Hughes	129	2.7
Majority			283	6.0
Turnout

Kingstanding ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catharine Grundy	2,014	49.6
	Conservative	Gary Sambrook	1,609	39.7
	BNP	Lynette Orton	213	5.3
	Green	Tony O'Sullivan	106	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Lippiatt	80	2.0
	National Front	Terry Williams	34	0.8
Majority			405	9.9
Turnout

Ladywood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Kath Hartley	2,174
	Conservative	Parveen Hassan	474
	Green	Hazel Clawley	268
	UKIP	Matthew Roach	215
	Liberal Democrats	Cabdulqaadir Ruumi	185
Majority
Turnout

Longbridge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jess Phillips	2,069	46.9%
	Conservative	Ken Wood	1,536	34.8%
	UKIP	Graeme Carruthers	305	6.9%
	Green	Susan Pearce	168	3.8%
	BNP	Christopher Pritchard	173	3.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Thompson	163	3.7%
Majority			533	12.1%
Turnout

Lozells And East Handsworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mahmood Hussain	4,889
	Conservative	Ravi Chumber	400
	Green	Emma Round	275
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Trench	187
Majority
Turnout

Moseley And Kings Heath ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Lisa Trickett	3,432
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Mullaney	2,137
	Green	William Lilley	594
	Conservative	John Turner	472
	UKIP	Alan Blumenthal	199
Majority
Turnout

Nechells ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tahir Ali	2,831
	Liberal Democrats	Shazad Iqbal	483
	Conservative	Aaron Powell	282
	Green	Janet Assheton	265
Majority
Turnout

Northfield ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Brett O'Reilly	2,238
	Conservative	Les Lawrence	2,177
	UKIP	John Borthwick	353
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Moles	201
	BNP	Howard Hamilton	201
	Green	Kirsty Axe	179
Majority
Turnout

Oscott ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tristan Chatfield	2,353
	Conservative	Graham Green	1,456
	English Democrat	Chris Newey	226
	BNP	Michael Jones	225
	Green	Harry Eyles	153
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Jolliffe	132
Majority
Turnout			5,280	29.2

Perry Barr ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Hassall	2,587
	Labour	Sarfraiz Hussain	2,054
	Conservative	Sukhwinder Singh Sungu	309
	Green	Colin Marriott	262
Majority
Turnout

Quinton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Caroline Badley	3,362
	Conservative	Peter Smallbone	2,226
	Green	Peter Beck	255
	BNP	James Harvey	200
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	141
Majority
Turnout

Selly Oak ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Karen McCarthy	1,833
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Dow	1,332
	Conservative	Monica Hardle	509
	Green	David Toke	271
	UKIP	Robin Norton	179
Majority
Turnout

Shard End ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Marjorie Bridle	2,038
	UKIP	Iain Roden	609
	Conservative	Jessie Holland	396
	BNP	Kevin McHugh	222
	Green	Tracie Hammond	124
	National Front	Mark Neary	38
Majority
Turnout

Sheldon ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Anderson	2,737
	Labour	Christopher Dalton	957
	UKIP	Richard Allen	274
	BNP	Ian Starks	191
	Conservative	Amil Khan	168
	Green	Alan Clawley	77
	National Front	Paul Morris	28
	Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990 – present)	Joylan Ware	17
Majority
Turnout

Soho ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Chaman Lal	3,828
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Usman	507
	Conservative	Manjeet Kumari-Lal	375
	Green	Steve Austin	243
	Socialist Labour	Shangara Singh Bhatoe	79
Majority
Turnout

South Yardley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Zafar Iqbal	2,938
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Gaved	2,315
	UKIP	Albert Duffen	237
	BNP	Timothy Glover	161
	Green	Rianne Ten Veen	152
	Conservative	Afzal Shah	152
	National Front	Adrian Davidson	43
Majority
Turnout

Sparkbrook ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mohammed Azim	5,164
	Green	Peter Tinsley	326
	Conservative	Hussein Hussein	298
	Liberal Democrats	Blair Kesseler	221
Majority
Turnout

Springfield ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Evans	3,278
	Labour	Nabila Bano	3,183
	Conservative	Abdul Rashid	519
	Green	Ian Jamieson	232
Majority
Turnout

Stechford And Yardley North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Eustace	2,584
	Labour	Lorraine Owen	1,690
	UKIP	Graham Duffen	393
	Conservative	Robert Clark	218
	BNP	Dean Edwards	197
	Green	Eric Fairclough	89
	Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990 – present)	Joyce Ware	18
Majority
Turnout

Stockland Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Josh Jones	2,457
	Conservative	Matt Bennett	1,527
	Green	Elly Stanton	234
	Liberal Democrats	Franklyn Aaron	170
Majority
Turnout

Sutton Four Oaks ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Meirion Jenkins	3,699
	Labour	Manish Puri	869
	Green	David Ratcliff	638
	Liberal Democrats	Hubert Duffy	427
Majority
Turnout

Sutton New Hall ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Guy Roberts	2,524
	Labour	Ian Brindley	1,599
	Green	Samantha Winsper	336
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Williams	249
Majority
Turnout

Sutton Trinity ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Philip Parkin	2,639
	Labour	Roger Barley	1,541
	Green	Ulla Grant	421
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Lippiatt	415
Majority
Turnout

Sutton Vesey ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Robert Pocock	3,231
	Conservative	Malcolm Cornish	2,426
	Green	James Orford	285
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Hardy	241
Majority
Turnout

Tyburn ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Mick Brown	1,924
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Holtom	982
	Conservative	Doug Pullen	467
	BNP	Peter Hickman	248
	Green	Lee Moore	144
Majority
Turnout

Washwood Heath ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mariam Khan	6,608
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Azam	1,049
	UKIP	Arthur Davis	185
	Green	John Bentley	184
	Conservative	Allister du Plessis	178
Majority
Turnout

Weoley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Eddie Freeman	2,117
	Labour	Steve Booton	2,115
	Green	Ross Axe	239
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Haynes	216
	BNP	Leslie Orton	213
Majority
Turnout

References

^ City Council elections informations Birmingham City Council
^ "Labour gain control of Birmingham and Sandwell councils". BBC News. 4 May 2012.

Birmingham City Council election service (with links to results)

[1] City Council elections informations Birmingham City Council

[2] "Labour gain control of Birmingham and Sandwell councils". BBC News. 4 May 2012.

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