Birmingham City Council elections are held every four years. Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the

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Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

in the

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. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 101

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s have been elected from 69

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. Prior to 2018 elections were held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time.

Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Birmingham was a

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, independent of any county council. Under the

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it had its territory enlarged and became a

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, with

West Midlands County Council West Midlands County Council (WMCC) was, from 1974 to 1986, the upper-tier administrative body for the West Midlands county, a metropolitan county in England. History The WMCC existed for a total of twelve years. It was established on 1 April 19 ...

providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Midlands County Council was abolished in 1986 and Birmingham became a

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. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The role of Lord Mayor of Birmingham is largely ceremonial, with political leadership provided by the leader of the council. The first leader of the council after the 1974 reforms, Clive Wilkinson, had been the leader of the old county borough of Birmingham since December 1973. The leaders since 1974 have been:

Council elections

Result maps

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By-election results

2021

''Resignation of

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Cllr Lucy Seymour-Smith.''

2013–2017

''Resignation of

Cllr Sam Burden.'' ''Death of

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Cllr

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.'' ''Resignation of

Cllr Cath Grundy.''

2009–2013

2005–2009

2001–2005

1997–2001

''Death of

Cllr David Wells.'' ''Death of

Cllr Anthony Rust.''

1993–1997

''Death of

Cllr Neil Biddlestone.'' ''Death of

Cllr Edward Rochford.'' ''Death of

Cllr Paul Haymeraj.'' ''Death of Conservative Cllr Arthur Walker.'' ''Death of Conservative Cllr Clare Fancote.'' ''Resignation of

Cllr Khalid Mahmood.'' ''Resignation of

Cllr Paul Shefield.'' ''Resignation of

Cllr Fred Grattidge.''

Before 1993

References

External links

Birmingham City Council

{{Metropolitan districts of England

Council elections

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