The Selly Oak local
council ward
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was one of the 40 electoral wards for the
City of Birmingham
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, England prior to 2018. It was also one of the four wards that make up the local
council constituency of Selly Oak, the other three being the wards of
Billesley,
Bournville
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and
Brandwood.
Description
The Selly Oak ward covered an area of south Birmingham, and includes not only the suburb of
Selly Oak
Selly Oak is an industrial and residential area in south-west Birmingham, England. The area gives its name to Selly Oak ward and includes the neighbourhoods of: Bournbrook, Selly Park, and Ten Acres. The adjoining wards of Edgbaston and Harborne ...
but also the adjoining districts of
Bournbrook
Bournbrook is an industrial and residential district in southwest Birmingham, England, in both the Selly Oak Council Ward and the Parliamentary District of Selly Oak. Prior to what is commonly termed the Greater Birmingham Act, which came in ...
,
Selly Park
Selly Park is a Residential area, residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The suburb of Selly Park is located between the Bristol Road (A38 road, A38) and the Pershore Road (A441 road, A441).
Toponymy
Selly Park is name ...
and
Ten Acres
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, together with a small part of the
Stirchley area. It was replaced by Weoley and Selly Oak ward and Bournbrook and Selly Park ward both created in 2018.
Demographics (from the census of 2001)
The 2001 Population Census recorded that 25,792 people were living in the Selly Oak ward, with a population density of 4,236 people per km² compared with 3,649 people per km² for Birmingham. The ward has a below-average percentage of ethnic minorities, with only 15.9% of the population consisting of ethnic minorities compared with 29.6% for Birmingham in general.
History
The ward came into existence in 1911 when the boundaries of the
City of Birmingham
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were extended as a result of the Greater Birmingham Act, and when the number of electoral wards in the City was extended from 18 to 30. At that stage three councillors were elected for the Ward, whereas in subsequent years there have been single elections. The area had previously been part of the
Parish of Northfield, and originally in north
Worcestershire
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. It was created by the union of two former electoral wards of the
King's Norton and Northfield
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urban district
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* Neighbourhood
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* Urban districts of Germany
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (hist ...
, namely the ''Selly Oak (East) Ward'', covering the districts of
Bournbrook
Bournbrook is an industrial and residential district in southwest Birmingham, England, in both the Selly Oak Council Ward and the Parliamentary District of Selly Oak. Prior to what is commonly termed the Greater Birmingham Act, which came in ...
,
Selly Park
Selly Park is a Residential area, residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The suburb of Selly Park is located between the Bristol Road (A38 road, A38) and the Pershore Road (A441 road, A441).
Toponymy
Selly Park is name ...
and Ten Acres, and the ''Selly Oak (West) Ward'', covering
Selly Oak
Selly Oak is an industrial and residential area in south-west Birmingham, England. The area gives its name to Selly Oak ward and includes the neighbourhoods of: Bournbrook, Selly Park, and Ten Acres. The adjoining wards of Edgbaston and Harborne ...
itself and part of the district of
Bournville
Bournville () is a model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury's factory, and designed to be a "garden" (or "model") village where the sale of alcohol was forbidd ...
).
Parliamentary representation
Under the
Representation of the People Act 1918
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the wards of Selly Oak and
Northfield Northfield may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Northfield, Aberdeen, Scotland
* Northfield, Edinburgh, Scotland
* Northfield, Birmingham, England
* Northfield (Kettering BC Ward), Northamptonshire, England
United States
* Northfield, Connec ...
, together with that "part of
King's Norton
Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, England. Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council ward within the Government of Birmingham, England. The district lies 6.5 miles south-southwes ...
Ward which is not included in the
Moseley Division" were to form the
Parliamentary constituency of King's Norton. Selly Oak ward remained within the King's Norton constituency until boundary alterations provided for in the 1948
Representation of the People Act
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placed it, and the Northfield ward, in the newly constituted
Parliamentary constituency of Northfield in 1950.
[Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1] Further boundary changes led to the creation of a distinct
Selly Oak Parliamentary constituency in 1955, in which the ward of Selly Oak has since remained.
Birmingham electoral wards were changed in 2018, when the existing Selly Oak ward was divided between new Bournbrook and Selly Park, Bournville, and Selly Oak and Weoley wards.
Politics
The elected
Birmingham City Council
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members prior to the wards dissolution were: Karen McCarthy, Brigid Jones and Changese Khan of the
Labour Party. At the time Brigid Jones was also Birmingham City Council's Cabinet Member for Children and Family Services.
Election results
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
See also
*
Birmingham City Council elections
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References
Notes
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External links
Birmingham City Council's Selly Oak WardBirmingham City Council's Selly Oak Constituency
{{Wards of Birmingham
Former wards of Birmingham, West Midlands
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