Sutton Four Oaks is one of the 40 electoral
ward
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s in
Birmingham
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,
England
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.
Sutton Four Oaks is one of the four wards that make up the
Parliamentary Constituency
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and
council constituency of
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, known locally as Sutton ( ), is a town and civil parish in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south ...
. The ward lies to the north of Sutton Coldfield town centre and covers
Hill Hook
Hill Hook is an area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England.
The area includes Hill Hook Local Nature Reserve, declared in 2003 with an area of 5.65 hectares, which is on the site of a watermill built in the 17th century. An earlier dam showed ...
, Hill Wood,
Roughley
Roughley is an electoral ward within the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, and is the most northerly part of the administrative area covered by the Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council and the City of Birmingham.
Over half of Roughley Ward is a ...
, Doe Bank, Ley Hill,
Four Oaks, Four Oaks Park and
Mere Green. Mere Green is the main shopping area for the ward and also has the ward's only library.
It covers an area of .
Population
According to the 2001 Population
Census
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there were 21,690 people living in 9,274 households in Sutton Four Oaks. 4.9% (1,068) of the ward's population consisted of ethnic minorities compared to 29.6% for Birmingham in general. The population had increased to 24,205 at the 2011 Census.
Politics
Sutton Four Oaks is represented by Cllr Maureen Cornish on Birmingham City Council, and Cllrs Clare Horrocks and Simon Ward on Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council.
Maureen, Clare and Simon all represent the Conservative Party.
References
External links
Birmingham City Council: Sutton Four Oaks Ward
{{Wards of Birmingham
Sutton Coldfield
Wards of Birmingham, West Midlands