Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. Birmingham has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council, a type of unitary authority. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. It is the most populous local government district in England, serving over 1.1million people. The council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority since 2016. It is based at the Council House on Victoria Square, Birmingham.

The council has been under no overall control since the May 2026 election, with Reform UK being the largest party. After that election, a minority coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and some of the independent councillors formed to run the council, with Liberal Democrat councillor Roger Harmer serving as leader of the council.

On 6 September 2023, the council declared effective bankruptcy, and central government commissioners were subsequently appointed to run the council under emergency measures.