Balsall Heath West

Balsall Heath West
Balsall Heath West
Population	11,165
Metropolitan borough	City of Birmingham;
Metropolitan county	West Midlands;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Birmingham Hall Green, Birmingham Edgbaston (part);
Councillors	Zhor Malik (Labour);
	List of places UK England West Midlands

Balsall Heath West is an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council in the south of Birmingham, West Midlands, covering an urban area to the south of the city centre.

The ward was created in 2018 as a result of boundary changes that saw the number of wards in Birmingham increase from 40 to 69.

Boundaries

The ward was largely created from the former Sparkbrook ward and is almost entirely within the Birmingham Hall Green constituency with the exception of a small area of housing between Bristol Road and Pershore Road which lies within Birmingham Edgbaston.

Profile

The ward contains areas included in post-war slum clearance regeneration as well late Victoria/Edwardian terraces. Whilst the ward does not include Edgbaston Cricket Ground it does include the areas immediately to its north and east.

Councillors

Election	Councillor
2018		Zhor Malik (Lab)

Elections since 2018

Balsall Heath West

Balsall Heath West 2018 *(1)*
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Zhor Malik	1,938	76.4
	Liberal Democrats	Islam Issa	204	8.0
	Birmingham Worker	Sammi Ibrahem	156	6.2
	Conservative	Ali Fazel	139	5.5
	Green	Martin Guest	98	3.9
Majority			1,734
Turnout			2,570
	Labour win (new seat)

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Notes

References

^ "Birmingham Ward Profiles". tableau.public. Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ "Local government election results May 2018".

[1] "Birmingham Ward Profiles". tableau.public. Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[2] "Local government election results May 2018".

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