2012 Birmingham City Council election

Elections to Birmingham City Council in England were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from No Overall Control.

These election results are directly comparable with the corresponding elections held in 2008

Election summary

2012 local election results in Birmingham

Birmingham Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28			-11		24	51,490
	Liberal Democrats	15			-9		14	34,707
	Labour	77			+20		51	109,841
	Green	0				0	4.5	9,703
	UKIP	0				0	2.3	4,915
	BNP	0				0	1.5	3,306
	English Democrat	0				0		226
	TUSC	0				0		58
	National Front	0				0
	Independent	0				0
	Communities Against the Cuts	0				0
	Socialist Labour	0
	SDP	0				0

Resulting Political Composition

	Party	Seats			Council Composition 3 May 2012
		2010	2011	2012
	Labour	41	57	77
	Conservative	45	39	28
	Liberal Democrats	31	24	15

Ward results

Acocks Green ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John O'Shea	2170	42.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harmer	1993	39.2%
	UKIP	Chris Whitehouse	269	5.3%
	Conservative	Joe Edginton	247	4.9%
	Green	Amanda Baker	168	3.3%
	BNP	Stella Taylor	166	3.3%
	TUSC	Ben Rubery	58	1.1%
	SDP	Alan Ware	15	0.3%
Majority
Turnout

Aston ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nagina Kauser	3567	50.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Ayoub Khan	3123	44.2%
	Independent	Abdusalam bin Smith	145	2.1%
	Conservative	Ian Colpman	138	2.0%
	Green	Ankaret Harmer	94	1.3%
Majority
Turnout

Bartley Green ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Barton	2716	56.2%
	Labour	Nora Young	1639	33.9%
	BNP	John Grainger	235	4.9%
	Green	Adam Round	155	3.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Garrett	87	1.8%
Majority
Turnout

Billesley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Davies	2586	49.7%
	Conservative	Len Gregory	1749	33.6%
	UKIP	Adrian Duffen	287	5.5%
	BNP	Paul Hickman	237	4.6%
	Green	Anna Masters	191	3.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Simone Rudge-Beattie	156	3.0%
Majority
Turnout

Bordesley Green ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Uzma Ahmed	5042	61.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Shaukat Ali Khan	2701	32.8%
	Green	Huw Davies	180	2.3%
	Conservative	Andrew Hardie	176	2.1%
	UKIP	Dale Wynde	144	1.7%
Majority
Turnout

Bournville ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Walking	3185	44.3%
	Conservative	Nigel Dawkins	2878	40.0%
	Green	Joe Rooney	417	5.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Stimpson	272	3.8%
	Communities Against the Cuts	Lynne Habermacher	256	3.6%
	BNP	Darren Allen	188	2.6%
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Brandwood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eva Phillips	3360	54.3%
	Conservative	Neville Summerfield	1978	31.9%
	UKIP	James Wood	335	5.4%
	Green	Jane Bradshaw	317	5.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Burgess	202	3.3%
	Independent	Karen Osborne	withdrawn
Majority
Turnout

Edgbaston ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deirdre Alden	2,240	46.2%
	Labour	Dennis Minnis	1,999	41.3%
	Green	Bill van Marle	279	5.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Green	196	4.0%
	UKIP	David Bridges	131	2.7%
Majority
Turnout

Erdington ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Beauchamp	2300	50.3
	Labour	Elaine Jackson	1854	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Mills	114	2.5
	BNP	Morris Vincent	142	3.1
	Green	David Williams	161	3.5
Majority			446	9.7
Turnout

Hall Green ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Charles Alldrick	294	4.6
	Labour	Barry Bowles	2613	41.2
	Conservative	Bob Harvey	2127	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	1302	20.6
Majority
Turnout

Handsworth Wood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurdial Atwal	3779	65.5
	Liberal Democrats	Malti Dhiman	142	2.5
	Conservative	Amrik Singh Sahota	1199	20.8
	Socialist Labour	John Tyrrell	350	6.0
	Green	Hugh Williams	300	5.2
Majority			1,780	44.7
Turnout

Harborne ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alden	2441	37.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alaine Christian	178	2.6
	UKIP	Keith Rowe	233	3.6
	Green	Phil Simpson	394	6.1
	Labour	Elaine Williams	3264	50.2
Majority			823	17.7
Turnout

Hodge Hill ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	John Butler	270	5.3
	BNP	David Campion	139	2.7
	Conservative	Derek Johnson	384	7.5
	SDP	Peter Johnson	14	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyn Neilly	836	16.4
	Green	Anne Margaret Okole	102	2.0
	Labour Co-op	Anita Ward	3345	65.7
Majority			2509	49.3
Turnout

Kings Norton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Berwick	170	3.6
	Green	Ged Hickman	131	2.8
	Communities Against the Cuts	Christopher Hughes	129	2.7
	UKIP	Peter Hughes	297	6.3
	Labour	Valerie Seabright	2047	43.7
	BNP	Frances Waldron	145	3.1
	Conservative	Barbara Wood	1764	37.7
Majority			283	6.0
Turnout

Kingstanding ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catharine Grundy	2014	49.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Lippiatt	80	2.0
	Green	Tony O'Sullivan	106	2.6
	BNP	Lynette Orton	213	5.3
	Conservative	Gary Sambrook	1609	39.7
	National Front	Terry Williams	34	0.8
Majority			405	9.9
Turnout

Ladywood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hazel Clawley	268
	Labour	Kath Hartley	2174
	Conservative	Parveen Hassan	474
	UKIP	Matthew Roach	215
	Liberal Democrats	Cabdulqaadir Ruumi	185
Majority
Turnout

Longbridge ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Graeme Carruthers	305	6.9%
	Green	Susan Pearce	168	3.8%
	Labour	Jess Phillips	2,069	46.9%
	BNP	Christopher Pritchard	173	3.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Thompson	163	3.7%
	Conservative	Ken Wood	1,536	34.8%
Majority			533	12.1%
Turnout

Lozells And East Handsworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ravi Chumber	400
	Labour	Mahmood Hussain	4889
	Green	Emma Round	275
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Trench	187
Majority
Turnout

Moseley And Kings Heath ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Alan Blumenthal	199
	Green	William Lilley	594
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Mullaney	2137
	Labour	Lisa Trickett	3432
	Conservative	John Turner	472
Majority
Turnout

Nechells ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tahir Ali	2831
	Green	Janet Assheton	265
	Liberal Democrats	Shazad Iqbal	483
	Conservative	Aaron Powell	282
Majority
Turnout

Northfield ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Kirsty Axe	179
	UKIP	John Borthwick	353
	BNP	Howard Hamilton	201
	Conservative	Les Lawrence	2177
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Moles	201
	Labour	Brett O'Reilly	2238
Majority
Turnout

Oscott ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tristan Chatfield	2,353
	Green	Harry Eyles	153
	Conservative	Graham Green	1,456
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Jolliffe	132
	BNP	Michael Jones	225
	English Democrat	Chris Newey	226
Majority
Turnout			5,280	29.2

Perry Barr ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Hassall	2587
	Labour	Sarfraiz Hussain	2054
	Green	Colin Marriott	262
	Conservative	Sukhwinder Singh Sungu	309
Majority
Turnout

Quinton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Badley	3362
	Green	Peter Beck	255
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	141
	BNP	James Harvey	200
	Conservative	Peter Smallbone	2226
Majority
Turnout

Selly Oak ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Dow	1332
	Conservative	Monica Hardle	509
	Labour Co-op	Karen McCarthy	1833
	UKIP	Robin Norton	179
	Green	David Toke	271
Majority
Turnout

Shard End ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marjorie Bridle	2038
	Green	Tracie Hammond	124
	Conservative	Jessie Holland	396
	BNP	Kevin McHugh	222
	National Front	Mark Neary	38
	UKIP	Iain Roden	609
Majority
Turnout

Sheldon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Richard Allen	274
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Anderson	2,737
	Green	Alan Clawley	77
	Labour	Christopher Dalton	957
	Conservative	Amil Khan	168
	National Front	Paul Morris	28
	BNP	Ian Starks	191
	SDP	Joylan Ware	17
Majority
Turnout

Soho ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steve Austin	243
	Socialist Labour	Shangara Singh Bhatoe	79
	Conservative	Manjeet Kumari-Lal	375
	Labour	Chaman Lal	3828
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Usman	507
Majority
Turnout

South Yardley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Front	Adrian Davidson	43
	UKIP	Albert Duffen	237
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Gaved	2315
	BNP	Timothy Glover	161
	Labour	Zafar Iqbal	2938
	Conservative	Afzal Shah	152
	Green	Rianne Ten Veen	152
Majority
Turnout

Sparkbrook ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Azim	5164
	Conservative	Hussein Hussein	298
	Liberal Democrats	Blair Kesseler	221
	Green	Peter Tinsley	326
Majority
Turnout

Springfield ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nabila Bano	3183
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Evans	3278
	Green	Ian Jamieson	232
	Conservative	Abdul Rashid	519
Majority
Turnout

Stechford And Yardley North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Clark	218
	UKIP	Graham Duffen	393
	BNP	Dean Edwards	197
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Eustace	2584
	Green	Eric Fairclough	89
	Labour	Lorraine Owen	1690
	SDP	Joyce Ware	18
Majority
Turnout

Stockland Green ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Franklyn Aaron	170
	Conservative	Matt Bennett	1527
	Labour	Josh Jones	2457
	Green	Elly Stanton	234
Majority
Turnout

Sutton Four Oaks ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hubert Duffy	427
	Conservative	Meirion Jenkins	3699
	Labour	Manish Puri	869
	Green	David Ratcliff	638
Majority
Turnout

Sutton New Hall ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Brindley	1599
	Conservative	Guy Roberts	2524
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Williams	249
	Green	Samantha Winsper	336
Majority
Turnout

Sutton Trinity ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Barley	1541
	Green	Ulla Grant	421
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Lippiatt	415
	Conservative	Philip Parkin	2639
Majority
Turnout

Sutton Vesey ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Cornish	2426
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Hardy	241
	Green	James Orford	285
	Labour	Robert Pocock	3231
Majority
Turnout

Tyburn ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mick Brown	1924
	BNP	Peter Hickman	248
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Holtom	982
	Green	Lee Moore	144
	Conservative	Doug Pullen	467
Majority
Turnout

Washwood Heath ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Azam	1049
	Green	John Bentley	184
	UKIP	Arthur Davis	185
	Conservative	Allister du Plessis	178
	Labour	Mariam Khan	6608
Majority
Turnout

Weoley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ross Axe	239
	Labour	Steve Booton	2115
	Conservative	Eddie Freeman	2117
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Haynes	216
	BNP	Leslie Orton	213
Majority
Turnout

References

• Birmingham City Council election service (with links to results)