The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Voting has closed across the country for the UK General Election and now the process of vote counting and results announcements begins. We’re at the ICC for the Birmingham count and will bring you results as we get them, along with opinion, interviews, galleries and video updates.
A Labour candidate has won the Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East by-election with a landslide result, despite an overall low voter turnout. Saima Ahmed won the council seat after receiving 2,410 ballots from residents, 22% of whom turned out to vote.
Aston Students’ Union is set to host a Birmingham City Council leaders’ hustings ahead of the local elections on 5 May. Local leaders from the Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and Green parties will take part in the event that will be held in the Students’ Union in front of a live audience on 29 April.
Labour candidate Simon Foster has been elected the new West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, beating Conservative rival Jay Singh-Sohal by over 40,000 votes. Foster’s electoral victory was announced at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, where ballots were being counted since this morning for both the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election and West…
Andy Street has been re-elected as regional mayor by the people of the West Midlands following a nail-biting political battle with Labour candidate Liam Byrne. Announced as the winner with 314,669 votes against Byrne’s 267,626, Street said he was ready to serve a second term as the region’s metro mayor to build something “very special”.
The Government have now confirmed that the Local, Combined Authority Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner elections that were due to take place on 7 May will now take place on 6 May 2021. The West Midlands Combined Authority are still awaiting additional advice and guidance from the Government and Electoral Commission on some of…
It’s Election Day across the UK as the population votes for a government. Birmingham’s constituency results will be coming in through at the ICC in the city centre, where a dedicated hall has been set up and is ready to go! We’re here and sharing the latest updates and results as they come in, along…
Brummie pop star Jamelia will be voting for the first time in her life this month and has been inspired to participate in the General Election by Jeremy Corbyn, she says. The 38-year-old Handsworth musician, TV presenter and activist plans on going to the polls next Thursday (12 December) with her 18-year-old daughter Teja.
Coming back to my hometown of Birmingham this week has made realise that this upcoming election, often valorised as an “once in a generation” vote, is even more unpredictable and volatile in the West Midlands than anywhere else in the UK. Statistically speaking, our region can be likened to a volcanic blackhole. The Brexit battle…
A prominent candidate for West Midlands metro mayor has criticised the lack of black and ethnic minority candidates standing for the position, as well as the lack of women, describing the potentially embarrassing situation as a “problem”. Labour hopeful Pete Lowe has expressed concerns at what he described as “cultural problems” within the Labour movement.