Birmingham local election results 2022 LIVE: latest on who has won council elections - as votes counted
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Polling stations in Birmingham closed at 10pm last night (Thursday, May 5) and the votes for the 2022 local elections are underway at Utilita Arena.
The count began at 9am this morning, with the earliest declarations expected as early as noon, or later this morning depending on turnout. Single member wards will be declared first.
Stay with BirminghamWorld today for all uptodate news and developments as they happen in counting centres across Birmingham.
Birmingham local election results 2022 LIVE: latest on who has won council elections - as votes counted
Key Events
- All 101 seats at the council’s 69 wards are being contested
- Polling stations closed at 9pm last night
Lozells
Lozells: Labour hold
Kefentse Dennis, Green Party: 118
Mohammed Faisal, Conservatives: 691
Waseem Zaffar, Labour: 1955
Turnout: 38%
Holyhead
Holyhead: Labour Hold
Seymour Douglas, Liberal Democrats: 73
Andrew Hardie, Conservatives: 133
Rinkal Shergill, Labour: 1618
Turnout: 31%
Leader of the Council Ian Ward retains his seat in Shard End
Decent majority for Leader of the Council has he retains his seat for Labour. Lots of applause for this announcement
Heartlands Ward
Heartlands Ward: Labour hold
Azam Adil, Local Conservatives: 284
Ellinor Clair Elieen, Liberal Democrats: 139
Shah Shafique, Labour Party: 1672
Turnout: 28%
Rubery and Rednal
Rubery and Rednal: Conservative hold
Ball Robert Michael, Green Party: 117
Delaney Adrian JosephThe Conservative Party Candidate: 918
Kennedy Tony, Labour and Co-operative Party: 776
Turnout: 28%
What does Alfie think?
We’ve found another cute dog at a Birmingham polling station. Wonder what Alfie makes of all the results. Looks like he was pretty keen to get away from all the voting yesterday!
Result for Kings Norton South
Kings Norton South: Green Party Gain
Clancy Robert Joseph, Conservative Party Candidate: 365
Grant Rob, Green Party: 1137
Kumar Sonia, Labour and Co-operative Party: 732
Turnout: 28%
Lowest turn out so far
There have been some wards with low turn out. The lowest one so far is Shard End with 16.77%. That’s the ward where the Leader of the Council is. One of the highest so far is Lozells with 38% turnout
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