Bordesley and Highgate is an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council in the centre of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, covering an urban area immediately to the east of the city centre, including the historic district of Digbeth. The ward was created on 1 December 2017 as a result of boundary changes that saw the number of wards in Birmingham increase from 40 to 69.[2]
| Bordesley and Highgate | |
|---|---|
 Bordesley and Highgate ward shown with Birmingham City Council | |
| Population | 13,242 [1] |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors | |
Boundaries edit
Bordesley and Highgate ward includes the Highgate, Bordesley, Digbeth and Deritend areas and as such includes some of the oldest parts of the city. The ward is in the Birmingham Ladywood UK Parliament constituency.
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Yvonne Mosquito (Lab) | |||
| 2018 | Yvonne Mosquito (Lab) | |||
Elections since 2018 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Yvonne Mosquito | 925 | 57.3 |  21.2
| |
| Conservative | Zia Talukder | 311 | 19.3 |  11.8
| |
| Workers Party | Ed Woollard | 247 | 15.3 | 15.3
| |
| Green | Martin Guest | 132 | 8.2 | 2.2
| |
| Majority | 614 | 38.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,615 | 20 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Yvonne Mosquito | 1,176 | 77.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Iliff | 120 | 7.9 | ||
| Conservative | Julia Mackey | 113 | 7.5 | ||
| Green | Tom Jenkins | 90 | 5.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,056 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,512 | 21.87 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "2018 Birmingham Ward Profiles". tableau.public. Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "Local Government Boundary Review". www.birmingham.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Bordesley and Highgate Ward Results".
- ^ "Local government election results May 2018".
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