Balsall Heath West

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.

Balsall Heath West
Population11,165 [1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors

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