2007 Birmingham City Council election

Elections to Birmingham City Council in England were held in May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control as it had been since 2003.

2007 Birmingham City Council election

3 May 2007
One third (40) seats to Birmingham City Council 61 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mike Whitby Albert Bore John Hemming Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Harborne Ladywood South Yardley Seats won 44 41 32 Seat change 3 3
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

Election result

Birmingham Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	44	3		3
	Labour	41	1	4	3
	Liberal Democrats	32	1	1
	Respect	2	1	1
	BNP	0				0
	Green	0				0
	UKIP	0				0
	Community Independent	0				0
	Independent	0				0
	Socialist Labour	0				0
	National Front	0				0
	New Nationalist Party	0				0
	People's Justice	0				0

Ward results

Acocks Green

Acocks Green 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Wagg	3,072
	Labour	John O'Shea	1,452
	BNP	Ben Lumby	536
	Conservative	Hannah Axford	508
	Green	Amanda Baker	258
	UKIP	Peter Hillman	77
Majority			1,620
Turnout			5,919	30.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Aston

Aston 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammad Afzal	2,684
	Respect	Abdul Aziz	2,018
	Liberal Democrats	Saeed Aehmed	2005
	Conservative	Mohammed Hasan	209
	Green	Liam Wilkinson	165
	BNP	Pamela Allen	136
Majority			666
Turnout			7,255	39.9
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

Bartley Green

Bartley Green 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lines	3,718
	Labour	John Ritchie	1,421
	BNP	Julie Ashton	569	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Ashley Hemming	307
	Green	Annabel Smith	186
Majority			2,297
Turnout			6,215	35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billesley

Billesley 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes	2,608
	Labour	Susan Burfoot	2,445
	BNP	Malcolm Owen	753
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wagg	463
	Green	Margaret James	291
Majority			163
Turnout			6,589	35.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bordesley Green

Bordesley Green 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shafique Shah	3,908
	Liberal Democrats	Saeed Mohammed	2,638
	Respect	Farooq Rajput	1,403
	Conservative	Fitzroy Stevenson	352
	BNP	Martin Williams	279
	Green	Adam Clawley	196
Majority			1,270
Turnout			8,805	44.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bournville

Bournville 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Huxtable	3,890
	Labour	Peter Griffiths	1,715
	Green	Joe Rooney	1,096
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harmer	792
	BNP	Malcolm Doughty	444	5.1
Majority			2,175	31.9
Turnout			7,953	40.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brandwood

Brandwood 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hill	2,646
	Labour	Gary Mills	2,231
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Peace	730
	BNP	Gemma Orton	588
	Green	Anna Masters	448
Majority			415
Turnout			6,654	37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edgbaston

Edgbaston 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Hutchings	2,410
	Labour	Martin Clee	1,196
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Ritchie	524
	Green	Barney Smith	322
	BNP	Trevor Shearer	121
	UKIP	Francois Jones	75
Majority			1,214
Turnout			4,663	28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Erdington

Erdington 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Compton	2,588
	Labour Co-op	Susanna McCorry	1,701
	BNP	Terence Larkin	494
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Hardy	453
	Green	Mark Oley	295
Majority			887
Turnout			5,540	33.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hall Green

Hall Green 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Hawthorn	3,122
	Conservative	Bob Harvey	2,430
	Labour	Samuel Burden	1,346
	BNP	Robert Davenport	412
	Green	Daniel Cook	297	2.3
Majority			692
Turnout			7,622	40.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Handsworth Wood

Handsworth Wood 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paulette Hamilton	2,684
	Conservative	Arjan Singh	2,224
	Socialist Labour	John Tyrrell	1,052
	Liberal Democrats	Kingsley Douglas	517
	Green	Eric Fairclough	309
	BNP	Keith Davies	202
Majority			460
Turnout			7,004	36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Harborne

Harborne 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hollingworth	2,699
	Labour	John Priest	1,662
	Green	Phil Simpson	786
	Liberal Democrats	Miriam Banting	649
	BNP	Lynette Orton	265	3.5
Majority			1,307
Turnout			6,083	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hodge Hill

Hodge Hill 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyn Neilly	2,191	40.7
	Labour	Mike Nangle	2,075
	BNP	Denis Adams	686
	Conservative	Jessie Holland	671
	Independent	Roger Gordon	509
	Green	Lydia Bradshaw	108
Majority			116
Turnout			6,433	37.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Kings Norton

Kings Norton 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Wood	2,340
	Labour	Laura Ross	1,930
	BNP	Michael Bell	534
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Hannon	393
	Green	Hermoine Coalter	231
Majority			410
Turnout			5,510	32.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kingstanding

Kingstanding 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Kane	2,025
	Conservative	Mark Haddon	1,020
	BNP	Lee Windridge	673
	Liberal Democrats	Hubert Duffy	330
	New Nationalist Party	Sharon Ebanks	171
	National Front	Terry Williams	161
	Green	Geoffrey Tapalu	122
Majority			1,005
Turnout			4,533	26.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Ladywood

Ladywood 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Bore	1,791
	Conservative	Peter Smallbone	732
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Jeffers	456
	Green	Damien Duff	276
	BNP	Lee Saunders	160
	UKIP	Mark Nattrass	47
Majority			1,059
Turnout			3,474	21.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Longbridge

Longbridge 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Barton	2,050
	Labour	Amy Watson	1,629
	BNP	Elizabeth Wainwright	989
	Liberal Democrats	Sven Harvey	443
	Green	Bill Van Marle	222
Majority			421
Turnout			5,344	29.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lozells and East Handsworth

Lozells and East Handsworth 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mahmood Hussain	3,454
	Liberal Democrats	Sabirul Islam	1,634
	Respect	Raghib Ahsan	1,411
	Conservative	Zaweed Khan	334
	Green	Richard Pitt	224
	BNP	Zane Patchell	92
Majority			1,820
Turnout			7,177	38.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Moseley and Kings Heath

Moseley and Kings Heath 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Cox	2,728
	Labour	William Lees	2,143
	Respect	Yasir Idris	947
	Conservative	Tariq Hussain	911
	Green	Elinor Stanton	683
	BNP	Sabrina Garnowski	161
	UKIP	Alan Blumenthal	134
Majority			585
Turnout			7,730	41.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nechells

Nechells 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Mosquito	1,878
	Respect	Mushtaq Hussain	1,013
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Masoom	874
	BNP	Darren Potter	297
	Community Independent Party	Mohammed Shahban	268
	Green	Janet Assheton	256
	People's Justice	A Raja	167
Majority			865
Turnout			4,787	26.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Northfield

Northfield 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reg Corns	2,931
	Labour Co-op	Brian Seymore-Smith	1,839
	BNP	Leslie Orton	1,228
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Moles	575
	Green	Susan Pearce	255
Majority			1,092
Turnout			6,935	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oscott

Oscott 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Linnecor	2,819
	Conservative	Graham Green	2,144
	BNP	Robert Purcell	894
	Liberal Democrats	James Hamilton	357
	Green	Harry Eyles	169
	New Nationalist Party	Keith Axon	102
Majority			675
Turnout			6,494	35.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Perry Barr

Perry Barr 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Hunt	2,794
	Labour	Sam Allen	1,675
	Conservative	Maria Green	734
	BNP	Steven Thomas	549
	Green	Lester Mundy	183
Majority			1,119
Turnout			5,950	34.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Quinton

Quinton 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Len Clark	3,215
	Labour	Caroline Badley	2,835
	BNP	Josephine Larkin	481
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Sherwen	457
	Green	Peter Beck	336
Majority			380
Turnout			7,335	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selly Oak

Selly Oak 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wright	2,081
	Labour	David Williams	1,620
	Conservative	Andrew Hardie	956
	Green	Peter Tinsley	546
	BNP	Jeffrey Cahill	230
Majority			461
Turnout			5,443	26.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shard End

Shard End 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Ward	2,527
	BNP	Richard Lumby	1,263
	Conservative	Barry Hands	806
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Brooke	454
	Green	John Read	112
	National Front	Mark Neary	92
	New Nationalist Party	Matthew Benton	30
Majority			1,264
Turnout			5,373	29.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Sheldon

Sheldon 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tilsley	3,637
	Labour	Mick Johnson	729
	BNP	Michael Jones	724
	Conservative	Emma Mahay	489
	Green	Michael Sheridan	132
Majority			2,908
Turnout			5,718	36.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Soho

Soho 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sybil Spence	3,325
	Liberal Democrats	Zalal Choudhury	1,482
	Conservative	David Williams-Masinda	438
	Socialist Labour	Sheera Johal	260
	Green	Huw Davies	234
	BNP	Darren Allen	120
Majority			1,843
Turnout			5,894	34.1
	Labour hold		Swing

South Yardley

South Yardley 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Osborne	3,342
	Labour	Javed Iqbal	1,622
	BNP	Tanya Whitehead	686
	Conservative	Ken Axford	560
	Green	Rianne Ten Veen	221
	National Front	Adrian Davidson	134
Majority			1,720
Turnout			6,482	33.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sparkbrook

Sparkbrook 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Respect	Mohammed Ishtiaq	3,514
	Labour	Mohammed Azim	2,503
	Liberal Democrats	Dilawar Khan	919
	Conservative	Anwar Hussain	548
	Community Independent	Shokat Ali	503
	Green	Charles Alldrick	310
	BNP	Arthur Botterill	106
Majority			1,011
Turnout			8,456	43.5
	Respect gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Springfield

Springfield 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tanveer Choudhry	2,602
	Labour	Fazal Ellahi	2,283
	Respect	Mohammed Suleman	2,092
	Conservative	Mahinderpal Singh	561
	Green	Ian Jamieson	300
	BNP	Deanne Adams	254
Majority			319
Turnout			8,124	41.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stechford and Yardley North

Stechford and Yardley North 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Jackson	3,612
	Labour	Suraiya Makhdoom	784
	BNP	Patrick Collins	707
	Conservative	Robert Clark	506
	Green	Edith Roberts	119
	UKIP	Alan Ware	77
Majority			2,837
Turnout			5,881	32.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stockland Green

Stockland Green 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Finnegan	2,300
	Conservative	Jackie Banks	1,376
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pearson	556
	BNP	Peter Lawrie	479
	Green	John Bentley	258
Majority			924
Turnout			4,976	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton Four Oaks

Sutton Four Oaks 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Cornish	4,697
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Holtom	647
	Labour	Manish Puri	555
	UKIP	Brendan Padmore	489
	BNP	Maureen Davies	372
	Green	Karl Macnaughton	301
Majority			4,050
Turnout			7,070	37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton New Hall

Sutton New Hall 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Breadman	3,694
	Labour	Christopher Hillcox	922
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Woods	660
	BNP	Karen Lawrie	618
	Green	Jim Orford	296
Majority			2,772
Turnout			6,202	35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton Trinity

Sutton Trinity 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Pears	3,622
	Labour	Roger Barley	1,063
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Parker	730
	BNP	Mark Trippas	493
	Green	Ulla Grant	351
Majority			2,559
Turnout			6,271	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton Vesey

Sutton Vesey 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Clarkson	3,477
	Labour	Robert Pocock	1,678
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Woods	696
	BNP	Wendy Lawrie	560
	Green	Heather Ramsden	397
Majority			1,799
Turnout			6,821	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tyburn

Tyburn 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Sharpe	1,584
	Liberal Democrats	John Line	1,112
	Conservative	Sallyann Rose	1,020
	BNP	Alan Chamberlain	550
	Green	Tamara Bolger	133
	New Nationalist Party	John Mitchell	54
Majority			472
Turnout			4,464	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Washwood Heath

Washwood Heath 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tariq Khan	5,294
	Liberal Democrats	Nazabit Ali	3,074
	Conservative	Wilfred Holland	481
	BNP	Graham Jones	254
	Green	Hazel Clawley	248
Majority			2,220
Turnout			9,389	48.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Weoley

Weoley 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Delaney	2,187
	Labour Co-op	Mike Drinkwater	1,860
	BNP	Norman Ashton	548
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Sword	534
	Independent	Mark Jastrzebski	264
	Green	Stuart Masters	237
	Common Good	Dick Rodgers	198
	UKIP	David Collin	83
Majority			327
Turnout			5,918	32.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Birmingham City Council election service (with links to results)
• 2007 Birmingham Council election (BBC)