Balsall Heath West
| Balsall Heath West | |
|---|---|
| Population | 12,155 [1] |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors |
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Balsall Heath West is an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council covering an urban area to the south of Birmingham city centre in the West Midlands, England.
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
[edit]The ward was largely created from the former Sparkbrook ward. Following a review of Westminster parliamentary constituency boundaries, Balsall Heath West was moved from Birmingham Hall Green constituency (with the exception of a small area of housing between Bristol Road and Pershore Road which lay within Birmingham Edgbaston) to Birmingham Ladywood for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[2]
Profile
[edit]The ward contains areas of Balsall Heath included in post-war slum clearance regeneration and late Victoria/Edwardian terraces. Whilst the ward does not include Edgbaston Cricket Ground it does include the areas immediately to its north and east, including Calthorpe Park.[3]
Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic groups (BAME) comprise 83.5% of the ward's total population (compared to Birmingham ward average of 51.4% and England ward average of 19.0%). Pakistanis form the largest ethnic group in Balsall Heath West at 29.2%. Just over half of employed residents (51.1%) are in Lower Skilled Occupations, significantly higher than for Birmingham (40.7%) and England (34.1%). As of 2019, Balsall Heath West was ranked in the 10% most deprived wards in England and 9th most deprived of Birmingham's 69 wards.[1]
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Shehla Moledina (Lab)[4] | ||
| 2018 | Zhor Malik (Lab) | ||
Elections results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shehla Moledina | 1,150 | 51.8 | −24.6 | |
| Conservative | Zhor Malik | 710 | 32.0 | 26.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Haleema Khatoon | 151 | 6.8 | −1.2 | |
| Green | Carol Guest | 121 | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Workers Party - Birmingham | Paul Jonathan Scrivens | 88 | 4.0 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 440 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,220 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Councillor Zhor Malik switched from Labour to the Conservatives at a council budget meeting held on 23 February 2022.[6]
| 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) | |||||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Balsall Heath West Ward Factsheet" (PDF). Birmingham City Council. Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Clarke, Nathan (7 June 2024). "Birmingham Ladywood general election candidates 2024". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Balsall Heath West (Birmingham) ward map - SWC". Saturday Walkers Club. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Councillor Shehla Moledina | Balsall Heath West Ward | Labour Party | Birmingham City Council". www.birmingham.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Every Birmingham local election result in 2022 so far". BirminghamLive. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Lockley, Mike (6 March 2022). "'Bullied' councillor claims Labour 'made his life hell' after switch to Tories". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Local government election results May 2018".