Bordesley and Highgate

Bordesley and Highgate
Bordesley and Highgate ward shown with Birmingham City Council
Population	13,242 [1]
Metropolitan borough	Birmingham
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Birmingham Ladywood
Councillors	Yvonne Mosquito (Labour)

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]

Boundaries

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

Election	Councillor
2022		Yvonne Mosquito (Lab)
2018		Yvonne Mosquito (Lab)

Elections since 2018

Bordesley and Highgate 2022 (1)^[3]

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

Bordesley and Highgate 2018 (1)^[4]

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

References

1. "2018 Birmingham Ward Profiles". tableau.public. Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
2. "Local Government Boundary Review". www.birmingham.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
3. "Bordesley and Highgate Ward Results".
4. "Local government election results May 2018".