Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East

Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East 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.

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.

Geography

The ward is based on Sparkbrook and the eastern areas of Balsall Heath.^[1]

Elections

2022 by-election

On 6 October 2022, a by-election was held.^[2]

• Saima Ahmed (Labour Party) – 2,410
• Shaukat Ali Khan (Liberal Democrats) – 517
• Zhor Malik (Local Conservatives) – 305
• Phil Bevin (Workers Party) – 158
• Michael John Harrison (Green Party) – 72

2022 election

2022 Birmingham City Council election

Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East 2022 (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Azim	2,708	67.6%
	Labour	Shabrana Hussain	2,417
	Conservative	Abdul Bari	937	23.4%
	Conservative	Md Kabir	776
	Green	Michael Harrison	186	4.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bishop	173	4.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Maddison Crickmay	131
Majority
Turnout				25.18
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

2018 Birmingham City Council election

Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East 2018 (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Azim	4,257	77.2
	Labour	Shabrana Hussain	3,950	71.6
	Conservative	Abu Nowshed	701	12.7
	Conservative	Mohammad Sweet	665	12.1
	Green	Roxanne Green	237	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joynal Abedin	201	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Satwinder Singh	159	2.9
Majority			3,249
Turnout			5,517
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. Council, Birmingham City. "Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East | Birmingham City Council". www.birmingham.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
2. Council, Birmingham City. "Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East by-election: 6 October 2022". www.birmingham.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-08.