Birmingham is divided into ten parliamentary constituencies, each of which elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. The city is divided in to 69 wards, which elect either one or two councillors to be members of the City Council.
Except during the period of the Commonwealth, Warwickshire has two MPs elected by the bloc vote method, under which each voter had two votes.
200 Towns & CitiesBirmingham's metropolitan area, which includes surrounding towns to which it is closely tied through commuting, is also the United Kingdom's List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom with a population of 3,683,000.
Birmingham Early Years Networks is divided into ten districts, based on Birmingham's constituencies. Each district is made up of several wards, which are detailed for you below.
However, there are places that should be considered no-go areas in Birmingham. These neighborhoods are plagued by gang violence (more on that below) and include Lozells, Handsworth, and Balsall Heath.
Sutton Coldfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative.
Steve McCabe
| Steve McCabe MP |
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| Succeeded by | Jeremy Wright |
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak |
| Incumbent |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
Wards and Councillors
| Ward | Councillor | Party |
|---|
| South Yardley | Zaker Choudhry | Liberal Democrats |
| Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East | Mohammed Azim | Labour |
| Shabrana Hussain | Labour |
| Sparkhill | Nicky Brennan | Labour |
The voters who live in an area elect one representative. The same principle applies for Panchayat and Municipal elections. Each village or town is divided into several 'wards' that are like constituencies. Each ward elects one member of the village or the urban local body.
There are 73 constituencies in London, some of these span across more than one borough.
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| Dudley North |
|---|
| Major settlements | Dudley |
| Current constituency |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Marco Longhi (Conservative) |
Birmingham Small Heath was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Small Heath area of Birmingham.
Birmingham Small Heath (UK Parliament constituency)
| Birmingham Small Heath |
|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
| 1950–1997 |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Birmingham Sparkbrook & Small Heath and Birmingham Ladywood |
Erdington is a suburb and ward of Birmingham that is historically part of Warwickshire. It is 5 miles (8 km) northeast of central Birmingham, England and borders Sutton Coldfield. Erdington (ward) was part of the Sutton Coldfield constituency before 1974.
London has 73 MPs. They are all listed below with contact details.
As of May 2019, New York City had the largest city council of the top 100 cities by population, consisting of 51 seats.
The largest of the parks is Sutton Park covering 2,400 acres (971 ha) making it the largest urban nature reserve in Europe. Birmingham Botanical Gardens are a Victorian creation, with a conservatory and bandstand, close to the city centre.
| Birmingham |
|---|
| Ceremonial county | West Midlands |
| Historic county | Warwickshire (Historic entirety) Worcestershire and Staffordshire (added during 19th and 20th century expansion) |
| Settlement | c. 600 |
| Seigneurial borough | 1166 |
Birmingham is said to be the home of heavy metal with the likes of Black Sabbath (led by Ozzy Osbourne), Judas Priest and lead singer of Led Zeppelin originating from the city. The Streets, UB40, Wizzard, Laura Mvula and Duran Duran also originate from Birmingham. We host over 50 festivals across the city each year.
Birmingham City Council is comprised of 101 councillors. The Labour Party currently has the majority of councillors and runs the council.
The name "Birmingham" comes from the Old English BeormingahÄm, meaning the home or settlement of the Beormingas – a tribe or clan whose name literally means "Beorma's people" and which may have formed an early unit of Anglo-Saxon administration.
Birmingham is bigger than Manchester by most measures. It's the second biggest city in the UK with a population of over a million, twice the size of the city of Manchester. However, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area has a population of 2.6 million compared to Birmingham's 2.44 million.
Oldbury is an industrialised market town and administrative centre in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It is a part of the
Black Country, and the administrative centre of the borough of Sandwell.
Oldbury, West Midlands.
| Oldbury |
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| Post town | OLDBURY |
| Postcode district | B68, B69 |
| Dialling code | 0121 |
| Police | West Midlands |
Merging into BirminghamIn 1974, Sutton Coldfield became part of Birmingham when the metropolitan county of the West Midlands was formed. More recently, Sutton Coldfield has undergone changes. Areas of the town centre have been pedestrianised and the Gracechurch Centre has been 'improved'.
Birmingham is home to the world's largest population of Kashmiri expatriates, many having emigrated from Mirpur in the 1960s after being displaced by the building of a dam. Mirpur has been called "Little Birmingham" because of the close family and cultural ties between the two regions.
London is the only city in the country with a population that exceeds one million, with a 2016 population of over 7.5 million. Birmingham, however, is not far behind, and its 984,000 residents contribute greatly to the population of the United Kingdom.
Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Birmingham, 7 miles (11 km) east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles (14 km) from Lichfield. Walsall is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
Largest urban agglomerations in the United Kingdom in 2020
| Characteristic | Estimated population |
|---|
| London | 9,304,016 |
| Manchester | 2,730,076 |
| Birmingham | 2,607,437 |
| Leeds | 1,889,095 |
Bartholomew, St.Martins & Deritend, Saltley, Selly Oak, Small Heath, Smethwick, Sparkhill, Sparkbrook, and Yardley wards of Birmingham County Borough.
