Alum Rock (ward)

Alum Rock
Population	27,164  [1]
Metropolitan borough	City of Birmingham
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Birmingham Hodge Hill
Councillors	Mohammed Idrees(Labour) Mariam Khan(Labour)
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Alum Rock is an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council in the east of Birmingham, West Midlands, covering an urban area to the east 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.

Boundaries

The ward was largely created from the former Washwood Heath ward and is contained within the Birmingham Hodge Hill constituency. The seat includes the historic area of Saltley.

Profile

The ward is largely composed of late-Victorian and Edwardian terrace housing which runs the length of the Alum Rock Road and the roads off it. The area is notable for a high ethnic minority population many of whom can trace their origins to 20th century migrants from the Indian Sub-continent.

Demographics

As of 2024, Alum Rock has a population of 25,487 and is one of the most populous wards of Birmingham. It is also one of the most deprived wards, with an unemployment rate of 66%. Around 15.6% of the population lack proficiency in English. ^[2]

The ethnic makeup of the area ^[2] is found to be composed:

• Bangladeshi – 7%
• Chinese – 0.2%
• Indian – 1.2%
• Pakistani – 60.1%
• Black African – 8.0%
• Black Caribbean – 1.5%
• Mixed – 2.1%
• White – 6.4%
• Other – 6.0%

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor
2018		Mohammed Idrees (Lab)		Mariam Khan (Lab)

Elections since 2018

Alum Rock 2018 (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Idrees	4,910	85.3
	Labour	Mariam Khan	4,464	77.6
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Lister	296	5.1
	Conservative	Richard Brookes-Bland	215	3.7
	Conservative	Amil Khan	214	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ross	187	3.2
Majority			4,168
Turnout			5,755
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^[3]

References

1. "Birmingham Ward Profiles". tableau.public. Birmingham City Council . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
2. Alum Rock Ward Factsheet, Birmingham City Council https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/15450/alum_rock_factsheet.pdf
3. "Wards beginning A to B | Local government election results May 2018 | Birmingham City Council". www.birmingham.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2021.