Bordesley and Highgate

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Bordesley and Highgate
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Bordesley and Highgate ward shown with Birmingham City Council
Population13,242  [1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
UK Parliament
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West Midlands

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]

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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

ElectionCouncillor
2022 Yvonne Mosquito (Lab)
2018 Yvonne Mosquito (Lab)

Elections since 2018

Bordesley and Highgate 2022 (1) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yvonne Mosquito 925 57.3 Decrease2.svg 21.2
Conservative Zia Talukder31119.3Increase2.svg 11.8
Workers Party Ed Woollard24715.3Increase2.svg 15.3
Green Martin Guest1328.2Increase2.svg 2.2
Majority61438.0
Turnout 1,61520
Labour hold Swing
Bordesley and Highgate 2018 (1) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yvonne Mosquito 1,176 77.8
Liberal Democrats Daniel Iliff1207.9
Conservative Julia Mackey1137.5
Green Tom Jenkins905.9
Majority1,056
Turnout 1,51221.87
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

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    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".