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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.
The ward is based on Sparkbrook and the eastern areas of Balsall Heath. [1]
On 6 October 2022, a by-election was held. [2]
2022 Birmingham City Council election
| 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 Birmingham City Council election
| 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) | |||||
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