Gisela Stuart,Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston is a British-German politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the Labour Party,she now sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords.
Roger Duncan Godsiff is a British former politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1992 to 2019,for the seats of Birmingham Small Heath,Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath,and Birmingham Hall Green.
David Charles Jamieson is a British politician who served as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party,he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Devonport from 1992 to 2005 and a Solihull Metropolitan Borough Councillor from 2010 to 2014.
Khalid Mahmood is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Perry Barr since 2001. He served on the Labour front bench as a shadow Foreign Office minister under leader Jeremy Corbyn,and a shadow Defence minister under leader Keir Starmer until his resignation in 2021. He is also the longest serving Asian MP in the current Parliament.
Liam Dominic Byrne,is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004. A member of the Labour Party,he served in Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Cabinet from 2008 to 2010.
West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
Lynda Ellen Waltho is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge from 2005 to 2010,succeeding Labour MP Debra Shipley,who had stepped down due to ill-health just days before the 2005 election was called. At the 2010 election,the Conservative candidate Margot James took the seat.
Adam Yosef is a British journalist,photojournalist and political activist.
Joe Harry Lycett,also known by the self-given moniker Mummy,and briefly legally known as Hugo Boss,is an English comedian,painter and television presenter. Known for his sardonically camp style,whimsical public stunts and elaborate set designs,Lycett has been described as one of Britain's most popular comedians.
Robert Moelwyn Jones,CBE was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Wolverhampton City Council from 1980 to 2013 and as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012-14.
The 2014 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a by-election for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the West Midlands Police region of the United Kingdom,held on 21 August 2014. It was triggered by the death of Bob Jones,the inaugural West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner,who died on 1 July 2014.
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a 2014 by-election on 30 October 2014 for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the South Yorkshire Police region of the United Kingdom. It was triggered by the resignation of Shaun Wright,the inaugural South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner,who stepped down from the position on 16 September 2014 following the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. Wright had been head of children's services in Rotherham between 2005 and 2010,while events surrounding the scandal were taking place. The Labour candidate,Alan Billings,was elected.
(Francis) Michael Wilkes (1941–2015) was a British academic,former Lord Mayor of Birmingham,and former Chancellor of Birmingham City University.
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is a combined authority for the West Midlands metropolitan county in the United Kingdom. It was established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy,Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. It is a strategic authority with powers over transport,economic development and regeneration. The authority formally came into being on 17 June 2016.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
The inaugural West Midlands mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands,with subsequent elections to be held every four years from May 2020. The election took place alongside five elections for English metro mayors and other local elections,and ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017.
The 2021 West Midlands Mayoral Election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of the West Midlands,on the same day as other local elections across England and Wales,including councillors in six of its seven boroughs and the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands city region. This was the second election for the post,which had its first election in 2017 due to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. The mayor was elected using the supplementary vote system. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020,but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held in May 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region,alongside other local elections across England and Wales,to elect councillors,the mayor of Liverpool,and police and crime commissioners across the city region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020,but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Najma Hafeez is a British politician. She was the first Asian Muslim woman to be an elected Councillor on Birmingham City Council and stood for the role of Mayor of West Midlands in 2016. She was born in Pakistan,moving to the UK with her parents in the 1960s.
Emily Elizabeth Spurrell is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) in May 2021. She was previously a Liverpool City councillor for Mossley Hill and the deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside.
