Bordesley and Highgate | |
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Bordesley and Highgate ward shown with Birmingham City Council | |
Population | 13,242 [1] |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
Councillors | |
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 1st December 2017 as a result of boundary changes that saw the number of wards in Birmingham increase from 40 to 69. [2]
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.
Election | Councillor | |||
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2022 | Yvonne Mosquito ( Lab) | |||
2018 | Yvonne Mosquito ( Lab) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yvonne Mosquito | 925 | 57.3 | 21.2 | |
Conservative | Zia Talukder | 311 | 19.3 | 11.8 | |
Workers Party | Ed Woollard | 247 | 15.3 | 15.3 | |
Green | Martin Guest | 132 | 8.2 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 614 | 38.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,615 | 20 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yvonne Mosquito | 1,176 | 77.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Iliff | 120 | 7.9 | ||
Conservative | Julia Mackey | 113 | 7.5 | ||
Green | Tom Jenkins | 90 | 5.9 | ||
Majority | 1,056 | ||||
Turnout | 1,512 | 21.87 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |