Weoley (ward)

Weoley Ward
Population	25,925 (2011)
District	City of Birmingham
Ceremonial county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Birmingham Northfield
Councillors	Peter Douglas Osborn (Conservatives)
	Julie Johnson JP (Labour)
	Steve Booton (Labour)
List of places UK England West Midlands

Coordinates: 52°26′15″N 1°58′13″W / 52.4376°N 1.9702°W / 52.4376; -1.9702 The Weoley local council ward is one of the 40 electoral wards for the City of Birmingham, England. It is also one of the four wards that make up the local council constituency of Birmingham Northfield, the other three being the wards of Northfield, Longbridge and King's Norton.

Ward Description

The ward covers an area of west Birmingham. It is predominantly based upon the Weoley Castle area of Birmingham. Other communities within Weoley are Allens Cross, Weoley Hill, Middle Park and Spicelands Road.^[1]

Ward Demographics (from the census of 2011)

The 2011 Population Census recorded that there were 25,925 people living in the ward. Eighty per cent (20,744) of the ward's population are of white ethnicity, compared with 57.9% for Birmingham.^[2]^[3]

Ward History

The Ward was created in May 1950^[4] as a result of the boundary changes of that year. The boundaries have been changed on a number of occasions since then.

Parliamentary Representation

The ward has been part of Birmingham Northfield constituency since 1950.

Politics

As of 2016, the Ward is served by three councillors on Birmingham City Council: Peter Douglas Osborn, Conservatives, and Steve Booton and Julie Johnson JP, both of whom represent the Labour Party.

Election results

2010s

5 May 2016^[5] Electorate 17,330 ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Johnson*	2,125	40.7
	Conservative	Eddie Freeman (incumbent)	1,943	37.2
	UKIP	Steven Brookes	739	14.2
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Haynes	213	4.1
	Green	Ben Kerr-Morgan	200	3.8
Majority			182	3.5
Turnout			5,220	30.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

7 May 2015^[7] Electorate 17,542^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Booton*	4,118	40.4
	Conservative	Jayne Elizabeth Freeman	3,519	34.6
	UKIP	Tony Hayes	1,641	16.1
	Green	Anna Lucille Masters	494	4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Alan Haynes	412	4.1
Majority			599	5.9
Turnout			10,184	58
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

22 May 2014^[9] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Douglas Osborn*	2,287	39.4
	Labour	Steve Booton	1,780	30.7
	UKIP	Kevin Morris	1,205	20.8
	Green	Anna Masters	305	5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Haynes-Preece	223	3.8
Majority			507	8.7
Turnout			5,800	33^[10]
	Conservative hold		Swing

3 May 2012^[11] Electorate 18,027
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eddie Freeman*	2,117	43.20
	Labour	Steve Booton	2,115	43.16
	Green	Ross Kendall Axe	239	4.88
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Alan Haynes	216	4.41
	BNP	Leslie John Orton	213	4.35
Majority			2	0.04
Turnout			4,900	27.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

5 May 2011^[12] Electorate 17,655
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Joseph Delaney*	2,599	41.66
	Labour Co-op	Chris Hillcox	2,587	41.46
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Peter Sword	402	6.44
	Green	David Owen Williams	312	5.00
	BNP	John Grainger	305	4.89
Majority			12	0.19
Turnout			6,239	35.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

6 May 2010^[13] Electorate 17,457
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Douglas Osborn	3,639	36.05
	Labour	Christopher Peter Hillcox	3,575	35.42
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Peter Sword	1,694	16.78
	BNP	Trevor John Shearer	873	8.65
	Green	David Toke	277	2.74
Majority			64	0.63
Turnout			10,094	57.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

2000s

1 May 2008^[14] Electorate 17,526
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eddie Freeman*	2,389	45.51%
	Labour Co-op	Jan Drinkwater	1,791	34.12%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Davies	453	8.63%
	BNP	Roy Charles Orton	406	7.73%
	Green	Mina Coalter	198	3.77%
Majority			598	11.4%
Turnout			5,249	29.95%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

3 May 2007^[15] Electorate ?
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Delaney*	2,187	37%
	Labour Co-op	Mike Drinkwater	1,860	31.5%
	BNP	Norman Ashton	548	9.3%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Sword	534	9%
	Independent	Mark Jastrzebski	264	4.5%
	Green	Stuart Masters	237	4%
	Common Good	Dick Rodgers	198	3.3%
	UKIP	David Collin	83	1.4%
Majority				%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

4 May 2006^[16] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Douglas Osborn*	2,207	35.9%
	Labour	Michael Drinkwater	1,873	30.5%
	BNP	Julie Ashton	1,004	16.3%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Sword	758	12.3%
	Green	David Toke	307	5%
Majority				%
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

6 May 2004 (3 seats)^[17] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jan Drinkwater	2,001	25.8%
	Conservative	Adrian Delaney	1,971	25.4%
	Conservative	Peter Douglas Osborn	1,971	25.4%
	Conservative	Edwin Freeman	1,957	25.4%
	Labour	Peter Mayer	1,849
	Labour	Fiona Williams	1,645
	Liberal	Raymond Holtom	1,057	13.6%
	Liberal	Marjorie Morrison	976
	BNP	Lee Windridge	947	12.2%
	Liberal	John Axe	900
	UKIP	David Collin	986	11.5%
	Green	David Toke	622	8%
	Independent	Mark Jastrzebski	275	3.5%
Majority
Turnout

1 May 2003^[18]^[19] Electorate 15,110
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ray Holtom*	1,713	37.2%
	Conservative	Adrian Delaney	1,595	34.6%
	BNP	Lee Windridge	709	15.4%
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Tomlin	593	12.9%
Majority				2.6%
Turnout				30.6%
	Labour hold		Swing

2 May 2002^[20]^[21] Electorate 15,309
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fiona Williams*	1,716	35.8%
	Conservative	Adrian Delaney	1,634	34.1%
	Independent	Peter Spybey	573	11.9%
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Tomlin	523	10.9%
	BNP	Lee Windridge	351	7.3%
Majority				1.7%
Turnout				31.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

7 June 2001 Electorate
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4 May 2000 Electorate
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1990s

6 May 1999 Electorate
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7 May 1998 Electorate
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1 May 1997 Electorate
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2 May 1996 Electorate
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4 May 1995 Electorate
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5 May 1994 Electorate
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6 May 1993 Electorate
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7 May 1992 Electorate
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2 May 1991 Electorate
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3 May 1990 Electorate
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1980s

4 May 1989 Electorate
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5 May 1988 Electorate
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7 May 1987 Electorate
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1 May 1986 Electorate
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2 May 1985 Electorate
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3 May 1984 Electorate
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5 May 1983 Electorate
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6 May 1982 Electorate
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7 May 1981 Electorate
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1 May 1980 Electorate
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1970s

3 May 1979 Electorate
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4 May 1978 Electorate
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5 May 1977 Electorate
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6 May 1976 Electorate
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1 May 1975 Electorate
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2 May 1974 Electorate
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3 May 1973 Electorate
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4 May 1972 Electorate
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13 May 1971 Electorate
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7 May 1970 Electorate
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1960s

8 May 1969 Electorate
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9 May 1968 Electorate
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11 May 1967 Electorate
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12 May 1966 Electorate
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13 May 1965 Electorate
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7 May 1964 Electorate
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9 May 1963 Electorate
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10 May 1962 Electorate
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Party		Votes	%
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11 May 1961 Electorate
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12 May 1960 Electorate
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Party		Votes	%
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	Labour gain from Liberal	Swing
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1950s

14 May 1959 Electorate
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Party		Votes	%
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	Labour gain from Liberal	Swing
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8 May 1958 Electorate
Turnout %,
Party		Votes	%
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	Labour gain from Liberal	Swing
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9 May 1957 Electorate
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Party		Votes	%
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	Labour gain from Liberal	Swing
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10 May 1956 Electorate
Turnout %,
Party		Votes	%
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	Labour		%
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Majority			%
	Labour gain from Liberal	Swing
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12 May 1955 Electorate 21, 518
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Henry Milner*	5,225	61.30%
	Conservative	Ernest Frank Scadding	2,875	33.73%
	Liberal	Kenneth Arnold Day	261	3.06%
	Communist	Albert Charles Norton	163	1.91%
Majority			2,350	27.57%
Turnout				39.61%
	Labour hold		Swing	5.66%

13 May 1954 Electorate 20,357
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edmund John Haynes*	5,702	68.62%
	Conservative	Amy Kathleen Whitehouse	2,471	29.74%
	Communist	Albert Charles Norton	136	1.64%
Majority			3,231	38.88%
Turnout				40.82%
	Labour hold		Swing	3.41%

7 May 1953 Electorate 19,246
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bertha Hardy Briggs*	5,119	66.03%%
	Conservative	Lillian Louisa Budd	2,634	33.97%
Majority			2,565	32.06%
Turnout				40.28%
	Labour hold		Swing	6.96%

8 May 1952 Electorate 17,584
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Henry Milner*	6,618	72.99%
	Conservative	Dudley Thomas Scandrett	2,449	27.01%
Majority			4,169	45.98%
Turnout				51.56%
	Labour hold		Swing	13.59%

10 May 1951 Electorate 16,958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edmund John Haynes*	4,352	59.40%
	Conservative	Dudley Thomas Scandrett	2,975	40.60%
Majority			1,377	18.80%
Turnout				43.21%
	Labour hold		Swing	5.53%

11 May 1950 3 New Seats
Electorate 16,765
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bertha Hardy Briggs	4,815	63.46%
	Labour	William Henry Milner	4,623	%
	Labour	Edmund John Haynes	4,611	%
	Conservative	John Alfred Gopsill	2,550	33.61%
	Conservative	William Henry Rathbone	2,533	%
	Conservative	Dudley Thomas Scandrett	2,496	%
	Communist	John Watson Elder	222	2.93%
	Communist	Daisy Edith Vaughan	210
Majority			2,265	29.85%
Majority			2,073	%
Majority			2,061	%
Turnout			7,644	45.59%

References

Notes

↑ Birmingham City Council: Weoley Ward
↑ Birmingham City Council: Ward Information
↑ Birmingham City Council: Population in Birmingham
↑ Phillips (2003), Birmingham Votes: 1911-2000, p. 51.
↑ Birmingham City Council: Elections: Weoley Ward 2016
↑ Birmingham City Council: Elections: Ward-by-ward local elections electorate 2016
↑ Birmingham City Council: Elections: Weoley Ward 2015
↑ Birmingham City Council: Elections: Ward-by-ward local elections electorate 2015
↑ Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2014
↑ B31 Voices
↑ Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2012
↑ Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2011
↑ Birmingham City Council: Local Election Results 2010
↑ Local Elections Archive Project
↑ Local Elections Archive Project
↑ Local Elections Archive Project
↑ Local Elections Archive Project
↑ Local Elections Archive Project
↑ Rallings (2003), Local Elections Handbook 2003, p. 22.
↑ Local elections archive Project
↑ Rallings (2002), Local Elections Handbook 2002, p. 61.

Bibliography

Phillips, Christopher (2000), Birmingham Votes: 1911-2000, Twentieth Century Local Election Results, Volume 4, (Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth, Plymouth), ISBN 0-948858-30-3
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2002), Local Elections Handbook 2002: The 2002 Local Election Results, (Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth, Plymouth), ISBN 0-948858-33-8 Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2003), Local Elections Handbook 2003: The 2003 Local Election Results, (Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth, Plymouth), ISBN 0-948858-35-4 Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

External links

Birmingham City Council: Weoley Ward

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