The results of the recent local council elections 2026 in Birmingham have been announced for about 99 of the 101 seats
Birmingham: The results of the recent local council elections 2026 in Birmingham, the second largest, central, and most multicultural city in the UK, have been announced for about 99 of the 101 seats. Of these, 22 seats were won by Reform UK, 19 by the Green Party, 17 by the governing Labour Party, 16 by local Conservatives, 13 by independent candidates, and 12 by the Liberal Democrats.
The final official results for the two key seats of Glebe Farm and Tile Cross are yet to be announced. John Cotton, the Labour Party’s group leader on Birmingham City Council, has lost Glebe Farm and Tile Cross, while independent candidate Shehryar Kayani is facing a Reform candidate, and Reform has already won one seat. The third and final counting of Glebe Farm and Tile Cross will take place on Monday, and then the lucky winner will be officially announced.
The results of these important and sensitive seats are being awaited with great intensity and impatience throughout Birmingham and across the UK. According to a reliable source, during the first two counts, young independent candidate British Pakistani Shehryar Kayani appeared ahead by a few votes, and there is a strong possibility that he will win this seat.
Acocks Green: Roger Kingdon Harmer (Liberal Democrats) / Penny Wagg (Liberal Democrats)
Allens Cross: Edwin James Freeman (Reform UK)
Alum Rock: Nosheen Khalid (Independent) Shaukat Mahmood
Aston: Abdul Maiyen Choudhury (Independent) / Mumtaz Hussain (Liberal Democrat)
Balsall Heath: Duncan Ali (Green Party)
Bartley Green: Christopher Steele (Reform UK) / Rajbir Singh (Reform UK)
Billesley: Christopher Paul Garghan (Green Party) / Joseph Michael Peacock (Green Party)
Birchfield: Arshid Mahmood (Labour)
Bordesley and Highgate: Ali Akbar Shujja Kaz (Green Party)
Bordesley Green: Adnan Hussain (Independent)
Bournbrook and Selly Park: Jane Louisa Baston (Green Party) / Corinne Fowler (Green Party)
Bournville and Cotteridge: (Labour) / (Green Party)
Brandwood and Kings Heath: Jordan Oliver Phillip (Green Party) / Hamzah Fahd Sheikh (Green Party)
Bromford and Hodge Hill: Majid Mahmood (Labour) / Diane Donaldson (Labour)
Castle Vale: Raymond John Goodwin (Labour)
Druids Heath and Monyhull: Julien Pritchard (Green Party)
Edgbaston: Deirdre Caroline Alden (Conservatives) / Matthew Samuel James Bennett (Conservatives)
Erdington: Robert James Cambray Alden (Conservatives)
Frankley Great Park: Gemma Louise Guttridge (Reform UK)
Garretts Green: Saddak Miah (Labour)
Glebe Farm and Tile Cross:
Gravelly Hill: Michael Jesse Brown (Labour and Co-operative Party)
Hall Green North: Mansoor Ahmed Qureshi (Green Party) / Haroon Salim (Green Party)
Hall Green South: Timothy Luke Huxtable (Conservatives)
Handsworth: Edward Christopher Thomas Freshwater (Green Party)
Handsworth Wood: Narinder Kaur Kooner (Labour) / Randeep Kaur Kular (Labour)
Harborne: Martin John Brooks (Independent) / Kevin James Carmody (Green Party)
Heartlands: Shafique Hussain Shah (Labour)
Highter’s Heath: Adam Andrew Higgs (Conservatives)
Holyhead: Rinkal Shergill (Independent)
King’s Norton North: Martin Derek Smith (Reform UK)
King’s Norton South: Robert Andrew Grant (Green Party)
Kingstanding: John Edward Lambert (Reform UK) / Edward Louis Jex Parkin (Reform UK)
Ladywood: Siobhan Bridget Harper-Nunes (Green Party) / Raheem Humphreys (Green Party)
Longbridge and West Heath: Charles Latchford (Reform UK) / Anthony Leslie Ward (Reform UK)
Lozells: Md Taj Uddin (Independent)
Moseley: Isobel Shirley Knowles (Liberal Democrats) / Philip David Mills (Liberal Democrats)
Nechells: Mansuur Ahmed (Independent)
Newtown: Rasheda Begum (Labour)
North Edgbaston: Marcus George Bernasconi (Labour) / Sarina Younas (Labour)
Northfield: George Hall (Reform UK)
Oscott: Graham Geoffrey Green (Reform UK) / Martin James McAuley (Reform UK)
Perry Barr: Morriam Jan (Liberal Democrats) / James Hinton (Liberal Democrats)
Perry Common: Susan Louise Willetts (Reform UK)
Pype Hayes: Danny Brian Carter (Reform UK)
Quinton: Samantha Forsyth (Independent) / Nagu Penakacherla (Reform UK)
Rubery and Rednal: Rebecca Michelle Waters (Reform UK)
Shard End: Alan James Feeney (Reform UK)
Sheldon: Darren George Colling (Reform UK) / Rachel Ann Conaghan Reform UK)
Small Heath: Shaukat Ali Khan (Liberal Democrats) / Mohammed Saeed (Liberal Democrats)
Soho and Jewellery Quarter: Shuranjeet Singh Takhar (Labour) / Susan Deborah Brooks (Labour)
South Yardley: Zaker Choudhry (Liberal Democrats)
Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East: Mohammed Jamil Khan (Independent) / Raihaan Abbas (Independent)
Sparkhill: Rashad Mahmood (Labour) / Bushra Bi (Labour)
Stirchley: Kamel Hawwash (Green Party)
Stockland Green: Amar Khan (Independent) / Mansoor Ahmed (Reform UK)
Sutton Four Oaks: Raaj Shamji (Conservatives)
Sutton Mere Green: Meirion Jenkins (Conservatives)
Sutton Reddicap: Richard Frederick Jex Parkin (Conservatives)
Sutton Roughley: Harmendra Parmar (Conservatives)
Sutton Trinity: David Christopher Pears (Conservatives)
Sutton Vesey: John Cooper (Conservatives)
Sutton Walmley and Minworth: John Perks (Conservatives)
Sutton Wylde Green: Alex Yip (Conservatives)
Tyseley and Hay Mills: Atikur Rahman (Green Party)
Ward End: Harris Khaliq (Independent)
Weoley and Selly Oak: Glyn Andrew Marston (Reform UK) / Cherie Louise Waddingham (Reform UK)
Yardley East: Deborah Harries (Liberal Democrats)
Yardley West and Stechford: Baber Baz (Liberal Democrats)
Report by S M Irfan Tahir, Photojournalist / Member National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Great Britain.
