Bordesley and Highgate

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 1 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
Bordesley and Highgate ward shown with Birmingham City Council
Population13,242 [1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors

Boundaries

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.

Councillors
ElectionCouncillor
2022 Yvonne Mosquito (Lab)
2018 Yvonne Mosquito (Lab)

Elections since 2018
Bordesley and Highgate 2022 (1)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Bordesley and Highgate 2018 (1)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)

Notes

    References
    1. "2018 Birmingham Ward Profiles". tableau.public. Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
    2. "Local Government Boundary Review". www.birmingham.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
    3. "Bordesley and Highgate Ward Results".
    4. "Local government election results May 2018".


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