Harborne (ward)

Harborne ward is a local government district, one of 40 wards that make up Birmingham City Council. Harborne lies to the south west of Birmingham city centre. It has a slightly older age profile than the city average. The percentage of ethnic minority residents is below the city average.[2] Unemployment is below the city average.[3] The ward population at the 2011 census was 23,001.[4]

Harborne
Ward
Harborne Ward shown within Birmingham
Harborne Location within the West Midlands
Population	23,001 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SP020836
Metropolitan borough	Birmingham
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district	B17
Dialling code	0121
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Birmingham Edgbaston
Councillors	Peter Fowler (Conservative Party) Jayne Francis (Labour Party)

Politics

The Harborne ward is currently represented by one Labour Party Councillor; Jayne Francis (2016-)[5] and one Conservative Councillor; Peter Fowler (2018-).

The ward of Harborne forms part of the Parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston along with Bartley Green, Edgbaston (ward), and Quinton, which has been represented by Labour Co-operative MP Preet Gill since 2017.

Election results

2010s

2018 Birmingham City Council election, Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Francis	2,623	22.69
	Conservative	Peter Fowler	2,533	21.91
	Conservative	Akaal Sidhu	2390	20.67
	Labour	Sundip Meghani	2061	17.82
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Green	657	5.68
	Green	Phil Simpson	650	5.62
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	646	5.59
Majority
Turnout			6,109	38.60	0.63
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2016 Birmingham City Council election, Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Francis	2,841	44.7	1.7
	Conservative	Akaal Sidhu	2,404	37.8	0.5
	Green	Phil Simpson	494	7.8	0.6
	UKIP	Mary Morris	376	5.9	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Banting	240	3.8	0.8
Majority			437	6.9	2.2
Turnout			6,355	39.23
	Labour hold		Swing

2015 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McKay	4,922	43.0	3.6
	Conservative	Jane James	4,384	38.3	0.9
	Green	Phil Simpson	964	8.4	0.3
	UKIP	Charles Brecknell	654	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Banting	528	4.6	0.8
Majority			538	4.7
Turnout			11,452
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

2014 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alden	2,816
	Labour	Nabila Zulfiqar	2,518
	Green	Phil Simpson	637
	UKIP	Charles Brecknell	574
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Banting	258
Majority			298
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

2012 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Williams	3,264	50.2
	Conservative	John Alden	2441	37.5
	Green	Phil Simpson	394	6.1	1.97
	UKIP	Keith Rowe	233	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alaine Christian	178	2.6
Majority			823	17.7
Turnout			6,529	37.95	8.09
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2011 Birmingham Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McKay	3,655	46.6
	Conservative	Geoff Hewitt	3,071	39.15
	Green	Phil Simpson	633	8.07
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bates	426	5.4
Majority			584
Turnout			7,844	46.04
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2010 Birmingham Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	4,640
	Labour	James McKay	3,766
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sagier	1,609
	Green	Phil Simpson	744
	BNP	Roy Bevington	289
Majority			874
Turnout			11,078	66.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2000s

2008 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alden	2,717	49.5
	Labour	John Priest	1,389	25.3
	Green	Phil Simpson	691	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sagier	405	7.4
	BNP	Howard Hamilton	193	3.5
	UKIP	Edward Siddall-Jones	80	1.5
Majority			1,328	24.2
Turnout			5,475	33.4	3.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007 Birmingham City Council election Harborne[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hollingworth	2,699
	Labour	John Priest	1,662
	Green	Philip Simpson	786
	Liberal Democrats	Miriam Banting	649
	BNP	Lynette Orton	265
Majority			1,937
Turnout			6,083	36.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 Birmingham City Council election Harborne[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	3,200
	Labour	John Priest	1,823
	Green	Philip Simpson	665
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sagier	577
	BNP	Josephine Larkin	364
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 Birmingham City Council election Harborne[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alden	3,268	16.93
	Conservative	Peter Hollingworth	3,170	16.42
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	3,100	16.06
Majority
Turnout				41.33	7.93
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 Birmingham City Council election Harborne[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hollingworth	3,008	52.4
	Labour		1,816	31.7
	Liberal Democrats		652	11.4
	Other		261	4.5
Majority			1,192
Turnout			5,737	33.4	1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

2000 Birmingham City Council election Harborne[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		3,029	54.8
	Labour		1,782	32.2
	Liberal Democrats		512	9.3
	Other		203	3.7
Majority
Turnout				31.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990s

1998 Birmingham City Council election Harborne[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative			57.1
	Labour			32.9
	Liberal Democrats			10
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harborne By-Election 11 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	2,719	53.4	8.5
	Labour	Stephen Cormell	1,859	36.5	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Conall Boyle	420	8.2	1.3
	Green	Peter Beck	96	1.9	0.4
Majority			860	16.9
Turnout			5,094	29.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "Birmingham Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 December 2015.
2. "Birmingham Ward ethnic group 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
3. "Birmingham Ward last worked 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
4. "Birmingham Ward population 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
5. "Councillor Jayne Francis". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
6. "Birmingham City Council Election Results 2007". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
7. "Birmingham City Council Election Results 2006". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
8. "Birmingham City Council Election Results 2004". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
9. "Birmingham City Council Election Results 1998-2002". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2017.