2022 Birmingham City Council election
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The 2022 Birmingham City Council election took place on 5 May 2022, with all 101 council seats up for election across 37 single-member and 32 two-member wards.[1] The election was held alongside other local elections across Great Britain and town council elections in Sutton Coldfield.
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All 101 seats to Birmingham City Council 51 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2022 Birmingham City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the previous council election in 2018, the first all-out elections in Birmingham, Labour maintained its control of the council, winning 67 seats. The Conservatives formed the main opposition with twenty-five seats, with the Liberal Democrats on eight and the Green Party winning a single seat. In 2022, Labour maintained overall control. The Liberal Democrats and the Greens gained seats at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives.