2022 Birmingham City Council election

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. The election was held alongside other local elections across Great Britain and town council elections in Sutton Coldfield.

2022 Birmingham City Council election
5 May 2022
All 101 seats to Birmingham City Council
51 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ian Ward Robert Alden
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Shard End Erdington
Last election 67 seats, 50.2% 25 seats, 28.8%
Seats won 65 22
Seat change 2 3
Popular vote 169,977 90,650
Percentage 51.5% 27.5%
Swing 1.3% 1.3%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jon Hunt Julien Pritchard
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Leader's seat
Perry Barr		 Druids Heath
and
Monyhull
Last election 8 seats, 14.1% 1 seats, 4.4%
Seats won 12 2
Seat change 4 1
Popular vote 48,939 17,072
Percentage 14.8% 5.2%
Swing 0.7% 0.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Birmingham City Council election
Council control before election

Ian Ward
Labour

 Council control after election

Ian Ward
Labour

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.

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