Detailed analysis: http://birminghamnewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Election11.xls
Change in party totals:
- Labour +14
- Conservative -6
- Lib Dem -7
- Respect -1
New group sizes:
- Labour 55
- Conservative 39
- Lib Dem 24
- Respect 2
- Coalition seats 63 – a majority of 6 over the other two parties (57) and 8 over Labour
The overall swing from Conservative to Labour was 8.1%
The overall swing from Lib Dem to Labour was 11.7%
Some of the largest swings from 2007 leading to a change of party were:
- Brandwood 12.4% Con to Labour
- Harborne 12.3% Con to Labour
- Quinton 8.4% Con to Labour
- Longbridge 7.9% Con to Labour
- Billesley 7.0% Con to Labour
- Hall Green 23.5% Lib Dem to Labour
- Acocks Green 21.0% Lib Dem to Labour
- Hodge Hill 18.5% Lib Dem to Labour
- Springfield 17.7% Lib Dem to Labour
- South Yardley 14.8% Lib Dem to Labour
- Moseley & KH 14.8% Lib Dem to Labour
- Selly Oak 13.6% Lib Dem to Labour
The overall share of the vote was:
- Labour 48.5% (32% in 2007). This is the highest share for Labour since 1995
- Conservative 27.3% (27.1%)
- Lib Dem 14.7% (21.5%). This is the lowest share for the Lib Dems since the early 1990s
- Others 9.4% (19.3%)
Turnout was up in most wards and a rough overall turnout is 36.7% (this is an underestimate as it does not yet include spoilt ballots).
At the far right end of the spreadsheet are the results by parliamentary constituency.
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