Tag: election
Media Watch – May 4
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Election results 'State of The Parties' with all 40 wards declared: (one seat in each ward up for election in 2012) Labour 77 (+20) Conservative 28 (-11) Lib Dem 15 (-9) Labour gain overall control of Birmingham City Council from Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition. Share of the vote: (51% Labour, 24% […]
Media Watch - March 30
Top Birmingham City Council Stories ‘Extra debt’ threat to housing reform (Local Government Chronicle) Housing experts have raised the alarm over an obscure part of last week’s budget that appears to threaten council’s borrowing plans. Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes quoted. Songs of innocence and experience (Times Higher Education Supplement) Review of Birmingham […]
Help us plan our 2012 election coverage
With the local elections fast approaching, press officer Geoff Coleman is drawing up our online plans for the 2012 election count - and he'd like your input. Here's the plan as it stands at the moment - but I'm more than happy to incorporate any suggestions (if I can) that will improve the service. As […]
2012 elections – timetable
With local elections and the referendum on the voting system looming on 3rd May, potential voters who have moved or turned 18 during the last six months are being urged to ensure they protect their right to vote by checking they are on the electoral register. In order to be eligible to take part in […]
Media Watch - December 16
Top Birmingham City Council Stories PM: We’ll help 4,500 troubled Brum families (Birmingham Mail) A total of 4,500 Birmingham families will be targeted in the Prime Minister’s pledge to ‘turn around the lives’ of Britain’s most troubled families. Cllr Ayoub Khan quoted. Chance to tour new swimming pool (Birmingham Mail) Visitors can have a sneak […]
Sparkbrook by-election result
RESULTS - Sparkbrook By Election (Labour Gain) Candidate Party Vote Ishtiaq, Mohammed The Respect Party 2,301 Quinn, Victoria Elizabeth The Labour Party Candidate 3,932 Rashid, Adil Liberal Democrats 395 Rezazadeh, Sahar The Conservative Party Candidate 133 Tinsley, Peter James The Green Party 179 Quinn, Victoria Elizabeth (Labour) has been elected as councillor for Sparkbrook ward […]
List of candidates for Sparkbrook by-election
STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED The following persons have been nominated for the election of a Councillor on Thursday, 10th November 2011 for the SPARKBROOK Ward. PERSONS NOMINATED 4. REASONS FOR WHICH THE RETURNING OFFICER HAS DECLARED A NOMINATION INVALID 1. SURNAME OTHER NAMES IN FULL 2. HOME ADDRESS IN […]
Media Watch - July 1
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Whitby urges action on new tax funding scheme for Birmingham (Birmingham Post) Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby warned that the launch of TIFs in 2013 was too far away and that the £70 million a year expected to flow from the initiative was desperately needed to boost the local […]
Media Watch - June 6
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Firm defiant despite ‘jobs to India’ fury (Birmingham Mail) Service Birmingham determined to press on with plans to outsource jobs to India. Wilson thrills bookworms at library event (Birmingham Mail) Hundreds of excited young bookworms met leading children’s author Jacqueline Wilson as Birmingham’s Young Readers Festival drew to a close. […]
Media Watch - May 20
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Widespread coverage of High Court ruling regarding the provision of care for disabled people (BBC, ITV, Sky News, Guardian, Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror, Birmingham Mail) /2011/05/adult-social-care-judicial-review/ Care home design not up to scratch (Birmingham Mail) A developer has been refused planning permission for an old folks’ home for a […]
