AS WE reach the final third of seats to be declared, here is a running total of how many each party has.

We have had a late flurry for the Green Party with its members taking six seats in quick succession – Brandwood and Kings Heath, Hall Green North and Billesley.

96 / 101 seats

Reform UK – 21

Green Party – 18

Conservative – 16

Labour – 15

Independents – 13

Liberal Democrats – 12

Labour and Co-operative Party – 1

It is now impossible for any one party to reach the 51 needed for a majority so Birmingham City Council will have No Overall Control.

But who will be the biggest party is still to be decided with five seats yet to be decided.

 

South West Birmingham seats
The seats in the south west of the city have all gone to reform so far –
Longbridge and West Heath – Reform UK GAIN TWO

In Longbridge and West Heath, Reform UK have finished first and second – Charles Latchford polled 2,325 and his Reform UK co-candidate Anthony Ward achieved 2,168.

Northfield – Reform UK GAIN

The Northfield seat has been taken by George Hall from Reform UK. He earned 1,317 votes. We are still awaiting confirmation of the other vote amounts.

Allens Cross – Reform UK GAIN

Eddie Freeman (Reform UK) polled 949 votes, almost 300 more than Paul Smith (Independent) who finished second.

In third place was Labour’s Seb Lovell-Huckle. The Green Party’s Daniel Rust finished fourth. with the Conservatives fifth and Lib Dems in sixth.

Rubery and Rednal – Reform UK GAIN

In Rubery and Rednal, Reform UK’s Rebecca Waters polled 943 and edged out long-term Conservative Adrian Delaney who finished on 852. The victory, by less than 100 votes, saw the Green Party finished third with Billy Wassell on 333, Labour’s Steve Haynes in fourth on 271 and the Lib Dems in fifth with Paul Alton on 119.

Frankley Great Park – Reform UK GAIN

Gemma Guttridge from Reform UK has taken Frankley Great Park with 1,192 votes. Simon Morrall, who was a Conservative turned independent, finished second with 691.

The Greens finished third with Peter Beck notching up 407, Labour were fourth with Mohamed Saad on 326 and the Tories fifth with Tilton Storer scoring 317.

How it stands

So far, 71 of 101 seats have been declared:

Reform UK – 17

Conservative – 16

Labour – 11

Green Party – 9

Liberal Democrats – 9

Independents – 8

Labour and Co-operative Party – 1