| Alum Rock | |
|---|---|
| Population | 27,164 [1] |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors | |
Alum Rock is an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council in the east of Birmingham, West Midlands, covering an urban area to the east of the city centre.
The ward was created in 2018 as a result of boundary changes that saw the number of wards in Birmingham increase from 40 to 69.
The ward was largely created from the former Washwood Heath ward and is contained within the Birmingham Hodge Hill constituency. The seat includes the historic area of Saltley.
The ward is largely composed of late-Victorian and Edwardian terrace housing which runs the length of the Alum Rock Road and the roads off it. The area is notable for a high ethnic minority population many of whom can trace their origins to 20th century migrants from the Indian Sub-continent.
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mohammed Idrees (Lab) | Mariam Khan (Lab) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Idrees | 4,910 | 85.3 | ||
| Labour | Mariam Khan | 4,464 | 77.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Lister | 296 | 5.1 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Brookes-Bland | 215 | 3.7 | ||
| Conservative | Amil Khan | 214 | 3.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Ross | 187 | 3.2 | ||
| Majority | 4,168 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,755 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||