Harborne
Ward
Harborne Ward shown within Birmingham
Harborne Location within the West Midlands
Population	23,001 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SP020836
Metropolitan borough	Birmingham
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BIRMINGHAM
Postcode district	B17
Dialling code	0121
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Birmingham Edgbaston
Councillors	Martin Brooks (Labour Party) Jayne Francis (Labour Party)
List of places UK England West Midlands 52°27′N 1°58′W / 52.45°N 1.97°W / 52.45; -1.97

Harborne ward is a local government district, one of 40 wards that make up Birmingham City Council. Harborne lies to the south west of Birmingham city centre. It has a slightly older age profile than the city average. The percentage of ethnic minority residents is below the city average.^[2] Unemployment is below the city average.^[3] The ward population at the 2011 census was 23,001.^[4]

Politics

The Harborne ward is currently represented by two Labour and Co-operative Councillors; Jayne Francis (2016-)^[5] and Martin Brooks (2022-).^[6]

The ward of Harborne forms part of the Parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston along with Bartley Green, Edgbaston (ward), and Quinton, which has been represented by Labour and Co-operative MP Preet Gill since 2017.

Election results

2010s

Source:^[7]

2018 Birmingham City Council election, Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Francis	2,623	22.69
	Conservative	Peter Fowler	2,533	21.91
	Conservative	Akaal Sidhu	2390	20.67
	Labour	Sundip Meghani	2061	17.82
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Green	657	5.68
	Green	Phil Simpson	650	5.62
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Garrett	646	5.59
Majority
Turnout			6,109	38.60	0.63
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2016 Birmingham City Council election, Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Francis	2,841	44.7	1.7
	Conservative	Akaal Sidhu	2,404	37.8	0.5
	Green	Phil Simpson	494	7.8	0.6
	UKIP	Mary Morris	376	5.9	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Banting	240	3.8	0.8
Majority			437	6.9	2.2
Turnout			6,355	39.23
	Labour hold		Swing

2015 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McKay	4,922	43.0	3.6
	Conservative	Jane James	4,384	38.3	0.9
	Green	Phil Simpson	964	8.4	0.3
	UKIP	Charles Brecknell	654	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Banting	528	4.6	0.8
Majority			538	4.7
Turnout			11,452
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

2012 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Williams	3,264	50.2	3.6
	Conservative	John Alden	2,441	37.5	1.65
	Green	Phil Simpson	394	6.1	1.97
	UKIP	Keith Rowe	233	3.6	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Alaine Christian	178	2.6	2.8
Majority			823	17.7	10.2
Turnout			6,529	37.95	8.09
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2011 Birmingham Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McKay	3,655	46.6	12.5
	Conservative	Geoff Hewitt	3,071	39.15	2.85
	Green	Phil Simpson	633	8.07	1.37
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bates	426	5.4	9.2
Majority			584	7.5	0.4
Turnout			7,844	46.04	20.26
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2010 Birmingham Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	4,640	42.0	7.5
	Labour	James McKay	3,766	34.1	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sagier	1,609	14.6	7.2
	Green	Phil Simpson	744	6.7	5.9
	BNP	Roy Bevington	289	2.6	0.9
Majority			874	7.9	16.3
Turnout			11,078	66.3	32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2000s

2008 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alden	2,717	49.5	5.0
	Labour	John Priest	1,389	25.3	2.1
	Green	Phil Simpson	691	12.6	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sagier	405	7.4	3.3
	BNP	Howard Hamilton	193	3.5	0.9
	UKIP	Edward Siddall-Jones	80	1.5	NEW
Majority			1,328	24.2	7.1
Turnout			5,475	33.4	3.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007 Birmingham City Council election Harborne^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hollingworth	2,699	44.5	3.8
	Labour	John Priest	1,662	27.4	0.1
	Green	Philip Simpson	786	13.0	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Miriam Banting	649	10.7	2.0
	BNP	Lynette Orton	265	4.4	1.1
Majority			1,937	17.1	3.7
Turnout			6,083	36.98	3.52
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 Birmingham City Council election Harborne^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	3,200	48.3
	Labour	John Priest	1,823	27.5
	Green	Philip Simpson	665	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Sagier	577	8.7
	BNP	Josephine Larkin	364	5.5
Majority			1,377	20.8
Turnout			6,609	40.5	0.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

2004 Birmingham City Council election Harborne^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Alden	3,268	16.93
	Conservative	Peter Hollingworth	3,170	16.42
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	3,100	16.06
	Labour	Badley, C.	1,879	9.73
	Labour	McCarthy, K.	1,589	8.23
	Labour	Hepburn, M.	1,514	7.84
	Liberal Democrats	Banting, M.	1,189	6.16
	Liberal Democrats	Sagier, M.	1,155	5.98
	Liberal Democrats	Selwood, B.	1,035	5.36
	Green	Carins, D.	990	5.13
	BNP	Bellinger, S.	378	1.96
Majority
Turnout			19,301	41.33	7.93
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 Birmingham City Council election Harborne^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hollingworth	3,008	52.4	2.4
	Labour	Badley, C.	1,816	31.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Banting, M.	652	11.4	2.1
	Green	Vaze, P.	261	4.5	0.8
Majority			1,192	20.4	2.2
Turnout			5,737	33.4	1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

2000 Birmingham City Council election Harborne^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alden, J.	3,029	54.8	2.3
	Labour	Sampson, R.	1,782	32.2	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dow, C.	512	9.3	0.7
	Green	Vaze, P.	203	3.7	NEW
Majority			1,247	22.6	1.6
Turnout			5,589	31.8	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990

1998 Birmingham City Council election Harborne^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hollingworth, P.	2,995	57.1	3.7
	Labour	Smith-O'Gorman, W.	1,724	32.9	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Boyle, C.	527	10	1.8
Majority			1,271	24.2	7.3
Turnout			5,246	30.1	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harborne By-Election 11 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Whitby	2,719	53.4	8.5
	Labour	Stephen Cormell	1,859	36.5	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Conall Boyle	420	8.2	1.3
	Green	Peter Beck	96	1.9	0.4
Majority			860	16.9	15.3
Turnout			5,094	29.0	1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1996 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alden, J.	2,981	44.9	5.0
	Labour	Emery, B.	2,875	43.3	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Moss, J.	633	9.5	3.2
	Green	Bozic, N.	153	2.3	0.1
Majority			106	1.6	5.2
Turnout			6,642	38.2	3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1995 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rust, A.	3,288	45.8	11.8
	Conservative	Zissman, B.	2,802	39.1	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Moss, J.	912	12.7	8.4
	Green	Squire, A.	171	2.4	0.9
Margin of victory			486	6.8	0.7
Turnout			7,173	41.2	4.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-

1994 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hollingworth, P.	3,309	41.5	21.7
	Labour	Bowen, S.	2,714	34.0	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Harmer, R.	1,686	21.1	12.7
	Green	Squire, A.	263	3.3	0.2
Majority			595	7.5	30.8
Turnout			7,972	46.1	6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1992 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alden, J.	4,425	63.2	11.3
	Labour	Harrison, D.	1,743	24.9	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Harmer, R.	590	8.4	3.9
	Green	Squire, A.	247	3.5	1.8
Majority			2,682	38.3	16.9
Turnout			7005	40.0	4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1991 Birmingham City Council elections Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zissman, B.	4,043	51.9	6.0
	Labour	Fargher, B.	2,374	30.5	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Boyle, C.	956	12.3	NEW
	Green	Hurdley, J.	411	5.3	7.0
Majority			1,669	21.4	17.2
Turnout			7,784	44.2	4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1990 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hollingworth, P.	3,950	45.9	5.1
	Labour	Fargher, B.	3,588	41.7	7.5
	Green	Hurdley, J.	1,061	12.3	8.5
Majority			362	4.2	12.6
Turnout			8,599	48.7	7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1980

1988 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alden, J.	3,786	51.0	2.4
	Labour	Fargher, B.	2,542	34.2	11.7
	SLD	Bertram, C.	814	11.0	NEW
	Green	Squire, A.	282	3.8	1.4
Majority			1,244	16.8	14.1
Turnout			7,424	41.2	4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1987 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zissman, B.	4,449	53.4	7.0
	Labour	Chandler, A.	1,875	22.5	4.0
	Alliance	Vaughan, C.	1,813	21.7	2.2
	Green	Hurdley, J.	202	2.4	0.9
Majority			2,574	30.9	11.1
Turnout			8,339	46.1	4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1986 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hollingworth, P.	3,430	46.4	7.9
	Labour	Chandler, A.	1,963	26.5	3.2
	Alliance	Vaughan, C.	1,765	23.9	10.7
	Green	Squire, A.	242	3.3	NEW
Majority			1,467	19.8	4.8
Turnout			7,400	41.4	2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1984 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alden, J.	3,821	54.3	3.2
	Labour	Bridger, D.	2,089	29.7	5.7
	Alliance	Vaughan, C.	926	13.2	2
	Ecology	Hurdley, J.	152	2.2	1.1
	Communist	Davis, P.	43	0.6	NEW
Majority			1,732	24.6	8.9
Turnout			7,031	39.3	1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1983 Birmingham City Council elections Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zissman, B.	4,249	57.5	9.2
	Labour	Bridger, D.	1,775	24.0	3.1
	Alliance	Vaughan, C.	1,123	15.2	8.8
	Ecology	Hurdley, J.	241	3.3	3.5
Majority			2,474	33.5	9.3
Turnout			7,388	41.2	1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1982 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hollingworth, P.	3,910	48.3	5.3
	Conservative	Bailey, J.	3,544
	Conservative	Zissman, B.	3,506
	Alliance	Chitham, E.	1,939	24.0	NEW
	Alliance	Holt, R.	1,702
	Labour	Bridger, D.	1,693	20.9	7.3
	Labour	Green, D.	1,655
	Alliance	Wheldall, K.	1,647		-
	Labour	Hadley, P.	1,558		-
	Ecology	Hurdley, J.	546	6.8	0.7
Majority			-	24.4	1.0
Turnout			-	42.5	9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-
	Conservative hold		Swing	-
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1980 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	ZIssman, B.	3,229	53.6	10.6
	Labour	Lovekin, I.	1,701	28.2	7.6
	Liberal	Weston, C.	653	10.8	NEW
	Ecology	Hunt, R.	365	6.1	NEW
	E&D	Goulden, D.	76	1.3	NEW
Majority			1,528	25.4	3.0
Turnout			6,024	32.9	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1970s

1979 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bailey, J.	8,316	64.2	5.1
	Labour	Allcock, R.	4,639	35.8	11.5
Majority			1,677	28.4	16.6
Turnout			12,955	70.0	36.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1978 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hollingworth, P.	4,219	69.3	2.0
	Labour	Eynon, G.	1,482	24.3	4.8
	Liberal	Kierman, P.	387	6.4	2.8
Majority			2,737	45.0	6.8
Turnout			6,088	33.2	4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1976 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zissman, B.	5,004	71.3	7.8
	Labour	Yapp, C.	1,367	19.5	1.6
	Liberal	Eden, L.	646	9.2	3.2
Majority			3,637	51.8	6.2
Turnout			7,017	37.8	5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-

1975 Birmingham City Council election Harborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bailey, J.	3,939	63.5	0.5
	Labour	Paris, C.	1,111	17.9	6.4
	Liberal	Eden, L.	771	12.4	0.7
	National Front	Barlow, R.	294	4.7	NEW
	Independent Liberal	Goulden, D.	93	1.5	NEW
Majority			2,828	45.6	7.0
Turnout			6,208	32.6	3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-