2022 Birmingham City Council election

2022 Birmingham City Council election

← 2018 5 May 2022 2026 →
All 101 seats to Birmingham City Council 51 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Ian Ward Robert Alden Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat Shard End Erdington Last election 67 seats, 50.2% 25 seats, 28.8% Seats won 65 22 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 169,977 90,650 Percentage 51.5% 27.5% Swing 1.3% 1.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Jon Hunt Julien Pritchard Party Liberal Democrats Green Leader's seat Perry Barr Druids Heath and Monyhull Last election 8 seats, 14.1% 1 seats, 4.4% Seats won 12 2 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 48,939 17,072 Percentage 14.8% 5.2% Swing 0.7% 0.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Birmingham City Council election
Council control before election Ian Ward Labour Council control after election Ian Ward Labour

The 2022 Birmingham City Council election took place on 5 May 2022, with all 101 council seats up for election across 37 single-member and 32 two-member wards.^[1] The election was held alongside other local elections across Great Britain and town council elections in Sutton Coldfield.

In the previous council election in 2018, the first all-out elections in Birmingham, Labour maintained its control of the council, winning 67 seats. The Conservatives formed the main opposition with twenty-five seats, with the Liberal Democrats on eight and the Green Party winning a single seat. In 2022, Labour maintained overall control. The Liberal Democrats and the Greens gained seats at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives.