Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council
Coat of arms
Council logo post-2015
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough council
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Ken Wood, Conservative since 21 May 2024[2]
Leader	John Cotton, Labour since 23 May 2023[3]
Chief Executive	Joanne Roney CBE [1]
Structure
Seats	101 councillors[4]
Political groups	Administration (63)   Labour (63) Other parties (38)   Conservative (22)   Liberal Democrat (12)   Green (2)   Independent (2)
Joint committees	West Midlands Combined Authority
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large
Last election	5 May 2022
Next election	7 May 2026
Motto
Forward
Meeting place
Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB
Website
www.birmingham.gov.uk
Constitution
www.birmingham.gov.uk/constitution/

Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. Birmingham has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. It is the most populous local government district in England, serving over 1.1 million people. The council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority since 2016.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012. It is based at the Council House on Victoria Square, Birmingham.

On 6 September 2023, the council declared effective bankruptcy, and central government commissioners were subsequently appointed to run the council under emergency measures.