34-409: Brandwood could refer to: Brandwood, Shropshire Brandwood (ward) , Birmingham Brandwood End , Birmingham [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
68-452: A Section 114 notice , being the local government equivalent of bankruptcy, stopping all future spending with the exception of money for statutory services, including the protection of vulnerable people. The leader of the Labour authority stated that the notice was a necessary step to get Birmingham back into a sound financial footing. The government subsequently appointed commissioners to oversee
102-489: A lord mayor was conferred in 1896, with James Smith being appointed the first Lord Mayor of Birmingham . The city boundaries have been enlarged many times. Notable expansions were in 1891 ( Balsall Heath , Harborne , Saltley and Little Bromwich ), 1909 ( Quinton ), 1911 ( Aston Manor , Erdington , Handsworth , Kings Norton , Northfield and Yardley ), 1928 ( Perry Barr ), 1931 ( Sheldon and parts of other parishes), and 1974 ( Sutton Coldfield ). The county borough
136-450: A 25 year deal with Amey plc to manage the city's highways, but, after allegations of sub-standard repairs to roads and pavements, the council invoked penalty clauses and entered into a prolonged legal dispute. In December 2018, Amey parent Ferrovial put the business up for sale, after allocating €237m for losses on Amey's highway maintenance contract with the Council. In February 2019, Amey
170-486: Is part of the Birmingham Selly Oak constituency . Prior to May 2010, it was a part of the constituency of Birmingham Hall Green . The ward contains a large number of owner-occupied properties around Howard Road, Wheelers Lane, May Lane, Woodthorpe Road, Featherstone Road, Brandwood Road, Lindsworth Road and Alcester Road South, in addition to two big former council estates around Allenscroft Road and Druids Heath,
204-620: The Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency . Pinsent's time on the council overlapped with that of Margaret Frances Pugh, who was elected on 22 November 1911 to serve in the North Erdington ward. She resigned in November 1913. Birmingham's third woman councillor, Clara Martineau, was elected on 14 October 1913 in the Edgbaston ward, and served until 1932, when she died, aged 57. Her father
238-471: The 1974 reforms has been as follows: The role of Lord Mayor of Birmingham is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The first leader of the council after the 1974 reforms, Clive Wilkinson, had been the leader of the old county borough of Birmingham since December 1973. The leaders since 1973 have been: Following the 2022 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to September 2024,
272-507: The Member of Parliament for Hall Green Constituency until 2010), Roy Pinney, who served as Chair of and later Cabinet Member for Education, in addition to three female councillors, the last of these being Catherine Grundy, who lost her seat in 2004 and was subsequently elected to the Kingstanding ward in 2006. Elections since 1984 have returned the following councillors: The main road through
306-545: The area is the A435 Alcester Road. The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal also passes through the area. Map. Birmingham City Council 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
340-414: The city average of 19.4%. The majority of houses were semi-detached, with 42.2% of all properties being of that type. 25.1% of households were terraced houses, near to the national average of 25.8%. 21.1% were purpose built blocks of flats. 338 houses were identified as being empty. The ward has been a Labour /Conservative marginal for the last 20 years. Local councillors have included: Steve McCabe (also
374-455: The city council sit on the board of the combined authority as Birmingham's representatives. There are two civil parishes in the city at Sutton Coldfield and New Frankley in Birmingham , which form an additional tier of local government for their areas; the rest of the city is unparished . The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012. Political control of the council since
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#1732851594868408-529: The composition of the council was: The next election is due in May 2026. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, the council has comprised 101 councillors representing 69 wards , with each ward electing one or two councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards and councillors are: The council meets and has some offices at the Council House on Victoria Square in the city centre. The building
442-490: The council declared effective bankruptcy , and central government commissioners were subsequently appointed to run the council under emergency measures. Until the 18th century, Birmingham was governed by manorial courts and its parish vestry . A body of improvement commissioners called the Birmingham Street Commissioners was established in 1769 to provide services in the rapidly growing town. Birmingham
476-547: The council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority , which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of the West Midlands since 2017. The combined authority provides strategic leadership and co-ordination for certain functions across the county, but Birmingham City Council continues to be responsible for most local government functions. On 5 September 2023, Birmingham City Council issued
510-645: The council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the West Midlands County Council . The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the county's seven borough councils, including Birmingham City Council, with some services provided through joint committees. In 1995, New Frankley and the Kitwell Estate were transferred into the city from the parish of Frankley in Bromsgrove District . Since 2016
544-546: The council's financial difficulties following the issuing of the Section 114 notice in 2023. Past chief executives have included: Notable services provided and facilities managed by Birmingham City Council include: The city's museums were transferred to the independent Birmingham Museums Trust in 2012. The council sold its Ogwen Cottage Outdoor Pursuits Centre, by auction, in October 2014. In 2010, Birmingham City Council agreed
578-525: The first female chief executive, was in post from 2002 until 2005. Bert Carless , a migrant from Jamaica, was elected the City's first non-white councillor in 1979. He was later made an Honorary Alderman . Birmingham City Council provides metropolitan borough services. Some strategic functions in the area are provided by the West Midlands Combined Authority; the leader and deputy leader of
612-425: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brandwood&oldid=932734272 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brandwood (ward) Brandwood is one of 40 wards which constitute Birmingham City Council and
646-460: The latter containing 16 high-rise tower blocks. Brandwood is a sub-section area of Kings Heath. The area is served by Druids Heath Library, Cocks Moor Woods Leisure Centre and Golf Course, Baverstock School and Brandwood End Cemetery . The 2001 Population Census found that there were 23,306 people living in the ward with a population density of 4,167 people per km (41.9 people per hectare) compared with 3,649 people per km for Birmingham. There
680-449: 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,
714-456: The national average of 1.3%. The Black Caribbean ethnic group was the third largest at 2.9%. The most dominant religion in Brandwood was Christianity with 69.8% of residents stating themselves as Christians. 15.4% had no religion, above the city average of 12.4% and the national average of 14.6%. Islam was the second largest religion at 3.3%. The age group representing the largest proportion of
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#1732851594868748-522: The national percentage. The largest broad ethnic group was the White group at 87.4%. Whilst being above the city average of 70.4%, it was below the national average of 90.9%. The second largest broad ethnic group was Asian at 5.9%. More specifically, the White British group was the largest ethnic group at 81.6%. The White Irish group represented just 4.3%, although this was higher than the city average of 3.2% and
782-492: The population lived in a household, above the city average of 98.3%. The other 0.9% lived in communal establishments. The total number of occupied households in the ward was 10,049, resulting in an average of 2.3 people per household. This is below the national average of 2.4 and the city average of 2.5. 62.4% of the households were owner occupied, above the city average of 60.4% and below the national average of 68.7%. 26% of households were rented from Birmingham City Council , above
816-551: The running of the council under emergency measures. The first woman elected to the council, on 1 November 1911, was Ellen Pinsent . She represented the Edgbaston Ward as a Liberal Unionist . She had earlier been co-opted as a member of the council's Education Committee and served as Chairman of the Special School Sub-Committee. She stood down from the council in October 1913 upon appointment as Commissioner for
850-542: The unemployed, 40% were in long term unemployment, above the city average of 36.3%. 8.2% had never worked. 16.8% of those in employment worked in the Finance, Real Estate, & Business Activities sector. 16.2% worked in the Manufacturing sector. The largest employer based in the area is Cleaning Contractor Services Group Ltd, employing around 300 people. Moss Construction were the second largest, employing 285 people. 99.1% of
884-414: The ward's population was the 25–44 years at 27.7%. This is below the national average of 29.3% and the city average of 28.3%. People of a pensionable age represented 20.1% of the population, above the city average of 16.7%. 58.4% of the population was of a working age , below the city average of 59.8%. The ward had an unemployment rate of 8.1%, below the city rate of 9.5% but above the national rate of 5%. Of
918-464: Was a slightly higher proportion of females than males in the ward, with females representing 52.2% of the population, compared with 51.6% for Birmingham as a whole. Brandwood is not an ethnically diverse community with ethnic minorities representing 12.6% (3,102) of the ward's population as opposed to 29.6% for Birmingham. 9.3% of the population was born outside of the United Kingdom, equal to that of
952-511: Was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , being replaced by a metropolitan district of Birmingham, covering the area of the old county borough plus the borough of Sutton Coldfield. The new district was one of seven metropolitan districts within the new metropolitan county of the West Midlands. Birmingham's borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty passed to the new district and its council. From 1974 until 1986
986-567: Was announced the Birmingham contract would end in March 2020; Kier Group was appointed as interim contractor for 15 months while the council sought a permanent replacement for Amey. In February 2022, the city council formally began the process of identifying a contractor to deliver £2.7 billion of works over 12 years, and invited Kier and Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin to tender for the city’s restructured highways PFI contract, covering more than 2,500km of road and 5,000km of footway. However, in October 2023,
1020-532: Was close to a deal to exit its Birmingham contract, liabilities from which were preventing the company's sale by Ferrovial. A £215m deal to terminate Amey's Birmingham contract was confirmed in July 2019. The council was set to receive £160m in 2019 with a further £55m paid over the next six years, with services continuing on an interim basis until September 2019, and potentially until March 2020. However, in February 2020, it
1054-526: Was first completed in 1879 for the old borough council and has been extended several times since. The council has several other office buildings, notably at 10 Woodcock Street, completed in 2011. There are two customer services centres, at 67 Sutton New Road in Erdington and at 1a Vineyard Road in Northfield. The possible closure and sale of some of the council's buildings is being considered as part of addressing
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1088-537: Was former Mayor Sir Thomas Martineau , Lord Mayor Ernest Martineau was her brother, and Alderman Sir George Kenrick was her uncle. Mary Cottrell became the first female Labour councillor in February 1917, when she was elected unopposed to the Selly Oak ward. The first female Lord Mayor, Marjorie Brown, held the post from 1973 to 1974. Theresa Stewart became the first female leader in October 1993, until 1999; and Lin Homer
1122-479: Was granted city status on 14 January 1889, after which the corporation was also known as the city council . When elected county councils were established in April 1889, Birmingham was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it became a county borough , independent from the new Warwickshire County Council , whilst remaining part of the geographical county of Warwickshire . The dignity of
1156-403: Was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1838, after which it was governed by a body formally called 'the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Birmingham', generally known as the corporation or town council. William Scholefield became the first mayor and William Redfern was the first town clerk. The corporation absorbed the functions of the street commissioners in 1852. Birmingham
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