The Selly Oak local council ward was one of the 40 electoral wards for the

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, England prior to 2018. It was also one of the four wards that make up the local council constituency of Selly Oak, the other three being the wards of Billesley, Bournville and Brandwood.

Description

The Selly Oak ward covered an area of south Birmingham, and includes not only the suburb of

Selly Oak Selly Oak is an industrial and residential area in south-west Birmingham, England. The area gives its name to Selly Oak ward and includes the neighbourhoods of: Bournbrook, Selly Park, and Ten Acres. The adjoining wards of Edgbaston and Harborn ...

but also the adjoining districts of

Bournbrook Bournbrook is an industrial and residential district in southwest Birmingham, England, in both the Selly Oak Council Ward and the Parliamentary District of Selly Oak. Prior to what is commonly termed the Greater Birmingham Act, which came in ...

Selly Park Selly Park is a residential suburban district in south-west Birmingham, England. The suburb of Selly Park is located between the Bristol Road ( A38) and the Pershore Road (A441). Toponymy Selly Park is named after the parkland that was original ...

and Ten Acres, together with a small part of the Stirchley area. It was replaced by Weoley and Selly Oak ward and Bournbrook and Selly Park ward both created in 2018.

Demographics (from the census of 2001)

The 2001 Population Census recorded that 25,792 people were living in the Selly Oak ward, with a population density of 4,236 people per km² compared with 3,649 people per km² for Birmingham. The ward has a below-average percentage of ethnic minorities, with only 15.9% of the population consisting of ethnic minorities compared with 29.6% for Birmingham in general.

History

The ward came into existence in 1911 when the boundaries of the

were extended as a result of the Greater Birmingham Act, and when the number of electoral wards in the City was extended from 18 to 30. At that stage three councillors were elected for the Ward, whereas in subsequent years there have been single elections. The area had previously been part of the Parish of Northfield, and originally in north

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. It was created by the union of two former electoral wards of the King's Norton and Northfield urban district, namely the ''Selly Oak (East) Ward'', covering the districts of

and Ten Acres, and the ''Selly Oak (West) Ward'', covering

itself and part of the district of Bournville).

Parliamentary representation

Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the wards of Selly Oak and Northfield, together with that "part of

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Ward which is not included in the Moseley Division" were to form the Parliamentary constituency of King's Norton. Selly Oak ward remained within the King's Norton constituency until boundary alterations provided for in the 1948

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placed it, and the Northfield ward, in the newly constituted Parliamentary constituency of Northfield in 1950.Representation of the People Act 1948, Schedule 1 Further boundary changes led to the creation of a distinct Selly Oak Parliamentary constituency in 1955, in which the ward of Selly Oak has since remained. Birmingham electoral wards were changed in 2018, when the existing Selly Oak ward was divided between new Bournbrook and Selly Park, Bournville, and Selly Oak and Weoley wards.

Politics

The elected

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members prior to the wards dissolution were: Karen McCarthy, Brigid Jones and Changese Khan of the Labour Party. At the time Brigid Jones was also Birmingham City Council's Cabinet Member for Children and Family Services.

Election results

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1940s

References

Notes

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External links

Birmingham City Council's Selly Oak WardBirmingham City Council's Selly Oak Constituency
{{Wards of Birmingham Former wards of Birmingham, West Midlands Selly Oak