Balsall Heath West is an electoral ward of

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covering an urban area to the south of

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city centre in the West Midlands, England. The ward was created in 2018 as a result of boundary changes that saw the number of wards in Birmingham increase from 40 to 69.

Boundaries

The ward was largely created from the former

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ward. Following a review of Westminster parliamentary constituency boundaries, Balsall Heath West was moved from Birmingham Hall Green constituency (with the exception of a small area of housing between Bristol Road and Pershore Road which lay within

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) to

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for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Profile

The ward contains areas of

Balsall Heath Balsall Heath is an inner-city area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It has a diverse cultural mix of people and is the location of the Balti Triangle. History The name is first found as Bordeshale in 1275, which is derived from the ...

included in post-war

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regeneration and late Victoria/Edwardian terraces. Whilst the ward does not include

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it does include the areas immediately to its north and east, including

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. Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic groups (BAME) comprise 83.5% of the ward's total population (compared to Birmingham ward average of 51.4% and England ward average of 19.0%). Pakistanis form the largest ethnic group in Balsall Heath West at 29.2%. Just over half of employed residents (51.1%) are in Lower Skilled Occupations, significantly higher than for Birmingham (40.7%) and England (34.1%). As of 2019, Balsall Heath West was ranked in the 10% most deprived wards in England and was the 9th most deprived of Birmingham's 69 wards.

Councillors

Elections results

Councillor Zhor Malik switched from Labour to the Conservatives at a council budget meeting held on 23 February 2022.

Notes

References

{{reflist Wards of Birmingham, West Midlands 2018 establishments in England Balsall Heath