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{{Short description|Local government body for the English city}}
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{{Infobox legislature
| name               = Birmingham City Council
| legislature        = 
| coa_pic            = Coat of arms of Birmingham.svg
| coa_caption        = [[Coat of arms of Birmingham|Coat of arms]]
| coa_res            = 150px
| motto              = Forward
| logo_pic           = Birmingham City Council logo.svg
| logo_caption       = Council logo post-2015
| logo_res           = 200
| logo_alt           = Birmingham City Council logo
| house_type         = Metropolitan borough council
| foundation         = 
| leader1_type       = [[Lord Mayor of Birmingham|Lord Mayor]]
| leader1            = Zafar Iqbal
| party1             = <br/>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| election1          = 20 May 2025<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brock |first1=Alexander |title=City is 'most amazing place' says new Lord Mayor who became a Brummie |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/city-most-amazing-place-says-31693101 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Birmingham Live |date=21 May 2025}}</ref>
| leader2_type       = [[Leader of the council|Leader]]
| leader2            = [[John Cotton (local councillor)|John Cotton]]
| party2             = <br/>[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| election2          = 23 May 2023<ref name=cabinet>{{cite web |title=Council's new Cabinet line-up confirmed |url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/1337/council_s_new_cabinet_line-up_confirmed |website=Birmingham City Council |date=23 May 2023|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
| leader3_type       = [[Chief Executive|Managing Director]]
| leader3            = [[Joanne Roney]]
| party3             = <!-- Non-political role --> 
| election3          = September 2024<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mayor |first1=Rob |title=Birmingham City Council appoints managing director |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy990peyex5o.amp |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=BBC News |date=6 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Management structure |url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50068/how_the_council_works/965/management_structure |website=Birmingham City Council |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
| seats              = 101 councillors<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/councillors/party|title=Councillors by Party &#124; Birmingham City Council|website=www.birmingham.gov.uk}}</ref>
| structure1         = Birmingham City Council October 2025.svg
| structure1_res     = 280
| structure1_alt     = Birmingham City Council composition
| political_groups1  =
; Administration (54)
: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] (54)
; Other parties (47)
: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (22)
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK, 2025)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] (13)}}<ref>https://x.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1981528213689155673</ref>
: {{Color box|{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|border=darkgray}} [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] (2)
: {{Color box|{{party color|Independent}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (10)
| committees1        = 
| joint_committees   = [[West Midlands Combined Authority]]
| voting_system1     = [[Plurality-at-large voting|Plurality-at-large]]
| last_election1     = [[2022 Birmingham City Council election|5 May 2022]]
| next_election1     = [[2026 Birmingham City Council election|7 May 2026]]
| session_room       = Birmingham Council House (29432162596).jpg
| session_res        = 240px
| meeting_place      = [[Council House, Birmingham|Council House]], [[Victoria Square, Birmingham|Victoria Square]], Birmingham, B1{{nbsp}}1BB
| website            = {{URL|https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/}}
| constitution       = {{URL|https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/constitution/}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Birmingham City Council''' is the [[Local government in England|local authority]] for the [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]] of [[Birmingham]] in the [[West Midlands (county)|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]], a type of [[unitary authority]]. 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{{nbsp}}million people. The council has been a member of the [[West Midlands Combined Authority]] since 2016.

The council has been under [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] majority control since 2012. It is based at the [[Council House, Birmingham|Council House]] on [[Victoria Square, Birmingham]].

On 6 September 2023, the council [[Section 114 notice|declared effective bankruptcy]], and central government commissioners were subsequently appointed to run the council under emergency measures.

==History==
{{further|Government of Birmingham}}
Until the 18th century, Birmingham was governed by [[manorial court]]s 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 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.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7, The City of Birmingham |date=1964 |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |pages=318–353 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol7/pp318-353 |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Common seal of the Mayor, Aldermen + Burgesses of the Borough of Birmingham.jpg|thumb|left|Common seal of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Birmingham, used 1838–1889]]

Birmingham was granted [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]] on 14 January 1889, after which the corporation was also known as the city council.<ref>{{cite news |title=Birmingham City Council |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0003051%2F18921020&page=5 |access-date=27 June 2025 |work=Warwickshire Herald |date=20 October 1892 |page=5}}</ref> When elected county councils were established in April 1889, Birmingham was considered large enough for its existing council to provide county-level services, and so it was made a [[county borough]], independent from the new [[Warwickshire County Council]], whilst remaining part of the [[Ceremonial counties of England#Geographical counties 1889–1974|geographical county]] of [[Warwickshire]].<ref name=VoB>{{cite web |title=Birmingham Municipal Borough / County Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10101001 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref> The dignity of a [[lord mayor]] was conferred in 1896, with James Smith being appointed the first [[Lord Mayor of Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord Mayor's Office |url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20158/lord_mayor/318/lord_mayors_office |website=Birmingham City Council |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>

The city boundaries have been enlarged many times. Notable expansions were in 1891 ([[Balsall Heath]], [[Harborne]], [[Saltley]] and [[Little Bromwich]]), 1909 ([[Quinton, Birmingham|Quinton]]), 1911 ([[Aston Manor]], [[Erdington]], [[Handsworth, West Midlands|Handsworth]], [[Kings Norton]], [[Northfield, Birmingham|Northfield]] and [[Yardley, Birmingham|Yardley]]), 1928 ([[Perry Barr]]), 1931 ([[Sheldon, West Midlands|Sheldon]] and parts of other parishes), and 1974 ([[Sutton Coldfield]]).<ref name=VoB/>

The county borough 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.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|schedule=1|access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref> Birmingham's borough and city statuses and its lord mayoralty passed to the new district and its council.<ref>{{cite web |title=District Councils and Boroughs |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145 |website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |access-date=30 May 2024 |date=28 March 1974}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46334|page=7419|date=28 June 1974}}</ref>

From 1974 until 1986 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.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1985|year=1985|chapter=51|access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> In 1995, [[New Frankley]] and the Kitwell Estate were transferred into the city from the parish of [[Frankley]] in [[Bromsgrove District]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Hereford and Worcester and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993|year=1993|number=2971|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>

Since 2016 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.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016|year=2016|number=653|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Understand how your council works |url=https://www.gov.uk/understand-how-your-council-works |website=gov.uk |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

=== Women and minorities ===
The first woman elected to the council, on 1 November 1911, was [[Ellen Pinsent]].<ref name="Roberts">{{cite web|url=https://theironroom.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/my-whole-time-is-given-to-the-service-of-my-fellow-citizens-the-first-women-elected-to-birmingham-city-council/|title='My whole time is given to the service of my fellow citizens' – the first women elected to Birmingham City Council|last=Roberts|first=Sian|date=4 March 2015|publisher=[[Library of Birmingham]]|access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref> She represented the Edgbaston Ward as a [[Liberal Unionist]].<ref name="Roberts" /> 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.<ref name="Roberts" /> She stood down from the council in October 1913 upon appointment as Commissioner for the [[Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency]].<ref name="Roberts" />

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.<ref name="Roberts" /> She resigned in November 1913.<ref name="Roberts" />

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.<ref name="Roberts" /> Her father was former Mayor Sir [[Thomas Martineau]], Lord Mayor Ernest Martineau was her brother, and Alderman [[George Hamilton Kenrick|Sir George Kenrick]] was her uncle.<ref name="Roberts" />

Mary Cottrell became the first female [[Labour Party (UK)|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,<ref name="WLGS">{{cite web|url=http://www.womeninlocalgovernment.org.uk/db/index.php |title=Women's Local Government Society |publisher=[[Women's Local Government Society]] |access-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209142043/http://www.womeninlocalgovernment.org.uk/db/index.php |archive-date=9 February 2012 }}</ref> until 1999; and [[Lin Homer]] 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]].<ref name="LGC">{{cite web |title=Death of Birmingham's First Black Councillor |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/archive/death-of-birminghams-first-black-councillor-20-08-2003/ |website=[[Local Government Chronicle]] |access-date=16 December 2023 |date=20 August 2003}}</ref><ref name="JollyClarke">{{cite news |last1=Jolly |first1=Bradley |last2=Clarke |first2=Nathan |title=Brum's first Black councillor to be honoured - but activist says 'it's too late' |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birminghams-first-black-councillor-finally-28281945 |access-date=16 December 2023 |work=[[Birmingham Live]] |date=13 December 2023 }}</ref>

===2023 section 114 finances notice===
On 5 September 2023, Birmingham City Council issued 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Birmingham City Council effectively declares bankruptcy after being hit by 760m bill|url=https://news.sky.com/story/birmingham-city-council-effectively-declares-bankruptcy-after-being-hit-by-760m-bill-12955400 |website=Sky News|date=5 September 2023}}</ref> The leader of the Labour authority stated that the notice was a necessary step to get Birmingham back into a sound financial footing.<ref name="bankruptcy">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-66777536|title=Residents fear a rise in crime and taxes as Birmingham declares 'bankruptcy'|website=[[BBC]]|date=11 September 2023 }}</ref> The government subsequently appointed commissioners to oversee the running of the council under emergency measures.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 2023 |title=Government sending in officials to run Birmingham City Council |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-66852048 |access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> The bankruptcy has been ascribed to [[equal pay]] liabilities plus a disastrous implementation of an [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]] system.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wallis |first1=William |last2=Williams |first2=Jennifer |title=Birmingham to settle equal pay claim that tipped council into bankruptcy |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f6786106-0c4d-4135-8083-e14e89bd1cee |access-date=25 February 2025 |publisher=Financial Times |date=9 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Saran |first1=Cliff |title=Birmingham City Council's Oracle implementation explained: What went wrong? |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572935/Birmingham-City-Councils-Oracle-implementation-explained-What-went-wrong |access-date=25 February 2025 |publisher=Computer Weekly |date=11 March 2024}}</ref>

When the council issued the section 114 notice, it had forecast the reserves would go into a nominal £677.9 million deficit, but when the 2022-2024 accounts were published in July 2025 they showed the reserves had been £784.7 million in credit, more that £1 billion better than forecast. Independent accountants said the forecast had been "based on unaudited and materially incorrect information", and a group of 34 experts in accounting, finance and local government called for a public inquiry to investigate the section 114 notice decision.<ref name=guardian-20251030>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/30/birmingham-city-council-bankruptcy-spending-cuts-accountancy-expert |title=Birmingham city council was probably never bankrupt, says accountancy expert |last=Gohil |first=Neha |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 October 2025 |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref>

===2025 bin strike===
{{Main|Birmingham bin strike}}
On 11 March 2025, Members of the [[Unite the Union|Unite union]] went out on strike due to a long-running dispute over the role of waste recycling and collection officer (WRCO) position being removed. The union claims the move will leave about 150 members £8,000 worse off. Birmingham City Council declared a major incident on 31 March 2025, saying the "regrettable" move was taken in response to public health concerns, as picket lines were blocking depots and preventing waste vehicles from collecting rubbish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birmingham bin strike: Why are workers striking and how long will it last? |url=https://news.sky.com/story/birmingham-bin-strike-why-are-workers-striking-and-how-long-will-it-last-13339621 |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>

==Governance==
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 the city council sit on the board of the combined authority as Birmingham's representatives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact details WMCA Board |url=https://governance.wmca.org.uk/mgCommitteeMailingList.aspx?ID=137 |website=West Midlands Combined Authority |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> There are two [[civil parish]]es 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 area|unparished]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

===Political control===
[[File:Mike Whitby by John Hemming.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mike Whitby]], leader of the council from June 2004 to May 2012]]
[[File:Cllr Sir Albert Bore.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Albert Bore]], leader of the council from May 1999 to May 2004 and again from May 2012 to December 2015]]
[[File:Cllr John Clancy - 23097209149 CROP.jpg|thumb|upright| [[John Clancy (Labour politician)|John Clancy]], leader of the council December 2015 to September 2017, seen in the Council House's 'Crystal Gallery]]
The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=21 May 2025 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (Put "Birmingham" in search box to see specific results.)</ref><ref name=change>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/cn.stm | title = Birmingham | access-date = 25 September 2009 | work = [[BBC News Online]] | date=19 April 2008}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Party in control || Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1974–1975
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1975–1976
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1976–1979
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1979–1980
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1980–1982
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1982–1984
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1984–2003
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2003–2012
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 2012–present
|}

===Leadership===
{{see also|List of mayors of Birmingham}}
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 corporation since December 1973.<ref name=Wilkinson1973/> The leaders since 1973 have been:

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| Clive Wilkinson<ref name=Wilkinson1973>{{cite news |last1=Slim |first1=John |title=The new Mr Birmingham |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002135%2F19731207&page=10 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Birmingham Post |date=7 December 1973 |page=10}}</ref><ref name=BEM7May1976/> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|Dec 1973 || align=right|May 1976
|-
| [[Neville Bosworth]]<ref name=BEM7May1976>{{cite news |title=The Tories sweep back: Labour lose control of Birmingham after four years |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002139%2F19760507&page=14 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Evening Mail |date=7 May 1976 |location=Birmingham |page=14}}</ref><ref name=BEM2May1980/> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1976 || align=right|May 1980
|-
| Clive Wilkinson<ref name=BEM2May1980>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roy |title=Bosworth's men swept out in Labour tidal wave |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002139%2F19800502&page=27 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Evening Mail |date=2 May 1980 |location=Birmingham |page=27}}</ref><ref name=BEM7May1982/> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1980 || align=right|May 1982
|-
| [[Neville Bosworth]]<ref name=BEM7May1982>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roy |last2=Clarke |first2=Roger |title=It's a night of triumph for the Tories |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002139%2F19820507&page=1 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Evening Mail |date=7 May 1982 |location=Birmingham |page=1}}</ref><ref name=WES4May1984/> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1982 || align=right|May 1984
|-
| [[Dick Knowles]]<ref name=WES4May1984>{{cite news |title=Takeover! A day of joy for Labour |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0003126%2F19840504&page=1 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=4 May 1984 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=BP5Oct1993/> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1984 || align=right|5 Oct 1993
|-
| [[Theresa Stewart]]<ref name=BP5Oct1993>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Philip |title=City Labour group elects first woman leader |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002135%2F19931005&page=1 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Birmingham Post |date=5 October 1993 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Summers |first1=Deborah |title=Bore's Chamberlain vision to end city's 'wishy-washy' past |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002135%2F19990510&page=1 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Birmingham Post |date=10 May 1999 |page=1}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|5 Oct 1993 || align=right|May 1999
|-
| [[Albert Bore]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Appointments herald new era for city administration |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002135%2F19990519&page=5 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Birmingham Post |date=19 May 1999 |page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Albert Bore: Birmingham suffering effects of Mike Whitby's vanity |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/albert-bore-birmingham-suffering-effects-3937387.amp |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Business Live |date=19 November 2009}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|18 May 1999 || align=right|Jun 2004
|-
| [[Mike Whitby]]<ref>{{cite news |title=No. 10: Mike Whitby |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/banking-finance/no10-mike-whitby-3943582 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Business Live |date=30 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Patrick |title=Resurgent Labour enjoys its big party in Birmingham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17923139 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=BBC News |date=4 May 2012}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|Jun 2004 || align=right|May 2012
|-
| [[Albert Bore]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elkes |first1=Neil |title=Birmingham can be Britain's enterprise capital says new city council leader Sir Albert Bore |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-can-be-britains-enterprise-capital-185599 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Birmingham Live |date=23 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=1Dec2015/> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|22 May 2012 || align=right|1 Dec 2015
|-
| [[John Clancy (Labour politician)|John Clancy]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Birmingham City Council elects new leader John Clancy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-34907832 |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=BBC News |date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=1Dec2015>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 1 December 2015 |url=https://birmingham.cmis.uk.com/birmingham/Meetings/tabid/70/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/397/Meeting/30/Committee/39/SelectedTab/Documents/Default.aspx |website=Birmingham City Council |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Clare |title=Birmingham City Council leader John Clancy resigns after bins strike fiasco |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2017/09/11/birmingham-city-council-leader-john-clancy-resigns-after-bins-strike-fiasco/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Express and Star |date=11 September 2017}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|1 Dec 2015 || align=right|11 Sep 2017
|-
| Ian Ward<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 7 November 2017 |url=https://birmingham.cmis.uk.com/Birmingham/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=oW%2f%2fNYPkXNZxtnwoZPOTfLaN%2fMAwl87w6Qenw5ud4JTVc5t6iBxppQ%3d%3d&rUzwRPf%2bZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3d%3d=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2fLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3d%3d&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&kCx1AnS9%2fpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2bAJvYtyA%3d%3d=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&FgPlIEJYlotS%2bYGoBi5olA%3d%3d=NHdURQburHA%3d&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3d |website=Birmingham City Council |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref><ref name=23May2023/> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|7 Nov 2017 || align=right|23 May 2023
|-
| John Cotton<ref name=23May2023>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 23 May 2023 |url=https://birmingham.cmis.uk.com/Birmingham/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=gG1I4niU7%2f4rjDh9tP5Mzys49FHDQuzCqp2sPNnknMGkmsnPf4x%2bGQ%3d%3d&rUzwRPf%2bZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3d%3d=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2fLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3d%3d&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&kCx1AnS9%2fpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2bAJvYtyA%3d%3d=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&FgPlIEJYlotS%2bYGoBi5olA%3d%3d=NHdURQburHA%3d&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3d |website=Birmingham City Council |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Council's new Cabinet line-up confirmed |url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/1337/council_s_new_cabinet_line-up_confirmed |website=Birmingham City Council |date=23 May 2023|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|23 May 2023 || align=right|
|}

===Composition===
Following the [[2022 Birmingham City Council election|2022 election]] and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to October 2025, the composition of the council was:<ref name=Thorncliffe>{{cite web |title=Birmingham |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=birmingham |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/councillors/party|title=Councillors by Party &#124; Birmingham City Council|website=www.birmingham.gov.uk}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2| Party
! Councillors
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=center|54
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=center|22
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || align=center|13
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}} || align=center|2
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}} || align=center|10
|-
|
|-
! colspan=2|Total
! align=center|101
|}

The next election is due in May 2026.<ref name=Thorncliffe/>

==Elections==
{{also|Birmingham City Council elections}}
Since the last boundary changes in 2018, the council has comprised 101 [[councillor]]s representing 69 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]], with each ward electing one or two councillors. Elections are held every four years.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Birmingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2016|year=2016|number=1140|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>

===Wards and councillors===
The wards and councillors are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20097/elections_and_voting/1054/local_government_boundary_review|title=Local Government Boundary Review|author=Birmingham City Council|website=www.birmingham.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="wards">{{cite web|url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20057/about_birmingham/665/wards_and_constituencies|title=Wards and constituencies|publisher=Birmingham City Council|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Ward
!Councillor
!colspan=2 | Party
!Council Service
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Acocks Green (ward)|Acocks Green]]
|Roger Harmer
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|1995–2001, 2008–2012, 2014–
|-
|{{sortname|Penny|Wagg|nolink=1}}
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2003–2011, 2022–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Allens Cross (ward)|Allens Cross]]
|{{sortname|Jack|Deakin|nolink=1}}
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Alum Rock (ward)|Alum Rock]]
|{{sortname|Mohammed|Idrees|nolink=1}}
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, resigned to become independent in October 2025.}}
|2002–
|-
|Mariam Khan
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2012–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Aston]]
|[[Ayoub Khan]]
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as a Liberal Democrat, resigned to become independent in May 2024.}}
|2003-2004, 2005-2012, 2022-
|-
|Mumtaz Hussain
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Balsall Heath West]]
| Shehla Moledina
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Bartley Green]]
|Bruce Lines
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2003–
|-
|Kerry Brewer
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Billesley, West Midlands|Billesley]]
|Phil Davies
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2012–
|-
|Katherine Iroh
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2021–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Birchfield, Birmingham|Birchfield]]
|Mahmood Hussain
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1996–2011, 2012–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Bordesley and Highgate]]
|Yvonne Mosquito
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1996–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Bordesley Green]]
|Raqeeb Aziz
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="2"| Bournbrook and Selly Park
|Jamie Scott
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024–
|-
|Karen McCarthy
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2012–
|-
|rowspan="2"| Bournville and Cotteridge
|Liz Clements
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2017–
|-
|Fred Grindrod
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2018–
|-
|rowspan="2"| Brandwood & King's Heath
|David Sean Barker
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|Lisa Trickett
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2012–
|-
|rowspan="2"| Bromford and Hodge Hill
|Diane Donaldson
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2016–
|-
|Majidd Mahmoob
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2011–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Castle Vale]]
|Ray Goodwin
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="1"| Druids Heath and Monyhull
|Julien Pritchard
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2018–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Edgbaston]]
|Deirdre Alden
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1999–
|-
|Matt Bennett
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2008–2012, 2015–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Erdington]]
|Robert Alden
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2006–
|-
|Gareth Moore
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2011–
|-
|rowspan="1"| Frankley Great Park
|Simon Morrall
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK) (suspended)}}
|2018–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Garretts Green]]
|Saddak Miah
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2018–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Glebe Farm and Tile Cross]]
|Marje Bridle
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1986–
|-
|John Cotton
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1999–2008, 2010–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Gravelly Hill]]
|Mick Brown
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2012–
|-
|rowspan="2"| Hall Green North
|Akhlaq Ahmed
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Co-operative}}
|2018–
|-
| Saima Suleman
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2021–
|-
|rowspan="1"| Hall Green South
|Timothy Huxtable
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2002–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Handsworth, West Midlands|Handsworth]]
|Hendrina Quinnen
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2009–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Handsworth Wood]]
|Gurdial Singh Atwal
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2004–
|-
|Narinder Kaur Kooner
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2006–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Harborne]]
|Martin Brooks
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, administratively suspended in September 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://x.com/martinibrooks/status/1834646164911603891 | title=CLLR Martin Brooks OBE 🇺🇦 (@martinibrooks) on X | work=X (formerly Twitter) }}</ref>}}

|1982–1999, 2022–
|-
|Jayne Francis
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2016–
|-
|rowspan="1"| Heartlands
|Shafique Shah
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2005–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Highter's Heath]]
|Adam Higgs
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2018–
|-
|rowspan="1"| Holyhead
|Rinkal Shergill
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, resigned to become independent in October 2025.}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[King's Norton and Northfield Urban District|King's Norton North]]
|Carmel Corrigan
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024–
|-
|rowspan="1"| King's Norton South
|Rob Grant
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Kingstanding]]
|Des Hughes
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK) (suspended) }}
|2010–2014, 2015–2018, 2022–
|-
|Clifton Welch
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2024–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Ladywood]]
|Albert Bore
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1980–
|-
|Kath Hartley
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1996–2000, 2002–
|-
|rowspan="2"| Longbridge and West Heath
|Debbie Clancy
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2015–
|-
|Ron Storer
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2014–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Lozells]]
|Waseem Zaffar
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2011–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Moseley]]
|Izzy Knowles
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|Philip Mills
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2025–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Nechells]]
|Lee Marsham
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Newtown, Birmingham|Newtown]]
|Ziaul Islam
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2006–
|-
|rowspan="2"| North Edgbaston
|Marcus Bernasconi
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|Sharon Thompson
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2014–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Northfield, Birmingham|Northfield]]
|Esther Rai
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2024–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Oscott]]
|Barbara Dring
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, resigned to become independent in July 2025.}}
|2004–
|-
|Darius Sandhu 
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2021–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Perry Barr]]
|Jon Hunt
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2003–
|-
|Jan Morriam
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2017–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Perry Common]]
|Jilly Bermingham
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1995–2008, 2022–
|-
|rowspan="1"| [[Pype Hayes]]
|Basharat Mahmood
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Quinton, Birmingham|Quinton]]
|Sam Forsyth
| {{Party name with colour|Independent }}<ref>Originally elected as Labour, resigned from the party in April 2025 over Pest Control Fees introduced the in April 2025 during the Birmingham Bin Strikes. Now sitting as an independent. </ref>
|2022–
|-
|Lauren Rainbow
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
| rowspan="1" | Rubery and Rednal
|Adrian Delaney
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2004–2015, 2018–
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Shard End]]
|Ian Ward
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1995–
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Sheldon, West Midlands|Sheldon]]
|Paul Tilsley
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|1968–1982, 1988–
|-
|Colin Green
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Small Heath]]
|Shabina Bano
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, defected to the Liberal Democrats in September 2024.}}
|2022–
|-
|Saqib Khan
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, resigned to become independent in October 2025.}}
|2022–
|-
| rowspan="2" | Soho and Jewellery Quarter
|Chaman Lal
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, resigned to become independent in October 2025.}}
|1994–
|-
|Sybil Spence
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|1986–
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[South Yardley]]
|Zaker Choudhry
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2006–2010, 2014–
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath East]]
|Mohammed Azim
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2004–2006, 2012–
|-
|Shabrana Hussain
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2016–
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Sparkhill]]
|Rashad Mahmood
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|Nicky Brennan
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2018–
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Stirchley, West Midlands|Stirchley]]
|Mary Locke
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2016–
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Stockland Green]]
|Amar Khan
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, resigned to become independent in October 2025.}}
|2022–
|-
|Jane Jones
| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}{{refn|group=note|Originally elected as Labour, resigned to become independent in July 2025.}}
|2022–
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Sutton Four Oaks]]
|Maureen Cornish
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2007–
|-
| rowspan="1" | Sutton Mere Green
|Meirion Jenkins
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2012–
|-
| rowspan="1" | Sutton Reddicap
|Richard Parkin
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
| rowspan="1" | Sutton Roughley
|Ewan Mackey
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2014–
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Sutton Trinity]]
|David Pears
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|1987–1991, 1992–1996, 2004–
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Sutton Vesey (ward)|Sutton Vesey]]
|Rob Pocock
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2012–
|-
|Kath Scott
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2018–
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Sutton Walmley and Minworth]]
|David Barrie
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2009–
|-
|Ken Wood
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2008–2012, 2014–
|-
| rowspan="1" | Sutton Wylde Green
|Alex Yip
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|2015–
|-
| rowspan="1" | Tyseley and Hay Mills
|Zafar Iqbal
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2012–
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Ward End]]
|Bushra Bi 
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
| rowspan="2" | Weoley and Selly Oak
|Miranda Perks
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
|Jamie Tennant
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|2022–
|-
| rowspan="1" | Yardley East
|Deborah Harries
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2021–
|-
| rowspan="1" | Yardley West and Stechford
|Baber Baz
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
|2018–
|}
{{reflist|group=note}}

==Premises==
The council meets and has some offices at the [[Council House, Birmingham|Council House]] on [[Victoria Square, Birmingham|Victoria Square]] in the city centre. The building was first completed in 1879 for the old borough council and has been extended several times since.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Council House, City Museum and Art Gallery and Council House extension|grade=II*|num=1210333|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> The council has several other office buildings, notably at 10 Woodcock Street, completed in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Birmingham council staff prepare for move into new £38m office block |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/birmingham-council-staff-prepare-move-3917581 |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=Business Live |date=27 October 2011}}</ref> There are two customer services centres, at 67 Sutton New Road in Erdington and at 1a Vineyard Road in Northfield.<ref>{{cite web |title=Customer Service Centres |url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/directory/28/customer_service_centres |website=Birmingham City Council |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> The possible closure and sale of some of the council's buildings is being considered as part of addressing the council's financial difficulties following the issuing of the Section 114 notice in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbert |first1=Simon |last2=Sandiford |first2=Josh |title='Dark day' for city amid tax rises and assets sale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g0y1xvqgvo |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=BBC News |date=20 February 2024}}</ref>

== Chief executives ==

[[File:Birmingham City Council Chief Executive - Mark Rogers.jpg|thumb|upright|Mark Rogers in 2014]]

Past chief executives have included:

* {{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|1994}} |end_date={{End date|2001}} |event=[[Michael Lyons (BBC chairman)|Sir Michael Lyons]] }}
* {{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|2002}} |end_date={{End date|2005}} |event=[[Lin Homer]] }}
*{{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|2005}} |end_date={{End date|2014}} |event=Stephen Hughes }}<ref name="HughesGone">{{cite web|url=http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2013/12/new-chief-executive-appointed/|title=New Chief Executive appointed|last=K|first=Sarah|date=20 December 2013|publisher=Birmingham City Council|access-date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
* {{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|2014}} |end_date={{End date|2017}} |event= Mark Rogers }}<ref name="BBC-39021051">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-39021051|title=Chief executive of Birmingham City Council Mark Rogers leaves role|date=19 February 2017|work=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref>
* {{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|2017}} |end_date= |event= Angela Probert (Acting) }}<ref name="Kirby">{{cite web|url=http://birminghamnewsroom.com/birmingham-to-name-stella-manzie-as-interim-chief-executive/|title=Birmingham to name Stella Manzie as Interim Chief Executive|last=Kirby|first=Sarah|date=20 March 2017|publisher=Birmingham City Council|access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref>
* {{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|2017}} |end_date=2018 |event= [[Stella Manzie]] (Interim) }}<ref name="Kirby" /><ref name="Ndikon">{{cite web|last1=Ndikon|first1=Uchenna|title=Management structure|url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50068/how_the_council_works/965/management_structure|website=www.birmingham.gov.uk|publisher=Birmingham City Council|access-date=12 December 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* {{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|2018}} |end_date={{End date|2019}}|event=Dawn Baxendale }}<ref name="BCC-MS">{{cite web|title=Management structure|url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50068/how_the_council_works/965/management_structure|publisher=Birmingham City Council|access-date=4 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
*2019 {{ndash}} 2020 Clive Heaphy (Acting)
*2020 {{ndash}} Chris Naylor (Interim)
*{{Timeline-event |date={{Start date|2021}} |end_date={{End date|2024}} |event=[[Deborah Cadman]] }}
*2024 {{ndash}} Graeme Betts (Acting)
*2024 {{ndash}} Joanne Roney

== Services and facilities ==
Notable services provided and facilities managed by Birmingham City Council include:

* [[Library of Birmingham]]
* [[Public Library and Baths, Balsall Heath]]
* [[Birmingham Wholesale Markets]]
* Cemeteries
** [[Brandwood End Cemetery]]
** [[Mortuary Chapel, Handsworth Cemetery|Handsworth Cemetery]]
** [[Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham|Lodge Hill Cemetery]]
** [[Witton Cemetery]]
* [[Council House, Birmingham|Council House]]
* [[Hall of Memory (Birmingham)|Hall of Memory]]
* Parks
** [[Brookvale Park Lake|Brookvale Park]]
** [[Calthorpe Park]]
** [[Handsworth Park]]
** [[Kings Heath Park]]
** [[Swanshurst Park]]
** Several [[:Category:Country parks in Birmingham, West Midlands|country parks]]

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.

===Highways===
In 2010, Birmingham City Council agreed 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.<ref name="Elkes">{{cite news |last1=Elkes |first1=Neil |title=Gone to pot? City council in dispute with repairs contractor Amey over quality of roads |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/gone-pot-city-council-dispute-8535623?_ga=2.232197339.552829252.1644484003-425634795.1636358392 |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=BusinessLive |date=29 January 2015}}</ref> In December 2018, Amey parent Ferrovial put the business up for sale,<ref name="TCI-03Dec2018">{{cite news |title=Amey up for sale |url=https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/amey-up-for-sale |access-date=3 December 2018 |work=The Construction Index |date=3 December 2018}}</ref> after allocating €237m for losses on Amey's highway maintenance contract with the Council.<ref name="TCI-03Dec2018"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/legal-dispute-could-cost-birmingham-11609054 |title=Legal dispute could cost Birmingham roads contractor £55&nbsp;million |first=Neil |last=Elkes |work=[[Birmingham Mail]] |date=13 July 2016 |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> In February 2019, Amey was close to a deal to exit its Birmingham contract, liabilities from which were preventing the company's sale by Ferrovial.<ref name="Daniel-17Feb2019">{{cite news |last1=Daniel |first1=Alex |title=Amey eyes escape route from Birmingham road repair PFI contract |url=http://www.cityam.com/273359/amey-eyes-escape-route-birmingham-road-repair-pfi-contract |access-date=18 February 2019 |work=City A.M. |date=17 February 2019}}</ref> A £215m deal to terminate Amey's Birmingham contract<ref name="Morby-31May2019">{{cite news |last1=Morby |first1=Aaron |title=Amey to pay £215m to exit Brum highways PFI |url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2019/05/30/amey-to-pay-215m-to-quit-brum-highways-pfi/ |access-date=31 May 2019 |work=Construction Enquirer |date=31 May 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Prior-01Jul2019">{{cite news |last1=Prior |first1=Grant |title=Amey agrees to pay £215m to end Birmingham roads contract |url=http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2019/07/01/amey-agrees-to-pay-215m-to-terminate-birmingham-roads-contract/ |access-date=1 July 2019 |work=Construction Enquirer |date=1 July 2019}}</ref> However, in February 2020, it 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.<ref name="Morby-04Feb2020">{{cite news |last1=Morby |first1=Aaron |title=Kier stands in for Amey on Birmingham Highways upkeep |url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2020/02/04/kier-stands-in-for-amey-on-birmingham-highways-upkeep/ |access-date=4 February 2020 |work=Construction Enquirer |date=4 February 2020}}</ref> In February 2022, the city council formally began the process of identifying a contractor to deliver £2.7 billion of works over 12 years,<ref name="Morby-9Feb2022">{{cite news |last1=Morby |first1=Aaron |title=Bidding to start for rejigged £2.7bn Birmingham highways job |url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2022/02/09/bidding-to-start-for-rejigged-2-7bn-birmingham-highways-job/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=Construction Enquirer |date=9 February 2022}}</ref> and invited Kier and Canadian firm [[AtkinsRéalis|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, the council claimed the government was preparing to "pull the plug" on £600m of highways funding.<ref name="CN-31Oct2023">{{cite news |last1=Knott |first1=Jonathan |title=£600m Birmingham roads contract set to be axed, claims council |url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/600m-birmingham-roads-contract-set-to-be-axed-claims-council-31-10-2023/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |work=Construction News |date=31 October 2023}}</ref> Kier were awarded the restructured contract, set to start in February 2024, but the deal was subject to government approval.<ref name="Knott-02Nov2023">{{cite news |last1=Knott |first1=Jonathan |title=Kier picked for restructured £2.7bn Birmingham roads contract |url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/kier/kier-picked-for-restructured-2-7bn-birmingham-roads-contract-02-11-2023 |access-date=2 November 2023 |work=Construction News |date=2 November 2023}}</ref> The Department for Transport pulled support for the restructured business case, forcing the council to switch to a fully publicly funded model, and in November 2025, the Council invited bids on a new deal to deliver highways and infrastructure worth around £1bn over eight year across the city and wider Midlands.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morby |first1=Aaron |title=Birmingham fires starting gun on £1bn highways shake-up |url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/18/birmingham-fires-starting-gun-on-1bn-highways-shake-up/ |access-date=18 November 2025 |work=Construction Enquirer |date=18 November 2025}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Government of Birmingham]]
* [[Birmingham City Council elections]]
* [[Birmingham Baths Committee]]
* [[Redevelopment of Birmingham]]
* [[City Architect of Birmingham]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.birmingham.gov.uk Birmingham City Council]
* [http://www.birminghamnewsroom.com Birmingham City Council news]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110906033333/http://openlylocal.com/councils/167-Birmingham-City-Council Birmingham City Council on OpenlyLocal]

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