Birmingham City Council
Birmingham City Council | |
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Council logo post-2015 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Joanne Roney CBE | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 101 councillors |
Political groups |
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Joint committees | West Midlands Combined Authority |
| Elections | |
| 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 | |
| Constitution | |
| www | |
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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, 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 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.