Although overshadowed by the General Election on the same day, Birmingham City Council had a full set of elections on the same day. The result in Acocks Green was a Labour hold for Stewart Stacey. The full result was as follows:

Stewart Stacey (Labour) 4,741 (44.4%)

Penny Wagg (Lib Dem) 2,846 (26.7%)

Gerry Moynihan (UKIP) 1,390 (13.0%)

Richard Sparkes (Tory) 1,174 (11.0%)

Amanda Baker (Green) 374 (3.5%)

Eamon Flyln (TUSC) 108 (1.0%)

Peter Johnson (SDP) 46 (0.4%)

Congratulations to Stewart who has a three year term to 2018 when all Councillors in Birmingham will be up for election following boundary changes. The Boundary Commission has just started work on these – it may also reduce the number of Councillors in Birmingham, though the Council has (rightly in my view) argued against this.