Expense Scandal MP holds Selly Oak seat
Labour’s Steve McCabe retained his seat in the Birmingham constituency of Selly Oak, for the fourth term – despite a Conservative swing of 6.2%. McCabe, who stood as MP for Hall Green from 1997 until 2010, won 17,950 votes (38.5%) in the area, a loss of 7.6% on the last general election. The Conservative candidate [...]
Council Plan A New Strategy To Help Businesses Recycle
Birmingham City Council admit that although Government recycling targets are assessed on residential statistics, they are doing there upmost to address the issue for business recycling. The council currently offer services to 7,000 businesses which is roughly 20% of businesses in Birmingham, who currently pay £9 for waste collection. Although the council can not offer [...]
The Studio hosts successful Home Grown Health Exhibition
The first Home Grow Health Exhibition to be held at The Studio, Cannon St, Birmingham proved to be of great success. Around 100 guests gathered to view the exhibitors stands on Tuesday 4th May. There were around ten stands at the exhibition featuring specialists in growing vegetables, the environment, and natural and herbal remedies. Stands [...]
Eco Salon’s in Birmingham
Birmingham has continued to receive positive feedback about the city’s contribution to helping the environment, but what are local salons doing to raise Birmingham’s profile as a Green City? With eco friendly hair products such as TIGI’s ‘Love People and the Planet’ and Easydry’s ‘Disposable Towels’ we look into Birmingham’s salons to see who’s doing [...]
Yardley remains yellow as Hemming retains Lib Dem seat, but no green in sight
The Liberal Democrats have retained their seat in Birmingham Yardley with an increased majority over their 2005 election result. John Hemming, who gained the seat five years ago from Labour candidate Estelle Morris, was re-elected as MP for the constituency with 16,162 votes and a 39.6% share of the votes. Their majority over the second-placed [...]
Birmingham 2010 General Election Results
All the results are in and throughout Birmingham the turnout for the General Election was between 55% to 65% despite problems in numerous areas, including Ladywood, where members of the public were denied the ability to vote due to long queues and inadequate polling stations. Environmental policies though, took a backseat during this election but [...]
Perry Barr held strongly by Labour
The Perry Barr Constituency of Birmingham was left firmly in the hands of Labour Candidate, Khalid Mahmood after a night that saw a lot of surprises including the first ever Green party MP. Mr Mahmood received 50.3% of the vote which is a 3.3% swing from what he had in 2005, taking votes away from [...]
One of the country’s first female Asian MPs elected in Ladywood
Shabana Mahmood has become one of the country’s first female Asian MPs after being elected in the Ladywood constituency yesterday. Mahmood won the seat previously held by former Labour MP Clare Short with a three percent increase in votes. There was a 2.5% swing in votes from Liberal Democrats to Labour. In this general election, [...]