Birmingham Perry Barr general election results 2024

Nathan Clarke

5 July 2024 at 3:18 am·2-min read

Perry Barr has been held by Labour since the 1970s. — -Credit: (Image: SWNS)

Birmingham Perry Barr has been won by independent candidate Ayoub Khan as the results for the area were announced in the UK General Election. Mr Khan secured 13,303 votes to snatch the seat away from Labour in a tight race.

Labour's Khalid Mahmood came second with 12,796 votes, leaving Mr Khan with a majority of just 507 in the seat. Birmingham Perry Barr had eight candidates standing to be MP in the area - the seat had been held by Labour ever since they won it from the Conservatives in 1974.

Perry Barr is home to the Alexander Stadium and the new Perry Barr housing development - which is still fenced off almost five years since building work began. Prior to the election, locals expressed frustration at a lack of any real 'legacy' from the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

The constituency has changed slightly this year and now includes Birchfield, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood, Holyhead, Lozells, and parts of Oscott as well as Perry Barr. The Aston area is covered now by Birmingham Ladywood and other parts of Oscott by Birmingham Erdington.

Birmingham Perry Barr election results in full

The Birmingham Perry Barr seat has been won by independent candidate Ayoub Khan. Labour came second with the Conservatives in third place.

Here are the results in full.

Khalid Mahmood (Labour) - 12,796 votes
Ayoub Khan (Independent) - 13,303 votes
Garry Hickton (Conservatives) - 4,227 votes
Kefentse Dennis (Green Party) - 2,440 votes
Sabah Hamed (Liberal Democrats) - 1,302 votes
Akshay Khuttan (Reform UK) - 2,446 votes
Shangara Singh (Socialist Labour Party) - 453 votes

Who won in 2019?

Khalid Mahmood has been an MP for Perry Barr since 2001. -Credit:Darren Quinton/Birmingham Live

Khalid Mahmood held Perry Barr for Labour in 2019 with 26,594 votes and a 15,000-strong majority. Tory candidate Raaj Shamji came second in 2019 with 11,277 votes, with the Liberal Democrats in third.

Mahmood was as a Birmingham City Councillor from 1990 to 1993. He is a former engineer with a trade union background.

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Birmingham Perry Barr election results in full

Who won in 2019?

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