Birmingham Local Conservatives have called on all parties to work together to provide stability for the city after today’s Council AGM failed to elect a Leader and form a new administration.
With Birmingham City Council still facing severe financial pressures, unresolved equal pay liabilities, an ongoing bin strike, the planned move to fortnightly bin collections, and major uncertainty over highways funding, the Local Conservatives have warned that the city cannot afford further drift, delay, or political chaos.
The Conservative Group has over 180 years of collective local government experience, more than the rest of the Council combined and are urging all groups to put residents first in the coming weeks and months.
Councillor Robert Alden (Con, Erdington) Leader of the Birmingham Local Conservatives, said:
Birmingham hasn’t elected one clear party to run the City, but a mix of representatives from different parties. This means we owe it to our residents to work together, regardless of party affiliation, to provide the stable administration they deserve. Residents do not want political games or an administration held hostage by the extremes. They want bins collected, roads repaired, neighbourhoods cleaned up, and the Council’s finances brought back under control.
All parties now need to work together to provide stability for the city. The Local Conservatives have over 180 years of collective local government experience, more than the rest of the Council combined, and we are urging all groups to work together to clean up Birmingham.
Trying to administer Birmingham from the extremes would cause chaos, not the stability residents deserve. The challenges facing the Council are too serious for ideological experiments or political posturing.
The Local Conservatives said the failure to form a new administration at the AGM underlines the need for councillors across the chamber to act responsibly and focus on practical solutions.
Councillor Alex Yip (Con, Sutton Wylde Green), Deputy Leader of Birmingham Local Conservatives, added:
This is a critical moment for Birmingham. The Council is still in financial distress, equal pay remains unresolved, the bin strike is ongoing, weekly bin collections are at risk, and the city faces a major highways funding black hole.
No single party has even 25% of councillors in the city, and no party has a mandate to ignore the rest of the chamber. That means councillors must work together where possible, use the experience that exists within the Council, and put residents first.
The Local Conservatives stand ready to work constructively with others to deliver the stability Birmingham urgently needs. But any administration must be grounded in competence, financial responsibility, and practical action, not chaos from the extremes.
