Words by Ed King
Reform UK’s Danny Carter (aka DJ Paris) has taken Pype Hayes Ward for Farage’s party, securing another seat away from Birmingham Labour.
As half of the seats in the Erdington constituency have now been returned, this marks the second scalp for Reform UK – proving the national pollsters right in their predictions that these local elections would see a significant number of seats go their way.
Carter secured Pype Hayes Ward for Reform UK with 1073 votes, pushing him leagues ahead of Labour’s Fayaz Khuhro who secured under half that number with only 513 votes.
Elsewhere, Athena Christina Tsouvallaris came in third for Local Conservatives with 331 votes – closely followed by Green Party candidate Julian Skidmore with 309 votes. Umar Al-Haq, standing as an independent, secured on 64 votes.
Speaking to Erdington Local after the results were announced, Danny Cater told: “I am born and bred Erdington, I grew up in Erdington, I went to school in Erdington, I lived in Pype Hayes for 20 years.
He added: “Everyone in our community knows me. The candidate that lost didn’t lose because they were Labour, they lost because the people know me.”
