Words by Ed King
Reform UK have continued to clean up across the Erdington constituency, with wins across the board in both Kingstanding Ward and Oscott Ward – taking all the seats being contested and strengthening Nigel Farage’s party’s increasing domination of the Council election’s results.
Standing in Kingstanding, John Lambert and Jex Parkin beat ten other candidates from both mainstream parties and standing as independents – comfortably taking the two pole positions.
Speaking to Kingstanding/Erdington Local after the announcements, Reform’s Erdington constituency branch chair, John Lambert, told: “Its confirmation of what we already knew which is that people in Birmingham have wanted to see change for a long time.”
He added: “The Tories haven’t managed it, Labour hasn’t managed it, neither can the Lib Dems or the Greens, and we’ve seen a good result for Reform UK in Birmingham which I am really excited to be a part of.”
Standing in Oscott, Graham Green and James McAuley were voted also into office, with Reform UK again representing the entire ward and marking another resounding win for Reform UK.
Once a Conservative councillor, Graham Green has experience traversing the political landscape of Birmingham – and will be supporting his running mate, MartinMcAuley, who is a fresh local political contender.
“I’m sure the Council has changed from when I was last on there,” told Graham Green, “and Martin is new of course… so I am going to hold his hand and see what we can do for the people of Oscott.”
Reform’s win in Kingstanding and Oscott has seen end of two longstanding local councillors, Des Hughes and Barbara Dring – both of who were once stalwarts of Birmingham Labour, but following deselection stood in the 2026 local elections as independents.
With only a handful of seats left to be announced, it’s looking like the shake up to the status quo will continue – leaving some hard conversations around possible coalitions to be had before the people of Birmingham can have a firm idea of who will be running the city.
