The Bournville ward contains the areas of Bournville, Cotteridge and parts of Stirchley and Kings Norton.

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There are approximately 27,000 people resident in the Bournville ward.

The population density is roughly 40 persons per hectare compared to an average of around 36.5 for Birmingham as a whole. The average age is 32 compared to 36 for the city as a whole.

The white British population accounts for around 83% of all residents.

Approximately 4% of the population is of Asian origin with roughly 1.5% from Pakistan, 2% from India and 0.5% from Bangladesh.

Around 3% of the population is black, including 2% of Afro-Caribbean descent.

5% are white non-British (including Irish), 4% are of mixed race, and 1% are of Chinese origin or belong to some other ethnic group.

These estimates may differ from official census data which is now several years out of date and which was collated in respect of different ward boundaries.

This low-density model village, now managed by the Bournville Village Trust, has expanded considerably in the past century and now contains around 7,800 homes distributed over 1000 acres.

These include a large number of older terraces and semi-detached homes, many of which were individually designed in the arts and crafts style. The post-war stock features a large number of detached houses built by Bryant in the 1970's.

The Bournville ward also contains rows of higher density pre-1919 terraces and an interwar council estate, mainly of semi-detached pairs, at Stirchley.

The rate of owner occupation in Bournville is around 65%. Roughly 8% of homes are rented from private landlords and around 25% from the local authority or housing associations.

0% of the ward is amongst the 5% most deprived areas in England; 7% of the ward is amongst the 10% most deprived areas in England; and 18% is amongst the 20% most deprived areas in England (how is deprivation measured?).

The major employers are Cadbury (around 1500 jobs), Serco (software & hardware consultants = 1000), Hygiene Group (specialist industrial cleaners = 250), Howdens Joinery (200); and

Phoenix Health (wholesale pharmaceuticals = 200), Midlands Co-op (190), Bournville School (100), West Midlands Police (100), Kings Norton Girls School (100), Hoerbiger (manufacturer compressor valves = 85).

These figures are estimates only.

Bournville Park, Bournville Sports Ground, Cotteridge Park, Cotteridge Recreation Ground, Griffins Brook Recreation Ground, Hazlewell Recreation Ground, Hole Playing Fields; Old Griffinian Sports Ground; and

Rea Valley, Rowheath Playing Fields, Stirchley Recreation Ground, Valley Parkway, Woodbrooke College Sports Grounds, Woodlands Park and Woodlands Hospital Sports Ground.

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 Green = green spaces; Brown = industrial/trading estates; Purple = Commercial/retail areas

The Bournville ward forms part of the Selly Oak constituency

He sits on the Bournville Ward Committee, the Selly Oak Constituency Committee, the Licensing Committee and the Local Services and Community Safety Committee.

He sits on the Bournville Ward Committee, the Selly Oak Constituency Committee and the Children and Education Committee.

He is the Executive Cabinet Member for Transportation and Regeneration and sits on the Bournville Ward Committee and the Selly Oak Constituency Committee.

Conservative Hold with a majority of 276 and 42.67% of votes cast; 19,389 voters were registered; the turnout was 45.6%.