Editing Birmingham City Council (section)

===Leadership===
{{see also|List of mayors of Birmingham}}
The role of Lord Mayor of Birmingham is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the [[leader of the council]]. The first leader of the council after the 1974 reforms, Clive Wilkinson, had been the leader of the old county borough of Birmingham since December 1973.<ref name=Wilkinson1973/> The leaders since 1973 have been:

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
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| Clive Wilkinson<ref name=Wilkinson1973>{{cite news |last1=Slim |first1=John |title=The new Mr Birmingham |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Birmingham Post |date=7 December 1973 |page=10}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|Dec 1973 || align=right|May 1976
|-
| [[Neville Bosworth]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Tories sweep back: Labour lose control of Birmingham after four years |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Evening Mail |date=7 May 1976 |location=Birmingham |page=14}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1976 || align=right|May 1980
|-
| Clive Wilkinson<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roy |title=Bosworth's men swept out in Labour tidal wave |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Evening Mail |date=2 May 1980 |location=Birmingham |page=27}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1980 || align=right|May 1982
|-
| [[Neville Bosworth]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roy |last2=Clarke |first2=Roger |title=It's a night of triumph for the Tories |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Evening Mail |date=7 May 1982 |location=Birmingham |page=1}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1982 || align=right|May 1984
|-
| [[Dick Knowles]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Roy |title=Labour's mods firmly in control of city |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Evening Mail |date=8 May 1984 |location=Birmingham |page=4}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1984 || align=right|Oct 1993
|-
| [[Theresa Stewart]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Philip |title=Leader gets back to basics |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Birmingham Post |date=6 October 1993 |page=8}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|Oct 1993 || align=right|May 1999
|-
| [[Albert Bore]]<ref>{{cite news |title=New city leader |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |date=9 May 1999 |page=12}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 1999 || align=right|May 2004
|-
| [[Mike Whitby]] || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|June 2004 || align=right|3 May 2012
|-
| [[Albert Bore]] || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|3 May 2012 || align=right|1 Dec 2015
|-
| [[John Clancy (Labour politician)|John Clancy]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Birmingham City Council elects new leader John Clancy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-34907832 |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=BBC News |date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Clare |title=Birmingham City Council leader John Clancy resigns after bins strike fiasco |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2017/09/11/birmingham-city-council-leader-john-clancy-resigns-after-bins-strike-fiasco/ |access-date=12 September 2022 |work=Express and Star |date=11 September 2017}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|1 Dec 2015 || align=right|11 Sep 2017
|-
| Ian Ward<ref>{{cite web |title=Confirmation of Leader and Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council |url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/188/confirmation_of_leader_and_deputy_leader_of_birmingham_city_council |website=Birmingham City Council |date=7 November 2017}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|7 Nov 2017 || align=right|23 May 2023
|-
| John Cotton<ref>{{cite web |title=Council's new Cabinet line-up confirmed |url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/1337/council_s_new_cabinet_line-up_confirmed |website=Birmingham City Council |date=23 May 2023|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|23 May 2023 || align=right|
|}