Mariam Khan wins in Washwood Heath

Further to the previous post Mariam Khan has been elected as councillor for Washwood Heath.

The result in full:

Mariam Khan (Labour)  6608 (80.55%)

Mohammad Azam (Liberal Democrat) 1049 (12.79%)

Arthur Davis (UKIP) 185 (2.25%)

John Bentley (Green) 184 (2.24%)

Allister Du Plessis (Conservative) 178 (2.16%)

Majority: 5559

Mariam Khan , aged 21, together with her newly elected colleague Josh Jones in Stockland Green, thus becomes one of the youngest ever City Councillors in Birmingham's history, as in modern times the age at which someone could stand for political office was only reduced to below 21 in summer 2010.