Rasheda Begum: councillor for Newtown, Birmingham City Council

Rasheda Begum is a Labour councillor for the Newtown ward on Birmingham City Council, according to the council's own published list.

Council: Birmingham City Council
Ward: Newtown
Party: Labour
Official profile: birmingham.gov.uk
Source: Birmingham City Council: councillor pages on the council's website, read 3 November 2026, read 3 November 2026 (saved copy)

How to contact Rasheda Begum

These are the details Birmingham City Council publishes for Rasheda Begum, exactly as published on 3 November 2026:

Labour on Birmingham City Council

Labour holds 14 of the 100 seats on Birmingham City Council. The largest group is Reform UK, with 21. Seats by party: Reform UK 21, Green 19, Conservative 16, Labour 14, Liberal Democrat 12, Better Birmingham 7 and others.

All 100 councillors of Birmingham City Council, by ward and party.

Who has power over Newtown

Rasheda Begum sits on Birmingham City Council, at level 3 of the ten levels of power. These are the bodies above Birmingham, each with its own page:

West Midlands Combined Authority led by Richard Parker
West Midlands Police led by Simon Foster, Scott Green
Birmingham Edgbaston: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op)) MP
Birmingham Erdington: Paulette Hamilton (Labour) MP
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley: Tahir Ali (Labour) MP
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North: Liam Byrne (Labour) MP
Birmingham Ladywood: Shabana Mahmood (Labour) MP
Birmingham Northfield: Laurence Turner (Labour) MP
Birmingham Perry Barr: Ayoub Khan (Independent) MP
Birmingham Selly Oak: Al Carns (Labour) MP
Birmingham Yardley: Jess Phillips (Labour) MP
Sutton Coldfield: Sir Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) MP
UK government and all 650 MPs
United Nations, IMF, G7 and G20

The full ladder of power over Birmingham, from residents' groups to the G20.

Where this comes from

Birmingham City Council: councillor pages on the council's website, read 3 November 2026, read 3 November 2026 (saved copy). Published by Birmingham City Council. The page is rebuilt from the official list each time it is read again, so anything the council changes or removes changes here too. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.