Come Along

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Events for Campaign To engage and inform as many people as possible, several events are being organized by those supporting the YES! campaign and other independent organisations to highlight why an elected mayor is a great opportunity (or not) for Birmingham to develop and become a better city. Currently, these events include: Future Gov is [...]

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Get Involved

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We want Birmingham to vote Yes for an Elected Mayor in May 2012. To do this we need as many Brummies to get involved and play their part in the Campaign. There are so many ways that you can get involved: – tell your friends, family, colleagues about the Campaign and that you are going [...]

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Spread the Word

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The Yes to Birmingham Mayor campaign is using social media and how we use it will help the campaign become a trusted and well visited hub of information—which will encourage questions and contact with you, the interested citizens. We have the following social media channels set up, so please share, enjoy and debate the issues [...]

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Why are we campaigning?

Birmingham’s an exceptional city. It’s young; it’s incredibly diverse and is built on an extraordinary industrial heritage.
And despite more than its fair share of problems, such as the decline of major employers like Rover, its people and its politicians have worked hard over the past 20 years to make the city a great place to live and work.

Brummies are rightly proud of their home.
But it hasn’t yet unleashed its full potential. We need more jobs and a healthier local economy, better transport, better schools, less crime and better care.
We think that’s down to the system that governs the city – not its people or their political leaders.
We need the power to do more, which is why we should vote ‘yes’ to an elected mayor in May.

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    Yes to Birmingham!

    Birmingham is a great city.  But our city hides a number of serious issues – deprivation, inequality, poverty – that affect a great number of Brummies. We also have a major problem – the people are not engaged in the political process.  Add to that a national media who are indifferent to Birmingham, and a [...]

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  • Press Release 4th May 2012

    For immediate release Friday 4 May 2012 NOW IS THE TIME FOR BIRMINGHAM – YES TO BIRMINGHAM CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES The Yes to Birmingham Mayor campaign have launched the next phase of our campaign – YES TO BIRMINGHAM After the referendum result, we have seen very clearly and powerfully how the people of Birmingham have lost [...]

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    Election day live

    Visit the livestream for text, photo and video updates throughout the day today and tomorrow. We are hoping to bring you a live video stream from the official count tomorrow from 2pm onwards.

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    Get out the Vote for #Yes2Brummayor

    GET INVOLVED!  The Yes Campaign needs your help on Thursday and Friday! On Thursday 3 May Birmingham will hold a historic vote on whether to have an elected Mayor.  We are campaigning for a Yes vote from the people of Birmingham to make this change for the better – we need your help! We need [...]

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    Yes2BrumMayor Volunteers Meetup

    YES TO BIRMINGHAM MAYOR – CAMPAIGN SOCIAL/GET OUT THE VOTE MEETING! Wednesday 2 May from 6pm til late Upstairs at The Sun on the Hill, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham City Centre All supporters, campaigners, candidates and Brummies generally are invited to our pre-election social this Wednesday evening at the Sun on the Hill in Central Birmingham. [...]

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  • More info from Localise West Midlands

    More information available in advance of the referendum next Thursday Localise West Midlands have contacted us to let us know that they have produced a useful briefing on the differences between the elected Mayor system we are campaigning for and the current system of a leader and cabinet on the city council. Their briefing can [...]

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  • Don’t forget to Vote…

    Whether you feel an Elected Mayor is a good idea or a risk not worth taking, you should vote in Thursday’s elections and referendum. Not for a very long time has you voice been so included in the conversation about Local Government and how we should do it in Brum. Your vote is an important [...]

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  • What is the difference between the Current Leader model and the Directly Elected Mayor model?

    We found this very useful: It’s a briefing paper from the website of Briefing on proposals for directly elected mayors November, 2011 Background The legislation allowing for directly elected mayors has been in place since 2000. Since the powers were introduced 37 referendums have taken place. 24 have been rejected and 13 approved. Currently 14 [...]

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  • A quick summary of Headline points from Brum Debate at Town Hall

    The Yes to Birmingham Mayor campaign took over the Town Hall on Sunday 15 April and invited Brummies to challenge the candidates on what a Mayor could do for the city.  With just 17 days to go until Birmingham votes in a referendum on whether to adopt an elected Mayor, the Yes campaign want to [...]

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  • Julia Higginbottom Speech from Brum Debate event 15/4/2012

    Welcome to the beautiful and hallowed place of the Town Hall Birmingham, a fitting place to have this debate. The Town Hall  opened in 1834, when Birmingham was at the forefront of the protests for national democratic reform, It was an important symbol for the City of Birmingham and was the place where local government [...]

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Contact

julia@yestobrummayor.com