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Ladywood is an inner-city area in Birmingham , England . It is also a Council Constituency , managed by its own District Committee . The constituency includes the smaller Ladywood Ward and the wards of Aston , Nechells and Soho . The Ladywood ward and constituency both include Birmingham city centre.

From the late 1990s , developers have constructed apartment residences alongside the canals.

The area is served by two libraries; Spring Hill Library and Ladywood Library .


POPULATION

At the time of the 2001 Population Census, 23,789 people were living in Ladywood with a population density of 3,330 people per km&2 compared with 3,649 people per km&2 for Birmingham. Nearly half of the population of Ladywood consists of ethnic minorities. 49% of the ward's population consists of ethnic minorities compared with 29.6% for Birmingham in general.


WARD


The ward is currently represented by three Labour councillors at the Birmingham City Council ; Sir Albert Bore , Kath Hartley and Carl Rice.

Ladywood Ward has adopted a Ward Support Officer with the current holder of the title being Sandra Lawrence.


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