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Sparkbrook is an inner-city area in south-east Birmingham, England. It is one of the four wards forming the Hall Green formal district within Birmingham City Council.
Etymology
The area receives its name from Spark Brook, a small stream which flowed south of the city centre. It was later channelled and partially used for a canal.
Politics
Sparkbrook ward is represented by one Respect councillor on Birmingham City Council, Shokat Ali and two Labour councillors, Tony Kennedy and Victoria Quinn.
Its former independent councillor, the late Talib Hussain, was elected as a Liberal Democrat but resigned from the party after being sacked from the council's cabinet.
Sparkbrook Ward has adopted a Ward Support Officer with the current holder of the title being Becky Jones.