Sparkbrook

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Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency shown within Birmingham

Sparkbrook is an area in south-east Birmingham, England. It is one of the four wards forming the Hall Green formal district within Birmingham City Council.

Sparkbrook has the second highest non white population in Birmingham, with a total of 79.3% [1] minority ethnic residents living in the mainly terraced area. Sparkbrook is home to Birmingham's "Balti Triangle", and many of the residents have their own balti businesses.

Sparkbrook ward is presently represented by one Liberal Democrat, one Independent and one Respect councillor on Birmingham City Council. Its Independent councillor, Talib Hussain, was elected as a Liberal Democrat but resigned from the party after being sacked from the council's cabinet[2].

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.

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Roy Hattersley, Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook in the County of West Midlands. It is famously also the original home of the world's most successful reggae band UB40

Anderton Road, Sparkbrook