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Setback for Tories as Labour hold Birmingham Edgbaston

THE CONSERVATIVES suffered a major blow in Birmingham as Gisela Stuart hung on to her Edgbaston seat.Read

General Election 2010: Live Midlands coverage

OUR team of reporters are at election counts taking place across the West Midlands.Read

Lord Mandelson on the phones to win Edgbaston voters

“HELLO, this is Peter Mandelson calling from the Labour Party, to check if you will be supporting us on Thursday?”Read

General Election 2010: Battle for West Midlands votes

All eyes will be on Edgbaston, the former Conservative stronghold which Labour won from the Tories for the first time in 1997.Read

Election 2010: The battle between Tories and Labour for Edgbaston

Victoria Farncombe goes on the campaign trail in Birmingham’s most hotly contested seat.Read

Full video: Watch the leaders debate

Full video of the Birmingham-based leaders debateRead

General Election 2010 survey: Help shape our coverage

This Thursday, millions will tune in to watch the third and final leaders' debate, broadcast live from Birmingham.Read

Ed Balls claims Birmingham schools plan could be axed under Tory government

But Tories claimed that Labour was hiding its own plans to cut spending on new school buildings by more than half – which would also put the projects at risk.Read

Fifty-nine candidates to fight it out in General Election to be one of Birmingham's MPs

And while most attention will be focused on how Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat hopefuls get on in what promises to be the closest contest for decades, less prominent parties are also trying to get on the road to Westminster.Read

Edgbaston Tory candidate dismisses Liberal Democrat hopes

Edgbaston Conservative General Election hopeful Deirdre Alden has described her Liberal Democrat opponent as a “paper candidate”.Read

David Cameron back in Birmingham to drum up support

DAVID Cameron and his wife, Samantha returned to Birmingham to visit social enterprise project the Jericho Foundation which provides work and experience opportunities.Read

Three regional MPs to take part in election quiz

THREE key regional MPs will be quizzed by industry leaders at a General Election debate tonight organised by the city’s top business body Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Read

William Hague meets shoppers on the campaign trail in Harborne.

SHOPPERS going about their business in a city high street got swept up in the election when Tory heavyweight William Hague hit the campaign trail.Read

Gisela Stuart: We will battle to defend Birmingham seats

LABOUR has vowed to “fight tooth and nail” to defend its Birmingham seats – after Conservative leader David Cameron kicked off his bid for the keys to Number Ten with a visit to the city.Read

David Cameron hits campaign trail in Birmingham

TORY leader David Cameron swept into a Birmingham hospital to promise he would boost the city’s ailing manufacturing industries hours after the General Election was announced.Read

Polling stations in Bartley Green, Birmingham

Polling stations in Bartley Green, BirminghamRead

Polling stations in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham

Polling stations in the Edgbaston area of BirminghamRead

Polling stations in the Harborne area of Birmingham

Polling stations in the Harborne area of BirminghamRead

Polling stations in the Quinton area of Birmingham

Polling stations in the Quinton area of BirminghamRead

David Cameron sweeps into city as Battle for Birmingham begins

TORY leader David Cameron swept into a Birmingham hospital to promise he would boost the city’s ailing manufacturing industries hours after the General Election was announced.Read