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6 in 10 young voters turned out to vote on May 7 2015. BBC Midlands Today’s Joanne Writtle’s been talking to them about who they decided to support: 

So the only big change in Birmingham after GE2015 was in Yardley, where Labour candidate Jess Phillips ousted John Hemming from the Liberal Democrats. Here’s a few things you might not know about her... 

Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell reacts to Nick Clegg's resignation as leader of Lib Dem.

After a slow start it ultimately ended up in a night of few surprises in Birmingham, with the only really interesting result being #Yardley where Jess Phillips ousted Liberal Democrat John Hemming. Labour held on everywhere else apart from Sutton Coldfield, which was retained by Conservative Andrew Mitchell. No surprise there either then...

I'm at the ICC in Birmingham where results for 9 of the city's 10 constituencies will be revealed over the course of the evening. You can follow our live coverage from here, as well as from student hotspots around the city, on our twitter feed: brumvotes

We’re holding a hustings from 7pm-8pm tonight on Twitter. Follow it on brumvotes and use #brumvotes to ask a question. Taking part will be Luke Evans (Conservative, Edgbaston), Jess Phillips (Labour, Yardley) John Hemming (Lib Dem, Yardley), Ted Woodley (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, Erdington), Teval Stephens, (Respect, Yardley) James Lovatt (Green Party, Perry Barr) Andrew Garcarz (Erdington, Ukip) and Henna Rai (Independent, Edgbaston) 

Can the Lib Dem’s Edgbaston contender Lee Dargue score some punchy points?  Or will the Erdington Green gladiator Joe Belcher find the arguments to put his opponent on the ropes?

Can Labour’s Yardley challenger Jess Phillips pack the political punches to outpoint the Edgbaston Independent Henna Rai?

Umaymah discusses immigration in the latest instalment of our spoken word artist series

We are not a burden we are part of this society” says 20-year-old from Birmingham

This map shows how Labour (red), the Liberal Democrats (yellow) and the Tories (blue) did in Birmingham in the 2010 elections. How will it look on Friday? Can Labour hold on to all those seats? 

Oliver Jerram tackles housing in the latest Make Your Mark film

Here's our third spoken word artist ahead of polling day on Thursday. More to come

Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg is invited to take part in kick-up challenge!

Check out this spoken word performance about the environment! We’re working with Beatfreeks to deliver one every day until polling day!

Some of the candidates tell us their best gags

Have you seen Liberty GB Ladywood candidate Tim Burton try the #brumvoteskickupchallenge ??