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Kingstanding is an area in north Birmingham, England. It gives its name to a ward in the Erdington formal district. Kingstanding ward includes the areas; Perry Common, St. Mary's College, Witton Lakes and parts of Kingstanding Circle, Wirley Birch and New Oscott. The other part of Kingstanding falls under the Oscott ward. The name of the area is supposedly derived from the occasion when the Stuart King Charles I reviewed his troops in the area on October 18 1642 during the English Civil War, after his stay at nearby Aston Hall. The area was largely rural until the 1930s and 40s, when most of the current housing was built. Most of the houses in Kingstanding were built as council houses. Kingstanding houses a covered drinking water reservoir, Perry Barr Reservoir, on the site of the former Perry Barr Farm. The Kingstanding ward was the scene of political controversy in May 2006 when it initially appeared its voters had elected a British National Party candidate, Sharon Ebanks, to Birmingham City Council - the first BNP candidate ever to be elected in Birmingham. However, it was announced by the Returning Officer shortly after the declaration that a counting error had taken place and, following a High Court recount, Ebanks was removed as Councillor on 26 July 2006 and replaced by Labour candidate Catherine Grundy *
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