Title: Leo Birmingham
Content:  Leo M. Birmingham (April 14, 1893 &ndash; January 15, 1936) was an American businessman and politician. Birmingham was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in the Brighton neighborhood. He graduated from the Boston College High School. In 1915, he graduated from Boston College. He served in World War I as a U.S. Navy ensign. He worked for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Birmingham then owned a funeral home in Brighton. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1925 until his death in 1936. Birmingham was a Democrat. Birmingham was elected House Democratic Floor Leader in 1929, a position he held until 1934. He died at his home in Brighton after a long illness. Shortly after his death, the House voted to rename Soldier's Field Road Extension as the Leo M. Birmingham Parkway in Brighton.
Title: Birmingham
Content:   Birmingham City Council is the largest local authority in Europe, in terms of the population it covers with 101 councillors representing 77 wards as of 2018. Its headquarters are at the Council House in Victoria Square. , the council has a Labour Party majority and is led by Ian Ward. Labour replaced the previous no overall control status at the May 2012 elections. The honour and dignity of a Lord Mayoralty was conferred on Birmingham by Letters Patent on 3 June 1896. Birmingham's ten parliamentary constituencies are represented in the House of Commons by two Conservative and eight Labour MPs. Originally part of Warwickshire, Birmingham expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, absorbing parts of Worcestershire to the south and Staffordshire to the north and west. The city absorbed Sutton Coldfield in 1974 and became a metropolitan borough in the new West Midlands county. A top-level government body, the West Midlands Combined Authority, was formed in April 2016. The WMCA holds devolved powers in transport, development planning, and economic growth. The authority is governed by a directly elected mayor, similar to the Mayor of London.
Title: 2015 Birmingham City Council election
Content:  The 2015 Birmingham City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Birmingham City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and also the 2015 UK General Election. In Birmingham the Labour Party went against the trend across the United Kingdom, as they lost the General Election the Labour Party managed to strengthen its hold on Birmingham City Council as well as performing well in the Westminster seats. This is despite the problems facing the Council in the form of the recent Operation Trojan Horse scandal and the Kerslake review, which was highly critical of Birmingham City Council. Albert Bore (Labour Group leader) said the Labour Party did well in Birmingham because it was honest and open with the people of Birmingham and that the people of Birmingham felt they had been unfairly targeted by the Conservative led government. All results compared to 2012, which is the term that expired in 2015. In 2011 Respect, who did not contest this election, were the main opposition to Labour in a small number of safe seats.
Title: 2012 English mayoral referendums
Content:  The referendum was held prior to decisions on the Mayoral responsibilities. Amongst those campaigning for a 'yes' vote in Birmingham were Gisela Stuart, Labour MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, Liam Byrne, Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, Sir Albert Bore, the leader of the Labour group on Birmingham City Council, and Siôn Simon, the former Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington. Liam Byrne confirmed he would stand for his party's nomination were voters to approve plans in the referendum. He was supported by ex-Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore. Those advocating a 'no' vote included Roger Godsiff, Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green and John Hemming, Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham Yardley. The post of West Midlands Mayor, chairing the West Midlands Combined Authority, was introduced in 2017 without a further referendum.
Title: Luke Evans (politician)
Content:  Evans stood as a Conservative candidate in Birmingham Edgbaston at the 2015 general election, and came second to the incumbent Labour MP, Gisela Stuart, who had represented the constituency since 1997. He supported the UK leaving the EU in the 2016 UK EU membership referendum. In September 2019, Evans beat constituency chairman and local councillor Peter Bedford in a secret ballot of around 100 Conservative Association members to be selected for the Bosworth seat. He was elected at the 2019 general election, succeeding the retiring Conservative MP David Tredinnick. Prior to the December 2019 election, Bosworth was listed as the 51st safest Conservative seat. Evans has served as a member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee since March 2020. He has supported the Twycross Zoo's £20m bid as part of the Levelling Up Scheme.
Title: Birmingham City Council
Content:   The council was run by a Labour administration between 1984 and 2004, with Sir Dick Knowles as Council Leader from 1984 to 1993, followed in turn by Theresa Stewart, and Sir Albert Bore. They lost overall control in 2003 but continued to run the council as a minority administration for the following year. At the election of 10 June 2004, the 121 seats were divided between the Labour, (53 councillors), Conservative (39) and Liberal Democrat (28) parties. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat groups then formed a governing coalition, moving Labour into opposition. In 2005, Richard Mawrey QC (as an election commissioner) ruled invalid Birmingham City Council elections in two wards, Aston and Bordesley Green, held the year before, and required re-votes. He blamed most of 
Title: Luke Bates
Content:  Luke Bates (1873 &ndash; January 1943) was a British trade union leader. Born in Blackburn, Bates became a weaver, then won election as secretary of the Skipton and District Weavers' and Winders' Association. In 1913, he was instead appointed as secretary of the larger Blackburn and District Weavers', Winders' and Warpers' Association. In 1919, he additionally became secretary of the Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation. Through these roles, he took part in all the main labour negotiations in the cotton industry. He was known for his diplomacy, and his wideranging knowledge of the industry. Bates joined the Labour Party, for which he was elected to Blackburn Town Council. From 1929 to 1931, he served as the first Labour Party Mayor of Blackburn. He also became a magistrate. Bates died early in 1943, still holding his trade union posts, and also served as an alderman in Blackburn.
Title: Birmingham
Content:  an extensive canal system had been constructed, giving greater access to natural resources and fuel for industries. During the Victorian era, the population of Birmingham grew rapidly to well over half a million and Birmingham became the second largest population centre in England. Birmingham was granted city status in 1889 by Queen Victoria. Joseph Chamberlain, mayor of Birmingham and later an MP, and his son Neville Chamberlain, who was Lord Mayor of Birmingham and later the British Prime Minister, are two of the most well-known political figures who have lived in Birmingham. The city established its own university in 1900.
Title: Birmingham City University
Content:  Current and former staff of the University and its former entities include novelists Jim Crace and Stephen Booth, nurse-author Bethann Siviter, journalist Paul Bradshaw, David Hallam Member of the European Parliament, Nigerian researcher and pollster Bell Ihua, scientist Kevin Warwick, environmentalist Chris Baines, politicians Khalid Mahmood (MP for Perry Barr) and Lynne Jones (former MP for Selly Oak), and former Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales Paul McDowell. Notable graduates of the University and its predecessor institutions working in broadcasting include children's television presenter Kirsten O'Brien, sports TV presenter Mary Rhodes, radio and TV presenters Fiona Phillips, Zoë Ball, Margherita Taylor and Phil Upton, investigative journalist Mark Williams-Thomas. Laurie Baker (1917–2007), British-born architect, Patrick le Quément, Chief of Design, Renault, Saiman Miah, 
Title: Birmingham (surname)
Content: Billy Birmingham (born 1953), Australian humorist ; Christian Birmingham, British illustrator ; Dan Birmingham, American boxing trainer ; DeCori Birmingham, American football player ; Edward de Birmingham (died bef. 1538), last member of the Birmingham family to hold the lordship of Birmingham ; George Birmingham (born 1954), Irish politician ; Gil Birmingham (born 1953), American actor ; Joe Birmingham (1884–1946), American baseball player ; John Birmingham (various) ; Kevin M. Birmingham, American Roman Catholic bishop ; Leo Birmingham (1893–1936), American politician ; Peter de Birmingham (12th century), founder of Birmingham as a regional economic centre ; Ray Birmingham (born 1955), American college baseball coach ; Richard Birmingham (died c. 1726), Justice of the Colonial Delaware Supreme Court ; Simon Birmingham (born 1974), Australian politician ; Stephen Birmingham (born 1932), American author ; Tom Birmingham (born 1949), American politician Birmingham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: 

Question: Verify the following claims with "True" or "False": When was Luca Vecchi a leader of Birmingham?
Answer: False