The area had previously been part of the Parish of Northfield, and originally in north Worcestershire.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the wards of Selly Oak and Northfield, together with that "part of King's Norton Ward which is not included in the Moseley Division" were to form the Parliamentary constituency of King's Norton.
[2] Selly Oak ward remained within the King's Norton constituency until boundary alterations were provided in the 1948 Representation of the People Act, and the Northfield ward was placed in the newly constituted Parliamentary constituency of Northfield in 1950.
The elected Birmingham City Council members prior to the wards dissolution were: Karen McCarthy, Brigid Jones and Changese Khan of the Labour Party.
At the time Brigid Jones was also Birmingham City Council's Cabinet Member for Children and Family Services.