Sheila Tyson
Democratic · AL · Jefferson County Commissioner, District 2
Sheila Tyson has represented District 2 on the Jefferson County Commission since 2018. She previously served on the Birmingham City Council.
Where Sheila Tyson stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Government Efficiency (2 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Urged Birmingham to shut down scrapyards in both Acipco-Finley and Avondale as the city council rejected a scrap metal processor's license over pollution in Black neighborhoods.
March 20, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Asked county staff for a report on whether county-funded homeless shelters are reducing homelessness, after seeing more tents in her district.
January 21, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Presented a resolution to open the county courthouse for Saturday absentee voting; commissioners voted it down 3-2.
October 4, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 3 oppose
Cast the only vote against giving another $4 million to cover The World Games deficit, saying the public had not been told how the money was spent; it passed 4-1.
September 8, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Moved the county's $700 million fiscal 2020 budget to the full commission agenda and voted for it; it passed 3-2.
August 8, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Voted against city money for Firehouse Ministries' planned homeless shelter expansion, saying she had received calls alleging unequal treatment of Black clients; the 4-4 tie killed the item.
October 23, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Voted against city funding for the BJCC expansion and new open-air stadium, which commits Birmingham to $3 million a year for 30 years; the council approved it.
March 27, 2018Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Argued on the city council against delaying funding for the Birmingham Urban League, saying its programs helped residents of her District 6.
October 31, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Organized the Aug. 5, 2017, Titusville Day event; on Aug. 8 the council passed a $10,000 resolution she backed declaring the money her office had already spent on it a public purpose.
August 8, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Argued on the city council against delaying funding for the Birmingham Urban League, saying its programs helped residents of her District 6.
October 31, 2017Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Track record — General
General · 13 records
Voted for a sales tax rebate of up to $1 million over five years for a Publix-anchored shopping center in Kimberly; it passed with three votes.
September 24, 2026
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Spoke against the county's deal to sell the old Cooper Green Mercy Hospital property to UAB, saying the land was worth more and the county would pay to tear it down.
August 6, 2026
Source: birminghamwatch.org
A federal judge threw out the 2021 commission district map she had voted for, ruling the county failed to show race was not the main factor; her public comments about her district were part of the case.
September 18, 2025
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Introduced Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin at the kickoff of his campaign for a third term.
February 22, 2025
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Pushed with Commissioner Lashunda Scales for equal economic development funding for the Birmingham Business Resource Center; disbursements the two agreed to make raised its share from $150,000 to $250,000.
December 17, 2024
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Nominated Tyrone Long to the county Board of Equalization; no one seconded, and she left the meeting saying the fix was in after two more Republicans were appointed.
June 26, 2024
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Publicly opposed House Bill 191, which lets the governor fill Jefferson County Commission vacancies instead of voters, and criticized how commissioners were told about it.
March 7, 2024
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Voted against $300,000 for Innovation Depot and $250,000 for the Birmingham Business Alliance, saying they do not reach small Black-owned businesses; both passed 3-1.
October 26, 2023
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Seconded and voted for Plan 1, the new county commission district map, which passed 4-1.
November 4, 2021
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Voted against starting talks with UAB Health System on an authority to run indigent health care at Cooper Green; the commission approved it 3-2.
April 18, 2019
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Held a news conference with Commissioner Lashunda Scales and Cooper Green hospital workers outside the hospital to seek a delay in the vote on a UAB-run authority for indigent health care.
April 17, 2019
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Took office on the Jefferson County Commission on Nov. 14, 2018, and was named chair of its community development and health services committee.
November 14, 2018
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Won re-election to the Birmingham City Council, District 6, on Aug. 22, 2017, with 79.5% of the vote, the widest margin of any councilor that year.
August 22, 2017
Source: birminghamwatch.org
Past race Sheila Tyson ran in:
- Member, Jefferson County Commission District No. 2 · November 3, 2026 · Jefferson County, Alabama · incumbent