The 2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands. This will be on the same day as other local elections. 17 of the 51 seats are up for election.
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17 out of 51 seats to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Since its creation in 1974, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has always had the Conservatives as the largest party, with some periods of no overall control. Labour came the closest to overtaking them in 1996, when they won 16 seats to the Conservatives' 17.[1] In the 2023 election, the Conservatives gained two seats on a vote share of 38.4% (-7.5), the Green Party lost 1 seat with 29.8% of the vote (+4.2), the Liberal Democrats gained 1 seat on 16.1% (+2.6), and Labour lost their sole remaining seat on 14.9% (+2.9).
The seats up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021 (the election was delayed by 1 year due to COVID-19, meaning these councillors served a 3-year term). In that election, the Conservatives gained 3 seats with 53.8% of the vote, the Green party gained 1 with 20.5%, the Liberal Democrats lost 3 with 12.2%, and Labour lost 1 with 12.9%.
Previous council composition edit
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[2] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Conservative | 29 | Conservative | 29 | Conservative | 30 | |||
Green | 13 | Green | 12 | Green | 10 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 6 | Liberal Democrats | 8 | |||
Independent | 2 | Independent | 4 | Independent | 2 | |||
Labour | 0 | Labour | 0 | Labour | 1 |
Changes:
- Stephen Rymer leaves Green Party to sit as an independent[3]
Councillors standing down edit
Councillor | Ward | First elected | Party | Date announced | |
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Jim Ryan | Bickenhill Ward | 1984 | Conservative | 26 March 2024[4] |
Summary edit
Election result edit
2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 11 | 1 | 64.7 | 19 | 30 | 58.8 | 28,241 | 50.5 | +12.1 | |
Green | 3 | 2 | 17.6 | 7 | 10 | 19.6 | 9,014 | 16.1 | –13.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 11.8 | 6 | 8 | 15.7 | 7,949 | 14.2 | –1.9 | |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.9 | 161 | 0.3 | –0.3 | |
Labour | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 10,477 | 18.7 | +3.8 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
Results edit
Bickenhill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alison Rolf | 1,720 | 60.9 | 6.4 | |
Labour | Margaret Turner | 654 | 23.2 | 6.6 | |
Green | Mark Pearson | 301 | 10.7 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Pilarski | 149 | 5.3 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 1066 | 37.7 | 13.0 | ||
Turnout | 2824 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5 |
Blythe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Green | 2,459 | 60.2 | 7.2 | |
Labour | Noel Grace | 915 | 22.4 | 9.3 | |
Green | Carol Linfield | 409 | 10.0 | 4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wyatt | 302 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1544 | 37.8 | 15.5 | ||
Turnout | 4085 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.3 |
Castle Bromwich edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin McCarthy | 1,742 | 60.6 | 10.0 | |
Labour | Emma Chidler | 658 | 22.9 | 8.8 | |
Green | Akin Kog | 372 | 12.9 | 22.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Evans | 102 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1084 | 37.7 | 22.4 | ||
Turnout | 2874 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Chelmsley Wood edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Shesh Sheshabhatter | 901 | 58.2 | 2.0 | |
Labour | Kenneth Harrop | 348 | 22.5 | 4.8 | |
Conservative | Georgina Hartland | 253 | 16.3 | 4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matt Purssell | 47 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 553 | 35.7 | 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 1549 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 3.4 |
Dorridge and Hockley Heath edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sally Tomlinson | 2,518 | 63.8 | 5.8 | |
Green | Jane Holt | 619 | 15.7 | 6.0 | |
Labour | David Brittin | 596 | 15.1 | 4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Godfrey | 214 | 5.4 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 1899 | 48.1 | 10.3 | ||
Turnout | 3947 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.9 |
Elmdon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kate Jones | 1,231 | 39.4 | 3.9 | |
Conservative | Yvonne Clements | 1176 | 37.6 | 6.0 | |
Labour | Lisa Holcroft | 473 | 15.1 | 2.1 | |
Green | Margaret Ryan | 140 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Paul Edwards | 107 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 55 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3127 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 1.1 |
Kingshurst and Fordbridge edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hazel Dawkins | 667 | 40.6 | 18.0 | |
Conservative | Brent Robertson | 652 | 39.7 | 4.6 | |
Green | Stephen Caudwell | 271 | 16.5 | 25.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Phipps | 51 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 15 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1641 | ||||
Labour gain from Green | Swing | 21.9 |
Knowle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Pinwell | 2,483 | 67.2 | 6.3 | |
Labour | Simon Johnson | 579 | 15.7 | 4.8 | |
Green | Mark Amphlett | 374 | 10.1 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lionel King | 259 | 7.0 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 1904 | ||||
Turnout | 3695 | 51.5 | 11.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.6 |
Lyndon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Josh O'Nyons | 1,323 | 39.8 | 4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul McCabe | 1201 | 36.1 | 4.7 | |
Labour | Sheila Brookes | 565 | 17.0 | 1.9 | |
Green | Roger Halford | 189 | 5.7 | N/A | |
TUSC | Lynsey Fraser-Smith | 46 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 122 | 3.7 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 3324 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.2 |
Meriden edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Dicicco | 2,301 | 61.6 | 4.2 | |
Labour | Cathy Connan | 690 | 18.5 | 7.7 | |
Green | Antony Lowe | 384 | 10.3 | 13.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Lee | 362 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1611 | 43.1 | 9.5 | ||
Turnout | 3737 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 |
Olton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Phipps | 1,858 | 44.2 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | James Johnson | 1641 | 39.1 | 8.8 | |
Labour | Jack Simpson | 461 | 11.0 | 1.1 | |
Green | Stephen Holt | 242 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 217 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4202 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.5 |
Shirley East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Karen Grinsell | 2,027 | 56.3 | 9.1 | |
Labour | Gerard Dufficy | 947 | 26.3 | 18.0 | |
Green | Alan Wigley | 390 | 10.8 | 13.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamshid Moori | 234 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1080 | 30.0 | 27.2 | ||
Turnout | 3598 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.5 |
Shirley South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Max McLoughlin | 1,914 | 50.3 | 0.8 | |
Conservative | Jessica Thompson | 1277 | 33.5 | 5.8 | |
Labour | Shirley Young | 485 | 12.7 | 4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Dawson | 131 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 637 | 16.7 | 4.3 | ||
Turnout | 3807 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Shirley West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Prish Sharma | 1,449 | 41.9 | 7.0 | |
Green | Shelley Haughney | 1069 | 30.9 | 20.2 | |
Labour | Kevin Raven | 615 | 17.8 | 3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gayle Monk | 166 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Mark Windridge | 161 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 380 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3460 | ||||
Conservative gain from Green | Swing | 13.6 |
Silhill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Hogarth | 2,183 | 55.7 | 11.5 | |
Labour | Nick Stephens | 779 | 19.9 | 1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Whitehead | 575 | 14.7 | 0.5 | |
Green | Trevor Barker | 384 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1404 | 35.8 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 3921 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.4 |
Smith's Wood edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Jean Hamilton | 939 | 58.7 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Mark Caddick | 400 | 25.0 | 9.0 | |
Conservative | Kamren Grant | 230 | 14.4 | 9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Johnson | 28 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 539 | 33.7 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 1599 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 5.0 |
St. Alphege edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bob Grinsell | 2,807 | 60.9 | 8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Geary | 819 | 17.8 | 6.9 | |
Labour | Ian English | 645 | 14.0 | 3.8 | |
Green | Joy Aldworth | 336 | 7.3 | 2.3 | |
Majority | 1988 | 43.2 | 14.1 | ||
Turnout | 4607 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.6 |
References edit
- ^ "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 12. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Your Councillors by Party". 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ Cramp, Thomas (9 May 2023). "Every member of Solihull Council after the 2023 local elections". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Bickenhill Councillor stands down after 40 years". Solihull Observer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.