The first elections to the newly created Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 51 seat council - three seats for each of the 17 wards - up for vote. [1] The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.
The election resulted in the Conservatives gaining control of the council. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Barlow | 2,001 | 61.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Norman Page | 1,882 | |||
Conservative | Robin McDonald | 1,871 | |||
Labour | Frederick Rivers | 1,270 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Labour | John Hill | 1,163 | |||
Labour | Edward Raven | 1,109 | |||
Majority | 731 | 22.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,271 | 35.6 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Audrey Godderidge | 1,667 | 69.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Brown | 1,528 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Morrison | 1,448 | |||
Liberal | Susan Rose | 538 | 22.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Alfred Gilbert | 212 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Peter Harris | 190 | |||
Majority | 1,129 | 46.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,417 | 31.7 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bertram Hodder | 1,795 | 54.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Duddy | 1,775 | |||
Conservative | Peter Ellis | 1,699 | |||
Labour | David Jamieson | 1,531 | 46.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Douglas Gray | 1,516 | |||
Labour | Norman Boston | 1,347 | |||
Majority | 264 | 7.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,326 | 53.0 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Windmill | 2,102 | 53.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Norman Chapple | 1,926 | |||
Conservative | Norman Bradbeer | 1,821 | 46.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Graham | 1,721 | |||
Conservative | Peter Mitchell | 1,586 | |||
Conservative | Harry Sutton | 1,498 | |||
Majority | 281 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,923 | 43.8 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Kirk Korn | 1,861 | 53.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Keith Pickering | 1,829 | |||
Independent | Donald Schoon | 1,784 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Bond | 1,629 | 46.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jennifer Davis | 1,623 | |||
Conservative | Mary Dingley | 1,525 | |||
Majority | 232 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,490 | 37.5 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Ledbetter | 3,281 | 61.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Norman Green | 3,069 | |||
Conservative | Ronald Herd | 2,916 | |||
Liberal | Brenda Chapple | 1,038 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Independent | William Wright | 1,025 | 19.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,243 | 42.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,344 | 42.6 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Arthur Baverstock | 1,839 | 55.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Leslie Belton | 1,824 | |||
Independent | Leslie Pitt | 1,755 | |||
Conservative | Vincent Humberstone | 1,502 | 45.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joan Manuel | 1,418 | |||
Conservative | John Tresman | 1,387 | |||
Majority | 337 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,341 | 36.2 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Coombes | 1,393 | 48.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael Ellis | 1,254 | |||
Conservative | Ernest Scadding | 1,245 | |||
Labour | Martin Cumella | 836 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Labour | John Foster | 826 | |||
Labour | Maureen Gee | 763 | |||
Independent | John Hamilton | 671 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Francis Thornton | 650 | |||
Independent | Arthur Knight | 575 | |||
Majority | 557 | 19.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,900 | 44.5 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Thomas Clark | 1,466 | 64.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Richard Lewis | 1,403 | |||
Independent | Peter Miles | 1,377 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Hawkins | 800 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Pamela Howe | 770 | |||
Conservative | Derek Wadsworth | 740 | |||
Majority | 666 | 29.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,266 | 33.5 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Hill | 2,316 | 59.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bertram Hyde | 2,284 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Gibbons | 2,248 | |||
Independent | John Wall | 688 | 17.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Anthony Skuce | 560 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Harry Hill | 358 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Francis Deacon | 356 | |||
Labour | John Bevan | 353 | |||
Majority | 1,628 | 41.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,922 | 31.3 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Grahame Boakes | 1,790 | 77.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Reginald Meddings | 1,700 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Wyldbore-Smith | 1,682 | |||
Labour | Roy Rigby | 517 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,273 | 55.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,307 | 33.2 | N/A | ||
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