2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 out of 51 seats to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council ; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election; Ian Courts; Conservative	Leader after election; Ian Courts; Conservative

Last updated September 09, 2023

The 2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in West Midlands, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. There were 17 of the council's 51 seats up for election, being the usual third of the council.^[2]

Overall results

The overall results were:^[6]^[7]^[8]

2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	2	58.8	19	29	56.9	22,078	38.4	7.5
	Green	4	1	23.5	9	13	25.5	17,138	29.8	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	17.6	3	6	11.8	9,259	16.1	2.6
	Independent	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.9	367	0.6	2.5
	Labour	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	8,553	14.9	2.9
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	48	0.1	0.1

Ward results

The results for each ward were:^[3]

Bickenhill

Bickenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Sleigh*	1,479	59.3	0.4
	Labour	Margaret Brittin	551	22.1	1.7
	Green	Mark Pearson	299	12.0	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Jones	165	6.6	0.5
Majority			928	37.2	2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

Blythe

Blythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Hawkins*	1,947	55.7	15.1
	Labour	McKenzie Uruakpa	679	19.4	8.6
	Green	Carol Linfield	354	10.1	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Wyatt	314	9.0	9.0
	Independent	Peter Bulcock	200	5.7	5.7
Majority			1,268	36.3	16.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.9

Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Kaye	1,400	59.0	29.0
	Labour	Emma Chidler	505	21.3	16.8
	Green	Srikanth Pathuri	467	19.7	45.8
Majority			895	37.7	N/A
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing	37.4

Chelmsley Wood

Chelmsley Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jane Lamden	898	64.8	18.8
	Labour Co-op	Hazel Dawkins	330	23.8	12.4
	Conservative	David Bell	137	9.9	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jamshid Moori	21	1.5	1.5
Majority			568	41.0	31.2
	Green hold		Swing	15.6

Dorridge & Hockley Heath

Dorridge & Hockley Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Mackiewicz*	1,956	58.0	5.6
	Green	Jane Holt	563	16.7	0.0
	Labour	Laura Attwell	479	14.2	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Godfrey	376	11.1	2.0
Majority			1,393	41.3	5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

Elmdon

Elmdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Long	1,443	53.0	3.7
	Conservative	Catherine Price	911	33.5	7.6
	Labour	Lisa Holcroft	369	13.6	4.0
Majority			532	19.5	11.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.7

Kingshurst & Fordbridge

Kingshurst & Fordbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cole	584	36.6	0.7
	Green	Paul Sultana	542	33.9	11.1
	Labour	Jackie Moore	387	24.2	15.7
	Independent	Jo Cole	84	5.3	5.3
Majority			42	2.6	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	7.5

The previous incumbent, Marcus Brain, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but defected to the Greens in 2021.^[9]

Knowle

Knowle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Fitter	1,989	60.0	19.5
	Labour	Simon Johnson	444	13.4	7.9
	Green	Mark Amphlett	443	13.4	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lionel King	438	13.2	7.4
Majority			1,545	46.6	N/A
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	5.8

Lyndon

Lyndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Thomas*	1,684	57.7	19.9
	Conservative	Keith Green	711	24.4	13.1
	Labour Co-op	Sheila Brookes	474	16.2	8.5
	TUSC	Lynsey Fraser-Smith	48	1.6	1.6
Majority			973	33.4	33.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	16.5

Meriden

Meriden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Delaney	1,934	56.7	8.0
	Green	Antony Lowe	664	19.5	4.8
	Labour	Cathy Connan	520	15.2	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Dawson	292	8.6	2.2
Majority			1,270	37.2	12.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.4

Olton

Olton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Bradley	1,771	46.6	7.9
	Conservative	Bob Grinsell*	1,548	40.8	7.6
	Labour	Antony Oseland	395	10.4	2.5
	Independent	Nick Nick	83	2.2	2.2
Majority			223	5.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	7.8

Shirley East

Shirley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Parker*	1,612	51.0	7.8
	Labour	Gerard Dufficy	835	26.4	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gayle Monk	470	14.9	2.1
	Green	Atin Kog	246	7.8	8.9
Majority			777	24.6	17.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.4

Shirley South

Shirley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shahin Ashraf*	1,685	52.4	9.1
	Conservative	Howard Nicholas	1,055	32.8	1.1
	Labour	Shirley Young	478	14.9	8.1
Majority			630	19.6	10.2
	Green hold		Swing	4.0

Shirley West

Shirley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Oli Farr	1,283	43.7	17.3
	Conservative	Lachhman Bhambra	837	28.5	4.2
	Labour	Sarah Alan	609	20.8	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Johnson	205	7.0	7.0
Majority			446	15.2	21.5
	Green hold		Swing	10.8

The previous incumbent in this Shirley West seat, Rosi Sexton, had been elected as a Green councillor in 2019, but left the party in 2022 and served the remainder of her term as an independent.^[10]

Silhill

Silhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wazma Qais*	1,660	49.0	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McCabe	790	23.3	3.4
	Labour Co-op	Nick Stephens	661	19.5	6.1
	Green	Trevor Barker	277	8.2	5.5
Majority			870	25.7	7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

Smith's Wood

Smith's Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mark Wilson*	848	64.8	5.3
	Labour	Lydia Turner	280	21.4	6.6
	Conservative	Sarah Young	180	13.8	5.4
Majority			568	43.4	11.9
	Green hold		Swing	6.0

St. Alphege

St. Alphege
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sardul Marwa	2,138	53.7	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Geary	1,290	32.4	17.5
	Labour	Ian English	557	14.0	6.7
Majority			848	21.3	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.8

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References

↑ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
↑ "The Borough of Solihull (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2003/2508, retrieved 16 May 2023
1 2 Cramp, Thomas (5 May 2023). "Solihull election full results 2023 as Tories will look "harder at potholes"". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 16 May 2023.
↑ Cramp, Thomas; DeSouza, Naomi (5 May 2023). "Solihull local election results Tories tighten grip on borough and buck national trend". Birmingham Live . Retrieved 16 May 2023.
↑ Cramp, Thomas (17 May 2023). "Council leader re-elected in Solihull as new mayor presides over borough". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 15 June 2023.
↑ "2023 Election Results". Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
↑ "Solihull election result". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
↑ "Local elections 2023: full council results for England". The Guardian. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
↑ Crawford, Ross (2 November 2021). "'A difficult decision' as stalwart quits Labour to join Greens". Solihull Observer. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
↑ Boothroyd, David (18 February 2022). "Take a seat from the Lib Dems, Darling". Local Councils. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

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[1] "Notice of Election" (PDF). Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[2] "The Borough of Solihull (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2003/2508, retrieved 16 May 2023

[BirminghamMail-3] 1 2 Cramp, Thomas (5 May 2023). "Solihull election full results 2023 as Tories will look "harder at potholes"". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[4] Cramp, Thomas; DeSouza, Naomi (5 May 2023). "Solihull local election results Tories tighten grip on borough and buck national trend". Birmingham Live . Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[5] Cramp, Thomas (17 May 2023). "Council leader re-elected in Solihull as new mayor presides over borough". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[6] "2023 Election Results". Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[7] "Solihull election result". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[8] "Local elections 2023: full council results for England". The Guardian. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[9] Crawford, Ross (2 November 2021). "'A difficult decision' as stalwart quits Labour to join Greens". Solihull Observer. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[10] Boothroyd, David (18 February 2022). "Take a seat from the Lib Dems, Darling". Local Councils. Retrieved 17 May 2023.

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