2022 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2022 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 17 of the 51 seats will be up for election.[1]

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has always the Conservatives as the largest party. Labour came the closest to overtaking them in 1996, when they won 16 seats to the Conservatives' 17.[2] In the 2021 election, the Conservatives gained three seats on a vote share of 53.8% (+7.9), the Green Party gained 1 seat with 20.5% of the vote (-5.1), the Liberal Democrats lost 3 seats on 12.2% (-1.3), and Labour lost 1 seat on 12.9% (+0.9).

The seats up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018. In that election, the Conservatives won 49.1% of votes and gained 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats, the Greens gained 1 seat from the Conservatives and won 25.1% of the votes, Labour gained 1 seat from UKIP and won 15.5%, and the Liberal Democrats lost 1 seat and achieved 11.9%.[3]

Previous council composition
After 2021 election Before 2022 election[4]
Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 30 Conservative 30
Green 15 Green 12
Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3
Labour 2 Labour 0
Independent 1 Independent 5

Changes:

  • September 2021: Angela Sandison suspended from the Conservatives[5]
  • October 2021: David Cole joins Conservatives from Labour, and Marcus Brain joins Greens from Labour[6]
  • November 2021: Cheryl Buxton-Sait (Green) resigns from council; seat left vacant until 2022 election[7]
  • February 2022: Andy Hodgson, Tim Hodgson, and Rosemary Sexton leave Greens[8]

Results
2022 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative
  Green
  Labour
  Liberal Democrats
  Independent

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Bickenhill
Bickenhill[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Brittin
Liberal Democrats Paul McCabe
Green Mark Pearson
Conservative Gail Sleigh
Majority
Turnout

Blythe
Blythe[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Holt*
Green Carol Linfield
Labour Jacqueline Sowsbery-Moore
Liberal Democrats John Wyatt
Majority
Turnout

Castle Bromwich
Castle Bromwich[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Childer
Conservative Alan Feeney
Green Antony Lowe
Majority
Turnout

Chelmsley Wood
Chelmsley Wood[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hazel Dawkins
Green Stephen Rymer
Conservative Steve Temperton
Majority
Turnout

Dorridge and Hockley Heath
Dorridge and Hockley Heath[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Brittin
Conservative Ian Courts*
Liberal Democrats David Godfrey
Green Jane Holt
Majority
Turnout

Elmdon
Elmdon[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Alan
Conservative Leslie Kaye*
Liberal Democrats Laura McCarthy*
Majority
Turnout

Kingshurst and Fordbridge
Kingshurst and Fordbridge[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cole*
Green Bernadette Donnelly
Labour Sam Mather
Majority
Turnout

Knowle
Knowle[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mark Amphlett
Conservative Diana Holl-Allen*
Labour Simon Johnson
Liberal Democrats Kate Jones
Majority
Turnout

Lyndon
Lyndon[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ade Adeyemo
Labour Sheila Brookes
Conservative Sardul Marwa
Majority
Turnout

Meriden
Meriden[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Burrow
Labour Cathy Connan
Green Sheila Cooper
Majority
Turnout

Olton
Olton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Carthew
Conservative Keith Green
Labour Antony Oseland
Majority
Turnout

Shirley East
Shirley East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerard Dufficy
Green Akin Kog
Conservative Annette Mackenzie*
Liberal Democrats Gayle Monk
Majority
Turnout

Shirley South
Shirley South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andy Hodgson*
Conservative Howard Nichols
Independent Rosemary Worsley
Labour Shirley Young
Majority
Turnout

Shirley West
Shirley West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lachhman Bhambra
Labour Kevin Round
Green Alison Wilson
Majority
Turnout

Silhill
Silhill[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Edwardson
Conservative Michael Gough*
Labour Nick Stephens
Majority
Turnout

Smith's Wood
Smith's Wood[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Duggan
Green Ben Groom*
Conservative Lavanya Madras Purushothaman
Majority
Turnout

St. Alphege
St. Alphege[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Trevor Barker
Liberal Democrats Frank Dawson
Labour Ian English
Conservative Samantha Gethen
Majority
Turnout

References
  1. "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 12. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2018 - Solihull". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. "Your Councillors by Party". Solihull.gov. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. "Solihull councillor suspended by Tory party over autism comments". BBC News. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. Madeley, Peter (29 October 2022). "Labour wiped out on West Midlands authority as councillors cross floor". Express and Star. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. Collis, Emily (29 November 2021). "Green councillor resigns to help under pressure NHS". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  8. "Solihull Greens dealt further blows in political row". Solihull Observer. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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