2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
2 May 2019
17 (one third) out of 51 seats for the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Green Liberal Democrats
Seats before 31 11 4
Seats after 26 14 6
Seat change Decrease5 Increase3 Increase2
Popular vote 22,417 12,512 6,594
Percentage 45.9% 25.6% 13.5%
Swing Decrease0.9% Increase0.5% Increase1.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Labour Independent
Seats before 2 3
Seats after 3 2
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 5,848 1,518
Percentage 12.0% 3.1%
Swing Decrease3.5%
2019 local election results in Solihull
  Conservative
  Green
  Liberal Democrats
  Labour
  Independent
Council control before election


Conservative

 Council control after election


Conservative

The 2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Immediately before the election, the council comprised 31 Conservatives, 11 Greens, four Liberal Democrats, three independents and two Labour councillors.[2] This included Knowle councillor Alan Rebeiro, who had left the Conservative group to sit as an independent in July 2018.[3] The Conservatives retained their majority with 26 seats.[2]

Results summary

2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 8 Decrease 5 47.1 18 26 51.0 22,417 45.9
  Green {{{candidates}}} 5 Increase 3 29.4 9 14 27.5 12,512 25.6
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 2 Increase 2 11.8 4 6 11.8 6,594 13.5
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 1 Increase 1 5.9 2 3 5.9 5,848 12.0
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 1 Steady 5.9 1 2 3.9 1,518 3.1
  UKIP {{{candidates}}} 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 – –

Ward results

Bickenhill

Bickenhill[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Sleigh 1,527 58.8 Increase 4.4
Labour Co-op Nick Stephens 506 19.5 Increase 1.4
Green Trevor Barker 380 14.6 Increase 7.8
Liberal Democrats Reece Colley 185 7.1 Increase 7.1
Majority 1021 39.3 Increase 5.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase 1.5

Blythe

Blythe[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ken Hawkins 2,136 70.8 Decrease 3.3
Green Carol Linfield 555 18.4 Increase 4.2
Labour Sam Mather 326 10.8 Decrease 0.9
Majority 1581 52.4 Decrease 7.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 3.8

Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Steve Caudwell 1,971 65.5 Increase 61.2
Conservative Gail Sleigh 903 30.0 Decrease 23.1
Labour Matt Bond 135 4.5 Decrease 18.2
Majority 1068 35.5 N/A
Green gain from Conservative Swing Increase 42.2

Chelmsley Wood

Chelmsley Wood[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Karl Macnaughton 1,622 83.6 Increase 15.4
Labour Hazel Dawkins 221 11.4 Decrease 7.5
Conservative David Skelding 98 5.0 Decrease 7.9
Majority 1401 72.2 Increase 22.9
Green hold Swing Increase 11.5

Dorridge & Hockley Heath

Dorridge & Hockley Heath[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Mackiewicz 1,968 63.6 Decrease 8.3
Green Iona McIntyre 518 16.7 Increase 9.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Fairburn 406 13.1 Increase 0.8
Labour David Brittin 202 6.5 Decrease 2.0
Majority 1450 46.9 Decrease 12.8
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 8.9

Elmdon

Elmdon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Davies 1,383 49.3 Increase 30.9
Conservative Martin McCarthy 1,152 41.1 Increase 9.7
Labour Margaret Brittin 269 9.6 Decrease 0.5
Majority 231 8.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase 10.6

Kingshurst & Fordbridge

Kingshurst & Fordbridge[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marcus Brain 616 39.9 Increase 9.3
Conservative Alan Feeney 575 37.3 Increase 10.3
Green Eleanor Aldworth 352 22.8 Increase 16.1
Majority 41 2.7 N/A
Labour gain from UKIP Swing Decrease 0.5

Knowle

Knowle[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alan Rebeiro 1,415 41.3 Increase 41.3
Conservative Dave Pinwell 1,386 40.5 Decrease 33.1
Green Alison Wilson 239 7.0 Decrease 7.5
Liberal Democrats Antony Rogers 198 5.8 Increase 5.8
Labour Simon Johnson 187 5.5 Decrease 6.4
Majority 29 0.8 N/A
Independent gain from Conservative Swing Increase 37.2

Lyndon

Lyndon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Thomas 1,086 37.8 Increase 4.4
Conservative Josh O'Nyons 1,077 37.5 Decrease 1.2
Labour Lee Skinner 708 24.7 Increase 5.0
Majority 9 0.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase 2.8

Meriden

Meriden[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diane Howell 2,084 64.7 Increase 0.8
Green Mark Pearson 473 14.7 Increase 7.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Carthew 348 10.8 Increase 10.8
Labour Teresa Beddis 315 9.8 Decrease 4.4
Majority 1611 50.0 Increase 0.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 3.3

Olton

Olton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Grinsell 1,693 48.4 Increase 1.1
Liberal Democrats Brad Tucker 1,353 38.7 Increase 5.8
Labour Colin Palmer 452 12.9 Increase 1.1
Majority 340 9.7 Decrease 4.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 2.4

Shirley East

Shirley East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Parker 1,535 56.6 Increase 3.5
Liberal Democrats Gayle Monk 443 16.3 Decrease 6.7
Green Antony Lowe 437 16.1 Increase 6.4
Labour Deon Bailey 296 10.9 Decrease 3.3
Majority 1092 40.3 Increase 10.2
Conservative hold Swing Increase 5.1

Shirley South

Shirley South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Shahin Ashraf 2,206 61.5 Increase 40.4
Conservative Angela Sandison 1,137 31.7 Decrease 9.4
Labour Susan Bliss 242 6.8 Decrease 2.3
Majority 1069 29.8 N/A
Green gain from Conservative Swing Increase 24.9

Shirley West

Shirley West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rosemary Sexton 1,876 61.0 Increase 35.4
Conservative Brian Holmes 746 24.3 Decrease 9.1
Labour Kevin Round 453 14.7 Increase 3.4
Majority 1,130 36.7 N/A
Green gain from Conservative Swing Increase 22.3

Silhill

Silhill[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wazma Qais 1,621 53.1 Decrease 4.9
Liberal Democrats James Edwardson 607 19.9 Decrease 4.1
Green Elaine Williams 418 13.7 Increase 7.6
Labour Co-op Janet Marsh 409 13.4 Increase 1.5
Majority 1014 33.2 Decrease 0.8
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 0.4

Smith's Wood

Smith's Wood[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mark Wilson 1,070 70.1 Increase 8.9
Labour Bill Lloyd 226 14.8 Decrease 9.4
Conservative Angus Young 128 8.4 Decrease 6.2
Independent Adrian Duffen 103 6.7 Increase 6.7
Majority 844 55.3 Increase 18.3
Green hold Swing Increase 9.2

St. Alphege

St. Alphege[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joe Tildesley 2,651 67.7 Decrease 1.1
Liberal Democrats Bruce Stone 585 14.9 Decrease 1.9
Green Joelle Hill 395 10.1 Increase 3.9
Labour Ian English 285 7.3 Decrease 0.8
Majority 2066 52.8 Increase 0.8
Conservative hold Swing Increase 0.4

Changes between 2019 and 2021

  • August 2020: Peter Davies, a Liberal Democrat councillor for Elmdon, resigned for personal reasons. The vacancy remained unfilled until the 2021 election because local polls had been postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

No by-elections were held between the 2019 and 2021 elections. The Elmdon vacancy was filled at the 2021 ordinary election, when the ward elected two councillors.

References

  1. ↑ "Local election results 2019". Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Conservatives lose seats at Solihull Council". Solihull Observer. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Knowle 'free and display' parking changes set for re-think". Solihull Observer. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Declaration of Result of Poll - Solihull Combined 2019" (PDF). Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. 3 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Councillor resigns in Solihull but replacement vote delayed for a year". Solihull Observer. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
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