Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.[1]

Election results

Composition of the council[2]
Year Conservative Reform UK Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Green[b] UKIP Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (51 seats)
1973 28 – 12 2 – – 9 Conservative
1975 30 – 12 2 0 – 7 Conservative
1978 38 – 12 0 0 – 1 No overall control
1979 38 – 12 0 0 – 1 Conservative
1980 36 – 13 0 0 – 2 Conservative
1982 33 – 12 2 0 – 4 No overall control
1983 34 – 12 2 0 – 3 Conservative
1984 33 – 13 1 0 – 4 Conservative
1986 28 – 14 2 0 – 7 Conservative
1987 28 – 14 3 0 – 6 Conservative
1988 29 – 14 4 0 – 4 Conservative
1990 27 – 15 5 0 – 4 Conservative
1991 23 – 16 6 0 – 6 No overall control
1992 24 – 15 6 0 – 6 No overall control
1994 22 – 15 8 0 – 6 No overall control
1995 21 – 14 10 0 0 6 No overall control
1996 16 – 16 12 0 0 7 No overall control
1998 20 – 17 11 0 0 3 No overall control
1999 24 – 15 11 0 0 1 No overall control
2000 29 – 14 8 0 0 0 Conservative
2002 29 – 13 9 0 0 0 Conservative
2003 29 – 13 9 0 0 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (51 seats)
2004 27 – 8 15 0 0 1 Conservative
2006 26 – 7 15 0 0 3[c] Conservative
2007 24 – 7 17 0 0 3[c] No overall control
2008 26 – 5 18 1 0 1[d] Conservative
2010 23 – 7 18 0 0 3 No overall control
2011 29 – 6 12 3 0 1 Conservative
2012 28 – 6 11 5 0 1 Conservative
2014 29 – 2 8 9 1 2 Conservative
2015 32 – 1 6 9 2 1 Conservative
2016 32 – 1 6 10 2 0 Conservative
2018 33 – 2 4 11 0 0 Conservative
2019 27 – 3 8 14 0 1 Conservative
2021 30 – 2 3 15 0 1 Conservative
2022 28 – 0 5 14 0 4 Conservative
2023 29 – 0 6 13 0 3 Conservative
2024 30 – 1 8 10 0 2 Conservative
New ward boundaries (51 seats)
2026 24 17 0 6 4 0 0 No overall control

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of the by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Shirley East by-election 2 February 1989 Conservative SLD
Smith's Wood by-election 2 March 1989 Labour Labour
Packwood by-election April 1989 Independent Resident SLD
Shirley West by-election 13 December 1990 Conservative Independent Ratepayer
Castle Bromwich by-election 18 July 1996 Conservative Conservative
Fordbridge by-election 24 October 1996 Labour Labour
Kingshurst by-election 16 October 1997 Labour Labour
Silhill by-election Conservative Conservative
Shirley South by-election 16 July 1998 Independent Ratepayer Conservative
Shirley East by-election 28 September 2000 Liberal Democrats Conservative
Shirley West by-election 13 March 2003 Conservative Liberal Democrats
St Alphege by-election 3 March 2005 Conservative Conservative
Knowle by-election 15 September 2005 Conservative Conservative
Olton by-election 20 January 2011 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Blythe by-election 1 March 2018 Conservative Conservative

References

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. 1 2 2 Independents, 1 BNP
  4. ↑ 1 BNP
  1. 1 2 "The Borough of Solihull", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2508, retrieved 11 September 2022
  2. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
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