Solihull council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 17 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
9
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
17
across 17 wards
Turnout
18.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 9 -3 24,826 46.3% -7.5
Green Party 4 -1 8,792 16.4% -4.1
Liberal Democrats 3 +2 9,173 17.1% +4.9
Independent 1 +1 1,957 3.7% +3.2
Labour and Co-operative Party 0 +0 8,863 16.5% +3.6

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 17
Conservative and Unionist Party 17
Labour Party 17
Green Party 12
Liberal Democrats 10
Independent 2

A party standing a full slate could field 17 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Bickenhill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gail Lesley Sleigh Elected 1,544 58.5% -8.8
Labour Party Margaret Elizabeth Brittin 589 22.3% +5.8
Green Party Mark Joseph Pearson 296 11.2% -0.0
Liberal Democrats Paul McCabe 211 8.0% +3.1
Majority955
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,640

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Blythe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard James Holt Elected 1,936 55.2% -12.4
Labour Party Jacqueline Angela Sowsbery-Moore 667 19.0% +5.9
Green Party Carol Joy Linfield 472 13.5% -0.9
Liberal Democrats John Christopher Wyatt 434 12.4% —
Majority1,269
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,509

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Castle Bromwich

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Feeney Elected 1,556 57.7% +7.1
Green Party Antony Lowe 606 22.5% -12.8
Labour Party Emma Louise Chidler 535 19.8% +5.7
Majority950
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,697

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Chelmsley Wood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Stephen Mark Rymer Elected 1,094 67.1% +6.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Hazel Jasmine Ellenor Dawkins 335 20.5% +2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Temperton 202 12.4% -8.2
Majority759
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,631

Green Party hold

Dorridge and Hockley Heath

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Courts Elected 2,183 61.2% -8.4
Labour Party David Jon Brittin 524 14.7% +3.5
Green Party Jane Allison Holt 505 14.2% +4.5
Liberal Democrats David Robert Franklin Godfrey 354 9.9% +2.9
Majority1,659
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,566

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Elmdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Laura McCarthy Elected 1,870 56.8% +9.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Leslie John Kaye 1,043 31.7% -15.9
Labour Party Sarah Alan 381 11.6% -2.7
Majority827
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,294

Liberal Democrats hold

Kingshurst and Fordbridge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Bernadette Ann Donnelly Elected 652 37.7% -4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party David Charles Cole 620 35.8% +0.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Sam Mather 459 26.5% +3.9
Majority32
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,731

Green Party hold

Knowle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Diana Elisabeth Holl-Allen Elected 2,040 60.4% -13.1
Labour Party Simon Martin Johnson 484 14.3% +3.5
Liberal Democrats Kate Judith Jones 463 13.7% +6.8
Green Party Mark Leslie Amphlett 390 11.5% +2.8
Majority1,556
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,377

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Lyndon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ade Adeyemo Elected 1,797 48.2% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Sardul Singh Marwa 1,443 38.7% -5.5
Labour and Co-operative Party Sheila Mary Brookes 489 13.1% -1.9
Majority354
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,729

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Meriden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Stephen Burrow Elected 2,103 54.2% -11.7
Green Party Sheila Ann Cooper 1,353 34.8% +11.5
Labour Party Cathy Connan 427 11.0% +0.2
Majority750
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,883

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Olton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Michael Alan Carthew Elected 2,154 52.8% +12.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Green 1,379 33.8% -14.0
Labour Party Antony Karl Oseland 543 13.3% +1.3
Majority775
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,076

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Shirley East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Annette Mearson MacKenzie Elected 1,839 55.9% +8.7
Labour Party Gerard Bernard Michael John Dufficy 612 18.6% +10.3
Green Party Akin Kog 470 14.3% -30.2
Liberal Democrats Gayle Elizabeth Monk 366 11.1% —
Majority1,227
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,287

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Shirley South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Andy Hodgson Elected 1,809 49.4% +47.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Howard Nichols 1,199 32.7% -5.9
Labour Party Shirley Rose Young 506 13.8% +5.9
Independent Rosie Worsley 148 4.0% —
Majority610
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,662

Independent gain from Green Party

Shirley West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Alison Wilson Elected 1,549 48.5% -2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Lachhman Singh Bhambra 1,041 32.6% -2.3
Labour Party Kevin Round 607 19.0% +5.0
Majority508
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,197

Green Party hold

Silhill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Gough Elected 1,960 55.8% -11.5
Labour and Co-operative Party Nick Stephens 802 22.8% +4.2
Liberal Democrats James Edwardson 753 21.4% +7.3
Majority1,158
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,515

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Smith's Wood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ben Groom Elected 993 63.4% +3.7
Labour Party Keith Duggan 333 21.3% +5.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Lavanya Madras Purushothaman 240 15.3% -9.0
Majority660
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,566

Green Party hold

St Alphege

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Samantha Jayne Gethen Elected 2,498 58.8% -10.5
Liberal Democrats Frank Dawson 771 18.1% +7.2
Labour Party Ian Clifford English 570 13.4% +3.2
Green Party Trevor John Barker 412 9.7% +0.1
Majority1,727
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,251

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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