2012 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2012 Solihull council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Greens in green, Labour in red and independent in grey. Solihull UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2012 Solihull council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Greens in green, Labour in red and independent in grey.

The 2012 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election. The shock result[ citation needed ] of the election came in Blythe where the Independent Ratepayers ousted a Tory Incumbent. [1] [2] Prior to the election, the defending councillor in Shirley West had joined the Greens, having previously sat as an Independent Liberal Democrat. [3] Following the election another Shirley West Liberal Democrat councillor, Andy Hodgson, joined the Greens, taking their total up to 6 seats, and the Liberal Democrats down to 10. [4]

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Election result

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Election, 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 912-152.942.019,562-6.3%
  Liberal Democrats 301-117.619.59,095-0.0%
  Green 310+117.611.95,547+4.4%
  Labour 11105.917.38,075+0.7%
 Independent Ratepayers & Residents110+15.96.42,997+0.8%
  English Democrat 00000.02.41,115+1.3%
  BNP 00000.00.3150-0.2%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections : [2]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Conservatives2928
Liberal Democrat1211
Labour66
Green45
Independent Ratepayers & Residents01
Total5151
Working majority 7  5 

Ward results

Bickenhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Ryan1,34957.62−2.7
Labour Margaret Elizabeth Brittin57324.48+3.2
Green Alex Hawkeswood31213.33+8.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Charles Lee1074.57−0.8
Majority77633.15−5.9
Turnout 2,34125.6−10.8
Conservative hold Swing -2.9
Blythe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ratepayer & ResidentsLinda Brown1,18142.91+23.1
Conservative Martin McCarthy1,02037.06−18.2
Liberal Democrats Jo Hodgson28510.36−0.2
Labour Raj Singh2669.67−2.3
Majority1615.85−29.6
Turnout 2,75227.1−14.3
Independent Ratepayers & Residents gain from Conservatives Swing +20.6
Castle Bromwich [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ted Richards1,56564.43+0.3
Labour Ben Semens63226.02+2.1
Green Joy Aldworth1676.88−0.7
Liberal Democrats Ronald Lloyd652.76New
Majority93338.41−1.8
Turnout 2,42926.8−12.8
Conservative hold Swing -0.9
Chelmsley Wood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Chris Williams1,33662.8+11.5
Labour Co-op Angela Reid64430.3−0.8
Conservative Catherine Price1476.9−6.8
Majority69232.5+12.3
Turnout 2,12723.6−5.0
Green gain from Labour Swing +6.1
Dorridge & Hockley Heath [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ken Meeson1,94870.7+1.9
Labour Hugh Hendry2448.9+1.1
Green Sara Irene Stevens2107.6+2.9
English Democrat Andrew Martin Taylor1876.8+2.8
Liberal Democrats Jan Mason1656.0−6.1
Majority1,70461.9+5.1
Turnout 2,75432.0−19.5
Conservative hold Swing +0.4
Elmdon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glenis Ann Slater1,32147.3+5.9
Conservative Paul Thomas65723.5−9.1
Labour Andrew James Mullinex45116.1+1.6
English Democrat Robert Graham Lassen2398.5+5.6
Green Elaine Teresa Williams1274.5+2.6
Majority66423.8+15.0
Turnout 2,79530.3−12.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +7.5
Kingshurst & Fordbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Flo Nash1,11158.8+8.0
Conservative Debbie Evans57830.6−5.9
Green Gary Macnaughton1467.7+2.4
Liberal Democrats David Robert Godfrey532.8−0.5
Majority53328.2+14.0
Turnout 1,88821.2−5.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.0
Knowle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeff Potts1,94166.2−2.7
Labour Simon Martin Johnson32311.0+0.8
Green Jane Allison Holt2919.9+2.9
Liberal Democrats Lionel Arthur King2207.50.0
English Democrat Frank (Shannon) O'Brien1575.3+0.8
Majority1,61855.2−3.5
Turnout 2,93235.6−15.3
Conservative hold Swing -1.7
Lyndon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Beatrice Chamberlain1,26546.9+6.2
Labour Ian Clifford English58321.6+2.3
Conservative David Skelding44216.4−10.0
English Democrat David Francis Reynolds2689.9+3.4
Green Frances Grice1385.1+1.8
Majority68225.3+11.0
Turnout 2,69627.7−11.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.9
Meriden [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Diciccio131845.7−19.6
Independent RatepayerKen Meeson85829.8+23.3
Labour Cathy Connan41214.3−1.9
Green Roger Philip King1736.0+1.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Ludlow1224.2−3.1
Majority46016.0−33.2
Turnout 2,88330.5−17.4
Conservative hold Swing -21.4
Olton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Claire Louise O'Kane1,89950.5+6.7
Conservative David Price1,32635.3−4.3
Labour Alan Edward Jacques3168.4−2.1
Green Carol Joy Linfield2165.7+2.2
Majority57315.2+11.0
Turnout 3,75738.8−7.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.5
Shirley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Grinsell1,04537.3−6.9
Liberal Democrats Sue Rose85030.3+2.5
Labour Kevin Peter Raven39013.9+1.6
English Democrat Lisa Jane White2649.4+9.4
Independent RatepayerNeil Watts2529.0−3.3
Majority1957.0−9.4
Turnout 2,80132.6−13.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -4.7
Shirley South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Allport1,37938.5−0.4
Liberal Democrats Tim Hodgson1,34337.5+3.1
Independent RatepayerTrevor Eames46312.9+1.6
Labour Shirley Rose Young40011.2−0.9
Majority361.0−3.4
Turnout 3,58536.5−7.2
Conservative hold Swing -1.7
Shirley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Howard John Allen1,00139.1+34.3
Conservative Richard Holt72928.4−6.6
Labour Ray Brookes42616.6−2.3
Liberal Democrats Eimear Fossey40615.8−15.2
Majority27210.6+6.6
Turnout 2,56228.4−12.3
Green hold Swing +20.4
Silhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Hogarth1,81159.4+6.4
Liberal Democrats Bruce Keith Stone57919.0−7.5
Labour Janet Mary Marsh44514.6+2.9
Green Trevor John Barker2127.0+4.5
Majority1,23240.4+13.9
Turnout 3,04733.3−14.9
Conservative hold Swing +6.9
Smith's Wood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Mike Sheridan1,03057.7+11.8
Labour Mohammed Rashid47326.5−6.7
BNP Simone Neale1508.4+8.4
Conservative Sarah Evans1327.4−5.2
Majority55731.2+18.4
Turnout 1,78520.1−6.0
Green hold Swing +9.2
St. Alphege [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kate Wild2,17563.8−2.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Smith41512.2−3.9
Labour Paul Cook Tuxworth38611.3+1.1
Independent Ratepayer & ResidentsJohn Rogers2437.1+4.2
Green Stephen Robert Holt1885.5+1.5
Majority1,76051.7+1.0
Turnout 3,40733.0−17.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.5

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Elections results". Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online . Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Hulse, Cathrina (16 May 2011). "Solihull Lib Dems hit by new crisis as councillor defects to Greens". Solihull News. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Solihull councillor defects from Lib Dems to Greens". BBC. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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