2014 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

Last updated May 21, 2024

Elections to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014, alongside European elections.

Candidates nominated for 2014 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Elections

Bickenhill ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alison Rolf	1,268	42.6
	UKIP	Robert Alan Hall	969	32.6
	Labour	Mike Longfield	417	15.8
	Green	Gary David Macnaughton	266	8.9
Majority
Turnout

Blythe ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Holt	1,612	46.2
	Residents	Josh O'Nyons	1544	44.2
	Labour	Raj Singh	337	9.7
Majority
Turnout

Castle Bromwich ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Robinson	1,351	42.5
	UKIP	Glen Lawrence	1244	39.1
	Labour	Ian Christopher McDonald	404	12.7
	Green	Mila Tilt	114	3.6
	Residents	Mandy Wilson	66	2.1
Majority
Turnout

Chelmsley Wood ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	James Burn	1,334
	UKIP	Colin Archer-Richards	556
	Labour Co-op	Nick Stephens	511
	Conservative	Sally Bell	142
Majority
Turnout

Dorridge & Hockley Heath ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ian Courts	2,320
	Green	Sara Stephens	378
	Labour	Ian Clifford English	336
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Elizabeth Hewings	290
Majority
Turnout

Elmdon ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Alan Hewings	936
	UKIP	David Faulkner	915
	Conservative	Martin McCarthy	878
	Labour	Sean Thomas Madden	359
	Green	Elaine Teresa Williams	225
Majority
Turnout

Kingshurst and Fordbridge ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UKIP	Debbie Evans	1,022
	Labour Co-op	David Charles Jamieson	713
	Conservative	Paul Thomas	277
	Green	Mark Frederick Wilson	128
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Worthington Richards	43
Majority
Turnout

Knowle ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Diana Holl-Allen	2,144
	Green	Roger Philip King	382
	Labour	Simon Martin Johnson	371
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Smith	218
Majority
Turnout

Lyndon ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Ludlow	1,186
	Conservative	Julie Hulland	967
	Labour	Martin Lawrence Tolman	768
	Green	Rianne Ten Veen	350
Majority
Turnout

Meriden ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ken Allsopp	1,830
	Residents	Sheila Cooper	723
	Labour	Cathy Connan	465
	Green	Carol Joy Linfield	332
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charles Lee	280
Majority
Turnout

Olton ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	John Anthony Windmill	1,478
	Conservative	Bob Grinsell	1402
	Labour	Alan Edward Jacques	462
	Green	Trevor John Barker	332
Majority
Turnout

Shirley East ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Annette McKenzie	1,211
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Doxford Hedley	828
	UKIP	Audrey Palmer Barnes	618
	Residents	Trevor Eames	363
	Labour	Kevin Peter Raven	351
Majority
Turnout

Shirley South ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Andy Hodgson	1,367
	Conservative	Angela Sandison	1165
	UKIP	Carole Chillcott	667
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Nicholas Leslie Robison	343
	Labour	Shirley Rose Young	190
Majority
Turnout

Shirley West ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Tim Hodgson	1,160
	Conservative	Brian Holmes	722
	UKIP	Cyril Millward	675
	Labour	Ray Brookes	329
	Liberal Democrats	Alex George Bashford	217
Majority
Turnout

Silhill ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Margaret Bassett	1,909
	Liberal Democrats	Ade Adeyemo	810
	Labour	Janet Mary Marsh	402
	Residents	Rebecca Hammond	190
	Green	Joy Aldworth	186
Majority
Turnout

Smith's Wood ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Stephen Holt	970
	UKIP	Mark Stephen Lawrence	584
	Labour	David Charles Cole	487
	Conservative	Graham Juniper	102
Majority
Turnout

St Alphege ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stuart Davis	2,448
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart William Jameson	566
	Residents	John Rogers	384
	Labour	Paul Cook Tuxworth	348
	Green	Emily Ann Marsay	244
Majority
Turnout

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Election of a Borough Councillor (Bickenhill)" (PDF). solihull.gov.uk. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2014.

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[nominations-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Election of a Borough Councillor (Bickenhill)" (PDF). solihull.gov.uk. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2014.

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