2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 of 51 seats; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Ward map of Solihull, 2024
Leader before election; Ian Courts; Conservative	Leader after election; TBD;

Last updated April 16, 2024

The 2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands. This will be on the same day as other local elections. 17 of the 51 seats are up for election.

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has always had the Conservatives as the largest party, with some periods of no overall control. Labour came the closest to overtaking them in 1996, when they won 16 seats to the Conservatives' 17.^[1] In the 2023 election, the Conservatives gained two seats on a vote share of 38.4% (-7.5), the Green Party lost 1 seat with 29.8% of the vote (+4.2), the Liberal Democrats gained 1 seat on 16.1% (+2.6), and Labour lost their sole remaining seat on 14.9% (+2.9).

The seats up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021 (the election was delayed by 1 year due to COVID-19, meaning these councillors served a 3-year term). In that election, the Conservatives gained 3 seats with 53.8% of the vote, the Green party gained 1 with 20.5%, the Liberal Democrats lost 3 with 12.2%, and Labour lost 1 with 12.9%.

Previous council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election^[2]			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	29		Conservative	29		Conservative
	Green	13		Green	12		Green
	Liberal Democrats	6		Liberal Democrats	6		Liberal Democrats
	Independent	2		Independent	4		Independent

Changes:

Stephen Rymer leaves Green Party to sit as an independent^[3]

Councillors standing down

Councillor	Ward	First elected	Party		Date announced
Jim Ryan	Bickenhill Ward	1984		Conservative	26 March 2024^[4]

Candidates

Bickenhill

Bickenhill
Party		Candidate
	Green	Mark Pearson
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Pilarski
	Conservative	Alison Rolf
	Labour	Margaret Turner
Majority
Turnout

Blythe

Blythe
Party		Candidate	±%
	Labour	Noel Grace
	Conservative	Keith Green
	Green	Carol Linfield
	Liberal Democrats	John Wyatt	N/A
Majority
Turnout

Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich
Party		Candidate	±%
	Labour	Emma Chidler
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Evans	N/A
	Green	Akin Kog
	Conservative	Martin McCarthy
Majority
Turnout

Chelmsley Wood

Chelmsley Wood
Party		Candidate	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Harrop
	Conservative	Georgina Hartland
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Purssell	N/A
	Green	Shesh Sheshabhatter
Majority
Turnout

Dorridge and Hockley Heath

Dorridge and Hockley Heath
Party		Candidate
	Labour	David Brittin
	Liberal Democrats	David Godfrey
	Green	Jane Holt
	Conservative	Sally Tomlinson
Majority
Turnout

Elmdon

Elmdon
Party		Candidate	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Clements
	Independent	Paul Edwards	N/A
	Labour	Lisa Holcroft
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Jones
	Green	Margaret Ryan	N/A
Majority
Turnout

Kingshurst and Fordbridge

Kingshurst and Fordbridge
Party		Candidate	±%
	Green	Stephen Caudwell
	Labour	Hazel Dawkins
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Phipps	N/A
	Conservative	Brent Robertson
Majority
Turnout

Knowle

Knowle
Party		Candidate
	Green	Mark Amphlett
	Labour	Simon Johnson
	Liberal Democrats	Lionel King
	Conservative	David Pinwell
Majority
Turnout

Lyndon

Lyndon
Party		Candidate	±%
	Labour	Sheila Brookes
	TUSC	Lynsey Fraser-Smith	N/A
	Green	Roger Halford	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McCabe
	Conservative	Josh O'Nyons
Majority
Turnout

Meriden

Meriden
Party		Candidate	±%
	Labour	Cathy Connan
	Conservative	Tony Dicicco
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lee	N/A
	Green	Antony Lowe
Majority
Turnout

Olton

Olton
Party		Candidate	±%
	Green	Stephen Holt	N/A
	Conservative	James Johnson
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Phipps
	Labour	Jack Simpson
Majority
Turnout

Shirley East

Shirley East
Party		Candidate	±%
	Labour	Gerard Dufficy
	Conservative	Karen Grinsell
	Liberal Democrats	Jamshid Moori	N/A
	Green	Alan Wigley
Majority
Turnout

Shirley South

Shirley South
Party		Candidate	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Dawson	N/A
	Green	Max McLoughlin
	Conservative	Jessica Thompson
	Labour	Shirley Young
Majority
Turnout

Shirley West

Shirley West
Party		Candidate	±%
	Green	Shelley Haughney
	Liberal Democrats	Gayle Monk	N/A
	Labour	Kevin Raven
	Conservative	Prish Sharma
	Independent	Mark Windridge	N/A
Majority
Turnout

Silhill

Silhill
Party		Candidate	±%
	Green	Trevor Barker	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Hogarth
	Labour	Nick Stephens
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Whitehead
Majority
Turnout

Smith's Wood

Smith's Wood
Party		Candidate	±%
	Labour	Mark Caddick
	Conservative	Kamren Grant
	Green	Jean Hamilton
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Johnson	N/A
Majority
Turnout

St. Alphege

St. Alphege
Party		Candidate
	Green	Joy Aldworth
	Labour	Ian English
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Geary
	Conservative	Bob Grinsell
Majority
Turnout

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References

↑ "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 12. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
↑ "Your Councillors by Party". 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
↑ Cramp, Thomas (9 May 2023). "Every member of Solihull Council after the 2023 local elections". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
↑ "Bickenhill Councillor stands down after 40 years". Solihull Observer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

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[1] "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 12. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[2] "Your Councillors by Party". 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

[3] Cramp, Thomas (9 May 2023). "Every member of Solihull Council after the 2023 local elections". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

[4] "Bickenhill Councillor stands down after 40 years". Solihull Observer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

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