Solihull | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 77,354 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Solihull |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of Parliament | Julian Knight (Independent) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Tamworth |
Solihull is a constituency in West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Julian Knight. Although originally elected as a Conservative, Knight currently sits as an Independent, having had the whip suspended following allegations of serious sexual assault made to the Metropolitan Police in December 2022. [2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes. As a consequence, it will be renamed Solihull West and Shirley , to be first contested at the next general election. [3]
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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1945 | Sir Martin Lindsay | Conservative | |
1964 | Percy Grieve | Conservative | |
1983 | John Taylor | Conservative | |
2005 | Lorely Burt | Liberal Democrats | |
2015 | Julian Knight | Conservative | |
2022 | Independent [2] |
The Solihull area is home to some of the West Midlands's more affluent residents and includes a high proportion of Birmingham workers and the managerial classes in manufacturing, retail, industry and the public sector. There are smaller villages and undeveloped green belt areas in its peripheral countryside, though the seat is primarily suburban and middle-class, with low levels of deprivation throughout. Workless claimants stood at only 2% of the population in November 2012, below every regional average in the UK. In the study of that date, only three of the 59 West Midlands seats had a lower proportion of registered jobseekers. [5]
Following boundary changes, the northernmost tip of the seat now contains the point in England furthest from the coast in any direction.
The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It covers the town of Solihull itself, as well as Shirley and Olton. It is a largely well-off, residential area, in the south-east of the West Midlands conurbation.
1945–1950: The part of the county borough of Birmingham in the present Tamworth constituency, and the urban district of Solihull. [6]
1950–1974: The Urban District of Solihull. [7]
1974–1983: The County Borough of Solihull.
1983–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull wards of Elmdon, Lyndon, Olton, St Alphege, Shirley East, Shirley South, Shirley West, and Silhill.
Conservative candidates won the seat from its outset in 1945 until a loss in 2005, the seat meanwhile seeing boundary changes covered above. In the 2005 general election Solihull was won by the Liberal Democrats, with Lorely Burt beating the incumbent John Taylor by a majority of 279 votes. Burt won the seat again at the 2010 general election, this time by just 175 votes following two recounts.
The seat has been represented by Julian Knight since 2015, who won the seat from Burt with a majority of 12,902. At the 2017 election, Knight increased his majority to just over 20,000, with a similar result in 2019, making Solihull a safe Conservative seat.
However, following allegations of serious sexual assault made to the Metropolitan Police against Knight in December 2022, Knight sits as an independent MP, having had the Conservative whip suspended. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Knight | 32,309 | 58.4 | 0.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Nick Stephens | 11,036 | 19.9 | 2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ade Adeyemo [9] | 9,977 | 18.0 | 2.3 | |
Green | Rosi Sexton | 2,022 | 3.7 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 21,273 | 38.5 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 55,344 | 70.3 | 3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Knight | 32,985 | 58.1 | 8.9 | |
Labour | Nigel Knowles | 12,414 | 21.9 | 11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ade Adeyemo [11] | 8,901 | 15.7 | 10.0 | |
UKIP | Andrew Garcarz | 1,291 | 2.3 | 9.3 | |
Green | Max McLoughlin | 1,157 | 2.0 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 20,571 | 36.2 | 12.7 | ||
Turnout | 56,748 | 73.4 | 2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Knight | 26,956 | 49.2 | 6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorely Burt | 14,054 | 25.7 | 17.2 | |
UKIP | Phil Henrick [14] | 6,361 | 11.6 | 9.4 | |
Labour | Nigel Knowles | 5,693 | 10.4 | 1.5 | |
Green | Howard Allen | 1,632 | 3.0 | New | |
An Independence from Europe | Mike Nattrass | 50 | 0.1 | New | |
Democratic | Matthew J. Ward | 33 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 12,902 | 23.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,779 | 70.9 | 1.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 11.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lorely Burt | 23,635 | 42.9 | 3.5 | |
Conservative | Maggie Throup | 23,460 | 42.6 | 2.9 | |
Labour | Sarah Merrill | 4,891 | 8.9 | 6.7 | |
BNP | Andrew Terry | 1,624 | 2.9 | 0.5 | |
UKIP | John Ison | 1,200 | 2.2 | 0.3 | |
Solihull and Meriden Residents' Association | Neill Watts | 319 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 175 | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||
Turnout | 55,129 | 71.9 | 4.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lorely Burt | 20,896 | 39.9 | 13.9 | |
Conservative | John Taylor | 20,617 | 39.4 | 6.0 | |
Labour | Rory Vaughan | 8,058 | 15.4 | 10.2 | |
BNP | Diane Carr | 1,752 | 3.3 | New | |
UKIP | Andrew Moore | 990 | 1.9 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 279 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,313 | 63.1 | 0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Taylor | 21,935 | 45.4 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Byron | 12,528 | 26.0 | 0.7 | |
Labour | Brendan O’Brien | 12,373 | 25.6 | 1.3 | |
UKIP | Andy Moore | 1,061 | 2.2 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Mary Pyne | 374 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 9,407 | 19.4 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,271 | 63.3 | 11.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Taylor | 26,299 | 44.6 | 16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael J. Southcombe | 14,902 | 25.3 | 4.3 | |
Labour | Rachel N. Harris | 14,334 | 24.3 | 7.6 | |
Referendum | Mike Nattrass | 2,748 | 4.7 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Jim Caffery | 623 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,397 | 19.3 | 20.5 | ||
Turnout | 58,906 | 74.6 | 7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 10.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Taylor | 38,385 | 60.8 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael J. Southcombe | 13,239 | 21.0 | 2.9 | |
Labour | Nicola Kutapan | 10,544 | 16.7 | 1.7 | |
Green | Clifford G. Hards | 925 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 25,146 | 39.8 | 2.7 | ||
Turnout | 63,093 | 81.6 | 6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Taylor | 35,844 | 61.1 | 0.3 | |
Liberal | Geoff E. Gadie | 14,058 | 24.0 | 3.7 | |
Labour | Sue E. Knowles | 8,791 | 15.0 | 3.4 | |
Majority | 21,786 | 37.1 | 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 58,693 | 75.1 | 3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Taylor | 31,947 | 60.8 | 5.4 | |
Liberal | Ian Gillett | 14,553 | 27.7 | 12.0 | |
Labour | I. Jamieson | 6,075 | 11.6 | 5.0 | |
Majority | 17,394 | 33.1 | 16.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,575 | 71.4 | 5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Grieve | 43,027 | 66.16 | ||
Labour | David Hallam | 10,820 | 16.64 | ||
Liberal | Ian Gillett | 10,214 | 15.70 | ||
National Front | D. Stevenson | 978 | 1.50 | New | |
Majority | 32,207 | 49.52 | |||
Turnout | 65,039 | 77.18 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Grieve | 31,707 | 52.67 | ||
Liberal | J.A. Windmill | 15,848 | 26.33 | ||
Labour | Denis MacShane | 12,640 | 21.00 | ||
Majority | 15,859 | 26.34 | |||
Turnout | 60,195 | 75.25 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Grieve | 35,049 | 54.47 | ||
Liberal | J.A. Windmill | 17,686 | 27.49 | ||
Labour | D.A. Norman | 11,608 | 18.04 | ||
Majority | 17,363 | 26.98 | |||
Turnout | 64,343 | 81.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Grieve | 37,756 | 64.29 | ||
Labour | Douglas Gray | 13,181 | 22.44 | ||
Liberal | R. A. Davis | 7,795 | 13.27 | New | |
Majority | 24,575 | 41.85 | |||
Turnout | 58,732 | 72.14 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Grieve | 34,008 | 65.69 | ||
Labour | D.A. Forwood | 17,760 | 34.31 | ||
Majority | 16,248 | 31.38 | |||
Turnout | 51,768 | 74.80 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Grieve | 32,355 | 59.45 | ||
Labour | Thomas WK Scott | 11,969 | 21.99 | ||
Liberal | Lionel Farell | 10,097 | 18.55 | New | |
Majority | 20,386 | 37.46 | |||
Turnout | 54,421 | 80.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Lindsay | 35,862 | 73.88 | ||
Labour | Eric J Bowen | 12,682 | 26.12 | ||
Majority | 23,180 | 47.76 | |||
Turnout | 48,544 | 80.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin Lindsay | 29,323 | 72.18 | ||
Labour | Marion Large | 11,300 | 27.82 | ||
Majority | 18,023 | 44.36 | |||
Turnout | 40,623 | 78.28 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Lindsay | 27,871 | 70.35 | ||
Labour | John Johnson | 11,747 | 29.65 | ||
Majority | 16,124 | 40.70 | |||
Turnout | 39,618 | 83.18 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Lindsay | 25,758 | 63.28 | ||
Labour | W.N. Camp | 11,741 | 28.84 | ||
Liberal | Ada M Hayes | 3,206 | 7.88 | New | |
Majority | 14,017 | 34.44 | |||
Turnout | 40,705 | 86.92 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Martin Lindsay | 26,696 | 55.22 | ||
Labour | Roy Jenkins | 21,647 | 44.78 | ||
Majority | 5,049 | 10.44 | |||
Turnout | 48,343 | 71.79 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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