Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards. [1]
Solihull was a municipal borough from 1954, with a borough council. It was made a county borough in 1964, becoming independent from Warwickshire County Council. [2] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with West Midlands County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Midlands County Council was abolished in 1986 and Solihull became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties: [3] [4]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 1974–1991 | |
| No overall control | 1991–2000 | |
| Conservative | 2000–2007 | |
| No overall control | 2007–2008 | |
| Conservative | 2008–2010 | |
| No overall control | 2010–2011 | |
| Conservative | 2011–present | |
The leaders of the council since 2005 have been: [5]
| Councillor | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Richards [6] | Conservative | pre-2005 | 15 May 2007 | |
| Ken Meeson | Conservative | 15 May 2007 | 25 May 2010 | |
| Ian Hedley [7] | Liberal Democrats | 25 May 2010 | 24 May 2011 | |
| Ken Meeson | Conservative | 24 May 2011 | 10 Jun 2014 | |
| Bob Sleigh | Conservative | 10 Jun 2014 | 14 May 2019 | |
| Ian Courts | Conservative | 14 May 2019 | ||
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of the by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley East by-election | 2 February 1989 | Conservative | SLD | ||
| Smith's Wood by-election | 2 March 1989 | Labour | Labour | ||
| Packwood by-election | April 1989 | Independent Resident | SLD | ||
| Shirley West by-election | 13 December 1990 | Conservative | Independent Ratepayer | ||
| Castle Bromwich by-election | 18 July 1996 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
| Fordbridge by-election | 24 October 1996 | Labour | Labour | ||
| Kingshurst by-election | 16 October 1997 | Labour | Labour | ||
| Silhill by-election | Conservative | Conservative | |||
| Shirley South by-election | 16 July 1998 | Independent Ratepayer | Conservative | ||
| Shirley East by-election | 28 September 2000 | Liberal Democrats | Conservative | ||
| Shirley West by-election | 13 March 2003 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | ||
| St Alphege by-election | 3 March 2005 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
| Knowle by-election | 15 September 2005 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
| Olton by-election | 20 January 2011 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
| Blythe by-election | 1 March 2018 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
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