2018 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

2018 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

3 May 2018
17 (one third) out of 51 seats for the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Green Liberal Democrats Seats before 32 10 6 Seats after 33 11 4 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 24,720 13,254 6,297 Percentage 46.8% 25.1% 11.9% Swing 0.9% 5.0% 0.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour UKIP Seats before 1 1 Seats after 2 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 8,219 375 Percentage 15.5% 0.7% Swing 1.5% 3.5%
2018 local election results in Solihull   Conservative   Green   Liberal Democrats   Labour
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2018 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Council Results

Solihull[2]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	17	10	2	1	1	58.8	46.8	24,720	0.9
	Green	14	5	1	0	1	29.4	25.1	13,254	5.0
	Labour	17	1	1	0	1	5.9	15.5	8,219	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	10	1	0	2	2	5.9	11.9	6,297	0.7
	UKIP	2	0	0	1	1	0	0.7	375	3.5

Ward Results

Bickenhill

Bickenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Rolf	1,571	61.4
	Labour	Joe Wood	702	27.4
	Green	Stephen Caudwell	172	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Reece Colley	115	4.5

Blythe

Blythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Holt	1,993	67.7
	Labour	Sardul Marwa	405	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Robinson	274	9.3
	Green	Jo Hodgson	270	9.2

Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Cheryl Buxton-Sait	2,254	64.1	60.5
	Conservative	Mike Robinson	941	26.8	15.7
	Labour	Emma Chidler	319	9.1	3.6
Majority			1,313	37.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,286
Turnout			3,519	37.9
Rejected ballots			5	0.1
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	45.6

Chelmsley Wood

Chelmsley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Burn	1,517	77.9	2.7
	Labour	Hazel Dawkins	278	14.3	4.1
	Conservative	David Skelding	152	7.8	3.7
Majority			1,239	63.6	1.1
Registered electors			8,862
Turnout			1,955	22.1
Rejected ballots			8	0.4
	Green hold		Swing	0.7

Dorridge and Hockley Heath

Dorridge and Hockley Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Courts	2,291	68.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Fairburn	415	12.5
	Labour	David Britain	330	9.9
	Green	Iona McIntyre	288	8.7

Elmdon

Elmdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Laura McCarthy	1,282	43.6
	Conservative	Catherine Price	1221	41.5
	Labour	Steve Gulati	440	15.0

Kingshurst and Fordbridge

Kingshurst and Fordbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cole	784	47.0
	Conservative	Diane Howell	575	34.5
	UKIP	Debbie Evans	225	13.5
	Green	Carol Linfield	84	5.0

Knowle

Knowle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Holl-Allen	2,316	72.6	3.8
	Labour	Simon Johnson	381	12.0	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Rogers	254	8.0	1.0
	Green	Alison Wilson	237	7.4	4.8
Majority			1,935	60.7	4.1
Registered electors			8,291
Turnout			3,194	38.5
Rejected ballots			6	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Lyndon

Lyndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Thomas	1,184	40.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Edwardson	915	31.2
	Labour	Marcus Brain	834	28.4

Meriden

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Allsopp	2,231	72.6
	Labour	Teresa Beddis	446	14.5
	Green	Mark Pearson	394	12.8

Olton

Olton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katy Blunt	1,577	42.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Windmill	1551	41.7
	Labour	Colin Palmer	593	15.9

St Alphege

St Alphege

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Davis	2,748	69.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Thomas	520	13.2
	Labour	Ian English	406	10.3
	Green	Maggie Ryan	263	6.7

Shirley East

Shirley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annette MacKenzie	1,696	58.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gayle Monk	498	17.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Thacker	443	15.3
	Green	Eleanor Aldworth	253	8.8

Shirley South

Shirley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andy Hodgson	2,215	60.3	17.8
	Conservative	Wazma Qais	1,084	29.5	8.0
	Labour	Susan Bliss	377	10.3	3.7
Majority			1,131	30.8	25.8
Registered electors			9,754
Turnout			3,686	37.8
Rejected ballots			10	0.3
	Green hold		Swing	12.9

Shirley West

Shirley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tim Hodgson	1,636	52.5	4.5
	Conservative	Jamil Ahmed	869	27.9	0.1
	Labour Co-op	Nick Stephens	611	19.6	9.8
Majority			767	24.6	4.4
Registered electors			9,581
Turnout			3,123	32.6
Rejected ballots			7	0.2
	Green hold		Swing	2.2

Silhill

Silhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gough	2,097	63.6
	Labour	Janet Marsh	526	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Stone	473	14.4
	Green	Trevor Barker	200	6.1

Smiths Wood

Smiths Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ben Groom	986	59.6	4.2
	Labour	Lee Skinner	344	20.8	3.0
	Conservative	Angus Young	174	10.5	5.8
	UKIP	Adrian Duffen	150	9.1	3.8
Majority			642	38.8	7.2
Registered electors			8,317
Turnout			1,656	19.9
Rejected ballots			2	0.1
	Green hold		Swing	3.6

References

1. "Local Elections in Solihull - 3 May 2018". solihull.gov.uk. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
2. "Election results - Solihull Local Election". Election results. Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
3. "Election results for Castle Bromwich". Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.