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]

Political control

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 controlYears
Conservative1974–1991
No overall control1991–2000
Conservative2000–2007
No overall control2007–2008
Conservative2008–2010
No overall control2010–2011
Conservative2011–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2005 have been:[5]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Ted Richards[6] Conservativepre-200515 May 2007
Ken Meeson Conservative15 May 200725 May 2010
Ian Hedley[7] Liberal Democrats25 May 201024 May 2011
Ken Meeson Conservative24 May 201110 Jun 2014
Bob Sleigh Conservative10 Jun 201414 May 2019
Ian Courts Conservative14 May 2019

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

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-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning 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

References

  1. 1 2 "The Borough of Solihull", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2508, retrieved 11 September 2022
  2. ↑ "Solihull Urban District / Municipal Borough / County Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Solihull". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Council minutes". Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Tories lose control of Solihull". Business Live. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lib Dem and Labour coalition agreed at Solihull council". BBC News. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
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