2016 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

2016 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

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One third (17) seats to Solihull Metropolitan Borough City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Green Liberal Democrats Seats won 32 10 6 Seat change 2 Popular vote 23,724 9,975 5,580 Percentage 47.71% 20.06% 11.22%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party UKIP Labour Independent Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 2,080 6,963 1,387 Percentage 4.18% 14.00% 2.79%   Seventh party   Party SDP Seats won 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 17 Percentage 0.03%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2016 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The governing Conservative Party won 9 of the 17 seats up for election, gaining one from an Independent and losing one to the Green Party. In addition to this seat, the Greens gained another from the SDP, that of a former Green Councillor who had defected in August 2015. They also held their two existing seats to solidify their position as the Official Opposition in Solihull. The Liberal Democrats held their three seats and Labour held their one, the only seat they hold in Solihull.

Result[]

Solihull Council election result, 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	1		52.9	47.7	23,724	4,162
	Green	4	2		2	23.5	20.1	9,975	4,428
	Liberal Democrats	3				17.7	11.2	5,580	3,515
	Labour	1				5.9	14.0	6,963	1,112
	UKIP	0				0	4.2	2,080	2,080
	Independent	0		1	1	0	2.8	1,387	1,387
	SDP	0		1	1	0	0.0	17	17
	Totals	17						49,726	3,185

Council Composition[]

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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32	8	6	2	1	1	1
Conservative	Green	Lib Dem	UKIP	Lab	SDP	Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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32	10	6	2	1
Conservative	Green	Lib Dem	UKIP	Lab

Lib Dem - Liberal Democrats

Lab - Labour

Ind - Independent

Result by Ward[]

Bickenhill[]

Bickenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Ryan	1,493	60.67	3.04
	Labour	Mike Longfield	565	22.96	1.52
	Green	Gary Macnaughton	403	16.38	3.05
Majority			928	37.71	4.57
Turnout			2,461
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blythe[]

Blythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Insley	1,598	51.14	14.08
	Independent	Linda Brown	1,048	33.54	9.37
	Labour	Sardul Marwa	280	8.96	0.71
	Green	Jo Hodgson	199	6.37	N/A
Majority			550	17.60
Turnout			3,125
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Castle Bromwich[]

Castle Bromwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ted Richards	1,859	71.72
	Labour	Ian English	465	17.94
	Green	Cheryl Buxton-Sait	268	10.34
Majority			1,394	53.78
Turnout			2,592
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chelmsley Wood[]

Chelmsley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Chris Williams	1,652	75.16
	UKIP	Rosie Worsley	231	10.51
	Labour	Emma Chidler	224	10.19
	Conservative	Sally Bell	91	4.14
Majority			1,421	64.65
Turnout			2,198
	Green hold		Swing

Dorridge and Hockley Heath[]

Dorridge and Hockley Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Meeson	2,215	71.13
	Green	Iona McIntyre	322	10.34
	Labour	Elizabeth Thacker	289	9.28
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Fairburn	288	9.25
Majority			1,893	60.79
Turnout			3,114
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elmdon[]

Elmdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glenis Slater	1,175	36.60
	Conservative	Michael Gough	1,120	34.89
	UKIP	David Faulkner	491	15.30
	Labour	Marcus Brain	328	10.21
	Green	Ashleigh Knibb	96	2.99
Majority			55	1.71
Turnout			3,210
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kingshurst and Fordbridge[]

Kingshurst and Fordbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Flo Nash	780	45.91
	UKIP	Sarah Evans	537	31.61
	Conservative	Max Barker	226	13.30
	Green	David Davies	116	6.83
Majority			243	14.30
Turnout			1,699
	Labour hold		Swing

Knowle[]

Knowle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Potts	2,303	75.14
	Labour	Simon Johnson	387	12.63
	Green	Alison Gavin	375	12.23
Majority			1,916	62.51
Turnout			3,065
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyndon[]

Lyndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ade Adeyemo	1,060	36.39
	Conservative	Paul Thomas	901	30.93
	Labour	Martin Tolman	693	23.79
	Green	Elaine Williams	259	8.89
Majority			159	5.46
Turnout			2,913
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Meriden[]

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Dicicco	1,891	59.75
	UKIP	Leslie Kaye	557	17.60
	Labour	Cathy Connan	498	15.73
	Green	Mark Pearson	219	6.92
Majority			1,334	42.15
Turnout			3,165
	Conservative hold		Swing

Olton[]

Olton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Fairburn	1,554	43.13
	Conservative	Wazma Qais	1,429	39.66
	Labour	Steve Gulati	388	10.77
	Green	Carol Linfield	232	6.44
Majority			125	3.47
Turnout			3,603
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shirley East[]

Shirley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Grinsell	1,556	50.87
	Green	Howard Allen	859	28.08
	Labour	Kevin Raven	370	12.10
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lee	274	8.96
Majority			697	22.78
Turnout			3,059
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shirley South[]

Shirley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Max Mcloughlin	1,587	42.51
	Conservative	Gary Allport	1,401	37.53
	Independent	Trevor Eames	339	9.08
	Labour	Shirley Young	247	6.62
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Rogers	159	4.26
Majority			186	4.98
Turnout			3,733
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Shirley West[]

Shirley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Maggie Allen	1,761	57.85
	Conservative	David Price	865	28.42
	Labour	Ray Brookes	302	9.92
	Liberal Democrats	Bradley Tucker	116	3.81
Majority			896	29.43
Turnout			3,044
	Green hold		Swing

Silhill[]

Silhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hogarth	2,147	65.80
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Mason	481	14.74
	Labour	Janet Marsh	406	12.44
	Green	Trevor Barker	229	7.02
Majority			1,666	51.06
Turnout			3,263
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smith's Wood[]

Smith's Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jean Hamilton	1,306	63.80
	Labour	David Cole	364	17.78
	UKIP	Gary Smith	264	12.90
	Conservative	Graham Juniper	96	4.69
	SDP	Mike Sheridan	17	0.83
Majority			942	46.02
Turnout			2,047
	Green gain from SDP		Swing

St. Alphege[]

St. Alphege

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kate Wild	2,533	68.93
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Smith	473	12.87
	Labour	Paul Tuxworth	377	10.26
	Green	Maggie Ryan	292	7.95
Majority			2,060	56.05
Turnout			3,675
	Conservative hold		Swing

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