2018 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2018 local election in England
2018 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election17 (one third) out of 51 seats for the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
First party | Second party | Third party | |
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Blank | Blank | Blank | |
Party | Conservative | Green | Liberal Democrats |
Seats before | 32 | 10 | 6 |
Seats after | 33 | 11 | 4 |
Seat change | Increase1 | Increase1 | Decrease2 |
Popular vote | 24,720 | 13,254 | 6,297 |
Percentage | 46.8% | 25.1% | 11.9% |
Swing | Decrease0.9% | Increase5.0% | Increase0.7% |
Fourth party | Fifth party | ||
Blank | Blank | ||
Party | Labour | UKIP | |
Seats before | 1 | 1 | |
Seats after | 2 | 0 | |
Seat change | Increase1 | Decrease1 | |
Popular vote | 8,219 | 375 | |
Percentage | 15.5% | 0.7% | |
Swing | Decrease1.5% | Decrease3.5% |
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
[edit ]Solihull[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | Increase1 | 58.8 | 46.8 | 24,720 | Decrease0.9 | ||||||
Green | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Increase1 | 29.4 | 25.1 | 13,254 | Increase5.0 | ||||||
Labour | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Increase1 | 5.9 | 15.5 | 8,219 | Increase1.5 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Decrease2 | 5.9 | 11.9 | 6,297 | Increase0.7 | ||||||
UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Decrease1 | 0 | 0.7 | 375 | Decrease3.5 |
Ward Results
[edit ]Bickenhill
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Cheryl Buxton-Sait | 2,254 | 64.1 | Increase60.5 | |
Conservative | Mike Robinson | 941 | 26.8 | Decrease15.7 | |
Labour | Emma Chidler | 319 | 9.1 | Decrease3.6 | |
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 | Increase45.6 |
Chelmsley Wood
[edit ]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | James Burn | 1,517 | 77.9 | Increase2.7 | |
Labour | Hazel Dawkins | 278 | 14.3 | Increase4.1 | |
Conservative | David Skelding | 152 | 7.8 | Increase3.7 | |
Majority | 1,239 | 63.6 | Decrease1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,862 | ||||
Turnout | 1,955 | 22.1 | |||
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.4 | |||
Green hold | Swing | Decrease0.7 |
Dorridge and Hockley Heath
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diana Holl-Allen | 2,316 | 72.6 | Increase3.8 | |
Labour | Simon Johnson | 381 | 12.0 | Increase0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antony Rogers | 254 | 8.0 | Increase1.0 | |
Green | Alison Wilson | 237 | 7.4 | Decrease4.8 | |
Majority | 1,935 | 60.7 | Increase4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,291 | ||||
Turnout | 3,194 | 38.5 | |||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} |
Lyndon
[edit ]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Thomas | 1,184 | 40.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Edwardson | 915 | 31.2 | ||
Labour | Marcus Brain | 834 | 28.4 |
Meriden
[edit ]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ken Allsopp | 2,231 | 72.6 | ||
Labour | Teresa Beddis | 446 | 14.5 | ||
Green | Mark Pearson | 394 | 12.8 |
Olton
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Andy Hodgson | 2,215 | 60.3 | Increase17.8 | |
Conservative | Wazma Qais | 1,084 | 29.5 | Decrease8.0 | |
Labour | Susan Bliss | 377 | 10.3 | Increase3.7 | |
Majority | 1,131 | 30.8 | Increase25.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,754 | ||||
Turnout | 3,686 | 37.8 | |||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.3 | |||
Green hold | Swing | Increase12.9 |
Shirley West
[edit ]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Tim Hodgson | 1,636 | 52.5 | Decrease4.5 | |
Conservative | Jamil Ahmed | 869 | 27.9 | Decrease0.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Nick Stephens | 611 | 19.6 | Increase9.8 | |
Majority | 767 | 24.6 | Decrease4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,581 | ||||
Turnout | 3,123 | 32.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.2 | |||
Green hold | Swing | Decrease2.2 |
Silhill
[edit ]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
[edit ]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Ben Groom | 986 | 59.6 | Decrease 4.2 | |
Labour | Lee Skinner | 344 | 20.8 | Increase 3.0 | |
Conservative | Angus Young | 174 | 10.5 | Increase 5.8 | |
UKIP | Adrian Duffen | 150 | 9.1 | Decrease3.8 | |
Majority | 642 | 38.8 | Decrease7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,317 | ||||
Turnout | 1,656 | 19.9 | |||
Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.1 | |||
Green hold | Swing | Decrease3.6 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Local Elections in Solihull - 3 May 2018". solihull.gov.uk. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Election results - Solihull Local Election". Election results. Metropolitan Borough of Solihull . Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Election results for Castle Bromwich". Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.