2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
17 out of 51 seats toSolihull Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ian Courts Max McLoughlin Laura McCarthy Party Conservative Green Liberal Democrats Seats before 29 12 6 Seats won 11 3 2 Seats after 30 10 8 Seat change 1 2 2 Popular vote 28,241 9,014 8,949 Percentage 50.5% 16.1% 14.2% Swing 12.1% 13.7% 1.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Labour Seats before 4 0 Seats won 0 1 Seats after 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 161 10,477 Percentage 0.3% 18.7% Swing 0.3% 3.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Leader before election Ian Courts Conservative Leader after election Ian Courts Conservative

The2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members ofSolihull Metropolitan Borough Council in theWest Midlands alongsideother local elections on the same day. 17 of the 51 seats were up for election.

Since its creation in 1974, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has always had theConservatives as the largest party, with some periods ofno overall control.Labour came the closest to overtaking them in1996, when they won 16 seats to the Conservatives' 17.^[1] In the2023 election, the Conservatives gained two seats on a vote share of 38.4% (-7.5), theGreen Party lost 1 seat with 29.8% of the vote (+4.2), theLiberal Democrats gained 1 seat on 16.1% (+2.6), and Labour lost their sole remaining seat on 14.9% (+2.9).

The seats up for election in 2024 were last elected in2021 (the election was delayed by 1 year due toCOVID-19, meaning these councillors served a 3-year term). In that election, the Conservatives gained 3 seats with 53.8% of the vote, the Green Party gained 1 with 20.5%, the Liberal Democrats lost 3 with 12.2%, and Labour lost 1 with 12.9%.

Changes 2023–2024:

• Stephen Rymer leaves Green Party to sit as an independent^[3]

The council remained under Conservative majority control.^[5]

2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11	1	64.7	19	30	58.8	28,241	50.5	+12.1
	Green	3	2	17.6	7	10	19.6	9,014	16.1	–13.7
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	11.8	6	8	15.7	7,949	14.2	–1.9
	Independent	0	2	0.0	2	2	3.9	161	0.3	–0.3
	Labour	1	1	5.9	0	1	2.0	10,477	18.7	+3.8
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	46	0.1	±0.0

Bickenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Rolf	1,720	60.9	6.4
	Labour	Margaret Turner	654	23.2	6.6
	Green	Mark Pearson	301	10.7	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Pilarski	149	5.3	0.3
Majority			1,066	37.7	13.0
Turnout			2,824
	Conservativehold		Swing	6.5

Blythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Green	2,459	60.2	7.2
	Labour	Noel Grace	915	22.4	9.3
	Green	Carol Linfield	409	10.0	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Wyatt	302	7.4	N/A
Majority			1,544	37.8	15.5
Turnout			4,085
	Conservativehold		Swing	8.3

Castle Bromwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin McCarthy	1,742	60.6	10.0
	Labour	Emma Chidler	658	22.9	8.8
	Green	Akin Kog	372	12.9	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Evans	102	3.5	N/A
Majority			1,084	37.7	22.4
Turnout			2,874
	Conservativehold		Swing	0.6

Chelmsley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shesh Sheshabhatter	901	58.2	2.0
	Labour	Kenneth Harrop	348	22.5	4.8
	Conservative	Georgina Hartland	253	16.3	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Purssell	47	3.0	N/A
Majority			553	35.7	4.0
Turnout			1,549
	Greenhold		Swing	3.4

Dorridge andHockley Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Tomlinson	2,518	63.8	5.8
	Green	Jane Holt	619	15.7	6.0
	Labour	David Brittin	596	15.1	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Godfrey	214	5.4	1.6
Majority			1,899	48.1	10.3
Turnout			3,947
	Conservativehold		Swing	5.9

Elmdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Jones	1,231	39.4	3.9
	Conservative	Yvonne Clements	1,176	37.6	6.0
	Labour	Lisa Holcroft	473	15.1	2.1
	Green	Margaret Ryan	140	4.5	N/A
	Independent	Paul Edwards	107	3.4	N/A
Majority			55	1.8	N/A
Turnout			3,127
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing	1.1

Kingshurst andFordbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Dawkins	667	40.6	18.0
	Conservative	Brent Robertson	652	39.7	4.6
	Green	Stephen Caudwell	271	16.5	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Phipps	51	3.1	N/A
Majority			15	0.9	N/A
Turnout			1,641
	Labourgain fromGreen		Swing	21.9

Knowle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Pinwell	2,483	67.2	6.3
	Labour	Simon Johnson	579	15.7	4.8
	Green	Mark Amphlett	374	10.1	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lionel King	259	7.0	0.1
Majority			1,904	51.5	11.1
Turnout			3,695
	Conservativehold		Swing	5.6

Lyndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh O'Nyons	1,342	39.8	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McCabe	1,201	36.1	4.7
	Labour	Sheila Brookes	565	17.0	1.9
	Green	Roger Halford	189	5.7	N/A
	TUSC	Lynsey Fraser-Smith	46	1.4	N/A
Majority			141	3.7	0.3
Turnout			3,324
	Conservativehold		Swing	0.2

Meriden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Dicicco	2,301	61.6	4.2
	Labour	Cathy Connan	690	18.5	7.7
	Green	Antony Lowe	384	10.3	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lee	362	9.7	N/A
Majority			1,611	43.1	9.5
Turnout			3,737
	Conservativehold		Swing	6.0

Olton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Phipps	1,858	44.2	4.1
	Conservative	James Johnson	1641	39.1	8.8
	Labour	Jack Simpson	461	11.0	1.1
	Green	Stephen Holt	242	5.8	N/A
Majority			217	5.2	N/A
Turnout			4,202
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing	6.5

Shirley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Grinsell	2,027	56.3	9.1
	Labour	Gerard Dufficy	947	26.3	18.0
	Green	Alan Wigley	390	10.8	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jamshid Moori	234	6.5	N/A
Majority			1,080	30.0	27.2
Turnout			3,598
	Conservativehold		Swing	4.5

Shirley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Max McLoughlin	1,914	50.3	0.8
	Conservative	Jessica Thompson	1,277	33.5	5.8
	Labour	Shirley Young	485	12.7	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Dawson	131	3.4	N/A
Majority			637	16.7	4.3
Turnout			3,807
	Greenhold		Swing	2.5

Shirley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Prish Sharma	1,449	41.9	7.0
	Green	Shelley Haughney	1,069	30.9	20.2
	Labour	Kevin Raven	615	17.8	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gayle Monk	166	4.8	N/A
	Independent	Mark Windridge	161	4.7	N/A
Majority			380	11.0	N/A
Turnout			3,460
	Conservativegain fromGreen		Swing	13.6

Silhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hogarth	2,183	55.7	11.5
	Labour	Nick Stephens	779	19.9	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Whitehead	575	14.7	0.5
	Green	Trevor Barker	384	9.8	N/A
Majority			1,404	35.8	12.8
Turnout			3,921
	Conservativehold		Swing	6.4

Smith's Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jean Hamilton	939	58.7	1.0
	Labour	Mark Caddick	400	25.0	9.0
	Conservative	Kamren Grant	230	14.4	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Johnson	28	1.8	N/A
Majority			539	33.7	1.7
Turnout			1,599
	Greenhold		Swing	5.0

St. Alphege

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Grinsell	2,807	60.9	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Geary	819	17.8	6.9
	Labour	Ian English	645	14.0	3.8
	Green	Joy Aldworth	336	7.3	2.3
Majority			1,988	43.2	14.1
Turnout			4,607
	Conservativehold		Swing	7.6

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