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Winner of each seat at the 2022 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 17 of the 51 seats were up for election. [1]
Since its creation in 1974, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has always had the Conservatives as the largest party. Labour came the closest to overtaking them in 1996, when they won 16 seats to the Conservatives' 17. [2] In the 2021 election, the Conservatives gained three seats on a vote share of 53.8% (+7.9), the Green Party gained 1 seat with 20.5% of the vote (-5.1), the Liberal Democrats lost 3 seats on 12.2% (-1.3), and Labour lost 1 seat on 12.9% (+0.9).
The seats up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018. In that election, the Conservatives won 49.1% of votes and gained 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats, the Greens gained 1 seat from the Conservatives and won 25.1% of the votes, Labour gained 1 seat from UKIP and won 15.5%, and the Liberal Democrats lost 1 seat and achieved 11.9%. [3]
After 2021 election | Before 2022 election [4] | After 2022 election [5] | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Conservative | 30 | Conservative | 30 | Conservative | 28 | |||
Green | 15 | Green | 12 | Green | 14 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 5 | |||
Labour | 2 | Labour | 0 | Labour | 0 | |||
Independent | 1 | Independent | 5 | Independent | 4 |
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 9 | 1 | 52.9 | 19 | 28 | 54.9 | 24,826 | 46.3 | –0.5 | |
Green | 4 | 1 | 23.5 | 10 | 14 | 27.5 | 8,792 | 16.4 | –8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 2 | 17.6 | 2 | 5 | 9.8 | 9,173 | 17.1 | +5.2 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | 3 | 4 | 7.8 | 1957 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Labour | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8,863 | 16.5 | +1.0 |
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gail Sleigh | 1,544 | 58.5 | 2.9 | |
Labour | Margaret Brittin | 589 | 22.3 | 5.1 | |
Green | Mark Pearson | 296 | 11.2 | 4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul McCabe | 211 | 8.0 | 3.5 | |
Majority | 955 | 36.2 | ? | ||
Turnout | 2640 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Holt* | 1,936 | 55.2 | 12.5 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Sowsbery-Moore | 667 | 19.0 | 5.2 | |
Green | Carol Linfield | 472 | 13.5 | 4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wyatt | 434 | 12.4 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 1269 | 36.2 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3509 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Feeney | 1,556 | 57.7 | 30.7 | |
Green | Antony Lowe | 606 | 22.5 | 41.7 | |
Labour | Emma Childer | 535 | 19.8 | 10.7 | |
Majority | 950 | 35.4 | 2.1 | ||
Turnout | 2697 | ||||
Conservative gain from Green | Swing | 5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Stephen Rymer | 1,094 | 67.1 | 10.8 | |
Labour | Hazel Dawkins | 335 | 20.5 | 6.2 | |
Conservative | Steve Temperton | 202 | 12.4 | 4.6 | |
Majority | 759 | 46.5 | 17.1 | ||
Turnout | 1631 | 5.2 | |||
Green hold | Swing | 5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Courts* | 2,183 | 61.2 | 7.7 | |
Labour | David Brittin | 524 | 14.7 | 4.8 | |
Green | Jane Holt | 505 | 14.2 | 5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Godfrey | 354 | 9.9 | 2.6 | |
Majority | 1659 | 46.5 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3566 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Laura McCarthy* | 1,870 | 56.8 | 13.2 | |
Conservative | Leslie Kaye | 1043 | 31.7 | 9.8 | |
Labour | Sarah Alan | 381 | 11.6 | 3.4 | |
Majority | 827 | 25.1 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3294 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Bernadette Donnelly | 652 | 37.7 | 32.7 | |
Conservative | David Cole* | 620 | 35.8 | 1.3 | |
Labour | Sam Mather | 459 | 26.5 | 20.5 | |
Majority | 32 | 1.8 | ? | ||
Turnout | 1731 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | 39.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana Holl-Allen* | 2,040 | 60.4 | 12.2 | |
Labour | Simon Johnson | 484 | 14.3 | 2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Jones | 463 | 13.7 | 5.7 | |
Green | Mark Amphlett | 390 | 11.5 | 4.1 | |
Majority | 1556 | 46.1 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 3377 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ade Adeyemo | 1,797 | 48.2 | 17.0 | |
Conservative | Sardul Marwa | 1443 | 38.7 | 1.7 | |
Labour | Sheila Brookes | 489 | 13.1 | 15.3 | |
Majority | 354 | 9.5 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3729 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Burrow | 2,103 | 54.2 | 18.4 | |
Green | Sheila Cooper | 1353 | 34.8 | 20.3 | |
Labour | Cathy Connan | 427 | 11.0 | 1.8 | |
Majority | 750 | 19.3 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3883 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Carthew | 2,154 | 52.8 | 11.1 * | |
Conservative | Keith Green | 1379 | 33.8 | 8.6 * | |
Labour | Antony Oseland | 543 | 13.3 | 1.2 * | |
Majority | 775 | 19.0 | ? | ||
Turnout | 4076 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Annette Mackenzie* | 1,839 | 55.9 | 2.8 | |
Labour | Gerard Dufficy | 612 | 18.6 | 3.3 | |
Green | Akin Kog | 470 | 14.3 | 5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gayle Monk | 366 | 11.1 | 6.1 | |
Majority | 1227 | 37.3 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3287 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Andy Hodgson* | 1,809 | 49.4 | 10.9 | |
Conservative | Howard Nichols | 1199 | 32.7 | 3.2 | |
Labour | Shirley Young | 506 | 13.8 | 3.5 | |
Independent | Rosemary Worsley | 148 | 4.0 | − | |
Majority | 610 | 16.7 | 14.1 | ||
Turnout | 3662 | ||||
Independent gain from Green | Swing | 2.4 |
*Andy Hodgson's changes are relative to when he stood in the 2018 Elections under the Green Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Alison Wilson | 1,549 | 48.5 | 11.8 | |
Conservative | Lachhman Bhambra | 1041 | 32.6 | 3.1 | |
Labour | Kevin Round | 607 | 19.0 | 8.7 | |
Majority | 508 | 15.9 | 14.9 | ||
Turnout | 3197 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Gough* | 1,960 | 55.8 | 7.8 | |
Labour | Nick Stephens | 802 | 22.8 | 6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Edwardson | 753 | 21.4 | 7.0 | |
Majority | 1158 | 32.9 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3515 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Ben Groom* | 993 | 63.4 | 3.8 | |
Labour | Keith Duggan | 333 | 21.3 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | Lavanya Madras Purushothaman | 240 | 15.3 | 4.8 | |
Majority | 660 | 42.1 | 3.3 | ||
Turnout | 1566 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samantha Gethen | 2,498 | 58.8 | 11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Dawson | 771 | 18.1 | 4.9 | |
Labour | Ian English | 570 | 13.4 | 3.1 | |
Green | Trevor Barker | 412 | 9.7 | 3.0 | |
Majority | 1727 | 40.6 | ? | ||
Turnout | 4251 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.6 |
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Winner of each seat at the 2022 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 17 of the 51 seats were up for election. [1]
Since its creation in 1974, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has always had the Conservatives as the largest party. Labour came the closest to overtaking them in 1996, when they won 16 seats to the Conservatives' 17. [2] In the 2021 election, the Conservatives gained three seats on a vote share of 53.8% (+7.9), the Green Party gained 1 seat with 20.5% of the vote (-5.1), the Liberal Democrats lost 3 seats on 12.2% (-1.3), and Labour lost 1 seat on 12.9% (+0.9).
The seats up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018. In that election, the Conservatives won 49.1% of votes and gained 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats, the Greens gained 1 seat from the Conservatives and won 25.1% of the votes, Labour gained 1 seat from UKIP and won 15.5%, and the Liberal Democrats lost 1 seat and achieved 11.9%. [3]
After 2021 election | Before 2022 election [4] | After 2022 election [5] | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Conservative | 30 | Conservative | 30 | Conservative | 28 | |||
Green | 15 | Green | 12 | Green | 14 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 5 | |||
Labour | 2 | Labour | 0 | Labour | 0 | |||
Independent | 1 | Independent | 5 | Independent | 4 |
Changes:
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 9 | 1 | 52.9 | 19 | 28 | 54.9 | 24,826 | 46.3 | –0.5 | |
Green | 4 | 1 | 23.5 | 10 | 14 | 27.5 | 8,792 | 16.4 | –8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 2 | 17.6 | 2 | 5 | 9.8 | 9,173 | 17.1 | +5.2 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | 3 | 4 | 7.8 | 1957 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Labour | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8,863 | 16.5 | +1.0 |
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gail Sleigh | 1,544 | 58.5 | 2.9 | |
Labour | Margaret Brittin | 589 | 22.3 | 5.1 | |
Green | Mark Pearson | 296 | 11.2 | 4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul McCabe | 211 | 8.0 | 3.5 | |
Majority | 955 | 36.2 | ? | ||
Turnout | 2640 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Holt* | 1,936 | 55.2 | 12.5 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Sowsbery-Moore | 667 | 19.0 | 5.2 | |
Green | Carol Linfield | 472 | 13.5 | 4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wyatt | 434 | 12.4 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 1269 | 36.2 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3509 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Feeney | 1,556 | 57.7 | 30.7 | |
Green | Antony Lowe | 606 | 22.5 | 41.7 | |
Labour | Emma Childer | 535 | 19.8 | 10.7 | |
Majority | 950 | 35.4 | 2.1 | ||
Turnout | 2697 | ||||
Conservative gain from Green | Swing | 5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Stephen Rymer | 1,094 | 67.1 | 10.8 | |
Labour | Hazel Dawkins | 335 | 20.5 | 6.2 | |
Conservative | Steve Temperton | 202 | 12.4 | 4.6 | |
Majority | 759 | 46.5 | 17.1 | ||
Turnout | 1631 | 5.2 | |||
Green hold | Swing | 5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Courts* | 2,183 | 61.2 | 7.7 | |
Labour | David Brittin | 524 | 14.7 | 4.8 | |
Green | Jane Holt | 505 | 14.2 | 5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Godfrey | 354 | 9.9 | 2.6 | |
Majority | 1659 | 46.5 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3566 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Laura McCarthy* | 1,870 | 56.8 | 13.2 | |
Conservative | Leslie Kaye | 1043 | 31.7 | 9.8 | |
Labour | Sarah Alan | 381 | 11.6 | 3.4 | |
Majority | 827 | 25.1 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3294 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Bernadette Donnelly | 652 | 37.7 | 32.7 | |
Conservative | David Cole* | 620 | 35.8 | 1.3 | |
Labour | Sam Mather | 459 | 26.5 | 20.5 | |
Majority | 32 | 1.8 | ? | ||
Turnout | 1731 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | 39.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana Holl-Allen* | 2,040 | 60.4 | 12.2 | |
Labour | Simon Johnson | 484 | 14.3 | 2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Jones | 463 | 13.7 | 5.7 | |
Green | Mark Amphlett | 390 | 11.5 | 4.1 | |
Majority | 1556 | 46.1 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 3377 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ade Adeyemo | 1,797 | 48.2 | 17.0 | |
Conservative | Sardul Marwa | 1443 | 38.7 | 1.7 | |
Labour | Sheila Brookes | 489 | 13.1 | 15.3 | |
Majority | 354 | 9.5 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3729 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Burrow | 2,103 | 54.2 | 18.4 | |
Green | Sheila Cooper | 1353 | 34.8 | 20.3 | |
Labour | Cathy Connan | 427 | 11.0 | 1.8 | |
Majority | 750 | 19.3 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3883 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Carthew | 2,154 | 52.8 | 11.1 * | |
Conservative | Keith Green | 1379 | 33.8 | 8.6 * | |
Labour | Antony Oseland | 543 | 13.3 | 1.2 * | |
Majority | 775 | 19.0 | ? | ||
Turnout | 4076 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Annette Mackenzie* | 1,839 | 55.9 | 2.8 | |
Labour | Gerard Dufficy | 612 | 18.6 | 3.3 | |
Green | Akin Kog | 470 | 14.3 | 5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gayle Monk | 366 | 11.1 | 6.1 | |
Majority | 1227 | 37.3 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3287 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Andy Hodgson* | 1,809 | 49.4 | 10.9 | |
Conservative | Howard Nichols | 1199 | 32.7 | 3.2 | |
Labour | Shirley Young | 506 | 13.8 | 3.5 | |
Independent | Rosemary Worsley | 148 | 4.0 | − | |
Majority | 610 | 16.7 | 14.1 | ||
Turnout | 3662 | ||||
Independent gain from Green | Swing | 2.4 |
*Andy Hodgson's changes are relative to when he stood in the 2018 Elections under the Green Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Alison Wilson | 1,549 | 48.5 | 11.8 | |
Conservative | Lachhman Bhambra | 1041 | 32.6 | 3.1 | |
Labour | Kevin Round | 607 | 19.0 | 8.7 | |
Majority | 508 | 15.9 | 14.9 | ||
Turnout | 3197 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Gough* | 1,960 | 55.8 | 7.8 | |
Labour | Nick Stephens | 802 | 22.8 | 6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Edwardson | 753 | 21.4 | 7.0 | |
Majority | 1158 | 32.9 | ? | ||
Turnout | 3515 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Ben Groom* | 993 | 63.4 | 3.8 | |
Labour | Keith Duggan | 333 | 21.3 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | Lavanya Madras Purushothaman | 240 | 15.3 | 4.8 | |
Majority | 660 | 42.1 | 3.3 | ||
Turnout | 1566 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Samantha Gethen | 2,498 | 58.8 | 11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Dawson | 771 | 18.1 | 4.9 | |
Labour | Ian English | 570 | 13.4 | 3.1 | |
Green | Trevor Barker | 412 | 9.7 | 3.0 | |
Majority | 1727 | 40.6 | ? | ||
Turnout | 4251 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.6 |