2018 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

3 May 2018
17 (one third) out of 51 seats for the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Green Liberal Democrats Seats before 32 10 6 Seats after 33 11 4 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 24,720 13,254 6,297 Percentage 46.8% 25.1% 11.9% Swing 0.9% 5.0% 0.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour UKIP Seats before 1 1 Seats after 2 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 8,219 375 Percentage 15.5% 0.7% Swing 1.5% 3.5%
2018 local election results in Solihull   Conservative   Green   Liberal Democrats   Labour
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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

Solihull[2]
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	17	10	2	1	1	58.8	46.8	24,720	0.9
	Green	14	5	1	0	1	29.4	25.1	13,254	5.0
	Labour	17	1	1	0	1	5.9	15.5	8,219	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	10	1	0	2	2	5.9	11.9	6,297	0.7
	UKIP	2	0	0	1	1	0	0.7	375	3.5

Ward Results

Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Cheryl Buxton-Sait	2,254	64.1	60.5
	Conservative	Mike Robinson	941	26.8	15.7
	Labour	Emma Chidler	319	9.1	3.6
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	45.6

Chelmsley Wood

Chelmsley Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Burn	1,517	77.9	2.7
	Labour	Hazel Dawkins	278	14.3	4.1
	Conservative	David Skelding	152	7.8	3.7
Majority			1,239	63.6	1.1
Registered electors			8,862
Turnout			1,955	22.1
Rejected ballots			8	0.4
	Green hold		Swing	0.7

Knowle

Knowle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Holl-Allen	2,316	72.6	3.8
	Labour	Simon Johnson	381	12.0	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Rogers	254	8.0	1.0
	Green	Alison Wilson	237	7.4	4.8
Majority			1,935	60.7	4.1
Registered electors			8,291
Turnout			3,194	38.5
Rejected ballots			6	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Shirley South

Shirley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andy Hodgson	2,215	60.3	17.8
	Conservative	Wazma Qais	1,084	29.5	8.0
	Labour	Susan Bliss	377	10.3	3.7
Majority			1,131	30.8	25.8
Registered electors			9,754
Turnout			3,686	37.8
Rejected ballots			10	0.3
	Green hold		Swing	12.9

Shirley West

Shirley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tim Hodgson	1,636	52.5	4.5
	Conservative	Jamil Ahmed	869	27.9	0.1
	Labour Co-op	Nick Stephens	611	19.6	9.8
Majority			767	24.6	4.4
Registered electors			9,581
Turnout			3,123	32.6
Rejected ballots			7	0.2
	Green hold		Swing	2.2

Smiths Wood

Smiths Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ben Groom	986	59.6	4.2
	Labour	Lee Skinner	344	20.8	3.0
	Conservative	Angus Young	174	10.5	5.8
	UKIP	Adrian Duffen	150	9.1	3.8
Majority			642	38.8	7.2
Registered electors			8,317
Turnout			1,656	19.9
Rejected ballots			2	0.1
	Green hold		Swing	3.6

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