Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards. ^[1]

Political control

Solihull was a municipal borough from 1954, with a borough council. It was made a county borough in 1964, becoming independent from Warwickshire County Council. ^[2] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with West Midlands County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Midlands County Council was abolished in 1986 and Solihull became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties: ^{[3] [4]}

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2005 have been: ^[5]

Council elections

Borough result maps

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  1984 results map
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  1986 results map
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  1987 results map
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  1988 results map
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  1990 results map
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  1991 results map
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  1992 results map
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  1994 results map
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  1995 results map
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  1998 results map
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  1999 results map
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  2000 results map
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  2002 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of the by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

References

External links

• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council