# 2011 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2011 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. Since the last election, the Liberal Democrats had defended a seat in a by-election in Olton, but had lost all three councillors for Shirley West, with Brynn Tudor being disqualified for non-attendance and the other two defecting: firstly with Howard Allen going Independent and then Simon Slater joining the Labour grouping. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Voter turnout naturally fell from the previous year's high turnout (caused by the 2010 general election being held alongside them), although to an above-average figure of 41.5%

## Election result

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Election, 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 11 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 64.7 | 48.4 | 32,102 | +6.8% |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 17.6 | 19.6 | 12,980 | -11.3% |
| Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 11.8 | 7.5 | 4,972 | +3.3% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5.9 | 16.7 | 11,076 | +3.6% |
| Residents Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 3,728 | +1.6% |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 746 | +1.1% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 447 | +0.7% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 305 | -5.7% |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections :
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Conservatives | 23 | 29 |
| | Liberal Democrat | 17 | 12 |
| | Labour | 8 | 6 |
| | Green | 1 | 3 |
| | Independent | 2 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 51 | 51 | 51 |
| Working majority | Working majority | -5 | 7 |

## Ward results

Bickenhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bob Sleigh | 2,076 | 60.4 | +11.5 |
| | Labour | Angela Marian Reid | 732 | 21.3 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Charles Lee | 184 | 5.3 | −11.3 |
| | Green | Alexander Hawkeswood | 176 | 5.1 | +2.3 |
| | BNP | Patricia Agnes Allington | 161 | 4.7 | −3.7 |
| | Residents Association | Michelle Louise Wright | 110 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,344 | 39.1 | +10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,439 | 36.4 | −26.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 | |
Blythe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ken Hawkins | 2,358 | 55.2 | +8.9 |
| | Residents Association | Linda Rosemary Brown | 845 | 19.8 | +13.8 |
| | Labour | Margaret Elizabeth Brittin | 512 | 12.0 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Dupont | 452 | 10.6 | −21.9 |
| | Green | Moustafa Osman | 102 | 2.4 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,513 | 35.4 | +21.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,269 | 41.4 | −28.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -2.4 | |
Castle Bromwich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gail Sleigh | 2,328 | 64.1 | +16.6 |
| | Labour | Hugh Robert Hendry | 867 | 23.9 | +2.6 |
| | Green | Gary Macnaughton | 277 | 7.6 | +5.8 |
| | Residents Association | Charlotte Louise McNamee | 159 | 4.4 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,461 | 40.2 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,631 | 39.6 | −27.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | +7.0 | |
Chelmsley Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Karl Macnaughton | 1,349 | 51.3 | +25.9 |
| | Labour Co-op | Michael Peter Corser | 818 | 31.1 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Catherine Price | 360 | 13.7 | −6.7 |
| | Residents Association | Laura Jane Gould | 103 | 3.9 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 531 | 20.2 | +19.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,630 | 28.6 | −19.8 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | +10.3 | |
Dorridge and Hockley Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andy MacKiewicz | 3,094 | 68.9 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Robert Wright | 544 | 12.1 | −9.4 |
| | Labour | Raj Singh | 350 | 7.8 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Sara Irene Stevens | 210 | 4.7 | +2.1 |
| | English Democrat | Andrew Martin Taylor | 177 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| | Residents Association | Joshua O'Nyons | 120 | 2.7 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,550 | 56.8 | +19.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,495 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Elmdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Hamilton | 1,648 | 41.3 | 0.0 |
| | Conservative | Paul Thomas | 1,299 | 32.6 | −6.8 |
| | Labour | Andrew Mullinex | 580 | 14.5 | +4.5 |
| | UKIP | David John Faulkner | 221 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
| | English Democrat | Robert Graham Lassen | 118 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| | Green | Elaine Teresa Williams | 77 | 1.9 | +0.7 |
| | Residents Association | Kay Howles | 46 | 1.1 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 349 | 8.7 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,989 | 42.4 | −28.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
Kingshurst and Fordbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Nash | 1,250 | 50.8 | +19.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Hall | 899 | 36.5 | +7.5 |
| | Green | Scott William Rhodes | 130 | 5.3 | +0.5 |
| | Residents Association | Margaret Inglis | 101 | 4.1 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Robert Godfrey | 81 | 3.3 | −12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 14.3 | +11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,461 | 26.3 | −20.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.8 | |
Knowle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Rebiero | 2,931 | 68.9 | +10.8 |
| | Labour | Rachel Boyett | 435 | 10.2 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Ralph Ludlow | 317 | 7.4 | −14.0 |
| | Green | Jane Allison Holt | 297 | 7.0 | +2.4 |
| | English Democrat | Frank O'Brien | 193 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| | Residents Association | Wayne Earl Wright | 80 | 1.9 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,496 | 58.7 | +22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,253 | 50.9 | −25.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |
Lyndon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ken Rushen | 1,605 | 40.7 | −11.0 |
| | Conservative | Brian Holmes | 1,041 | 26.4 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | Sean Thomas Madden | 760 | 19.3 | +7.6 |
| | English Democrat | David Reynolds | 258 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| | UKIP | Ray Mabbott | 131 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| | Green | Frances Grice | 131 | 3.3 | +1.3 |
| | Residents Association | Rebecca Jade Hardy | 14 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 564 | 14.3 | −10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,940 | 39.3 | −29.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -5.4 | |
Meriden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Bell | 2,959 | 65.3 | +9.4 |
| | Labour | Cathy Connan | 734 | 16.2 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Wright | 332 | 7.3 | −12.5 |
| | Residents Association | Patrick Nash | 292 | 6.4 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Roger Philip King | 213 | 4.7 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,225 | 49.1 | +13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,530 | 47.9 | −25.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
Olton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Davies | 1,970 | 43.8 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | David Price | 1,781 | 39.6 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | Alan Edward Jacques | 474 | 10.5 | +3.0 |
| | Green | Carol Linfield | 159 | 3.5 | +1.2 |
| | Residents Association | Hayley Watts | 111 | 2.5 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 189 | 4.2 | −12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,495 | 46.0 | −25.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -6.4 | |
Shirley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Parker | 1,788 | 44.2 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Graham Reeve | 1,126 | 27.8 | −10.9 |
| | Residents Association | Neill John Watts | 499 | 12.3 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Kevin Peter Raven | 497 | 12.3 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Joy Aldworth | 136 | 3.4 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 662 | 16.4 | +13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,046 | 45.8 | −26.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.6 | |
Shirley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Doyle | 1,686 | 38.8 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Hodgson | 1,494 | 34.4 | −8.4 |
| | Labour | Shirley Rose Young | 523 | 12.0 | +3.9 |
| | Residents Association | Trevor Eames | 491 | 11.3 | +2.7 |
| | Green | Joel Douglas Butler | 149 | 3.4 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 4.4 | −5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,343 | 43.7 | −26.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +7.1 | |
Shirley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hannah Tildesley | 1,318 | 35.0 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eimear Mary Fossey | 1,167 | 31.0 | −13.1 |
| | Labour | Ian Christopher McDonald | 714 | 19.0 | +7.9 |
| | Residents Association | Karen Socci | 384 | 10.2 | +5.3 |
| | Green | Trevor John Barker | 180 | 4.8 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 151 | 4.0 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,763 | 40.7 | −29.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +8.7 | |
Silhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Hulland | 2,383 | 53.0 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Adams | 1,189 | 26.5 | −10.2 |
| | Labour | Janet Marsh | 524 | 11.7 | +2.6 |
| | BNP | Alan William Ashmore | 144 | 3.2 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Roderick William Palmer | 109 | 2.4 | +0.7 |
| | UKIP | John Paul Ison | 95 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Residents Association | Hilary Twinberrow | 50 | 1.1 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,194 | 26.6 | +16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,494 | 48.2 | −23.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +8.4 | |
Smith's Wood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Alison Walters | 1,066 | 45.9 | +21.7 |
| | Labour | Graham Andrew Craig | 770 | 33.2 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | David Skelding | 292 | 12.6 | −6.9 |
| | Residents Association | Ken Meeson | 169 | 7.3 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Saiyid Mamdooh Jalil | 24 | 1.0 | −8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 12.7 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,321 | 26.1 | −21.9 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | +10.5 | |
St. Alphege :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joe Tildesley | 3,509 | 66.7 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Brookes | 847 | 16.1 | −14.1 |
| | Labour | Paul Cook Tuxworth | 536 | 10.2 | +3.9 |
| | Green | Stephen Robert Holt | 211 | 4.0 | +1.2 |
| | Residents Association | John Rogers | 154 | 2.9 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,662 | 50.6 | +23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,257 | 50.3 | −26.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +11.6 | |