1990 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1990 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 3 May 1990, with one third of the council to be elected. There had been a number of by-elections the previous year, with the net result being Liberal Democrat gains from the Conservatives in Shirley East and the Independent Ratepayers & Residents in Packwood. The Conservatives narrowly retained control of the council. Voter turnout was 49.5%.^[1]^[2]

Map of the results for the 1990 Solihull council election.

Election result

Solihull Local Election Result 1990
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	7	1	2	-1	41.2	41.3	31,876	-10.6
Labour	6	1	0	+1	35.3	31.9	24,615	+5.6
Liberal Democrats	2	0	1	-1	11.8	16.7	12,849	+1.1
Independent Ratepayers & Residents	2	1	0	+1	11.8	7.1	5,499	+1.0
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	2,214	+2.9
National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	62	+0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	28	27
	Labour	14	15
	Liberal Democrats	6	5
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	3	4
Total		51	51
Working majority		5	3

Ward results

Bickenhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Ryan	2,733	48.4	+11.7
	Conservative	Peter Kellie	2,510	44.5	−9.8
	Green	Simone Sharpe	402	7.1	+7.1
Majority			223	3.9	−13.6
Turnout			5,645	57.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.7

Castle Bromwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Bennett	2,513	50.8	−16.9
	Labour	Robert Overton	1,935	39.1	+13.3
	Green	Paul Adams	496	10.0	+10.0
Majority			578	11.7	−30.2
Turnout			4,944	50.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.1

Chelmsley Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Shaw	2,571	76.0	+7.4
	Conservative	Michael Wyldbore-Smith	463	13.7	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Honor Cox	349	10.3	+2.5
Majority			2,108	62.3	+17.4
Turnout			3,383	37.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.7

Elmdon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Brookes	2,344	48.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Norman Page	1,620	33.7	−11.2
	Independent Ratepayers	Jane Granger	844	17.5	+17.5
Majority			724	15.1	+14.0
Turnout			4,808	55.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

Fordbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Harper	2,196	83.1	+9.9
	Conservative	Elizabeth Plaister	447	16.9	−9.9
Majority			1,749	66.2	+19.9
Turnout			2,643	37.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.9

Kingshurst^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Magee	2,047	76.2	+8.2
	Conservative	Dorothy Wallace	640	23.8	−8.2
Majority			1,407	52.4	+16.4
Turnout			2,687	41.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.2

Knowle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Wright	2,834	64.3	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bernadette Pruden	962	21.8	+4.2
	Labour	Stephen Parkes	611	13.9	+3.9
Majority			1,872	42.5	−12.3
Turnout			4,407	50.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.1

Lyndon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Chapple	2,441	54.6	+11.4
	Labour	Frederick Austin	1,020	22.8	+5.5
	Conservative	Alan Power	1,011	22.6	−16.9
Majority			1,421	31.8	+28.1
Turnout			4,472	54.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.9

Meriden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lea	2,866	61.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Crossley	1,287	27.4	−4.4
	Labour	Elizabeth O'Brien	536	11.4	+2.8
Majority			1,579	33.7	+5.9
Turnout			4,689	55.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

Olton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Windmill	2,462	49.4	+13.3
	Conservative	Michael Goodwin	1,941	38.9	−16.6
	Labour	Arthur Davis	583	11.7	+3.2
Majority			521	10.4	−9.0
Turnout			4,986	53.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+15.0

Packwood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Llewellyn	2,459	49.6	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Morris	2,212	44.6	+13.4
	Labour	Eileen Turner	286	5.8	−0.4
Majority			247	5.0	−26.4
Turnout			4,957	53.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-13.2

Shirley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Lewis	1,973	42.5	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Moore	1,815	39.1	+39.1
	Labour	Aiden Cairns	852	18.4	+3.8
Majority			158	3.4	−14.9
Turnout			4,640	47.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-24.2

Shirley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Ratepayer	Richard Jackson	2,796	45.5	−8.1
	Conservative	Peter Cooke	2,360	38.4	+0.8
	Labour	William Tooth	992	16.1	+7.3
Majority			436	7.1	−8.9
Turnout			6,148	65.6
	Independent Ratepayers hold		Swing	-4.4

Shirley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Ratepayers	Benda Otton	1,859	39.2	+39.2
	Conservative	Keith Samuels	1,561	32.9	−20.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Potts	1,325	27.9	+6.1
Majority			298	6.3	−21.9
Turnout			4,745	37.3
	Independent Ratepayers gain from Conservative		Swing	+29.7

Silhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hill	2,629	50.9	−17.4
	Labour	Calvin Tattersall	1,121	21.7	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Blight	719	13.9	−4.6
	Green	Clifford Hards	635	12.3	+12.3
	National Front	Norman Tomkinson	62	1.2	+1.2
Majority			1,508	29.2	−20.6
Turnout			5,166	54.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-13.0

Smith's Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Hendry	2,983	83.1	+7.8
	Conservative	Kenneth Allsopp	606	16.9	−7.8
Majority			2,377	66.2	+15.6
Turnout			3,589	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.8

St. Alphege^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fraser Mitchell	3,443	66.1	−10.1
	Green	Adrian Mabe	681	13.1	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Winchcombe	602	11.6	−5.2
	Labour	Maurice Jones	480	9.2	+2.2
Majority			2,762	53.0	−6.4
Turnout			5,206	56.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.6

By-elections between 1990 and 1991

Shirley West by-election 13 December 1990^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Ratepayers	Jane Granger	1,115	56.6	+17.4
	Conservative	Keith Samuels	643	32.6	−0.3
	Labour	Eileen Turner	213	10.8	−17.1
Majority			472	24.0	+17.7
Turnout			1,971	21.2	−16.1
	Independent Ratepayers gain from Conservative		Swing	+29.7

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Solihull M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 3 May 1990", Solihull M.B.C.(1990).
^ "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
^ "Solihull M. B. C. By-election Results Sheet, 13 December 1990", Solihull M.B.C.(1990).

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "Solihull M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 3 May 1990", Solihull M.B.C.(1990).

[2] "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

[3] "Solihull M. B. C. By-election Results Sheet, 13 December 1990", Solihull M.B.C.(1990).

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