1991 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 1991 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1991, with one third of the council as well as a double vacancy in St. Alphege to be elected. There had been a by-election in the interim, with the Independent Ratepayers & Residents gaining a seat in Shirley West from the Conservatives. The council fell to no overall control for the first time since its creation in 1973. Voter turnout was 46.0%.^[1]^[2]

Map of the results for the 1991 Solihull council election.

Election result

Solihull Local Election Result 1991
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	0	3	-3	44.4	46.2	32,989	+4.9
Labour	5	1	0	+1	27.8	23.0	16,415	-8.9
Liberal Democrats	3	1	0	+1	16.7	18.5	13,225	+1.8
Independent Ratepayers & Residents	2	1	0	+1	11.1	8.3	5,956	+1.2
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.6	2,542	+0.7
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	256	+0.4

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	26	23
	Labour	15	16
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	5	6
	Liberal Democrats	5	6
Total		51	51
Working majority		1	-5

Ward results

Bickenhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Kellie	2,819	54.8	+10.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Potts	1,873	36.4	−12.0
	Green	Annette Leyland	455	8.8	+1.7
Majority			946	18.4	+14.4
Turnout			5,147	52.3	−5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.2

Castle Bromwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Rees	2,914	64.1	+13.3
	Labour	Robert Davis	1,314	28.9	−10.2
	Green	Paul Adams	319	7.0	−3.0
Majority			1,600	35.2	+23.5
Turnout			4,547	47.0	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.7

Chelmsley Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Stephens	1,565	62.0	−13.9
	Conservative	Michael Wyldbore-Smith	618	24.5	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Hogg	339	13.4	+3.1
Majority			947	37.5	−24.8
Turnout			2,522	28.2	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.4

Elmdon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Knowles	1,899	43.0	−5.7
	Conservative	Geoffrey Wood	1,776	40.2	+6.5
	Independent Ratepayers	Herbert Hitchcock	741	16.8	−0.8
Majority			123	2.8	−12.3
Turnout			4,416	52.3	−2.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-6.1

Fordbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Overton	1,234	60.6	−22.5
	Conservative	Elizabeth Plaister	507	24.9	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Chapple	204	10.0	+10.0
	Independent Labour	Peter Paget	92	4.5	+4.5
Majority			727	35.7	−30.5
Turnout			2,037	29.0	−8.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.2

Kingshurst^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Threlkeld	1,593	64.5	−11.7
	Conservative	Dorothy Wallace	622	25.2	+1.4
	Independent Labour	Frederick Austin	164	6.6	+6.6
	Green	Michael Banes	91	3.7	+3.7
Majority			971	39.3	−13.0
Turnout			2,470	38.6	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.5

Knowle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Archer	2,765	64.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bernadette Pruden	1,201	28.0	+6.2
	Labour	Derek Jones	318	7.4	−6.4
Majority			1,564	36.5	−6.0
Turnout			4,284	49.7	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.0

Lyndon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gillett	2,272	56.1	+1.5
	Conservative	Gloria Cox	1,155	28.5	+5.9
	Labour	Joan Holt	626	15.4	−7.4
Majority			1,117	27.6	−4.2
Turnout			4,053	49.4	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.2

Meriden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Allsopp	2,458	58.0	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Crossley	1,335	31.5	+4.0
	Labour	Arthur Brill	448	10.6	−0.9
Majority			1,123	26.5	−7.2
Turnout			4,241	50.3	−4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

Olton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Goodwin	2,192	47.4	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Honor Cox	2,058	44.5	−4.9
	Labour	William Tooth	376	8.1	−3.6
Majority			134	2.9	−7.5
Turnout			4,626	49.6	−4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.7

Packwood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Morris	2,592	50.3	+5.7
	Conservative	Timothy Vernon	2,191	42.5	−7.1
	Independent	Richard Dalrymple	243	4.7	+4.7
	Labour	Barry Beattie	126	2.4	−3.3
Majority			401	7.8	+2.8
Turnout			5,152	55.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.4

Shirley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Reeve	2,165	48.4	+9.2
	Conservative	Theresa Samuels	1,900	42.4	−0.1
	Labour	Aiden Cairns	412	9.2	−9.2
Majority			265	5.9	+2.5
Turnout			4,477	48.5	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.6

Shirley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Ratepayers	James Eames	3,091	51.3	+5.8
	Conservative	Philip Cross	2,335	38.8	+0.4
	Labour	Robert Houghton	596	9.9	−6.2
Majority			756	12.5	+5.5
Turnout			6,022	46.8	−18.8
	Independent Ratepayers hold		Swing	+2.7

Shirley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Ratepayers	Eric Pemberton	1,881	47.7	+8.5
	Conservative	Terence Powell	1,488	37.7	+4.8
	Labour	Eileen Turner	576	14.6	−13.3
Majority			393	10.0	+3.7
Turnout			3,945	41.9	+4.6
	Independent Ratepayers gain from Conservatives		Swing	+1.8

Silhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Gibbons	2,834	60.5	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Winchcombe	1,059	22.6	+8.7
	Labour	Calvin Tattersall	791	16.9	−4.8
Majority			1,775	37.9	+8.7
Turnout			4,684	46.0	−8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

Smith's Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Cornock	1,918	68.3	−14.8
	Conservative	Richard Hubbard	716	25.5	+8.6
	Green	Peter May	172	6.1	+6.1
Majority			1,202	42.8	−23.4
Turnout			2,806	30.8	−4.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.7

St. Alphege^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Herd	3,699	62.1	−4.0
	Conservative	Peter Cooke	3,600
	Green	Clifford Hards	1,505	25.3	+12.2
	Labour	Vera Wood	750	12.6	+3.4
Majority			2,194	36.8	−16.2
Turnout			5,954	51.8	−4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.1

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, 2 May 1991", Solihull M.B.C.(1991).
^ "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

[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, 2 May 1991", Solihull M.B.C.(1991).

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

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