Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Leadership | |
Paul Johnson since July 2023[2] | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 51 councillors[3] |
Political groups |
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 2 May 2024 |
Next election | 7 May 2026 |
| Motto | |
| Urbs in Rure | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB | |
| Website | |
| solihull | |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Solihull Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority since 2016.
The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2011. It is based at the Council House on Manor Square in Solihull.
Politics[edit]
The Conservative Party is the controlling party in Solihull. They have had the majority of councillors since the 2011 local elections replacing a previous Labour Party and Liberal Democrat coalition in the borough.[4]
Current Members of Parliament in the Solihull Borough include Julian Knight for Solihull and Saqib Bhatti for Meriden.
Solihull is also notable for the Green Party having been the main opposition since 2014. They had first gained the six seats in Smith's Wood and Chelmsley Wood wards from the Labour Party in the 2011, 2012 and 2014 Local Elections, and seats in Shirley South in 2014 and Shirley West in 2012 and 2014.[5] In 2018 they won their first seat in Castle Bromwich, from the Conservatives.[6] In 2021 the Greens gained a seat in the last ward still electing Labour councillors, Kingshurst and Fordbridge. In October 2021, the last two Labour councillors defected, one to the Conservatives and one to the Green Party, leaving Solihull as the only Metropolitan Borough Council in England without any Labour Party councillors.[7]
Elections[edit]
Since the last boundary changes in 2004, the council has comprised 51 councillors representing 17 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Greenway, Sam; Khan, Shehnaz (18 May 2024). "Borough welcomes its first Muslim mayor". BBC News. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Cramp, Thomas (5 July 2023). "Solihull council announce new chief executive with pay of up to £185,000". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk.
- ^ "Local Elections 2011: Conservatives take power in Solihull". BirminghamLive. 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Greens Celebrate Becoming 2nd Largest Party on Solihull Council". solihull.greenparty.org.uk.
- ^ "Local elections 2018: Party leaders lose Solihull seats". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Anger as Labour's two councillors quit party and cross the floor". Solihull Observer. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "The Borough of Solihull (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2508, retrieved 12 June 2024
