Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

Map of the results of the 2012 Solihull council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Greens in green, Labour in red and independent in grey.

The 2012 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election. The shock result of the election came in Blythe where the Independent Ratepayers ousted a Tory Incumbent.^[1]^[2] Prior to the election, the defending councillor in Shirley West had joined the Greens, having previously sat as an Independent Liberal Democrat.^[3] Following the election another Shirley West Liberal Democrat councillor, Andy Hodgson, joined the Greens, taking their total up to 6 seats, and the Liberal Democrats down to 10.^[4]

Election result

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Election, 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	2	-1	52.9	42.0	19,562	-6.3%
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	1	-1	17.6	19.5	9,095	-0.0%
	Green	3	1	0	+1	17.6	11.9	5,547	+4.4%
	Labour	1	1	1	0	5.9	17.3	8,075	+0.7%
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	1	1	0	+1	5.9	6.4	2,997	+0.8%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	1,115	+1.3%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	150	-0.2%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections :^[2]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	29	28
	Liberal Democrat	12	11
	Labour	6	6
	Green	4	5
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	0	1
Total		51	51
Working majority		7	5

Ward results

Bickenhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jim Ryan	1,349	57.6	-2.7
	Labour	Margaret Elizabeth Brittin	573	24.5	+3.2
	Green	Alex Hawkeswood	312	13.3	+8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Charles Lee	107	4.6	-0.8
Majority			776	33.1	-5.9
Turnout			2,341	25.6	-10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.9

Blythe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Ratepayer & Residents	Linda Brown	1,181	42.9	+23.1
	Conservative	Martin McCarthy	1,020	37.1	-18.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Hodgson	285	10.4	-0.2
	Labour	Raj Singh	266	9.7	-2.3
Majority			161	5.8	-29.6
Turnout			2,752	27.1	-14.3
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents gain from Conservatives		Swing	+20.6

Castle Bromwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ted Richards	1,565	64.4	+0.3
	Labour	Ben Semens	632	26.0	+2.1
	Green	Joy Aldworth	167	6.9	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Lloyd	65	2.7	+2.7
Majority			933	38.4	-1.8
Turnout			2,429	26.8	-12.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.9

Chelmsley Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Chris Williams	1,336	62.8	+11.5
	Conservative	Catherine Price	147	6.9	-6.8
	Labour Co-op	Angela Reid	644	30.3	-0.8
Majority			692	32.5	+12.3
Turnout			2,127	23.6	-5.0
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+6.1

Dorridge & Hockley Heath^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ken Meeson	1,948	70.7	+1.9
	Labour	Hugh Hendry	244	8.9	+1.1
	Green	Sara Irene Stevens	210	7.6	+2.9
	English Democrat	Andrew Martin Taylor	187	6.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jan Mason	165	6.0	-6.1
Majority			1,704	61.9	+5.1
Turnout			2,754	32.0	-19.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

Elmdon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Glenis Ann Slater	1,321	47.3	+5.9
	Conservative	Paul Thomas	657	23.5	-9.1
	Labour	Andrew James Mullinex	451	16.1	+1.6
	English Democrat	Robert Graham Lassen	239	8.5	+5.6
	Green	Elaine Teresa Williams	127	4.5	+2.6
Majority			664	23.8	+15.0
Turnout			2,795	30.3	-12.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+7.5

Kingshurst & Fordbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Flo Nash	1,111	58.8	+8.0
	Conservative	Debbie Evans	578	30.6	-5.9
	Green	Gary Macnaughton	146	7.7	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Robert Godfrey	53	2.8	-0.5
Majority			533	28.2	+14.0
Turnout			1,888	21.2	-5.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.0

Knowle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jeff Potts	1,941	66.2	-2.7
	Labour	Simon Martin Johnson	323	11.0	+0.8
	Green	Jane Allison Holt	291	9.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lionel Arthur King	220	7.5	+0.0
	English Democrat	Frank (Shannon) O'Brien	157	5.3	+0.8
Majority			1,618	55.2	-3.5
Turnout			2,932	35.6	-15.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.7

Lyndon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Beatrice Chamberlain	1,265	46.9	+6.2
	Labour	Ian Clifford English	583	21.6	+2.3
	Conservative	David Skelding	442	16.4	-10.0
	English Democrat	David Francis Reynolds	268	9.9	+3.4
	Green	Frances Grice	138	5.1	+1.8
Majority			682	25.3	+11.0
Turnout			2,696	27.7	-11.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+1.9

Meriden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Diciccio	1318	45.7	-19.6
	Independent Ratepayer	Ken Meeson	858	29.8	+23.3
	Labour	Cathy Connan	412	14.3	-1.9
	Green	Roger Philip King	173	6.0	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Ludlow	122	4.2	-3.1
Majority			460	16.0	-33.2
Turnout			2,883	30.5	-17.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-21.4

Olton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Louise O'Kane	1,899	50.5	+6.7
	Conservative	David Price	1,326	35.3	-4.3
	Labour	Alan Edward Jacques	316	8.4	-2.1
	Green	Carol Joy Linfield	216	5.7	+2.2
Majority			573	15.2	+11.0
Turnout			3,757	38.8	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+5.5

Shirley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Karen Grinsell	1,045	37.3	-6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Rose	850	30.3	+2.5
	Labour	Kevin Peter Raven	390	13.9	+1.6
	English Democrat	Lisa Jane White	264	9.4	+9.4
	Independent Ratepayer	Neil Watts	252	9.0	-3.3
Majority			195	7.0	-9.4
Turnout			2,801	32.6	-13.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-4.7

Shirley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gary Allport	1,379	38.5	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Hodgson	1,343	37.5	+3.1
	Independent Ratepayer	Trevor Eames	463	12.9	+1.6
	Labour	Shirley Rose Young	400	11.2	-0.9
Majority			36	1.0	-3.4
Turnout			3,585	36.5	-7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.7

Shirley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Howard John Allen	1,001	39.1	+34.3
	Conservative	Richard Holt	729	28.4	-6.6
	Labour	Ray Brookes	426	16.6	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Eimear Fossey	406	15.8	-15.2
Majority			272	10.6	+6.6
Turnout			2,562	28.4	-12.3
	Green hold		Swing	+20.4

Silhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Hogarth	1,811	59.4	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Bruce Keith Stone	579	19.0	-7.5
	Labour	Janet Mary Marsh	445	14.6	+2.9
	Green	Trevor John Barker	212	7.0	+4.5
Majority			1,232	40.4	+13.9
Turnout			3,047	33.3	-14.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.9

Smith's Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Mike Sheridan	1,030	57.7	+11.8
	Labour	Mohammed Rashid	473	26.5	-6.7
	BNP	Simone Neale	150	8.4	+8.4
	Conservative	Sarah Evans	132	7.4	-5.2
Majority			557	31.2	+18.4
Turnout			1,785	20.1	-6.0
	Green hold		Swing	+9.2

St. Alphege^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kate Wild	2,175	63.8	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Smith	415	12.2	-3.9
	Labour	Paul Cook Tuxworth	386	11.3	+1.1
	Independent Ratepayer & Residents	John Rogers	243	7.1	+4.2
	Green	Stephen Robert Holt	188	5.5	+1.5
Majority			1,760	51.7	+1.0
Turnout			3,407	33.0	-17.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Elections results". Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
1 2 "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
↑ Hulse, Cathrina (16 May 2011). "Solihull Lib Dems hit by new crisis as councillor defects to Greens". Solihull News. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
↑ "Solihull councillor defects from Lib Dems to Greens". BBC. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.

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