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1991 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map of the results for the 1991 Solihull 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]

Election result

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Solihull Local Election Result 1991
Party 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

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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

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  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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