UK general elections › 2015 › Solihull
Solihull — 2015
Julian Knight (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,956 votes— 49.2% of 54,779 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,779
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julian Knight | Conservative Party | 26,956 | 49.2% | −0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lorely Burt | Liberal Democrats | 14,054 | 25.7% | — | |
| 3 | Philip Henrick | UK Independence Party | 6,361 | 11.6% | — | |
| 4 | Nigel Knowles | Labour Party | 5,693 | 10.4% | — | |
| 5 | Howard Allen | Green Party | 1,632 | 3.0% | — | |
| 6 | Mike Natrass | Independence from Europe | 50 | 0.1% | — | |
| 7 | Matthew Ward | The Democratic Party | 33 | 0.1% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.