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Solihull — 2017

Julian Knight (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,985 votes58.1% of 56,748 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 58.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +8.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,748

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Julian Knight Conservative Party 32,98558.1%+8.1 ptsElected
2Nigel Knowles Labour Party 12,41421.9%
3Ade Adeyemo Liberal Democrats 8,90115.7%
4Andrew Garcarz UK Independence Party 1,2912.3%
5Max McLoughlin Green Party 1,1572.0%

Electorate 77,789 · Turnout 73.0% · Majority 20,571 · Back to 2017 overview

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.