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Solihull 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

17 ward races

18 seats

6 elected below the proportional quota

33.3% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 17 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 18 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party	34,478	53.8%	12	66.7%	10	55.6%	+2
Green Party	13,112	20.5%	5	27.8%	4	22.2%	+1
Labour Party	8,264	12.9%	0	0.0%	2	11.1%	-2
Liberal Democrats	7,800	12.2%	1	5.6%	2	11.1%	-1
Independent	311	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Reform UK	111	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
DEM	28	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	64,104	100.0%	18	100.0%	18	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Elmdon · 2 seats · won at 23.6% · +9.7 pts below quota
Kingshurst & Fordbridge · 1 seat · won at 42.3% · +7.7 pts below quota
Lyndon · 1 seat · won at 44.2% · +5.8 pts below quota
Shirley East · 1 seat · won at 47.2% · +2.8 pts below quota
Olton · 1 seat · won at 47.9% · +2.1 pts below quota
Castle Bromwich · 1 seat · won at 50.6% · above quota
Shirley South · 1 seat · won at 51.0% · above quota
Shirley West · 1 seat · won at 51.1% · above quota
Smiths Wood · 1 seat · won at 59.7% · above quota
Chelmsley Wood · 1 seat · won at 60.2% · above quota
Meriden · 1 seat · won at 65.9% · above quota
Silhill · 1 seat · won at 67.2% · above quota
Bickenhill · 1 seat · won at 67.3% · above quota
Blythe · 1 seat · won at 67.6% · above quota
St. Alphege · 1 seat · won at 69.3% · above quota
Dorridge & Hockley Heath · 1 seat · won at 69.6% · above quota
Knowle · 1 seat · won at 73.5% · above quota

Race results

Elmdon · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 23.6% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +9.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,881

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Clements Y.B.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,399	23.8%	Elected
2	Long R.J.	Liberal Democrats	1,389	23.6%	Elected
3	Green K.F.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,201	20.4%
4	Tucker B.J.	Liberal Democrats	1,179	20.0%
5	Doherty J.J.	Labour Party	418	7.1%
6	Szrejder M.F.	Labour Party	295	5.0%

Electorate 9,482 · Ballots cast 5,881 · EC ward code E05001289 · Back to ward index

Kingshurst & Fordbridge · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,963

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Moses N.J.	Green Party	831	42.3%	Elected
2	Feeney A.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	689	35.1%
3	Nash F.V.	Labour Party	443	22.6%

Electorate 9,206 · Ballots cast 1,963 · EC ward code E05001290 · Back to ward index

Lyndon · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,814

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	O'Nyons J.L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,684	44.2%	Elected
2	Adeyemo A.N.	Liberal Democrats	1,556	40.8%
3	Stephen N.J.	Labour Party	574	15.0%

Electorate 10,205 · Ballots cast 3,814 · EC ward code E05001292 · Back to ward index

Shirley East · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,951

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Grinsell K.A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,866	47.2%	Elected
2	Lowe A.	Green Party	1,757	44.5%
3	Bailey D.C.	Labour Party	328	8.3%

Electorate 8,898 · Ballots cast 3,951 · EC ward code E05001296 · Back to ward index

Olton · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,489

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Gibbin D.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,148	47.9%	Elected
2	Carthew M.A.	Liberal Democrats	1,800	40.1%
3	Gulati C.S.	Labour Party	541	12.1%

Electorate 10,028 · Ballots cast 4,489 · EC ward code E05001294 · Back to ward index

Castle Bromwich · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.6 pts Valid ballots 3,266

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	McCarthy M.H.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,652	50.6%	Elected
2	Shore I.E.	Green Party	1,153	35.3%
3	Chidler E.	Labour Party	461	14.1%

Electorate 9,136 · Ballots cast 3,266 · EC ward code E05001286 · Back to ward index

Shirley South · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.0 pts Valid ballots 4,157

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	McLoughlin M.B.	Green Party	2,122	51.0%	Elected
2	Nichols H.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,606	38.6%
3	Thacker E.	Labour Party	330	7.9%
4	Worsley R.P.	Independent	99	2.4%

Electorate 9,794 · Ballots cast 4,157 · EC ward code E05001297 · Back to ward index

Shirley West · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.1 pts Valid ballots 3,550

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Allen M.A.	Green Party	1,814	51.1%	Elected
2	Bhambra L.S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,238	34.9%
3	Round K.B.	Labour Party	498	14.0%

Electorate 9,911 · Ballots cast 3,550 · EC ward code E05001298 · Back to ward index

Smiths Wood · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.7 pts Valid ballots 1,815

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hamilton J.	Green Party	1,084	59.7%	Elected
2	Young A.F.S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	441	24.3%
3	Beddis T.F.	Labour Party	290	16.0%

Electorate 8,676 · Ballots cast 1,815 · EC ward code E05001300 · Back to ward index

Chelmsley Wood · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.2 pts Valid ballots 1,851

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Sheshabhatter S.	Green Party	1,115	60.2%	Elected
2	Hughes J.P.	Conservative and Unionist Party	380	20.5%
3	Dawkins H.J.E.	Labour Party	328	17.7%
4	Ward M.	DEM	28	1.5%

Electorate 9,244 · Ballots cast 1,851 · EC ward code E05001287 · Back to ward index

Meriden · single-seat

Marginal winner 65.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −15.9 pts Valid ballots 4,326

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Dicicco A.F.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,850	65.9%	Elected
2	Wilson A.N.	Green Party	1,008	23.3%
3	Mather S.	Labour Party	468	10.8%

Electorate 10,084 · Ballots cast 4,326 · EC ward code E05001293 · Back to ward index

Silhill · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.2 pts Valid ballots 4,068

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hogarth P.C.M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,735	67.2%	Elected
2	Marsh J.M.	Labour Party	757	18.6%
3	McCarthy J.	Liberal Democrats	576	14.2%

Electorate 9,503 · Ballots cast 4,068 · EC ward code E05001299 · Back to ward index

Bickenhill · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.3 pts Valid ballots 3,118

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Ryan J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,098	67.3%	Elected
2	Brittin M.E.	Labour Party	516	16.5%
3	Rymer S.M.	Green Party	350	11.2%
4	Monk G.E.	Liberal Democrats	154	4.9%

Electorate 9,751 · Ballots cast 3,118 · EC ward code E05001284 · Back to ward index

Blythe · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.6 pts Valid ballots 4,260

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Butler J.R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,880	67.6%	Elected
2	Douglas R.P.	Green Party	610	14.3%
3	Tolman M.L.	Labour Party	558	13.1%
4	Bulcock P.S.	Independent	212	5.0%

Electorate 11,597 · Ballots cast 4,260 · EC ward code E05001285 · Back to ward index

St. Alphege · single-seat

Marginal winner 69.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −19.3 pts Valid ballots 4,996

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Sandison A.M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	3,461	69.3%	Elected
2	Dawson F.	Liberal Democrats	546	10.9%
3	English I.C.	Labour Party	511	10.2%
4	Barker T.J.	Green Party	478	9.6%

Electorate 10,446 · Ballots cast 4,996 · EC ward code E05001295 · Back to ward index

Dorridge & Hockley Heath · single-seat

Marginal winner 69.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −19.6 pts Valid ballots 4,353

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Meeson K.I.	Conservative and Unionist Party	3,029	69.6%	Elected
2	Brittin D.J.	Labour Party	487	11.2%
3	McIntyre I.E.J.	Green Party	420	9.6%
4	McCabe P.	Liberal Democrats	306	7.0%
5	Martin S.B.	Reform UK	111	2.5%

Electorate 8,859 · Ballots cast 4,353 · EC ward code E05001288 · Back to ward index

Knowle · single-seat

Marginal winner 73.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −23.5 pts Valid ballots 4,246

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Pinwell D.A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	3,121	73.5%	Elected
2	Johnson S.M.	Labour Party	461	10.9%
3	Amphlett M.	Green Party	370	8.7%
4	Jones K.J.	Liberal Democrats	294	6.9%

Electorate 8,509 · Ballots cast 4,246 · EC ward code E05001291 · Back to ward index