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2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in West Midlands, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. There were 17 of the council's 51 seats up for election, being the usual third of the council.

The Conservatives retained their majority on the council. Solihull went against the national trend in this election; in most councils the Conservatives lost seats, whereas in Solihull they gained two extra seats.

Overall results

The overall results were:

Ward results

The results for each ward were:

Bickenhill

Blythe

Castle Bromwich

Chelmsley Wood

Dorridge & Hockley Heath

Elmdon

Kingshurst & Fordbridge

The previous incumbent, Marcus Brain, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but defected to the Greens in 2021.

Knowle

Lyndon

Meriden

Olton

Shirley East

Shirley South

Shirley West

The previous incumbent in this Shirley West seat, Rosi Sexton, had been elected as a Green councillor in 2019, but left the party in 2022 and served the remainder of her term as an independent.

Silhill

Smith's Wood

St. Alphege

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