Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1994

Map of the results for the 1994 Solihull council election.

The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 5 May 1994, with one third of the council and a double vacancy in Fordbridge to be elected. The council remained under no overall control with the Conservatives seven seats short of a majority. Voter turnout was 43.6%.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Solihull Local Election Result 1994
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	0	0	38.9	26.2	17,764	+9.4%
	Conservative	5	0	2	-2	27.8	34.7	23,559	-22.3%
	Liberal Democrat	4	2	0	+2	22.2	30.5	20,698	+15.0%
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	1	0	0	0	5.5	6.0	4,065	-2.8%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.5	2.5	1,677	+2.5%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	150	+0.2%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	24	22
	Labour	15	15
	Liberal Democrats	6	8
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	5	5
	Independent	1	1
Total		51	51
Working majority		-3	-7

Ward results

Bickenhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Ryan	2,624	54.9	+23.1
	Conservative	T. Young	1,646	34.4	-28.7
	Liberal Democrat	A. Blakeley	513	10.7	+10.7
Majority			978	20.4	-10.8
Turnout			4,783	48.9	+8.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+25.9

Castle Bromwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Bennett	2,351	53.7	-24.1
	Labour	Derek Jones	1,310	29.9	+10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Olive Hogg	719	16.4	+16.4
Majority			1,041	23.8	-34.9
Turnout			4,380	45.6	+5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-17.4

Chelmsley Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Reed	1,750	68.6	+15.2
	Conservative	Graham Juniper	453	17.7	-20.8
	Liberal Democrat	C. Barber	349	13.7	+5.6
Majority			1,297	50.8	+36.1
Turnout			2,552	29.6	+8.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+18.0

Elmdon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Brookes	2,437	56.5	+18.6
	Conservative	D. Wilkes	1,317	30.5	-18.6
	Liberal Democrat	J. Jardine	557	12.9	+12.9
Majority			1,120	26.0	+14.7
Turnout			4,311	52.3	+7.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+18.6

Fordbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Harper	1,343	66.0	+9.1
	Labour	Ben Magee	1,079
	Conservative	Keith Samuels	361	17.7	-17.4
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Wright	184	9.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Wright	157
	Independent Ratepayers	M. Hitchcock	147	7.2	+7.2
Majority			982	48.3	+26.5
Turnout			2,035	30.5	+10.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.2

Kingshurst^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Potts	1,478	65.6	+10.4
	Conservative	Don Blake	517	22.9	-17.9
	Liberal Democrat	A. Frost	258	11.4	+11.4
Majority			961	42.6	+28.3
Turnout			2,253	35.8	+8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.1

Knowle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Wright	2,424	60.4	-14.6
	Liberal Democrat	Arthur Crossley	1,224	30.5	+10.6
	Labour	Vera Wood	365	9.1	+4.0
Majority			1,200	29.9	-25.2
Turnout			4,013	45.7	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.6

Lyndon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Chapple	2,577	69.1	+17.1
	Conservative	Peter Duddy	646	17.3	-21.7
	Labour	J. Stanley	505	13.5	+4.6
Majority			1,931	51.8	+38.8
Turnout			3,728	46.3	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+19.4

Meriden^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lea	2,392	59.4	-9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Morris	1,067	26.5	+3.8
	Labour	Jacqueline Moore	565	14.0	+5.8
Majority			1,325	32.9	-13.5
Turnout			4,024	46.4	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.7

Olton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Windmill	2,631	58.2	+14.7
	Conservative	Nicholas Worley	1,542	34.1	-18.4
	Labour	Joan Holt	346	7.7	+3.6
Majority			1,089	24.1	+15.1
Turnout			4,519	48.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+16.5

Packwood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Lee	2.865	55.3	+20.5
	Conservative	Peter Llewellyn	2,073	40.0	-22.5
	Labour	Michael Steed	244	4.7	+2.0
Majority			792	15.3	-12.5
Turnout			5,182	51.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.5

Shirley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Southcombe	2,388	51.3	+11.4
	Conservative	Richard Lewis	1,626	34.9	-19.4
	Labour	Robert Houghton	416	8.9	+3.2
	Independent	Leslie Pitt	224	4.8	+4.8
Majority			762	16.4	+1.9
Turnout			4,654	50.2	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.4

Shirley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Ratepayers	Richard Jackson	2,859	54.9	+54.9
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Blight	1,657	31.8	+31.8
	Labour	Peter Ward	692	13.3	+7.5
Majority			1,202	23.1	+11.0
Turnout			5,208	39.2	-1.2
	Independent Ratepayers hold		Swing	+11.5

Shirley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brenda Otton	1,453	38.1	-16.9
	Independent Ratepayers	John Rogers	1,059	27.8	+27.8
	Liberal Democrat	Honor Cox	684	17.9	+17.9
	Labour	Ann Littley	615	16.1	+8.6
Majority			394	10.3	-7.2
Turnout			3,811	41.2	+4.0
	Independent hold		Swing	-22.3

Silhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Pittaway	2,414	51.4	-22.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Puckering	1,376	29.3	+14.9
	Labour	Donald Bargery	754	16.1	+3.9
	National Front	Norman Tomkinson	150	3.2	+3.2
Majority			1,038	22.1	-36.9
Turnout			4,694	46.7	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-18.4

Smith's Wood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Hendry	1,902	70.2	+9.5
	Conservative	Timothy Vernon	481	17.8	-18.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Merkens	325	12.0	+12.0
Majority			1,421	52.5	+27.9
Turnout			2,708	31.4	+9.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.0

St. Alphege^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Wild	3,316	65.6	-13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Gemmell	1,324	26.2	+26.2
	Labour	A. Hanley	418	8.3	+2.3
Majority			1,992	39.4	-25.2
Turnout			5,058	47.6	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-19.9

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Solihull M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 5 May 1994", Solihull M.B.C.(1994).
↑ "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2013-01-26.

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