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The 1994 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
[edit]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 Democrats | 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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Ryan | 2,624 | 54.9 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | T. Young | 1,646 | 34.4 | −28.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Beryl Bennett | 2,351 | 53.7 | −24.1 | |
Labour | Derek Jones | 1,310 | 29.9 | +10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Reed | 1,750 | 68.6 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Graham Juniper | 453 | 17.7 | −20.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheila Brookes | 2,437 | 56.5 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | D. Wilkes | 1,317 | 30.5 | −18.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
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 Democrats | Bernard Wright | 184 | 9.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeffrey Potts | 1,478 | 65.6 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Don Blake | 517 | 22.9 | −17.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Wright | 2,424 | 60.4 | −14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | +19.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Lea | 2,392 | 59.4 | −9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | +16.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Ratepayers | Richard Jackson | 2,859 | 54.9 | +54.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Brenda Otton | 1,453 | 38.1 | −16.9 | |
Independent Ratepayers | John Rogers | 1,059 | 27.8 | +27.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sheila Pittaway | 2,414 | 51.4 | −22.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Hendry | 1,902 | 70.2 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Timothy Vernon | 481 | 17.8 | −18.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kathleen Wild | 3,316 | 65.6 | −13.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |