Local election candidate list

All the candidates standing in the 2022 Solihull local elections

Tom Cramp - Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 8th April 2022 11:31am

58 candidates are set to battle it out for a seat on Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in this year's local election. A third of the council's seats are up for grabs, meaning each of Solihull's 17 wards will have one seat contested.

Votes will be cast on Thursday, May 5 between 7am and 10pm, with the count set to take place at North Solihull Sports Centre in Chelmsley Wood from 9am on Friday, May 6. The council expects results to come in “around lunchtime – approximately 1pm”.

Solihull MBC has had a Conservative majority since 2011, currently holding 30 of the 51 available seats. The Green Party are the main opposition with 12 seats, while Labour has zero presence within Solihull MBC.

The only remaining two Labour councillors, Cllr David Cole and Cllr Marcus Brain, defected to the Conservatives and to the Greens respectively at the end of 2021. There are also three Liberal Democrats and five independents. 

High-profile councillors who will be looking to retain their seats include the Leader of the Council Cllr Ian Courts who represents Dorridge and Hockley Heath, and Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Education, Children and Skills Cllr Richard Holt who holds the seat in Blythe. The Elmdon seat belonging to the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group Cllr Laura McCarthy is also up.

Take a look at the full list of candidates below:

Bickenhill:

Margaret Elizabeth Britten, Labour Party

Paul McCabe, Liberal Democrats

Mark Joseph Pearson, Green Party 

Gail Lesley Sleigh, The Conservative Party Candidate

Blythe:

Richard James Holt, The Conservative Party Candidate

Carol Joy Linfield, Green Party 

Jacqueline Angela Sowsberry-Moore, Labour Party

John Christopher Wyatt, Liberal Democrats

Castle Bromwich:

Emma Louise Chidler, Labour Party

Alan James Feeney, The Conservative Party Candidate

Antony Lowe, Green Party

Chelmsley Wood:

Hazel Jasmine Ellenor Dawkins, Labour and Co-operative Party

Stephen Mark Rymer, Green Party

Steve Temperton, The Conservative Party Candidate

Dorridge and Hockley Heath:

David Jon Brittin, Labour Party

Ian Courts, The Conservative Party Candidate

David Robert Franklin Godfrey, Liberal Democrats

Jane Allison Holt, Green Party

Elmdon:

Sarah Alan, Labour Party

Leslie John Kaye, The Conservative Party Candidate

Laura Helen McCarty, Liberal Democrats

Kingshurst and Fordbridge:

David Charles Cole, The Conservative Party Candidate

Bernadette Ann Donnelly, Green Party

Sam Mather, Labour and Co-operative Party

Knowle:

Mark Amphlett, Green Party

Diana Elisabeth Holl-Allen, The Conservative Party Candidate

Simon Martin Johnson, Labour Party

Kate Judith Jones, Liberal Democrats

Lyndon:

Ade Adeyemo, Liberal Democrats

Sheila Mary Brookes, Labour and Co-operative Party

Sardul Singh Marwa, The Conservative Party Candidate

Meriden:

Andrew Stephen Burrow, The Conservative Party Candidate

Cathy Connan, Labour Party

Sheila Ann Cooper, Green Party

Olton:

Michael Alan Carthew, Liberal Democrats

Keith Frank Green, The Conservative Party Candidate

Antony Karl Oseland, Labour Party

Shirley East:

Gerard Bernard Michael John Dufficy, Labour Party

Akin Kog, Green Party

Annette Mearson Mackenzie, The Conservative Party Candidate

Gayle Elizabeth Monk, Liberal Democrats

Shirley South:

Andy Hodgson, Independent

Howard Nichols, The Conservative Party Candidate

Rosemary Pauline Worsley, Independent 

Shirley Rose Young, Labour Party

Shirley West:

Lachhman Singh Bhambra, The Conservative Party Candidate

Kevin Brian Round, Labour Party

Alison Natasha Wilson, Green Party

Silhill:

James Alexander Edwardson, Liberal Democrats

Michael Gough, The Conservative Party Candidate

Nick Stephens, Labour and Co-operative Party

Smith's Wood:

Keith Duggan, Labour Party

Ben Groom, Green Party

Lavanya Madras Purushothaman, The Conservative Party Candidate

St. Alphege:

Trevor John Barker,Green Party

Frank Dawson, Liberal Democrats

Ian Clifford English, Labour Party

Samantha Jayne Gethen, The Conservative Party Candidate 

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