1992 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

1992 UK local government election

Map of the results for the 1992 Solihull council election.

The 1992 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 7 May 1992, with one third of the council to be elected. The council remained under no overall control with the Conservatives three seats short of a majority. Voter turnout was 37.8%.

Election result

Solihull Local Election Result 1992
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	10	1	0	+1	58.8	57.0	33,601	+10.8
Labour	4	0	1	-1	23.5	16.8	9,935	-6.2
Independent Ratepayers & Residents	2	0	0	0	11.8	8.8	5,187	+0.5
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	5.9	15.5	9,165	-3.0
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	1,095	-1.7

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	23	24
	Labour	16	15
	Independent Ratepayers & Residents	6	6
	Liberal Democrats	6	6
Total		51	51
Working majority		-5	-3

Ward results

Bickenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Plaister	2,524	63.1	+8.3
	Labour	Jeffrey Potts	1,272	31.8	−4.6
	Green	Pamela Archer	204	5.1	−3.7
Majority			1,252	31.3	+12.9
Turnout			4,000	40.7	−11.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

Castle Bromwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Richards	3,017	77.8	+13.7
	Labour	Robert Davis	742	19.1	−9.8
	Green	M. Dudley	119	3.1	−3.9
Majority			2,275	58.7	+23.5
Turnout			3,878	39.9	−7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.7

Chelmsley Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Hill	971	53.3	−8.7
	Conservative	Beryl Kellie	703	38.6	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Hogg	147	8.1	−5.4
Majority			268	14.7	−22.8
Turnout			1,821	20.7	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.4

Elmdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Jones	1,831	49.2	+9.0
	Labour	Eileen Turner	1,410	37.9	−5.1
	Independent	Herbert Hitchcock	481	12.9	−3.9
Majority			421	11.3	+8.5
Turnout			3,722	44.5	−7.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.0

Fordbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Corser	800	56.9	−3.7
	Conservative	Michael Wyldbore-Smith	494	35.1	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Blakeley	112	8.0	−2.0
Majority			306	21.8	−13.9
Turnout			1,406	20.3	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.9

Kingshurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Allen	952	55.2	−9.3
	Conservative	Dorothy Wallace	705	40.9	+15.7
	Green	Trevor Barker	68	3.9	+0.3
Majority			247	14.3	−25.0
Turnout			1,725	27.3	−11.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.5

Knowle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Kyles	2,825	75.0	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bernadette Pruden	750	19.9	−8.1
	Labour	Vera Wood	191	5.1	−2.3
Majority			2,075	55.1	+18.6
Turnout			3,766	43.0	−6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.3

Lyndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Balmer	1,775	52.0	−4.0
	Conservative	Gloria Cox	1,333	39.1	+10.6
	Labour	Joan Holt	305	8.9	−6.5
Majority			442	12.9	−14.6
Turnout			3,413	41.4	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-7.3

Meriden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Vincent	2,263	69.1	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Morris	742	22.7	−8.8
	Labour	Arthur Brill	269	8.2	−2.3
Majority			1,521	46.5	+20.0
Turnout			3,274	38.8	−11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.0

Olton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Holl-Allen	2,245	52.5	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Honor Cox	1,860	43.5	−1.0
	Labour	A. Davis	173	4.0	−4.1
Majority			385	9.0	+6.1
Turnout			4,278	46.4	−3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

Packwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Meeson	2,858	62.5	+20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Wright	1,589	34.8	−15.5
	Labour	Frederick Bradley	122	2.7	+0.2
Majority			1,269	27.8	+20.0
Turnout			4,569	48.3	−7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+17.7

Shirley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theresa Samuels	2,192	54.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Southcombe	1,607	39.9	−8.5
	Labour	Derek Jones	233	5.8	−3.4
Majority			585	14.5	+8.6
Turnout			4,032	44.2	−4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.2

Shirley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ursula Eames	2,787	53.1	+1.8
	Conservative	Philip Cross	2,152	41.0	+2.3
	Labour	Barry Beattie	305	5.8	−4.1
Majority			635	12.1	−0.4
Turnout			5,244	40.4	−6.4
	Independent hold		Swing	-0.2

Shirley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Ratepayers	Jane Granger	1,919	55.0	+7.3
	Conservative	Denis Eyre	1,308	37.5	−0.2
	Labour	Robert Houghton	262	7.5	−7.1
Majority			611	17.5	+7.5
Turnout			3,489	37.2	−4.7
	Independent Ratepayers hold		Swing	+3.7

Silhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hogarth	2,977	73.4	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Winchcombe	583	14.4	−8.2
	Labour	Donald Bargery	494	12.2	−4.7
Majority			2,394	59.0	+21.2
Turnout			4,054	40.0	−6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.6

Smith's Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Craig	1,171	60.8	−7.6
	Conservative	Richard Hubbard	698	36.2	+10.7
	Green	Peter May	58	3.0	−3.1
Majority			473	24.5	−18.3
Turnout			1,927	21.7	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

St. Alphege
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Eyre	3,476	79.3	+17.1
	Green	Clifford Hards	646	14.7	−10.5
	Labour	J. Yeomans	263	6.0	−6.6
Majority			2,830	64.5	+27.7
Turnout			4,385	44.0	−7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.8

References

^ "Solihull M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 7 May 1992", Solihull M.B.C.(1992).
"Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

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