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Local Election Results 2008

Solihull

Other results for Solihull: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
By-elections for Solihull (may be incomplete): 13th March 2003 (Shirley W.) — 3rd March 2005 (St Alphege) — 15th September 2005 (Knowle) — 20th January 2011 (Olton) — 1st March 2018 (Blythe)

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Consolidated results — Solihull 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 27080 47.7% 10
Liberal Democrat 15576 27.4% 5
British National Party 5068 8.9% 0
Labour 4532 8.0% 1
Green Party 2651 4.7% 1
UK Independence Party 1330 2.3% 0
Independent 592 1.0% 0

Bickenhill [C gain from Ind]

Jim Ryan C 2106 66.6%
Patricia Allington BNP 419 13.2%
Ian McDonald Lab 323 10.2%
Brenda Davies LD 187 5.9%
Alexander Hawkeswood Grn 128 4.0%

Blythe [C gain from LD]

Martin McCarthy C 1714 48.3%
Maggie Allen LD 1647 46.4%
Raj Singh Lab 112 3.2%
Moustafa Osman Grn 79 2.2%

Castle Bromwich

Ted Richards C 2118 67.7%
Marcus Higgins BNP 410 13.1%
Kieran Dooley Lab 285 9.1%
Andrew Bull LD 230 7.3%
Iain MacNaughton Grn 87 2.8%

Chelmsley Wood

Alfred Hill Lab 698 32.4%
Gail Sleigh C 634 29.4%
Andrew Terry BNP 565 26.2%
Bernard Wright LD 139 6.5%
Ronnie Cashmore Grn 118 5.5%

Dorridge and Hockley Heath

Ken Meeson C 2440 65.9%
Howard Knight LD 635 17.2%
Andrew Taylor BNP 273 7.4%
Sara Stevens Grn 222 6.0%
Irma Shaw Lab 131 3.5%

Elmdon [LD gain from C]

Glenis Slater LD 1596 40.4%
John Bramham C 1375 34.8%
George Rouse BNP 602 15.2%
Lorraine Essex Lab 209 5.3%
David Hossell UKIP 101 2.6%
Elaine Williams Grn 68 1.7%

Kingshurst and Fordbridge [C gain from Lab]

Debbie Evans C 749 37.2%
John Kimberley Lab 606 30.1%
Graham Pringle BNP 464 23.1%
Jennifer Wright LD 125 6.2%
Scott Rhodes Grn 67 3.3%

Knowle

Jeff Potts C 2342 63.4%
Geoffrey Berry LD 584 15.8%
Frank O'Brien BNP 371 10.0%
Jane Holt Grn 179 4.8%
Catherine Connan Lab 136 3.7%
Mark Penny UKIP 83 2.2%

Lyndon

Irene Chamberlain LD 1673 48.8%
Greg Goldingay C 895 26.1%
Russell Phillips BNP 436 12.7%
Margaret Brittin Lab 212 6.2%
Ray Mabbott UKIP 128 3.7%
Frances Grice Grn 85 2.5%

Meriden

Peter Lea C 2564 72.0%
Ann Berry LD 321 9.0%
Arthur Davis Lab 264 7.4%
Wesley Jones BNP 237 6.7%
Nigel Dyer Grn 176 4.9%

Olton

Honor Cox LD 1938 53.8%
Helen Eyre C 1198 33.3%
Lydia Simpson UKIP 180 5.0%
Alan Jacques Lab 169 4.7%
Roger King Grn 114 3.2%

St Alphege

Kate Wild C 2636 62.7%
Theresa Tedd Ind 592 14.1%
Mamdooh Jalil LD 591 14.1%
Paul Tuxworth Lab 134 3.2%
David Faulkner UKIP 132 3.1%
James Hepton Grn 117 2.8%

Shirley East

Sue Rose LD 1522 44.3%
Mark Parker C 1455 42.4%
Jayne Hall UKIP 196 5.7%
Kevin Raven Lab 183 5.3%
Olga Farooqui Grn 79 2.3%

Shirley South

Gary Allport C 1506 38.5%
Nick John LD 1449 37.0%
Charles Shipman BNP 541 13.8%
Shirley Young Lab 187 4.8%
Linda Brown UKIP 170 4.3%
Angela Henery Grn 59 1.5%

Shirley West

Howard Allen LD 1424 43.9%
Dennis Eyre C 873 26.9%
Tony Greenshields BNP 394 12.1%
Nikki Sinclaire UKIP 276 8.5%
Nick Stephens Lab 158 4.9%
Trevor Barker Grn 118 3.6%

Silhill

Peter Hogarth C 2055 49.6%
Tony Dupont LD 1417 34.2%
Alan Ashmore BNP 356 8.6%
Janet Marsh Lab 175 4.2%
Clair Garbett Grn 74 1.8%
Christopher Boxall UKIP 64 1.5%

Smith's Wood [Grn gain from Lab]

Mike Sheridan Grn 881 45.2%
Hugh Hendry Lab 550 28.2%
Jim Williams C 420 21.5%
Anthony Ludlow LD 98 5.0%

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