The candidates battling it out next month for a seat on Solihull Council have been revealed. A third of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council’s seats are up for grabs on Thursday, May 2, and the results will impact both sides of the chamber.
Going into the election the Conservatives have a majority on the council with 29 members. The Green Party has 12 councillors while there are currently six Liberal Democrats and four independents.
The council’s deputy leader, Conservative councillor Karen Grinsell, will be defending her Shirley East seat on election day. Coun Tony Dicicco, the cabinet member for Adult Social Care and Health, will be defending his Meriden seat, while Conservative councillor David Pinwell - chairman of the Economic Development and Managed Growth Scrutiny Board - will be defending his Knowle seat.
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Conservative Peter Hogarth, the chairman of the Governance Committee, will be defending his Silhill seat. Meanwhile Coun Max McLoughlin, the leader of the Green Group on the authority, is defending his Shirley South seat.
The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Greens are standing candidates in all 17 wards being contested. There are two independent candidates while the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition has put forward one candidate.
The full list of candidates by ward:
Bickenhill
- Mark Pearson, Green Party
- Adam Pilarski, Liberal Democrats
- Alison Rolf, Conservative Party
- Lydia Turner, Labour Party
Blythe
- Noel Grace, Labour Party
- Keith Green, Conservative Party
- Carol Linfield, Green Party
- John Wyatt, Liberal Democrats
Castle Bromwich
- Emma Chidler, Labour Party
- Richard Evans, Liberal Democrats
- Akin Kog, Green Party
- Martin McCarthy, Conservative Party
Chelmsley Wood
- Kenneth Harrop, Labour Party
- Georgina Hartland, Conservative Party
- Matt Purssell, Liberal Democrats
- Shesh Sheshabhatter, Green Party
Dorridge and Hockley Heath
- David Brittin, Labour Party
- David Godfrey, Liberal Democrats
- Jane Holt, Green Party
- Sally Tomlinson, Conservative Party
Elmdon
- Yvonne Clements, Conservative Party
- Paul Edwards, Independent
- Lisa Holcroft, Labour Party
- Kate Jones, Liberal Democrats
- Margaret Ryan, Green Party
Kingshurst and Fordbridge
- Stephen Caudwell, Green Party
- Hazel Dawkins, Labour and Cooperative Party
- Martin Phipps, Liberal Democrats
- Brent Robertson, Conservative Party
Knowle
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- Mark Amphlett, Green Party
- Simon Johnson, Labour Party
- Lionel King, Liberal Democrats
- David Pinwell, Conservative Party
Lyndon
- Sheila Brookes, Labour and Cooperative Party
- Lynsey Fraser-Smith, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
- Roger Halford, Green Party
- Paul McCabe, Liberal Democrats
- Josh O’Nyons, Conservative Party
Meriden
- Cathy Connan, Labour Party
- Tony Dicicco, Conservative Party
- Peter Lee, Liberal Democrats
- Antony Lowe, Green Party
Olton
- Stephen Holt, Green Party
- James Johnson, Conservative Party
- Sarah Phipps, Liberal Democrats
- Jack Simpson, Labour and Cooperative Party
Shirley East
- Gerard Dufficy, Labour Party
- Karen Grinsell, Conservative Party
- Jamshid Moori, Liberal Democrats
- Alan Wigley, Green Party
Shirley South
- Frank Dawson, Liberal Democrats
- Max McLoughlin, Green Party
- Jessica Thompson, Conservative Party
- Shirley Young, Labour Party
Shirley West
- Shelley Haughney, Green Party
- Gayle Monk, Liberal Democrats
- Kevin Raven, Labour Party
- Prish Sharma, Conservative Party
- Mark Windridge, Independent
Silhill
- Trevor Barker, Green Party
- Peter Hogarth, Conservative Party
- Nick Stephens, Labour and Cooperative Party
- Terry Whitehead, Liberal Democrats
Smith`s Wood
- Mark Caddick, Labour Party
- Kamren Grant, Conservative Party
- Jean Hamilton, Green Party
- Christopher Johnson, Liberal Democrats
St. Alphege
- Joy Aldworth, Green Party
- Ian English, Labour Party
- Mark Geary, Liberal Democrats
- Bob Grinsell, Conservative Party
Votes will be able to take part in the democratic process on May 2 between 7am and 10pm. Voters, who will need to bring identification to the ballot box, will also be able to take part in the elections of a Police and Crime Commissioner and the Combined Authority Mayor on election day.
Results for the Solihull wards are set to be announced on the afternoon of May 3.
