Solihull (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main Solihull was a constituency in West Midlands represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished and its area was split three ways. The bulk of the constituency was reformed as Solihull West and Shirley, first contested at the 2024 general election.[1] Other parts of the constituency moved into the new seats of Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North and Meriden and Solihull East.[2]

Constituency profile

The Solihull area is home to some of the West Midlands's more affluent residents and includes a high proportion of Birmingham workers and the managerial classes in manufacturing, retail, industry and the public sector. There are smaller villages and undeveloped green belt areas in its peripheral countryside, though the seat was primarily suburban and middle-class, with low levels of deprivation throughout. Workless claimants stood at only 2% of the population in November 2012, below every regional average in the UK. In the study of that date, only three of the 59 West Midlands seats had a lower proportion of registered jobseekers.[3]

Following boundary changes, the northernmost tip of the seat contained the point in England furthest from the coast in any direction.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Boundaries

Template:Maplink The constituency was one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It covered the town of Solihull itself, as well as Shirley and Olton. It is a largely well-off, residential area, in the south-east of the West Midlands conurbation.

1945–1950: The part of the County Borough of Birmingham in the present Tamworth constituency, and the urban district of Solihull.[4]

1950–1974: The Urban District of Solihull.[5]

1974–1983: The County Borough of Solihull.

1983–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull wards of Elmdon, Lyndon, Olton, St Alphege, Shirley East, Shirley South, Shirley West, and Silhill.

History

Conservative candidates won the seat from its outset in 1945 until a loss in 2005, the seat meanwhile seeing boundary changes covered above. In the 2005 general election Solihull was won by the Liberal Democrats, with Lorely Burt beating the incumbent John Taylor by a majority of 279 votes. Burt won the seat again at the 2010 general election, this time by just 175 votes following two recounts.

The seat was represented by Julian Knight since 2015, who won the seat from Burt with a majority of 12,902. At the 2017 election, Knight increased his majority to just over 20,000, with a similar result in 2019, making Solihull a safe Conservative seat.

However, following allegations of serious sexual assault made to the Metropolitan Police against Knight in December 2022, Knight sat as an independent MP, having had the Conservative whip suspended.[6]

Members of Parliament

Tamworth prior to 1945

Election Member[7] Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1945 Sir Martin Lindsay Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1964 Percy Grieve Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 1983 John Taylor Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2005 Lorely Burt Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2015 Julian Knight Template:Party shortname linked
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | 2022 Template:Party shortname linked[6]
2024 Constituency abolished

Election results 1945–2024

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Results of UK House of Commons seat Solihull, created in 1945, since 2005.

Election in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Solihull
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Roy Jenkins 21,647 44.78
Majority 5,049 10.44 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,343 71.79 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Solihull
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Script error: No such module "Political party". W.N. Camp 11,741 28.84
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ada M Hayes 3,206 7.88 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 14,017 34.44 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 40,705 86.92 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1951: Solihull
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Script error: No such module "Political party". John Johnson 11,747 29.65
Majority 16,124 40.70 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 39,618 83.18 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1955: Solihull
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Marion Large 11,300 27.82
Majority 18,023 44.36 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 40,623 78.28 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1959: Solihull
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Eric J Bowen 12,682 26.12
Majority 23,180 47.76 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,544 80.60 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Solihull
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas WK Scott 11,969 21.99
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lionel Farell 10,097 18.55 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 20,386 37.46 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 54,421 80.46 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1966: Solihull
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". D.A. Forwood 17,760 34.31
Majority 16,248 31.38 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 51,768 74.80 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Solihull
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Douglas Gray 13,181 22.44
Script error: No such module "Political party". R. A. Davis 7,795 13.27 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 24,575 41.85 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 58,732 72.14 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election February 1974: Solihull
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". J.A. Windmill 17,686 27.49
Script error: No such module "Political party". D.A. Norman 11,608 18.04
Majority 17,363 26.98 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 64,343 81.30 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election October 1974: Solihull
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". J.A. Windmill 15,848 26.33
Script error: No such module "Political party". Denis MacShane 12,640 21.00
Majority 15,859 26.34 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 60,195 75.25 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1979: Solihull
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Script error: No such module "Political party". David Hallam 10,820 16.64
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ian Gillett 10,214 15.70
Script error: No such module "Political party". D. Stevenson 978 1.50 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 32,207 49.52 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 65,039 77.18 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Solihull[8]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Ian Gillett 14,553 27.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". I. Jamieson 6,075 11.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 17,394 33.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 52,575 71.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1987: Solihull[9]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Geoff E. Gadie 14,058 24.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sue E. Knowles 8,791 15.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 21,786 37.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 58,693 75.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Solihull[10][11]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael J. Southcombe 13,239 21.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Nicola Kutapan 10,544 16.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Clifford G. Hards 925 1.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 25,146 39.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 63,093 81.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1997: Solihull
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Michael J. Southcombe 14,902 25.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rachel N. Harris 14,334 24.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Nattrass 2,748 4.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jim Caffery 623 1.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 11,397 19.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 58,906 74.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2001: Solihull[12]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jo Byron 12,528 26.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Brendan O’Brien 12,373 25.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andy Moore 1,061 2.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mary Pyne 374 0.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 9,407 19.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 48,271 63.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2005: Solihull[13]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Taylor 20,617 39.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rory Vaughan 8,058 15.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Diane Carr 1,752 3.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andrew Moore 990 1.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 279 0.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 52,313 63.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2010: Solihull[14][15]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Maggie Throup 23,460 42.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sarah Merrill 4,891 8.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andrew Terry 1,624 2.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Ison 1,200 2.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Solihull and Meriden Residents' Association Neill Watts 319 0.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 175 0.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 55,129 71.9 Script error: No such module "String".
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Although its predecessor seat was won by the Liberal Democrats in 2005, intervening boundary changes made the constituency notionally Conservative prior to the 2010 general election, and it is therefore listed as a gain rather than a hold. [16][17]

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General election 2015: Solihull[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lorely Burt 14,054 25.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Phil Henrick[20] 6,361 11.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Nigel Knowles 5,693 10.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Howard Allen 1,632 3.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Nattrass 50 0.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Democratic Matthew Ward 33 0.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 12,902 23.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 54,779 70.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing Increase 11.9

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General election 2017: Solihull[21]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Nigel Knowles 12,414 21.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ade Adeyemo[22] 8,901 15.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Andrew Garcarz 1,291 2.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Max McLoughlin 1,157 2.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 20,571 36.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 56,748 73.4 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 2019: Solihull[23]
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Nick Stephens 11,036 19.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ade Adeyemo[24] 9,977 18.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rosi Sexton 2,022 3.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 21,273 38.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 55,344 70.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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