1992_Solihull_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

1992 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

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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%.^[1]^[2]

Map of the results for the 1992 Solihull council election.

Ward results

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	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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^[1]
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^[1]
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^[1]
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^[1]
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