Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1973

The first elections to the newly created Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 51 seat council - three seats for each of the 17 wards - up for vote.^[1] The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.

The election resulted in the Conservatives gaining control of the council.^[2]

Ward results

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Ward 1 (Elmdon)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Barlow	2,001	61.2	N/A
	Conservative	Norman Page	1,882
	Conservative	Robin McDonald	1,871
	Labour	Frederick Rivers	1,270	38.8	N/A
	Labour	John Hill	1,163
	Labour	Edward Raven	1,109
Majority			731	22.3	N/A
Turnout			3,271	35.6	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 2 (Knowle)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Audrey Godderidge	1,667	69.0	N/A
	Conservative	Edward Brown	1,528
	Conservative	Thomas Morrison	1,448
	Liberal	Susan Rose	538	22.3	N/A
	Labour	Alfred Gilbert	212	8.8	N/A
	Labour	Peter Harris	190
Majority			1,129	46.7	N/A
Turnout			2,417	31.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 3 (Lyndon)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bertram Hodder	1,795	54.0	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Duddy	1,775
	Conservative	Peter Ellis	1,699
	Labour	David Jamieson	1,531	46.0	N/A
	Labour	Douglas Gray	1,516
	Labour	Norman Boston	1,347
Majority			264	7.9	N/A
Turnout			3,326	53.0	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 4 (Olton)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Windmill	2,102	53.6	N/A
	Liberal	Norman Chapple	1,926
	Conservative	Norman Bradbeer	1,821	46.4	N/A
	Liberal	John Graham	1,721
	Conservative	Peter Mitchell	1,586
	Conservative	Harry Sutton	1,498
Majority			281	7.2	N/A
Turnout			3,923	43.8	N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 5 (Packwood, Hockley Heath)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Kirk Korn	1,861	53.3	N/A
	Independent	Keith Pickering	1,829
	Independent	Donald Schoon	1,784
	Conservative	Anthony Bond	1,629	46.7	N/A
	Conservative	Jennifer Davis	1,623
	Conservative	Mary Dingley	1,525
Majority			232	6.6	N/A
Turnout			3,490	37.5	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 6 (St. Alphege)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Ledbetter	3,281	61.4	N/A
	Conservative	Norman Green	3,069
	Conservative	Ronald Herd	2,916
	Liberal	Brenda Chapple	1,038	19.4	N/A
	Independent	William Wright	1,025	19.2	N/A
Majority			2,243	42.0	N/A
Turnout			5,344	42.6	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 7 (Shirley East)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Arthur Baverstock	1,839	55.0	N/A
	Independent	Leslie Belton	1,824
	Independent	Leslie Pitt	1,755
	Conservative	Vincent Humberstone	1,502	45.0	N/A
	Conservative	Joan Manuel	1,418
	Conservative	John Tresman	1,387
Majority			337	10.1	N/A
Turnout			3,341	36.2	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 8 (Shirley South)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Leslie Coombes	1,393	48.0	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Ellis	1,254
	Conservative	Ernest Scadding	1,245
	Labour	Martin Cumella	836	28.8	N/A
	Labour	John Foster	826
	Labour	Maureen Gee	763
	Independent	John Hamilton	671	23.1	N/A
	Independent	Francis Thornton	650
	Independent	Arthur Knight	575
Majority			557	19.2	N/A
Turnout			2,900	44.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 9 (Shirley West)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Thomas Clark	1,466	64.7	N/A
	Independent	Richard Lewis	1,403
	Independent	Peter Miles	1,377
	Conservative	Anthony Hawkins	800	35.3	N/A
	Conservative	Pamela Howe	770
	Conservative	Derek Wadsworth	740
Majority			666	29.4	N/A
Turnout			2,266	33.5	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Ward 10 (Silhill)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Hill	2,316	59.0	N/A
	Conservative	Bertram Hyde	2,284
	Conservative	Geoffrey Gibbons	2,248
	Independent	John Wall	688	17.5	N/A
	Liberal	Anthony Skuce	560	14.3	N/A
	Labour	Harry Hill	358	9.1	N/A
	Labour	Francis Deacon	356
	Labour	John Bevan	353
Majority			1,628	41.5	N/A
Turnout			3,922	31.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ward 11 (Berkswell, Balsall & Meriden)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Grahame Boakes	1,790	77.6	N/A
	Conservative	Reginald Meddings	1,700
	Conservative	Anthony Wyldbore-Smith	1,682
	Labour	Roy Rigby	517	22.4	N/A
Majority			1,273	55.2	N/A
Turnout			2,307	33.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Results of Elections of District Councillors", Solihull M.B.C results sheet (1973).
↑ "Vote 2012: Solihull". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2013-01-26.

Council elections in the West Midlands

Birmingham City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Coventry City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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Wolverhampton City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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