Full list of Solihull Council election candidates published
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
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.