Solihull (UK Parliament constituency)

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Solihull
Borough constituency
Solihull shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created: 1945
MP: Lorely Burt
Party: Liberal Democrat
Type: House of Commons
County: West Midlands
EP constituency: West Midlands

Solihull is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It covers 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.

The Conservative Party had always viewed Solihull as a safe seat, having held it since it was established in 1945 until 2005. Yet, in the 2005 general election it was an unexpected gain for the Liberal Democrats, with Lorely Burt beating the incumbent John Taylor by a small majority of just 279 votes. However, the boundaries are likely to change before the next general election, following a recent boundary revision report. The new 'notional' majority would favour the Conservative party candidate over the sitting Liberal Democrat MP.

Election Member Party
1945 Sir Martin Lindsay Conservative
1964 Percy Grieve Conservative
1983 John Taylor Conservative
2005 Lorely Burt Liberal Democrat

General Election 2005: Solihull
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Lorely Burt 20,896 39.9 +13.9
Conservative John Taylor 20,617 39.4 −6.0
Labour Rory Vaughan 8,058 15.4 −10.2
British National Party Diane Carr 1,752 3.3 N/A
UK Independence Andrew Moore 990 1.9 −0.3
Majority 279 0.5
Turnout 52,313 63.1 +4.7
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing +10.0
General Election 2001: Solihull
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Taylor 21,935 45.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrat Jo Byron 12,528 26.0 +0.7
Labour Brendan O’Brien 12,373 25.6 +1.3
UK Independence Andy Moore 1,061 2.2 N/A
ProLife Alliance Mary Pyne 374 0.8 -0.3
Majority 9,407 19.4
Turnout 48,271 63.3 -11.4
Conservative hold Swing

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Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour Birmingham Edgbaston | Birmingham, Erdington | Birmingham Hall Green | Birmingham Hodge Hill | Birmingham Northfield | Birmingham Perry Barr | Birmingham Selly Oak | Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Burton | Cannock Chase | Coventry North East | Coventry North West | Coventry South | Dudley North | Dudley South | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton | Redditch | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Stoke-on-Trent North | Stoke-on-Trent South | Stourbridge | Tamworth | Telford | Walsall North | Walsall South | Warley | Warwick and Leamington | West Bromwich East | West Bromwich West | Wolverhampton North East | Wolverhampton South East | Wolverhampton South West | Worcester
Conservative Aldridge-Brownhills | Bromsgrove | Leominster | Lichfield | Ludlow | Meriden | Mid Worcestershire | North Shropshire | Rugby and Kenilworth | Shrewsbury and Atcham | South Staffordshire | Stone | Stratford-on-Avon | Sutton Coldfield | The Wrekin | West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat Birmingham Yardley | Hereford | Solihull
Health Concern Wyre Forest
Independent Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (2) | UKIP (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)
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