The 2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in West Midlands, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. There were 17 of the council's 51 seats up for election, being the usual third of the council.
The Conservatives retained their majority on the council. Solihull went against the national trend in this election; in most councils the Conservatives lost seats, whereas in Solihull they gained two extra seats.
Overall results The overall results were:
Ward results The results for each ward were:
Bickenhill
Blythe
Castle Bromwich
Chelmsley Wood
Dorridge & Hockley Heath
Elmdon
Kingshurst & Fordbridge
The previous incumbent, Marcus Brain, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but defected to the Greens in 2021.
Knowle
Lyndon
Meriden
Olton
Shirley East
Shirley South
Shirley West
The previous incumbent in this Shirley West seat, Rosi Sexton, had been elected as a Green councillor in 2019, but left the party in 2022 and served the remainder of her term as an independent.
Silhill
Smith's Wood
St. Alphege
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