Solihull

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Currently in review

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Initial consultation

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Dates: 22 Aug 2023 - 30 Oct 2023

Previous stages

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 15 Aug 2023

New arrangements apply to elections after this date.

Dates: 29 Sep 2003

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 13 May 2003

We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change. 

We are carrying out an electoral review of Solihull because it has been a long time since the last review.  

15 August 2023 We decide how many councillors there should be
22 August - 30 October 2023 We carry out an initial public consultation on communities
30 January - 10 April 2024 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
2 July 2024 We publish our recommendations
TBC We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
May 2026 New arrangements apply to local elections

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Latest Information

Initial consultation

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Previous stages

Councillor numbers

We have decided that Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council should have 51 councillors.

Submissions received on council size are below.

Effective date

The Borough of Solihull (Electoral Changes) Order 2003 was made on 29 September 2003

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 13 May 2003

Previous Reviews

Most recent and previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive.

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