The 1984 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984, with one third of the council to be elected and a double vacancy in Shirley West. The Conservatives retained control of the council. Voter turnout was 35.2%[1] [2]
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Independent Ratepayers & Residents | align="right" | 2| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 11.1| align="right" | 8.1| align="right" | 4,285| align="right" | |-|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Traditional Labour| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0.0| align="right" | 0.8| align="right" | 441| align="right" | |-
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 33 | 33 | |||
| Labour | 13 | 13 | |||
| Independent Ratepayers & Residents | 4 | 4 | |||
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 51 | 51 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Traditional Labour| James O'Callaghan| align="right" | 441| align="right" | 22.2| align="right" | |-