The 1987 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 7 May 1987, with one third of the council to be elected. The Conservatives retained control of the council. Voter turnout was 43.2%[1] [2]
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Independent Ratepayers & Residents | align="right" | 1| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 1| align="right" | -1| align="right" | 5.9| align="right" | 8.1| align="right" | 5,499| align="right" | -0.2|-
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 | 29 | 29 | |||
| Labour | 14 | 14 | |||
| Independent Ratepayers & Residents | 6 | 5 | |||
| Alliance | 2 | 3 | |||
| Total | 51 | 51 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6"! style="background-color: " || colspan="2" | Conservative gain from Independent Residents| align="right" | Swing| align="right" | +3.3|-
|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6"! style="background-color: " || colspan="2" | Independent Ratepayers hold | align="right" | Swing| align="right" | -5.8|-