1992 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

The 1992 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 7 May 1992, with one third of the council to be elected. The council remained under no overall control with the Conservatives three seats short of a majority. Voter turnout was 37.8%.[1] [2]

Election result

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Independent Ratepayers & Residents | align="right" | 2| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 11.8| align="right" | 8.8| align="right" | 5,187| align="right" | +0.5|-

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"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New council
Conservatives2324
Labour1615
Independent Ratepayers & Residents 66
Liberal Democrats66
Total5151
Working majority

Ward results

|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6"! style="background-color: " || colspan="2" | Independent Ratepayers hold | align="right" | Swing| align="right" | +3.7|-

Notes and References

  1. "Solihull M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 7 May 1992", Solihull M.B.C.(1992).
  2. Web site: Vote 2012: Solihull . 2013-01-26 . BBC News Online.