| Election Name: | 2023 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | West Midlands |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 out of 51 seats to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Leader1: | Ian Courts |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 28 seats, 46.3% |
| Seats Before1: | 27 |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 22,078 |
| Percentage1: | 38.4% |
| Swing1: | 7.9% |
| Leader2: | Max McLoughlin |
| Party2: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election2: | 14 seats, 16.4% |
| Seats Before2: | 14 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,138 |
| Percentage2: | 29.8% |
| Swing2: | 13.4% |
| Leader4: | Laura McCarthy |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 5 seats, 13.5% |
| Seats Before4: | 5 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seats After4: | 6 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 9,259 |
| Percentage4: | 16.1% |
| Swing4: | 2.6% |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | 4 seats, 3.7% |
| Seats Before5: | 5 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 367 |
| Percentage5: | 0.6% |
| Swing5: | 2.5% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Ian Courts |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Ian Courts |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] [4] [5]
The overall results were:[6] [7] [8]
The results for each ward were:[3]
The previous incumbent, Marcus Brain, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2019 but defected to the Greens in 2021.[9]
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.[10]