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Solihull Borough consists of 17 Wards, each having three Councillors. The Councillors represent local people's views on the Council, set Council policies and follow up problems that residents' may have with Council services.

For local news or to contact your Borough Councillor, please select your Council Ward from the list on the left.
If you are not sure which Ward you live in then please enter your postcode into the Solihull Council on-line map finder here .

As from the 4 July General Election, the Wards are split between the Hodge Hill, Meriden and Solihull East, and the Solihull West and Shirley Parliamentary Constituencies as follows:

Hodge Hill Constituency

Castle Bromwich Smiths Wood

Plus Bromford and Hodge Hill, Garretts Green, Glebe Farm and Tile Cross, Heartlands, Shard End and Ward End which are all within the area of the Birmingham City Council.

Meriden and Solihull East Constituency

Bickenhill Chelmsley Wood
Dorridge & Hockley Heath Elmdon  
Kingshurst & Fordbridge Knowle
Meriden Silhill

Solihull West and Shirley Constituency

Blythe Lyndon
Olton Shirley East
Shirley South Shirley West
St Alphege  

 

See Also

Bickenhill Ward

Bickenhill settlement is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and historically the parish included the manors of Church Bickenhill, Hill Bickenhill, Middle Bickenhill, Marston Culy (now Marston Green),and Wavers Marston.  

Blythe Ward

Blythe is located in south Solihull with significant Green Belt land, bordered by the M42 motorway and commercial hub of Blythe Valley Business Park to the east, Bromsgrove to the west and Stratford district to the south.

Castle Bromwich Ward

Castle Bromwich is a village and civil parish. It is the northernmost Ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull.

Knowle Ward

Knowle is a large village situated 3 miles (5 km) east-southeast of the town of Solihull, West Midlands. Knowle lies within the Arden area of the historic county boundaries of Warwickshire, and since 1974 it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull

Olton Ward

Olton is an area/suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull

Smiths Wood Ward

The Local Government Boundary Commission has published draft recommendations for new ward boundaries for Solihull Council.

St Alphege Ward

Solihull's name is commonly thought to have derived from the position of its arden stone parish church, St Alphege, on a 'soily' hill.The church was built on a hill of stiff red marl, which turned to sticky mud in wet weather

News

Crime and Policing

Solihull Borough have seen our share of crime and anti-social behaviour.

Local Deveplopment Plan - PAUSED

The council had paused the Local Plan examination process, because it had not accepted the requirement of the Inspectorate to identify another 1700 units from Green Belt. The Conservative government recently announced changes to planning guidance (NPPF), relaxing the need for the use of the Green B

Solihull Apprenticeship Show draws a Crowd

Solihull Apprenticeship Show draws a crowd to local employment and training opportunities The Solihull Apprenticeship Show connected young people with employers and training providers to learn about local opportunities. The free event took place on Wednesday 7 February at North Solihull Sports Ce

Careers Fair

Whether you are in school, sixth form, or have graduated from university and are looking for your next steps, come along and meet some potential employers and leading universities and colleges to better understand what opportunities are available to develop your careers.