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**Solihull**
Solihull; Borough constituency
	;
	Solihull shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created:	1945
MP:	Lorely Burt
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Midlands
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Solihull is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull. It covers the town of Solihull itself, as well as Shirley and Olton. It is a largely well-off, residential area, in the south-east of the West Midlands conurbation.

[edit] History

The Conservative Party had always viewed Solihull as a safe seat, having held it since it was established in 1945 until 2005. Yet, in the 2005 general election it was an unexpected gain for the Liberal Democrats, with Lorely Burt beating the incumbent John Taylor by a small majority of just 279 votes. However, the boundaries are likely to change before the next general election, following a recent boundary revision report. The new 'notional' majority would favour the Conservative party candidate over the sitting Liberal Democrat MP.

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1945	Sir Martin Lindsay	Conservative
1964	Percy Grieve	Conservative
1983	John Taylor	Conservative
2005	Lorely Burt	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lorely Burt
	UKIP	John Ison
	Labour	Sarah Merrill
	Conservative	Maggie Throup

General Election 2005: Solihull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lorely Burt	20,896	39.9	+13.9
	Conservative	John Taylor	20,617	39.4	−6.0
	Labour	Rory Vaughan	8,058	15.4	−10.2
	BNP	Diane Carr	1,752	3.3	N/A
	UKIP	Andrew Moore	990	1.9	−0.3
Majority			279	0.5
Turnout			52,313	63.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.0

General Election 2001: Solihull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Taylor	21,935	45.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Byron	12,528	26.0	+0.7
	Labour	Brendan O’Brien	12,373	25.6	+1.3
	UKIP	Andy Moore	1,061	2.2	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Mary Pyne	374	0.8	-0.3
Majority			9,407	19.4
Turnout			48,271	63.3	-11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] References

^ Solihull, UKPollingReport

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

Coordinates: 52°25′N 1°47′W / 52.41°N 1.78°W / 52.41; -1.78

[0] Solihull, UKPollingReport

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