Solihull.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £219m net revenue. 17 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Solihull is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (11 of 18 seats). Net revenue is £219m for 2025-26. It covers 17 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 61% · last contested 2 May 2024
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Rolf | Con | Bickenhill | 2024 |
| Keith Frank Green | Con | Blythe | 2024 |
| Martin Henry Thomas McCarthy | Con | Castle Bromwich | 2024 |
| Shesh Sheshabhatter | Grn | Chelmsley Wood | 2024 |
| Sally Tomlinson | Con | Dorridge Hockley Heath | 2024 |
| Kate Jones | LD | Elmdon | 2024 |
| Richard James Long | LD | Elmdon | 2023 |
| Hazel Jasmine Ellenor Dawkins | Lab | Kingshurst Fordbridge | 2024 |
| David Arthur Pinwell | Con | Knowle | 2024 |
| Josh O'Nyons | Con | Lyndon | 2024 |
| Tony Dicicco | Con | Meriden | 2024 |
| Sarah Jane Phipps | LD | Olton | 2024 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (metropolitan_borough): 64% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (44%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,756 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £230 |
| Fire & rescue | £80 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £22 |
| Total Band-D | £2,088 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Solihull split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLIHULL COMMUNITY HOUSING | £14.22m | 9.0% | 90 |
| WEST MIDLANDS POLICE AUTHORITY | £7.57m | 4.8% | 11 |
| VEOLIA ES (UK) LTD | £6.77m | 4.3% | 86 |
| WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY | £4.44m | 2.8% | 9 |
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £4.40m | 2.8% | 3,795 |
| SOLIHULL BSF SCHOOLS LTD | £4.28m | 2.7% | 62 |
| COVENTRY & SOLIHULL WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY LTD | £3.07m | 1.9% | 2 |
| BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LTD | £3.00m | 1.9% | 423 |
| JOHN GRAHAM HOLDINGS LTD | £2.51m | 1.6% | 1,471 |
| WEST MIDLANDS FIRE SERVICE | £2.34m | 1.5% | 10 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | WEST MIDLANDS POLICE AUTHORITY | £3.73m |
| Waste And Recycling | COVENTRY & SOLIHULL WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY LTD | £2.93m |
| Childrens Services | SOLIHULL BSF SCHOOLS LTD | £2.57m |
| Highways And Transport | BALFOUR BEATTY LIVING PLACES LTD | £1.75m |
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £1.53m |
| Housing And Homelessness | SOLIHULL COMMUNITY HOUSING | £1.16m |
| Planning And Economic | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | £0.60m |
| Culture And Leisure | LITTLE WOLF ENTERTAINMENT LTD | £0.13m |
Solihull’s territory crosses 3 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meriden and Solihull East | 8 | 47% | Saqib Bhatti | Con |
| Solihull West and Shirley | 7 | 41% | Neil Shastri-Hurst | Con |
| Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North | 2 | 12% | Liam Byrne | Lab |
This council holds 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled metropolitan_borough — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
37,699 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level