SILHILLIANS are heading off to the polls on Thursday (May 2) to decide who makes the tough decisions for the borough.
Voters are being asked to have a say on who will represent their area for Solihull Council as well as voting for the West Midlands Mayor and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner.
People attending will be required to show photo ID before casting their vote under the Elections Act.
Accepted forms of ID include a UK, European Economic Area (EEA) or Commonwealth passport; a UK, EEA or Commonwealth drivers’ licence; a Voter Authority Certificate and some concessionary travel passes, such as an older person’s bus pass.
Polling stations across the borough are open from 7am until 10pm.
The full list of candidates for each ward in Solihull is as follows:
Bickenhill:
Mark Joseph Pearson – Green Party
Adam Richard Pilarski – Liberal Democrats
Alison Rolf – Conservative Party
Lydia Ruth Margaret Turner – Labour Party
Blythe:
Noel Anthony Grace – Labour Party
Keith Frank Green – Conservative Party
Carol Joy Linfield – Green Party
John Christopher Wyatt – Liberal Democrat
Castle Bromwich:
Emma Louise Chidler – Labour Party
Richard Evans – Liberal Democrats
Akin Kog – Green Party
Martin Henry Thomas McCarthy – Conservative Party
Chelmsley Wood:
Kenneth Harrop – Labour Party
Georgina Phoenix Hartland – conservative Party
Matt Purssell – Liberal Democrats
Shesh Sheabhatter – Green Party
Dorridge and Hockley Heath:
David Jon Brittin – Labour Party
David Robert Godfrey – Liberal Democrats
Jane Allison Holt – Green Party
Sally Tomlinson – Conservative Party
Elmdon:
Yvonne Beverley Clements – Conservative Party
Paul Edwards – Independent
Lisa Marie Holcroft – Labour Party
Kate Jones – Liberal Democrats
Margaret Evelyn Ryan – Green Party
Kingshurst and Fordbridge:
Stephen Alexander Caudwell – Green Party
Hazel Jasmine Ellenor Dawkins – Labour and Cooperative Party
Martin Roy Phipps – Liberal Democrats
Brent Angus Roberston – Conservative Party
Knowle:
Mark Leslie Amphlett – Green Party
Simon Martin Johnson – Labour Party
Lionel Arthur King – Liberal Democrats
David Arthur Pinwell – Conservative Party
Lyndon:
Sheila Mary Brookes – Labour and Cooperative Party
Lynsey Fraser-Smith – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Roger Neil Halford – Green Party
Paul McCabe – Liberal Democrats
Josh O’Nyons – Conservative Party
Meriden:
Cathy Connan – Labour Party
Ton Dicicco – Conservative Party
Peter Charles Lee – Liberal Democrats
Antony Lowe – Green Party
Olton:
Stephen Robert Holt – Green Party
James Callum Johnson – Conservative Party
Sarah Jane Phipps – Liberal Democrats
Jack Andrew Simpson – Labour and Cooperative Party
Shirley East:
Gerard Bernard Michael John Dufficy – Labour Party
Karen Grinsell – Conservative Party
Jamshid Moori – Liberal Democrats
Alan Phillip Wigley – Green Party
Shirley South:
Frank Dawson – Liberal Democrats
Max McLoughlin – Green Party
Jessica Amy Louise Thompson – Conservative Party
Shirley Rose Young – Labour Party
Shirley West:
Shelley Irene Haughney – Green Party
Gayle Elizabeth Monk – Liberal Democrats
Kevin Peter Raven – Labour Party
Prish Sharma – Conservative Party
Mark Antony Windridge – Independent
Silhill:
Trevor John Barker – Green Party
Peter Hogarth – Conservative Party
Nick Stephens – Labour and Cooperative Party
Terry Whitehead – Liberal Democrats
Smith’s Wood:
Mark Alan Caddick – Labour Party
Kamren Jay Grant – Conservative Party
Jean Hamilton – Green Party
Christopher Leslie Daniel Johnson – Liberal Democrats
St Alphege:
Joy Aldworth – Green Party
Ian Clifford English – Labour Party
Mark Alexander Geary – Liberal Democrats
Bob Grinsell – Conservative Party
