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Election for the constituency of Solihull on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Solihull, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Conservative hold by Julian Knight with a majority of 20,571 - 36.2% - on a turnout of 73.0%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
KNIGHT, Julian Con 32,985 58.1% 8.9%
KNOWLES, Nigel Lab 12,414 21.9% 11.5%
ADEYEMO, Ade LD 8,901 15.7% -10.0%
GARCARZ, Andrew UKIP 1,291 2.3% -9.3%
MCLOUGHLIN, Max Green 1,157 2.0% -0.9%

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

An electorate of 77,789, having a valid vote count of 56,748 and an invalid vote count of 120.

Result declared at 02:43 on 9 June 2017.