Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough council
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor	Shahin Ashraf, Green Party since 14 May 2024[1]
Leader	Ian Courts, Conservative since 14 May 2019
Chief Executive	Paul Johnson since July 2023[2]
Structure
Seats	51 councillors[3]
Political groups	Administration (31)   Conservative (31) Other parties (20)   Green Party (9)   Liberal Democrats (8)   Independent (2)   Labour (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Motto
Urbs in Rure
Meeting place
Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB
Website
solihull.gov.uk

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Solihull Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority since 2016.

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2011. It is based at the Council House on Manor Square in Solihull.