Reform Solihull

31/05/2026

28/05/2026

What a week!

Our newly elected Reform councillors attended their first full council meeting this week and we couldn’t be more proud. This was my first as Leader of Reform Solihull and Cllr Alan Feeney has been voted in as Deputy Mayor of Solihull. This means he’ll be Mayor next year, Incredible.

When you think about where we were just a few weeks ago and where we are now, 17 seats won in May, it’s just amazing. The people of Solihull have spoken and we won’t let them down.

One thing we always say and truly mean, Reform are not just here at election time. Our councillors will be out in their wards, at events, knocking on doors and dealing with casework all year round. That’s the commitment we made and that’s what we’ll deliver.

And if you don’t have a Reform councillor in your ward, please don’t let that stop you getting in touch. We are here to help any Solihull resident who needs us. Just drop us a message.

27/05/2026

16/05/2026

Honoured to have been elected Leader of the Reform UK Group on Solihull Council and to serve as Leader of the Opposition.

Thank you to my colleagues for their support, and to every resident who voted for change at these local elections.

We will work hard to hold the administration to account, stand up for local communities, support small businesses and fight for better services across Solihull.

Looking forward to working alongside our Deputy Leader, Councillor Alan Feeney, and the whole team.

The hard work starts now.

09/05/2026

An extraordinary result for Reform UK in Solihull.

Solihull Council has been under Conservative control since the 2011

Yesterday, Reform won 17 of the 51 seats up for election and has taken the council into no overall control.

A truly incredible result. 🩵💪

05/05/2026

🏘️ Richard Tice MP visits Shirley, Solihull!
It was brilliant to welcome Richard Tice MP to Shirley this week to see first-hand what our community is dealing with on the high street.
The Leader of Solihull Council represents this very area yet under her watch, Shirley has been left to decline. Across all three Shirley wards, residents are seeing shops and banks close, anti-social behaviour go unchallenged, vacant units left to gather dust, graffiti on our streets, and rubbish left uncollected.
This isn't good enough. Shirley deserves better, and its residents deserve a council that actually fights for them.
Reform UK will work with this community to turn things around. Clean streets. Safer spaces. A high street that Shirley can be proud of again. 💪
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Promoted by Michael Gough of Reform UK, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4Q

05/05/2026

04/05/2026

This afternoon Reform Solihull welcomed Richard Tice MP.

We spoke about the decline of our shopping centres and what needs to be done to bring life back to our high streets. It’s clear Shirley high street has gone backwards under the Conservative-run Solihull Council, and residents want to see real improvement.

We also spoke to people in Shirley East, it’s obvious there’s a growing demand for change.

Thanks to Richard Tice MP for coming to Solihull and speaking with local residents.

Solihull wants Reform - vote Reform on the 7th May
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Promoted by Michael Gough of Reform UK, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP

04/05/2026

On fly tipping…
Imagine you’re a tradesman. You’ve just finished a job and now have a truck full of rubbish that needs disposing of before you can go to the next job.
You can’t book an appointment at the council run tip until the day after tomorrow, which leaves you unable to use your truck, and it will cost you, say, £200.

Alternatively, you can drive down Gate Lane, Watery Lane or any of the other secluded roads in and around Knowle, and dump your rubbish illegally. Without appointment, without cost, and, as we’ll see, without penalty

The only thing stopping you is your social conscience and basic decency. But it’s unfair. You’re doing the right thing, at considerable cost, but others aren’t and are getting away with it.

It’s the same feeling that shoppers have when they’re queuing at the checkout watching a shoplifter waltz out, unimpeded, with a rucksack full of swag. Or even a homeowner who’s climbed the property ladder to buy their forever home in Knowle but now finds the surrounding green belt being threatened by speculative housing developments.
The subliminal message is the same; do the right thing and you’ll be shafted.

Back to fly tipping. The most recent data show that across Solihull there were over 3000 reported incidents of fly tipping. And 3 prosecutions!.
Let that sink in. Fly tipping is virtually risk free because the [Conservative] council refuse to enforce the law.

Apparently, whilst you can use motion activated cameras to track a Badger family through a wood at night our authorities can’t track and identify a truck fly tipping rubbish.

Because the will isn’t there.

And each one of those fly tipping incidents has to be cleared up by…..you’ve guessed it, the Council. At a conservative estimate of £500 per clearance and disposal the annual cost is c£1.5m. It’s no wonder Solihull Council is in financial distress.

It’s an environmental and economic disaster. And it’s getting worse.

It’s impossible to blame anyone other than the politicians who have controlled Solihull for the past 15 years.

People don’t do bad things if they think there’s a high probability that they’ll be caught and punished. And they will be if existing laws are enforced and prosecuted.
But that won’t happen under the Conservatives.

by John Dillon - Knowle

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Promoted by Michael Gough on behalf of John Dillon both of Reform UK, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP

03/05/2026

Is anyone else surprised that Solihull Council has managed to find £800,000 of taxpayers money to spend on EV parking bays? Reducing parking capacity by around 30% in Knowle.
To put that into context, Solihull spent £2.6m on road maintenance in 25/26, unchanged since 20/21.
Could that £800,000 have been better spent elsewhere?

by John Dillon - Knowle

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Promoted by Michael Gough on behalf of John Dillon both of Reform UK, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4Q