The 1991 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1991, with one third of the council as well as a double vacancy in St. Alphege to be elected. There had been a by-election in the interim, with the Independent Ratepayers & Residents gaining a seat in Shirley West from the Conservatives. The council fell to no overall control for the first time since its creation in 1973. Voter turnout was 46.0%.[1] [2]
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Independent Ratepayers & Residents | align="right" | 2| align="right" | 1| align="right" | 0| align="right" | +1| align="right" | 11.1| align="right" | 8.3| align="right" | 5,956| align="right" | +1.2|-
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservatives | 26 | 23 | |||
| Labour | 15 | 16 | |||
| Independent Ratepayers & Residents | 5 | 6 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 6 | |||
| Total | 51 | 51 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6"! style="background-color: " || colspan="2" | Independent Ratepayers hold | align="right" | Swing| align="right" | +2.7|-
|- style="background-color:#F6F6F6"! style="background-color: " || colspan="2" | Independent Ratepayers gain from Conservatives| align="right" | Swing| align="right" | +1.8|-