Two councillors have resigned from the Reform UK group on Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, citing personal reasons.

Cllr Alan Feeney and Cllr Chris Whelan have both announced they will leave the party and continue to serve as independent councillors.

Cllr Feeney, who represents Castle Bromwich and Shard End, announced his departure in a Facebook post on Monday (October 12).

He said: "Following discussions, I have mutually agreed with Reform UK that, for personal reasons, I will be leaving the party.

"I will continue to represent the residents of Castle Bromwich and Shard End as an independent councillor and would like to thank all my colleagues."

He added that residents could continue to contact him about local issues as they had previously.

Cllr Whelan also confirmed his resignation from the Reform UK group, citing personal and health reasons.

In his own Facebook post, he said: "Today I have mutually agreed to resign from the Reform UK group on Solihull Council, on personal and health grounds.

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"I would like to thank all the colleagues at Reform for their help over the past months and I shall remain as an independent councillor and continue to work hard for the residents of Castle Bromwich."

A Reform UK Solihull spokesperson said the departures had been mutually agreed.

They said: "Cllr Whelan and Cllr Feeney's resignations from the group has been mutually agreed on personal grounds. We thank them for their contributions."

Neither councillor has provided further details about their reasons for leaving the group.