Oswestry local elections

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Oswestry Borough Council in Shropshire, England was elected every four years from its first election in 1973 until it was abolished in 2009.

Political control

From 1973 to 2009 political control of the council was held by the following parties:^[1]

Independent || 1973 - 2003

Party in control	Years
No overall control	2003 - 2007
Conservative	2007 - 2009

Oswestry Council election, 1999
Oswestry Council election, 2003 (boundary changes took place for this election)^[2]
Oswestry Council election, 2007

Llanyblodwel By-Election 1 June 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		122	43.0
	Liberal Democrat		90	31.7
	Conservative		72	25.4
Majority			32	11.3
Turnout			284	46.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Victoria By-Election 28 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		291	44.2
	Liberal Democrat		266	40.4
	Independent		101	15.3
Majority			25	3.8
Turnout			658
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Gatacre By-Election 6 September 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		327	53.7	+21.5
	Conservative		158	25.9	+25.9
	Labour		77	12.6	-12.7
	Independent		33	5.4	+5.4
	Independent		14	2.3	+2.3
Majority			169	27.8
Turnout			609	26.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Cambrian By-Election 10 June 2004^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Edwards	341	42.8	+20.0
	Independent		281	35.3	-1.1
	Conservative		174	21.9	-18.9
Majority			60	7.5
Turnout			796	39.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Royton & West Felton 29 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 3 November 2005^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Burman	255	55.3	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Channon	206	44.7	+7.0
Majority			49	10.6
Turnout			461	23.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sweeney Trefonen By-Election 3 November 2005^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Barrow	314	71.0	+32.0
	Liberal Democrat	Romer Hoseason	128	29.0	+15.6
Majority			186	42.0
Turnout			442	14.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittington By-Election 30 November 2006^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		314	57.2	+57.2
	Labour		121	22.0	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat		114	20.7	+20.7
Majority			193	35.2
Turnout			549	30.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Llanyblodwell and Pant By-Election 21 June 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		254	73.6	+41.9
	Independent		91	19.8
	Independent		81	17.6
	Independent		34	7.4
Majority			163
Turnout			460	24.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Sweeney and Trefonen By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		684	54.9	-14.8
	Liberal Democrat		562	45.1	+14.8
Majority			122	9.8
Turnout			1,246	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 2 October 2008^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Romer Hoseason	198	38.7	+0.3
	Conservative	Phil May	174	34.1	-27.5
	Independent	Alan Davies	139	27.2	+27.2
Majority			59	4.6
Turnout			511	22.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

↑ "Oswestry". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Tories make gains in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tories claim clean sweep in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Lib Dems gain four seats in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Lib Dems win their fifth seat". Shropshire Star. 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2010-03-14.

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