Shropshire Council elections

Shropshire Council (prior to 1 April 2009, Shropshire County Council) is elected in full every four years.

The previous county council was the top-tier of local authorities in the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire, England. The new unitary authority (since 2009) is now the principal local authority of the non-metropolitan county. The county is entirely parished and elections to the town and parish councils also take place every four years – these have (as from 2013) all been aligned to coincide with the Shropshire Council elections.

In 1998, the district of Telford and Wrekin was removed from the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire, reducing the area covered and electorate of Shropshire (County) Council.

Since the last boundary changes in 2009, 74 councillors are elected from 63 electoral divisions (53 single member divisions, nine 2-member divisions and one 3-member electoral division).

Political control

Since 1973 political control of first the county council and then the unitary authority has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–2005
Conservative	2005 – present

Full council elections

All the county's electoral divisions are up for election at once, every four years.

Shropshire County Council election, 1973
Shropshire County Council election, 1977
Shropshire County Council election, 1981
Shropshire County Council election, 1985
Shropshire County Council election, 1989
Shropshire County Council election, 1993
Shropshire County Council election, 1997
Shropshire County Council election, 2001
Shropshire County Council election, 2005 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 4)^[1]
Shropshire Council election, 2009 (fundamental boundary changes took place following local government re-organisation)
Shropshire Council election, 2013

County result maps

2013 results map

By-election results

By-elections for individual seats can occur during a council's four-year term, for instance when a councillor dies or resigns his seat.

1997–2001

Bayston Hill By-Election 22 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		706	35.9	+35.9
	Labour		651	33.1	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat		612	31.1	-31.8
Majority			55	2.8
Turnout			1,969	47.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Meole Brace By-Election 26 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		822	47.0	+21.8
	Labour		778	44.5	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat		150	8.6	-29.8
Majority			44	2.5
Turnout			1,750	30.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2001–2005

Shifnal By-Election 20 June 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		914	56.2	+56.2
	Independent		445	27.4	-8.5
	Independent		218	13.4	+0.0
	Independent		50	3.0	-27.8
Majority			469	28.8
Turnout			1,627	27.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Myddle By-Election 25 March 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,457	50.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat		1,441	49.7	-0.5
Majority			16	0.6
Turnout			2,898	51.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2005–2009

Oswestry By-Election 30 November 2006^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Barrow	770	53.8	+22.4
	Labour	Susan Crow	338	23.6	-14.7
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Stevens	324	22.6	-7.7
Majority			432	30.2
Turnout			1,432	15.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittington By-Election 30 November 2006^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Davies	680	54.9	+54.9
	Conservative	David Glyn	559	45.1	+18.2
Majority			121	9.8
Turnout			1,239	24.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Market Drayton By-Election 5 June 2008^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Erwin	1,178	53.1	+0.6
	Labour	Roger Walker	510	23.0	-24.5
	Independent	Colin Phillips	362	16.3	+16.3
	Independent	Michael Gould	170	7.7	+7.7
Majority			668	30.1
Turnout			2,220	25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009–2013

Five by-elections were held during this term, which saw the Liberal Democrats gain three seats from the Conservatives.

Clee Division By-Election 1 July 2010^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Mark Huffer	946
	Conservative	Hayley Clare Fernihough	506
	Independent	Graeme Perks	116
Majority			440
Turnout			1568	43.11
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Quarry and Coton Hill Division By-Election 17 February 2011^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew David Murray Bannerman	356
	Conservative	Judie McCoy	268
	Labour	John Olaf Lewis	197
	Independent	James Grimshaw Gollins	30
Majority
Turnout				30.47
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Bishop's Castle Division By-Election 29 September 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Charlotte Ann Barnes	801
	Conservative	Georgiana Louise Dacre Ellis	544
	Labour	Jean Gray	80
	Green	Michael Richard Tucker	74
Majority
Turnout				51.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Abbey Division By-Election 1 March 2012^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hannah Fraser	550
	Conservative	Peter John Wright	542
	Green	John Robert Brown	122
Majority
Turnout				41.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Church Stretton and Craven Arms Division By-Election 13 September 2012^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Chapman	1216
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Douglas Welch	969
	Labour	Clive Stephen Leworthy	529
Majority
Turnout				38
	Conservative hold		Swing

2013–2017

Ludlow North Division By-Election 13 March 2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Boddington	579
	Conservative	Anthony Gerard Bevington	382
	Independent	Graeme Perks	223
	Labour Co-op	Danny Sweeney	94
Majority			197
Turnout			1286	45.79%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Oswestry East Division By-Election 12 February 2015^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John W Price	629
	Labour	Claire Rebecca Norris	247
	Green	Duncan Kerr	231
	Liberal Democrat	Amanda Jane Woof	218
Majority			382
Turnout			1337	19.46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belle Vue Division by-election 12 November 2015^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Liebich	546	47.4	-29.1
	Conservative	Andrew Wagner	292	25.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Beverley Baker	240	20.8	n/a
	Green	Sam Taylor	75	6.5	n/a
Majority			254	22.0	-30.9
Turnout			1,153	34.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.5

Meole Division by-election 3 December 2015^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nic Laurens	490	43.1	-11.8
	Labour Co-op	John Lewis	303	26.7	-11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nat Green	223	19.6	+12.3
	UKIP	David Morgan	64	5.6	N/A
	Green	John Newnham	56	4.9	N/A
Majority			187	16.5	-0.4
Turnout			1,139	37.7	-2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.4

References

1 2 "Local election results: Shropshire". BBC Online. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
↑ "Shropshire". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
1 2 "By-election results – 30 November 2006". Shropshire County Council. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
↑ "Market Drayton by-election result". Shropshire County Council. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
↑ "Declaration of Poll: Clee Division" (PDF). Shropshire Council. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
↑ "Shropshire Council By-Election: Quarry and Coton Hill Division". Shropshire Council. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
↑ "Shropshire Council By-Election: Bishop's Castle Division" (PDF). Shropshire Council. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
↑ "Shropshire Council By-Election: Abbey Division" (PDF). Shropshire Council. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
↑ "Shropshire Council By-Election: Church Stretton and Craven Arms Division" (PDF). Shropshire Council. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
↑ "Shropshire Council By-Election: Ludlow North Division" (PDF). Shropshire Council. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
↑ "Shropshire Council By-Election: Oswestry East Division" (PDF). Shropshire Council. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ "Election of a Unitary Councillor for the Belle Vue Division of Shropshire Council" (PDF). Shropshire Council. Retrieved 26 November 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 41 (help)
↑ (PDF). Shropshire Council https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/media/1842570/Statement-as-to-Persons-Nominated-Meole-Division.pdf. Retrieved 26 November 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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External links

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Council elections in Shropshire

Shropshire Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Telford and Wrekin Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Bridgnorth District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

North Shropshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Oswestry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 Abolished

South Shropshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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