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
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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 | |||
See also
Former councils in Shropshire:
- Bridgnorth local elections
- North Shropshire local elections
- Oswestry local elections
- Shrewsbury and Atcham local elections
- South Shropshire local elections
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
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