Shrewsbury Town Council

Shrewsbury Town Council is a town council in Shropshire, established in April 2009 as part of structural changes to local government in England that abolished Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and created in its place the unitary Shropshire Council.[1] Shrewsbury was previously unparished, with the Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham acting as the town's mayor. Serving a population of over 72,000, Shrewsbury Town Council is the second most populous parish council in England.

The town council provides horticultural services and is responsible for parks, sports pitches, recreation grounds, allotments and highway verges. The council also manages provision of the town market, community facilities, bus shelters, street lighting and public toilets.[2]

The town council is made up of 17 wards, elected every four years alongside Shropshire Council elections using first-past-the-post. The wards are coterminous with the Shropshire Council divisions created in 2009.

Mayor of Shrewsbury

Prior to 2009, the Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council acted as Mayor of Shrewsbury.[3] The Mayor is elected annually for a one-year term alongside the Deputy Mayor. By convention the Deputy Mayor becomes Mayor the following year.

Term Mayor Ward Party
2009-10 Alan Townsend Belle Vue Labour
2010-11 Kathleen Owen Meole Conservative
2011-12 Tony Durnell Monkmoor Conservative
2012-13 Keith Roberts Radbrook Conservative
2013-14 Jon Tandy Sutton and Reabrook Labour
2014-15 Beverley Baker Bagley Liberal Democrat
2015-16 Miles Kenny Underdale Liberal Democrat
2016-17 Ioan Jones Harlescott Labour

Elections

Shrewsbury Town Council
Year Lab Con Lib Green
2009 3 12 2 0
2010* 4 11 2 0
2012* 4 10 3 0
2013 7 5 5 0
2017 7 6 3 1
The changing political make-up of the town council. * = by-election

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2017

The third elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 4 May 2017, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council.[4]

The Conservatives gained Bagley from the Liberal Democrats while the Greens gained Porthill, its first seat on Shrewsbury Town Council, also from the Liberal Democrats. That left Labour with 7 seats, the Conservatives with 6, the Liberal Democrats with 3 and the Green Party with 1.

Summary

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2017
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 7 - 6,264
  Conservative 6 +1 7,553
  Liberal Democrat 3 -2 3,919
  Green 1 1 0 +1 1,603
  UKIP 0 - 387
  Total 19,726

All wards are single seat.

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Hannah Fraser 814 57.2
Conservative Georgina Alison Boulger 324 22.8
Labour Maurice McGrath 222 15.6
UKIP John Kinsey Price 63 4.4
Majority 490
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Bagley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alexander George Phillips 498 38.9
Liberal Democrat Beverley Baker 417 32.6
Labour Victoria Tranter 364 28.5
Majority 81
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Battlefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rebecca Wall 462 56.3
Labour Gianluca Cerritelli 288 35.1
Green Chris Davenport 71 8.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Harry Taylor 640 42.9
Liberal Democrat Daniel Adam Clark 430 28.8
Conservative Simon James Wray 344 23.0
Green Valerie Jones 79 5.3
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Bowbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Adams 723 72.4
Green Peter John Gilbert 276 27.6
Majority 447
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Mosley 906 78.7
Conservative Robert Osborne 184 16.0
UKIP Sylvia Loosley 61 5.3
Majority 722
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Column
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jane Mackenzie 566 51.2
Conservative Janine Hayter 465 42.1
UKIP Frank James Henry Burgess 74 6.7
Majority 101
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Copthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Nutting 768 62.6
Liberal Democrat Robert Lea 293 23.9
Green Gareth Stephen Egarr 165 13.5
Majority 475
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Harlescott
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ioan Jones 561 57.7
Conservative Martin Richard Croll 319 32.8
UKIP Marino Bernardo Pacini 92 9.5
Majority 242
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Meole
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Nicholas Laurens 692 54.2
Labour Rod Turner 340 26.6
Liberal Democrat Slawomir Adam Fejfer 152 11.9
Green Thomas Hayek 59 4.6
UKIP Edward Arthur Higginbottom 35 2.7
Majority 352
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Monkmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Pam Moseley 703 72.3
Conservative Valerie Lingen-Jones 269 27.7
Majority 434
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Porthill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Green Julian Dean 701 44.3
Conservative Judith McCoy 473 29.9
Liberal Democrat David Craddock 408 25.8
Majority 228
Turnout
Green gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Nat Green 730 66.7
Conservative Arlinda Ballcaj 364 33.3
Majority 366
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Radbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Keith Roberts 787 57.0
Liberal Democrat Ian Edward Cartwright 342 24.8
Green John Patrick Newnham 190 13.8
UKIP Ray Graham 62 4.5
Majority 445
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Sundorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kevin Pardy 628 76.0
Conservative Bunty Cross 198 24.0
Majority 530
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Sutton and Reabrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Philip Gillam 789 64.5
Conservative Garry David Burchett 426 35.1
Majority 363
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Underdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat David Vasmer 360 39.1
Labour Peter Liebich 257 27.9
Conservative Ken Vine 257 27.9
Green Charlie Bell 62 6.7
Majority 103
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2013

The second elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 3 May 2013, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council.

Labour gained Column, Monkmoor and Sundorne from the Conservatives while the Liberal Democrats gained Bagley and Quarry and Coton Hill. The composition of the town council was subsequently 7 for Labour, 5 for the Conservatives and 5 for the Liberal Democrats. With the Conservatives losing overall control, Labour and the Liberal Democrats took control of the control.[5]

Abbey[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Hannah Fraser 744 58.1
Conservative Maria Felton 283 22.1
Labour Bill Morris 158 12.3
Green Sheila Brown 96 7.5
Majority 461
Turnout 1,298 42.87
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Bagley[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Beverley Baker 374
Conservative Dean Carroll 347
Labour Co-op Ashley Vaughan-Evans 347
Majority 27
Turnout 1,084 30.29
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Battlefield[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Malcolm Price 385
Labour Co-op Connor Jones 230
Majority 155
Turnout 624 21.44
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Townsend 928
Conservative Valerie Jones 284
Majority 644
Turnout 1,226 35.77
Labour hold Swing
Bowbrook[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Adams 608
Labour Rebecca Wall 316
Majority 492
Turnout 937 31.45
Conservative hold Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Mosley 928
Conservative Jennifer Hodges 110
Liberal Democrat Janine Clarke 43
Majority 818
Turnout 1,089 31.09
Labour hold Swing
Column[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jane Mackenzie 600
Conservative Jacqueline Brennand 540
Majority 60
Turnout 1,177 42.17
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Copthorne[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Nutting 697
Labour Mark Jones 283
Liberal Democrat Trudy Paula Smith 142
Majority 414
Turnout 1,139 36.26
Conservative hold Swing
Harlescott[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ioan Jones 550
Conservative Philip Sandford 306
Majority 246
Turnout 880 25.59
Labour hold Swing
Meole
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Kathleen Owen 688
Labour Co-op David French 467
Liberal Democrat Margaret Hamer 95
Majority 221
Turnout 1,269 39.69
Conservative hold Swing
Monkmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Pam Moseley 660
Conservative Tony Durnell 319
Liberal Democrat David Grant Pennington 78
Majority 341
Turnout 1,063 31.30
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Porthill[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Anne Chebsey 529
Conservative Saiful Chowdhury 385
Labour Amy Liebich 197
Green James Alan Whittaker 134
Majority 144
Turnout 1,262 37.35
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Andrew Bannerman 475
Conservative Ashley Davies 286
Labour Co-op John Olaf Lewis 191
Majority 199
Turnout 963 30.61
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Radbrook[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Keith Roberts 735
Labour Jeanette Petherbridge 505
Majority 230
Turnout 1,283 37.95
Conservative hold Swing
Sundorne[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kevin Pardy 585
Conservative Karen Burgoyne 227
Majority 348
Turnout 828 26.14
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Sutton and Reabrook[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jon Tandy 899
Conservative Timothy Milsom 267
Majority 632
Turnout 1,180 40.77
Labour hold Swing
Underdale[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Miles Kenny 703
Labour Co-op Susan Batchelor 159
Conservative Robert Osborne 83
Green Ivor Yeomans 78
Majority 544
Turnout 1,034 32.41
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2009

The first elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 4 June 2009, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council and the European Parliament.[21]

The Conservatives won 12 seats (4 of which were uncontested), Labour won 3 and the Liberal Democrats won 2.

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative 797
Labour 445
Majority 352
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Bagley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative
Conservative win (new seat)
Battlefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative 601
Labour 229
Majority 372
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Belle Vue
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Townsend 929
Conservative 678
Majority 249
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Bowbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Adams 861
Labour Charles Wilson 268
Majority 593
Turnout 50.96
Conservative win (new seat)
Castlefields and Ditherington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alan Mosley 857
Conservative Deborah Scollan 367
Majority 490
Turnout 41.42
Labour win (new seat)
Column
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jacqueline Brennand 850
Labour Liz Parsons 523
Majority 327
Turnout 62.74
Conservative win (new seat)
Copthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Nutting
Conservative win (new seat)
Meole
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Kath Owen
Conservative win (new seat)
Harlescott
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Susan Taggart 557 52.3
Labour Ioan Jones 509 47.7
Majority 48 4.5
Turnout 33.82
Conservative win (new seat)
Monkmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Tony Durnell 571
Labour Pam Moseley 570
Majority 1
Turnout 35.54
Labour win (new seat)
Porthill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Anne Chebsey 868
Conservative Judith Williams 655
Majority 213
Turnout 48.27
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Quarry and Coton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Andrew Wagner 590
Albion Party James Grimshaw Gollins 288
Majority 302
Turnout 37.77
Conservative win (new seat)
Radbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Keith Roberts
Conservative win (new seat)
Sundorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dean Carroll 538
Labour Daniel Moore 392
Majority 146
Turnout 32.72
Conservative win (new seat)
Sutton and Reabrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jon Tandy 897
Conservative Mark Jones 454
Majority 443
Turnout 49.87
Labour win (new seat)
Underdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Miles Kenny 973
Conservative David John Morgan 140
Labour Robert Allum 135
Majority 833
Turnout 42.93
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

By-elections

Abbey, 1 March 2012[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Hannah Fraser 546 45.0
Conservative Peter John Wright 544 44.8 -19.4
Green John Robert Brown 124 10.2
Majority 2 0.2
Turnout 1,233 41.3
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Harlescott, 24 June 2010[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ioan Jones 431 47.1 -0.6
Conservative Philip Sandford 322 35.2 -17.1
Liberal Democrat Sharon Carrington 95 10.4
BNP Karl Foulkes 57 6.2
Socialist Alternative Jake Moore 11 1.2
Majority 109 11.9
Turnout 919 26.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 8.9

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Case study on the experience of newly established local (parish and town) councils : SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL (SHROPSHIRE)". Nalc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  2. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/history
  3. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/mayoral-information/mayor-of-shrewsbury
  4. ↑ https://new.shropshire.gov.uk/elections-and-electoral-registration/voting-and-elections/local-elections-may-2017/town-and-parish-results-may-4-2017/
  5. ↑ https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/05/07/labour-and-lib-dems-pledge-partnership-to-run-shrewsbury-town-council/
  6. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Abbey-Ward.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Bagley-Ward.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Battlefield-Ward.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Belle-Vue-Ward.pdf
  10. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Bowbrook-Ward.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Castlefields---Ditherington-Ward.pdf
  12. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Column-Ward.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Copthorne-Ward.pdf
  14. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Harlescott-Ward.pdf
  15. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Porthill-Ward.pdf
  16. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Quarry---Coton-Hill-Ward.pdf
  17. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Radbrook-Ward.pdf
  18. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Sundorne-Ward.pdf
  19. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Sutton---Reabrook-Ward.pdf
  20. ↑ http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Declaration-of-Poll-Result-Underdale-Ward.pdf
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  22. ↑ "Information on the town council by-elections held during 2012" (PDF). New.shropshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  23. ↑ "Information on the town council by-elections held during 2010" (PDF). New.shropshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
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