North Shropshire District Council elections

North Shropshire was a non-metropolitan district in Shropshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Shropshire Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control		Years
style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" |	Independent	1973-2003
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" |	No overall control	2003-2007
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Conservative	2007-2009

Council elections

• North Shropshire District Council election, 1973
• North Shropshire District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)
• North Shropshire District Council election, 1979
• North Shropshire District Council election, 1983
• North Shropshire District Council election, 1987
• North Shropshire District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
• North Shropshire District Council election, 1995
• North Shropshire District Council election, 1999
• North Shropshire District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)
• North Shropshire District Council election, 2007

By-election results

Market Drayton North By-Election 3 October 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		405	61.9
	Conservative		249	38.1
Majority			156	23.8
Turnout			634	23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Prees By-Election 19 November 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		277	55.4
	Independent		233	46.6
Majority			44	8.8
Turnout			510	23.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Wem Rural By-Election 22 June 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		290	82.9
	Independent		60	17.1
Majority			230	65.8
Turnout			350	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton By-Election 27 July 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		111	55.2
	Independent		66	32.8
	Independent		24	11.9
Majority			45	22.4
Turnout			201	32.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Weston Rhyn By-Election 26 April 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		369	60.8
	Independent		238	39.2
Majority			131	21.6
Turnout			607	31.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Clive By-Election 13 September 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Whitchurch South By-Election 6 October 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Dakin	204	51.6	+24.5
	Independent	Andrew Richardson	191	48.4	+2.6
Majority			13	3.2
Turnout			395	17.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hordley, Tetchill and Lyncal By-Election 19 October 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Davenport	169	59.7
	Independent	William Lewis	74	26.1
	Independent	Jennifer Wright	40	14.1
Majority			95	33.6
Turnout			283	26.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing