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.
- Salop County Council election, 1973
- Salop 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
- Shropshire Council election, 2017
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 706 | 35.9 | +35.9 | ||
Labour | 651 | 33.1 | −4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 612 | 31.1 | −31.8 | ||
Majority | 55 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,969 | 47.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 822 | 47.0 | +21.8 | ||
Labour | 778 | 44.5 | +8.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 150 | 8.6 | −29.8 | ||
Majority | 44 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,750 | 30.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2001–2005
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,457 | 50.3 | +0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,441 | 49.7 | −0.5 | ||
Majority | 16 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,898 | 51.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2005–2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joyce Barrow | 770 | 53.8 | +22.4 | |
Labour | Susan Crow | 338 | 23.6 | −14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Henry Stevens | 324 | 22.6 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 432 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,432 | 15.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Mark Huffer | 946 | |||
Conservative | Hayley Clare Fernihough | 506 | |||
Independent | Graeme Perks | 116 | |||
Majority | 440 | ||||
Turnout | 1568 | 43.11 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew David Murray Bannerman | 356 | |||
Conservative | Judie McCoy | 268 | |||
Labour | John Olaf Lewis | 197 | |||
Independent | James Grimshaw Gollins | 30 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 30.47 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Ann Barnes | 801 | |||
Conservative | Georgiana Louise Dacre Ellis | 544 | |||
Labour | Jean Gray | 80 | |||
Green | Michael Richard Tucker | 74 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 51.3 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Fraser | 550 | |||
Conservative | Peter John Wright | 542 | |||
Green | John Robert Brown | 122 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lee Chapman | 1216 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Douglas Welch | 969 | |||
Labour | Clive Stephen Leworthy | 529 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2013–2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John W Price | 629 | |||
Labour | Claire Rebecca Norris | 247 | |||
Green | Duncan Kerr | 231 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Jane Woof | 218 | |||
Majority | 382 | ||||
Turnout | 1337 | 19.46% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amy Liebich | 546 | 47.4 | −29.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Wagner | 292 | 25.3 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nic Laurens | 490 | 43.1 | −11.8 | |
Labour Co-op | John Lewis | 303 | 26.7 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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
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