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Shropshire Council elections are held every four years, and since 2009 74 councillors have been elected from 63 electoral divisions. [1]
Shropshire Council is the unitary authority for the district of Shropshire, within the larger ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. The council was created in 1889 as Salop County Council, and was the upper tier of government in the two-tier metropolitan county between 1974 and 2009. On 1 April 2009, as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, Shropshire's districts were abolished and the county council took over their functions. [2] The Telford and Wrekin district had already become a separate unitary authority in 1998. [3]
Since 1974, political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [4] [5] [6]
Non-metropolitan county
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| No overall control | 1974–2005 | |
| Conservative | 2005–2009 | |
Unitary authority
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 2009–present | |
The leaders of the council since 2009 have been: [7]
| Councillor | Party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Pate | Conservative | 18 Jun 2009 | ||
| Keith Barrow [8] | Conservative | 18 Jun 2009 | 4 Dec 2015 | |
| Malcolm Pate | Conservative | 17 Dec 2015 | 18 May 2017 | |
| Peter Nutting | Conservative | 18 May 2017 | 9 May 2021 | |
| Lezley Picton | Conservative | 20 May 2021 | ||
By-elections for individual seats can occur during a council's four-year term, for instance when a councillor dies or resigns their seat.
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
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