Shropshire local elections

Shropshire Council (prior to 1 April 2009, Shropshire County Council) is elected 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 council 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).

1 Political control
2 Full council elections
3 By-election results
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

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, 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

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

References

By-election results

External links

Shropshire Council

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