2009_Shropshire_Council_election

2009 Shropshire Council election

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The 2009 elections to Shropshire Council in England were held on 4 June 2009. These were the first elections to the new unitary body, which replaced Shropshire County Council and the district councils of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire on 1 April as part of the 2009 local government restructuring across England.^[1]

The vote was moved from 7 May to coincide with the European Parliament elections that year.

Counting took place on 5 June at the Sundorne Sports Village in north Shrewsbury. The count was delayed by around 5 hours, resulting in Shropshire being the last local council to declare results in the 2009 local elections.^[2]

In total, 74 councillors were elected from 63 newly formed electoral divisions (53 single member divisions, nine 2-member divisions and one 3-member electoral division). The Conservatives won overall control, with 54 councillors elected resulting in a substantial majority of 34. The Liberal Democrats came second with 11 councillors elected, and Labour third with 7 councillors. In addition, the Independent Community and Health Concern candidate in Cleobury Mortimer and one independent candidate were also elected.^[3]^[4]

Average voter turnout was 42.5% across Shropshire.^[5]

Because of the council's unitary status, all divisions are up for election at once, every four years. The next Shropshire Council election took place on 2 May 2013.

Results

Central area results

Following are the results for the electoral divisions located in the Central administrative sub-division of Shropshire Council, which covers the area of the former Shrewsbury and Atcham borough. Unless otherwise stated, all divisions elect a single member. The winning candidates are marked in bold.

North area results

Following are the results for the electoral divisions located in the North administrative sub-division of Shropshire Council, which covers the areas of the previous North Shropshire and Oswestry district and borough councils. Unless otherwise stated, all divisions elect a single member. The winning candidates are marked in bold.

South area results

Following are the results for the electoral divisions located in the South administrative sub-division of Shropshire Council, which covers the areas of the former South Shropshire and Bridgnorth districts. Unless otherwise stated, all divisions elect a single member. The winning candidates are marked in bold.

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	Candidates	Seats won	%	±%	Votes	%
Conservatives	74	54	73.8	+21.8	60,334	48.8
Liberal Democrats	46	11	14.9	-8.1	26,932	21.8
Labour	28	7	7.5	-11.5	15,584	12.6
ICHC	1	1	1.4		1,454	1.2
Independents	30	1	1.4		14,016	11.3
Greens	13	0	0.0		2,903	2.3
BNP	10	0	0.0		1,764	1.4
UKIP	3	0	0.0		714	0.6
Albion	1	0	0.0		57	0.05

	Political party	Votes	%
Josephine Jones	Conservatives	637	49.4
Caroline Mary Cheyne	Liberal Democrats	383	29.7
John Olaf Lewis	Labour and Co-operative	269	20.9

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Beverley Joy Baker	Liberal Democrats	705	58.5
	David Stanley Farmer	Conservatives	500	41.5

	Political party	Votes	%
Malcolm Thomas Price	Conservatives	523	62.0
Ian Francis Peake	Labour	184	21.8
Christine Patricia Lord	Independent	136	16.1

	Political party	Votes	%
John Edward Clarke	Labour	2,292	18.9
Elizabeth Ann Parsons	Labour	2,171	17.9
Jonathan Tandy	Labour	2,079	17.1
Jacqueline M Brennand	Conservatives	1,988	16.4
John Samuel Diggory	Conservatives	1,948	16.1
Mark Anthony Jones	Conservatives	1,654	13.6

			Votes	%
	Total for Labour	Labour	6,542	53.9
	Total for Conservatives	Conservatives	5,590	46.1

	Political party	Votes	%
John Mansel Williams	Labour	797	48.4
Stephen John Jetley	Conservatives	571	34.7
Hayley Farr	Greens	161	9.8
Evan Melvyn Ab-Owain	Liberal Democrats	117	7.1

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Peter Michael Adams	Conservatives	848	75.3
	Charles Patrick Wilson	Labour	278	24.7

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Timothy G Barker	Conservatives	1,234	75.1
	Patricia Mary Stokes-Smith	Liberal Democrats	409	24.9

	Political party	Votes	%
Alan Neil Mosley	Labour	719	57.2
Deborah Scollan	Conservatives	277	22.0
Tobias Oliver Ray Green	Greens	152	12.1
Michael Antony Foulkes	BNP	109	8.7

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Heather Mary Kidd	Liberal Democrats	791
	Philip Dennis Morgan	Conservatives	613

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Peter Anthony Nutting	Conservatives	812	53.7
	Margaret Alison Hamer	Liberal Democrats	699	46.3

	Political party	Votes	%
Vernon Thomas Bushell	Labour	443	39.8
James Philip Taggart	Conservatives	380	34.2
Sharon Carrington	Liberal Democrats	147	13.2
Karl Antony Foulkes	BNP	142	12.8

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Roger Arthur Evans	Liberal Democrats	970	58.4
	John Peter Jetson	Conservatives	690	41.6

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	David William Llywellyn Roberts	Conservatives	1077	74.8
	Frederick Roland Smith	Liberal Democrats	362	25.2

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Michael John Owen	Conservatives	1035	71.3
	Gilian Grafton	Liberal Democrats	416	28.7

	Political party	Votes	%
Tudor Bebb	Conservatives	788	60.5
Marian Eva Balmond	Liberal Democrats	326	25.0
Nancy Rose Davies	Greens	189	14.5

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Anne Marilyn Chebsey	Liberal Democrats	864	56.8
	Judith Anne Williams	Conservatives	658	43.2

	Political party	Votes	%
Maxwell Keith Winchester	Conservatives	426	43.6
Andrew David Murray Bannerman	Liberal Democrats	353	36.1
Huw Richard Wystan Peach	Greens	141	14.4
James Grimshaw Gollins	Albion	57	5.8

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	John Anthony Durnell	Conservatives	582	51.2
	Pamela Ann Moseley	Labour	554	48.8

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Keith Raymond Roberts	Conservatives	754	51.0
	Anne Margaret Woolland	Liberal Democrats	723	49.0

	Political party	Votes	%
Karen Lesley Burgoyne	Conservatives	443	46.2
Daniel Moore	Labour	346	36.1
Helen Marie Foulkes	BNP	169	17.6

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Edward John Everall	Conservatives	997	62.0
	Helen Sonia Woodman	Liberal Democrats	611	38.0

	Political party	Votes	%
Jonathan Miles Whitthorn Kenny	Liberal Democrats	857	67.7
Mary Anne Stuart Richey	Conservatives	126	10.0
Robert Henry Philip Allum	Labour	119	9.4
James Alexander Lewis	BNP	87	6.9
James Alan Whittaker	Greens	77	6.1

	Political party	Votes
Andrew Betham Davies	Conservatives	781
Michael Gould	Independent	369
Robert Patrick O'Brien	Labour	112

	Political party	Votes	%
Elizabeth Ann Hartley	Conservatives	539	46.0
Brian John Knight	Liberal Democrats	520	44.4
Elizabeth Ballamy	Labour	113	9.6

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Karen Dale Calder	Conservatives	987	84.1
	Janet Beverley Smith	Labour	187	15.9

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	Arthur Edward Walpole	Conservatives	901	68.0
	Brian Laurence Willis	Liberal Democrats	424	32.0

Candidate		Political party	Votes	%
	John Brian Gillow	Conservatives	1,100	76.9
	Robert Peter Bentley	Labour	331	23.1

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Results

Summary of results

Central area results

Abbey

Bagley

Battlefield

Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton

Belle Vue

Bowbrook

Burnell

Castlefields and Ditherington

Chirbury and Worthen

Copthorne

Harlescott

Longden

Loton

Meole

Minsterley

Monkmoor

Porthill

Quarry and Coton Hill

Radbrook

Severn Valley

Sundorne

Tern

Underdale

North area results

Cheswardine

Ellesmere Urban

Hodnet

Llanymynech

Market Drayton East

Market Drayton West

Oswestry East

Oswestry South

Oswestry West

Prees

Ruyton and Baschurch

Selattyn and Gobowen

Shawbury

St Martin's

St Oswald

The Meres

Wem

Whitchurch North

Whitchurch South

Whittington

South area results

Albrighton

Alveley and Claverley

Bishop's Castle

Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts

Bridgnorth West and Tasley

Broseley

Brown Clee

Church Stretton and Craven Arms

Clee

Cleobury Mortimer

Clun

Corvedale

Highley

Ludlow East

Ludlow North

Ludlow South

Much Wenlock

Shifnal North

Shifnal South and Cosford

Worfield

References

External links

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	Political party	Votes	%
David James Minnery	Conservatives	1,192	29.8
Roger Alan Hughes	Conservatives	1,179	29.5
Roger Elwyn Walker	Labour	628	15.7
Valerie Jean Taylor	Labour	606	15.2
Philip Richard Reddall	BNP	390	9.8

		Votes	%
Total for Conservatives	Conservatives	2,371	59.3
Total for Labour	Labour	1,234	30.9
Total for BNP	BNP	390	9.8

	Political party	Votes	%
Martin Bennett	Conservatives	963	27.7
William Benyon	Conservatives	962	27.7
Peter Alun Cherrington	Independent	697	20.0
Philip Damion Box	Labour	500	14.4
John Edward Keirl	BNP	356	10.2

		Votes	%
Total for Conservatives	Conservatives	1,925	55.3
Total for Independent	Independent	697	20.0
Total for Labour	Labour	500	14.4
Total for BNP	BNP	356	10.2

	Political party	Votes	%
Keith Robert Barrow	Conservatives	660	57.0
Owen Bevan Thomas	Greens	218	18.8
Romer Wilfred Hoseason	Liberal Democrats	201	17.4
David Mervyn Hughes	Labour	79	6.8

	Political party	Votes	%
Vincent John Hunt	Conservatives	478	44.1
Saffron Neon Gabriel Rainey	Independent	389	35.9
Elaine Channon	Liberal Democrats	218	20.1

	Political party	Votes	%
Paul Anthony Donald Wynn	Conservatives	616	43.3
Janet Ann Proudlove	Independent	302	21.3
Leslie Edwin Phillips	Independent	293	20.6
Robert Andrew Irvine-List	UKIP	210	14.8

	Political party	Votes	%
Aggie Josephine Caesar-Homden	Conservatives	735	55.9
Colin Russell Case	Liberal Democrats	380	28.9
Susan Nina Boulding	Greens	201	15.3

	Political party	Votes	%
David Glyn Lloyd	Conservatives	1,039	36.4
Trevor Davies	Liberal Democrats	985	34.5
Barbara Jane Craig	Conservatives	831	29.1

			Votes	%
	Total for Conservatives	Conservatives	1,870	65.5
	Total for Liberal Democrats	Liberal Democrats	985	34.5