2021_Shropshire_Council_election

2021 Shropshire Council election
All 74 seats to Shropshire Council; 38 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2021 elections. Striped divisions have mixed representation.
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2021 Shropshire Council election

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The 2021 Shropshire Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. All 74 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which return either one, two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

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2021 Shropshire Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	74	43	3	9	6	58.1	44.8	51,442	–4.0
	Liberal Democrats	58	14	3	1	2	18.9	21.9	25,123	+1.8
	Labour	41	9	2	1	1	12.2	18.0	20,691	+1.7
	Green	41	4	3	0	3	5.4	9.5	10,869	+2.0
	Independent	14	4	2	1	1	5.4	5.6	6,470	+1.1
	UKIP	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	218	–0.8
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	97	New
	Health Concern	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	–1.3

49	12	8	3	1	1
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	I	G	H

43	14	9	4	4
Conservative	Lib Dem	Labour	I	G

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Gwendoline Davies	636	38.9	-16.7
	Conservative	Ian Stuart Burgess	482	29.4	+5.2
	Labour	Martyn Gordon Harris	386	23.6	+7.9
	Green	Helen Louise Campbell	133	8.1	New
Majority			154	9.4	-21.9
Turnout			1,637
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-11.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Peter Lumby	*Uncontested*
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elliott Liam Lynch	859	69.3	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Naomi Voysey	275	22.2	-2.5
	Green	Kim Laurette Fitzwarine-Smith	105	8.5	New
Majority			584	47.1	-3.4
Turnout			1,239
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garry David Burchett	419	28.8	-11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict John Alexander Jephcott	401	27.6	-2.5
	Labour	Paul David Hollington	372	25.6	-4.4
	Independent	Peter David Day	262	18.0	New
Majority			18	1.2	-8.7
Turnout			1,454
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Spencer Joseph*	574	60.4	+3.0
	Labour Co-op	Frankie Rickford	299	31.4	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Louise Tedcastle	78	8.2	New
Majority			275	28.9	+5.9
Turnout			951
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Edward Clarke*	2,160	50.6	-5.0
	Labour	Rosemary Lucy Winifred Dartnall	1,724	40.4	-0.9
	Labour	Anthony Donald Parsons*	1,712	40.1	-3.6
	Conservative	Janet Ann Childs	1,439	33.7	+2.2
	Conservative	James Oliver Louis Katz	1,269	29.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Simon Alastair Orr	1,246	29.2	+2.5
	Green	Emma Catherine Mary Bullard	613	14.4	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	William Coles	415	9.7	-1.7
	Green	April Elizabeth Evans	409	9.6	+3.0
	Green	Diane Louise Monether	329	7.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ivana Novotna	187	4.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Charles Lea	164	3.8	N/A
Turnout			4,285
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Kate Halliday	995	65.1	+22.1
	Conservative	Saiful Chowdary	307	20.1	-8.2
	Green	Sara Mai	148	9.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Byron Grainger-Jones	79	5.2	-23.1
Majority			688	45.0	+30.3
Turnout			1,529
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Margaret Houghton	1,087	78.2	+4.6
	Conservative	David Richmond Turner	198	14.2	-6.7
	Green	Linda Mary Senior	105	7.55	New
Majority			889	64.0	+11.3
Turnout			1,390
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Wagner	1,001	62.2	+46.1
	Conservative	Arlinda Ballcaj	322	20.0	-48.7
	Labour	Shay Corrigan	238	14.8	New
	Reform UK	Joe Elliot George Dyas	48	3.0	New
Majority			679	42.2	N/A
Turnout			1,609
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+47.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kirstie Hurst-Knight	892	45.4	-2.5
	Conservative	Christian James Lea	847	43.2	-12.5
	Labour	Arlie Chetter	608	31.0	+2.6
	Labour	Alexa Louise Buffey	415	21.1	N/A
	No Label	Stephen Anthony Robbins	295	15.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Jayne Cooper	238	12.1	-10.6
	Liberal Democrats	George Harry William Edwards	153	7.8	-13.8
	Green	Simon Charles Greaves	129	6.6	N/A
Turnout			1,969
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-16.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Buckley	1,321	55.0	+38.3
	Conservative	Leslie John Paul Winwood*	920	38.3	-20.5
	Conservative	Jonathan James Holland	711	29.6	-17.1
	Labour	Rachel Elizabeth Connolly	669	27.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Norman Cooper	336	14.0	-13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Douglas Stilwell	282	11.8	-12.8
	Green	Susan Anne Mary Cunning	70	2.9	N/A
	Green	Robert Austin Cunning	60	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,412
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-24.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Emma Bagnall	882	55.5	+16.1
	Conservative	Simon Christopher Harris*	623	39.2	-21.4
	Green	Clare Nash	83	5.2	New
Majority			259	16.3	N/A
Turnout			1,588
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.8

Burnell (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Morris*	1,110	66.03	+16.93
	Liberal Democrats	Kate King	391	23.26	-23.93
	Labour	Phil Norton	180	10.71
Majority			713	42.77	+40.86
Turnout			1,681
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castlefields and Ditherington (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Neil Mosley*	717	65.90	+8.30
	Conservative	David Huw Llwelyn Roberts	190	17.46	+1.88
	Green	Peter John Gilbert	97	8.92	+3.90
	Reform UK	Peter Charles Moore	49	4.50
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew David Hamilton Clark	35	3.22
Majority			527	48.44	-10.18
Turnout			1.088
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheswardine (1 Seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Gittins*	725	69.51	-6.50
	Independent	Tim Beckett	318	30.49
Majority			407	39.02	-13.00
Turnout			1,043
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church Stretton & Craven Arms (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David William Evans*	1,363	44.82	-6.33
	Conservative	Hilary Mary Luff	1,175	38.64	-13.94
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Edward Ernest Morris	983	32.32	+5.18
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Graham Jolley	909	29.89	+6.21
	Green	Stephen Charles Hale	541	17.79	+4.34
	Green	Hilary Raborg Houchin Wendt	482	15.85	+2.93
Turnout			3,057
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Stuart Tindall*	742	57.39	-22.38
	Independent	Linda Jean Jackson	299	23.12
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Antony Fox	148	11.45	-8.78
	Green	Lucy Christina Aphamor	104	8.04
Majority			443	34.27	-25.27
Turnout			1,293
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Mary Kidd*	1,069	83.84	+6.09
	Conservative	Anthony Gerard Bevington	206	16.16	-6.09
Majority			863	67.68	+12.18
Turnout			1,275
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Mark Huffer*	756	50.27	-10.72
	Conservative	Anita Jayne Rose	649	43.15	+4.14
	Green	David Stuart Clifford Thomlinson	99	6.58
Majority			107	7.12	-14.86
Turnout			1,504
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gwilym Howard Leslie Butler*	1,374	64.48	-0.50
	Conservative	Simon Richard Harris	1,007	47.25	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Griffin	436	20.46	+8.18
	Labour	John Mayers Rogers	327	15.34	+0.17
	Green	Janet Catherine Humphreys	260	12.20	N/A
	Green	John Charles Jeremy Crowe	209	9.81	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew John Sherrington	141	6.62	-2.58
Turnout			2,146
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Health Concern		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel John Hartin*	985	55.09	-0.77
	Conservative	Jack Limond	803	44.91	+0.77
Majority			182	10.18	-1.54
Turnout			1,788
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Wilson	995	58.95	+35.58
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Nutting*	476	28.20	-31.65
	Labour	Ian James Matthews	217	12.86
Majority			519	30.75	N/A
Turnout			1,688
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecilia Mary Anne Motley*	998	66.27	-14.13
	Green	Anne Winifred Swinnerton Dyer	447	29.68
	UKIP	Charles Shackerley-Bennett	61	4.05
Majority			551	36.59	-43.81
Turnout			1,506
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Elner	517	51.75	-15.69
	Labour	Alison Mary Davismes	400	40.04
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Keyes	82	8.21	-24.35
Majority			117	11.71	-23.17
Turnout			999
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Macey*	813	46.46	-3.30
	Conservative	Thomas Mark Jones*	791	45.20	+0.14
	Labour	Craig David Emery	634	36.23	+12.31
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Valerie Geary	346	19.77	+2.96
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Alfred Geary	219	12.51	N/A
Turnout			1,761
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Anderson	370	44.36	+10.82
	Labour	Lisa Roberts	347	41.61	-15.53
	Green	Matt Galliers	78	9.35
	Liberal Democrats	Artur Fejfer	39	4.68
Majority			23	2.75	N/A
Turnout			834
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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Summary

Election result

Council composition

Ward results

Abbey

Albrighton

Alveley and Claverley

Bagley

Battlefield

Bayston Hill, Column & Sutton

Belle Vue

Bishop’s Castle

Bowbrook

Bridgnorth East & Astley Abbotts

Bridgnorth West and Tasley

Broseley

Brown Clee

Burnell

Castlefields and Ditherington

Cheswardine

Chirbury & Worthen

Church Stretton & Craven Arms

Clee

Cleobury Mortimer

Clun

Copthorne

Corvedale

Ellesmere Urban

Gobowen, Selattyn & Weston Rhyn

Harlescott

Highley

Hodnet

Llanymynech

Longden

Loton

Ludlow East

Ludlow North

Ludlow South

Market Drayton East

Market Drayton West

Meole

Monkmoor

Much Wenlock

Oswestry East

Oswestry South

Oswestry West

Porthill

Prees

Quarry and Coton Hill

Radbrook

Rea Valley

Ruyton & Baschurch

Severn Valley

Shawbury

Shifnal North

Shifnal South and Cosford

St Martin's

St Oswald

Sundorne

Tern

The Meres

Underdale

Wem

Whitchurch North

Whitchurch South

Whittington

Worfield

By-elections

Highley

Bridgnorth West and Tasley

Worfield

Alveley & Claverley

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Tremellen*	451	53.00	+9.87
	Conservative	Naomi Denise Waterson	286	33.61	+5.13
	Labour	Charlotte Emily Round	114	13.40	-3.77
Majority			165	19.39	+4.74
Turnout			851
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Michael Gillan	597	61.48	-20.54
	No Label	Karen Dale Calder*	253	26.06
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Jane Marston	121	12.46
Majority			344	35.42
Turnout			971
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vince Hunt	601	48.55	-13.52
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Widdon	479	38.69	+23.80
	No Label	John Martin Jones	158	12.76
Majority			122	9.86	-29.18
Turnout			1,238
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Arthur Evans*	1,082	67.58	+6.38
	Conservative	Owain Bryan Llywellyn Roberts	407	25.42	-9.34
	Labour	Tom Stephen Alexander Doolan	112	7.00
Majority			675	42.16	+15.72
Turnout			1,601
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Alan Potter*	1,105	75.02	+0.45
	Labour	Wynn Davies	172	11.68
	Green	Michelle Jane Sutton Jones	104	7.06	-2.39
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Michelle Walton	92	6.25	-9.73
Majority			933	63.34	+4.75
Turnout			1,473
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Huffer*	505	50.70	-13.50
	Conservative	James Anthony Durnall	313	31.43	+9.18
	Labour	Colin Eric James Sheward	132	13.25	-0.29
	Green	Neil John Taylor	46	4.62
Majority			192	19.27	-22.68
Turnout			996
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Boddington*	681	51.05	-17.84
	Conservative	Thomas Ian Scott Bell	353	26.46	+3.19
	Independent	Graeme Perks	196	14.69
	Green	Linda Margaret Hale	104	7.80	+3.65
Majority			328	24.59	-44.30
Turnout			1,334
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Vivienne Parry*	901	65.43	-0.38
	Conservative	Josh Boughton	377	27.38	+0.43
	Green	Anthony David Lempert	99	7.19
Majority			524	38.05	-0.81
Turnout			1,377
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Aldcroft*	772	58.26	-14.97
	Independent	Geoff Chevins	361	27.25
	Labour	Charles Henry Warren Love	192	14.49	-12.28
Majority			411	31.01	-15.45
Turnout			1,325
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Charles Nellins	751	39.28	-10.63
	Independent	David James Minnery*	701	36.66	-13.25
	Conservative	Mark Joseph Whittle	659	34.47	-15.14
	Independent	Roger Alan Hughes*	619	32.37	-17.24
	Labour	Rob Bentley	393	20.55	-7.50
Turnout			1,938
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing