Shropshire_Council_elections

Shropshire Council elections

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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]

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 their seat.

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Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1974–2005
	Conservative	2005–2009

Councillor		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

Party		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		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		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		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

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	%
	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

Belle Vue Division by-election 12 November 2015^[19]
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

Meole Division by-election 3 December 2015^[20]
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