Shropshire Council elections are held every four years.

Shropshire Council Shropshire Council is the local authority of Shropshire, in England, comprising the ceremonial county of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combi ...

is the local authority for the

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

area of

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...

, within the larger ceremonial county of

, England. The unitary authority was created on 1 April 2009 as part of the

2009 structural changes to local government in England Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a "two-tier" system of counties and districts. In five s ...

, taking over the functions of the abolished

Shropshire County Council Shropshire County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in England. History The Council came into its powers under the Local Government Act 1888 on 1 April 1889 and was known as Salop County Council from for ...

and the five

non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shi ...

s of

Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. Histor ...

North Shropshire North Shropshire was a local government district in Shropshire, England from 1974 to 2009. The district council was based at Edinburgh House in Wem. Other settlements included the towns of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem and Whitchurch, as w ...

, Oswestry,

Shrewsbury and Atcham Shrewsbury and Atcham was a local government district with borough status in Shropshire, England, between 1974 and 2009. Shrewsbury was the only town in the borough; Atcham, although itself only a village, was included in the name as a reflect ...

, and

South Shropshire South Shropshire was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in south west Shropshire, England. South Shropshire was the most rural district of one of the UK's most rural counties, the population of the district was 40,410 in 2001 s ...

. The

Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called The Wrekin. In 1998, the district became a unitary authority and was renamed "Telford and Wrekin" ...

district had already become a separate unitary authority in 1998. Since the last full review of boundaries in 2009, 74

councillor A councillor is an elected representative for a local government council in some countries. Canada Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...

s have been elected from 63 electoral divisions.

Political control

Shropshire County Council (formally called Salop County Council until 1980) was first created in 1889. Its powers and responsibilities were significantly reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, with a new council elected in 1973 to act as a shadow authority ahead of the new powers coming into force in 1974. It became a unitary authority in 2009, taking over the functions previously exercised by the county's district councils, which were abolished. The new council created in 2009 chose to style itself "Shropshire Council" rather than "Shropshire County Council". Since 1974, political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Non-metropolitan county Unitary authority

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2009 have been:

Council elections

* 1973 Salop County Council election * 1977 Salop County Council election * 1981 Shropshire County Council election * 1985 Shropshire County Council election * 1989 Shropshire County Council election * 1993 Shropshire County Council election * 1997 Shropshire County Council election * 2001 Shropshire County Council election * 2005 Shropshire County Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 4) * 2009 Shropshire Council election (new division boundaries and became a unitary authority) * 2013 Shropshire Council election (minor boundary changes not affecting number of divisions) *

2017 Shropshire Council election The 2017 Shropshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 74 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which return either one, two or three councillors each by first- ...

* 2021 Shropshire Council election

County result maps

File:Shropshire UK local election 2013 map.svg, 2013 results map File:Shropshire UK local election 2017 map.svg, 2017 results map File:Shropshire UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map

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.

1997–2001

2001–2005

2005–2009

2009–2013

Five by-elections were held during this term, which saw the Liberal Democrats gain three seats from the Conservatives.

2013–2017

References

By-election results

External links

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Political control

Leadership

Council elections

County result maps

By-election results

1997–2001

2001–2005

2005–2009

2009–2013

2013–2017

See also

References

External links