Shropshire Council elections are held every four years, and since 2025, 74

councillor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...

s have been elected from 72 electoral divisions.

Shropshire Council Shropshire Council, known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the Local government in England, local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire (district), Shropshire in t ...

is the

unitary authority A unitary authority is a type of local government, local authority in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Unitary authorities are responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are ...

for the district of

Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

, within the larger

ceremonial county Ceremonial counties, formally known as ''counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies'', are areas of England to which lord-lieutenant, lord-lieutenants are appointed. A lord-lieutenant is the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, monarch's repres ...

, 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 On 1 April 2009 structural changes to local government in England took place which reformed the local government of seven Non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties: Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Shropshire, Northumber ...

, Shropshire's districts were abolished and the county council took over their functions. The

Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin is a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after The Wrekin, a prominent hill to the ...

district had already become a separate unitary authority in 1998.

Council elections

Non-metropolitan county 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)

Unitary authority elections

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 File:Shropshire UK local election 2025 map.svg, 2025 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

2017–2021

2021–2025

Notes

References

By-election results

External links

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{{Unitary authorities of England Council elections in Shropshire Unitary authority elections in England

Council elections

Non-metropolitan county elections

Unitary authority elections

Result maps

By-election results

1997–2001

2001–2005

2005–2009

2009–2013

2013–2017

2017–2021

2021–2025

See also

Notes

References

External links