Shrewsbury Town Council

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Shrewsbury Town Council is the town council of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, established in April 2009 as part of structural changes to local government in England that abolished Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and created in its place the unitary Shropshire Council. [1] Shrewsbury was previously unparished, with the Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham acting as the town's mayor. With a population of over 76,000, Shrewsbury is the fourth-most populous parish in England.

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The town council provides horticultural services and is responsible for parks, sports pitches, recreation grounds, allotments and highway verges. The council also manages provision of the town market, community facilities, bus shelters, street lighting and public toilets. [2]

The town is subdivided into 17 wards, each of which returns one councillor to sit on the town council. Elections are held every four years, alongside Shropshire Council elections, using first-past-the-post. The wards are mostly coterminous with the Shropshire Council divisions created in 2009. [note 1]

Mayor of Shrewsbury

Prior to 2009, the Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council acted as Mayor of Shrewsbury. [3] The Mayor is elected annually for a one-year term alongside the Deputy Mayor. By convention the Deputy Mayor becomes Mayor the following year.

TermMayorWardParty
2009-10Alan TownsendBelle VueLabour
2010-11Kathleen OwenMeoleConservative
2011-12Tony DurnellMonkmoorConservative
2012-13Keith RobertsRadbrookConservative
2013-14Jon TandySutton and ReabrookLabour
2014-15Beverley BakerBagleyLiberal Democrat
2015-16Miles KennyUnderdaleLiberal Democrat
2016-17Ioan JonesHarlescottLabour

Elections

Shrewsbury Town Council
YearLabConLibGreen
200931220
2010*41120
2012*41030
20137550
20177631
20217262
The changing political make-up of the town council. * = by-election

Shrewsbury Town Council election 2021

The fourth elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 6 May 2021.

Summary

Shrewsbury Town Council Election, 2021
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 7
  Conservative 2
  Liberal Democrats 6
  Green 2
  Reform UK 0
 Total

Full Results

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
Green
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Bagley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Labour
Independent
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Battlefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Belle Vue
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Bowbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Column
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Copthorne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Harlescott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Meole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Monkmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Porthill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Radbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Sundorne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Sutton and Reabrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Underdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2017

The third elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 4 May 2017, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council. [4]

The Conservatives gained Bagley from the Liberal Democrats while the Greens gained Porthill, its first seat on Shrewsbury Town Council, also from the Liberal Democrats. That left Labour with 7 seats, the Conservatives with 6, the Liberal Democrats with 3 and the Green Party with 1.

Summary

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2017
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 7-6,264
  Conservative 6+17,553
  Liberal Democrats 3-23,919
  Green 110+11,603
  UKIP 0-387
 Total19,726

All wards are single seat.

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Fraser81457.2
Conservative Georgina Alison Boulger32422.8
Labour Maurice McGrath22215.6
UKIP John Kinsey Price634.4
Majority490
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bagley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander George Phillips49838.9
Liberal Democrats Beverley Baker41732.6
Labour Victoria Tranter36428.5
Majority81
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Battlefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Wall46256.3
Labour Gianluca Cerritelli28835.1
Green Chris Davenport718.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Taylor64042.9
Liberal Democrats Daniel Adam Clark43028.8
Conservative Simon James Wray34423.0
Green Valerie Jones795.3
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Bowbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Adams72372.4
Green Peter John Gilbert27627.6
Majority447
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Mosley90678.7
Conservative Robert Osborne18416.0
UKIP Sylvia Loosley615.3
Majority722
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Column
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Mackenzie56651.2
Conservative Janine Hayter46542.1
UKIP Frank James Henry Burgess746.7
Majority101
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Copthorne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Nutting76862.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Lea29323.9
Green Gareth Stephen Egarr16513.5
Majority475
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Harlescott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ioan Jones56157.7
Conservative Martin Richard Croll31932.8
UKIP Marino Bernardo Pacini929.5
Majority242
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Meole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Laurens69254.2
Labour Rod Turner34026.6
Liberal Democrats Slawomir Adam Fejfer15211.9
Green Thomas Hayek594.6
UKIP Edward Arthur Higginbottom352.7
Majority352
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Monkmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pam Moseley70372.3
Conservative Valerie Lingen-Jones26927.7
Majority434
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Porthill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Julian Dean70144.3
Conservative Judith McCoy47329.9
Liberal Democrats David Craddock40825.8
Majority228
Turnout
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nat Green73066.7
Conservative Arlinda Ballcaj36433.3
Majority366
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Radbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Roberts78757.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Edward Cartwright34224.8
Green John Patrick Newnham19013.8
UKIP Ray Graham624.5
Majority445
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Sundorne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Pardy62876.0
Conservative Bunty Cross19824.0
Majority530
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Sutton and Reabrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Gillam78964.5
Conservative Garry David Burchett42635.1
Majority363
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Underdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Vasmer36039.1
Labour Peter Liebich25727.9
Conservative Ken Vine25727.9
Green Charlie Bell626.7
Majority103
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2013

The second elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 3 May 2013, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council.

Labour gained Column, Monkmoor and Sundorne from the Conservatives while the Liberal Democrats gained Bagley and Quarry and Coton Hill. The composition of the town council was subsequently 7 for Labour, 5 for the Conservatives and 5 for the Liberal Democrats. With the Conservatives losing overall control, Labour and the Liberal Democrats took control of the control. [5]

Abbey [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Fraser74458.1
Conservative Maria Felton28322.1
Labour Bill Morris15812.3
Green Sheila Brown967.5
Majority461
Turnout 1,29842.87
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bagley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Beverley Baker374
Conservative Dean Carroll347
Labour Co-op Ashley Vaughan-Evans347
Majority27
Turnout 1,08430.29
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Battlefield [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Price385
Labour Co-op Connor Jones230
Majority155
Turnout 62421.44
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Townsend928
Conservative Valerie Jones284
Majority644
Turnout 1,22635.77
Labour hold Swing
Bowbrook [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Adams608
Labour Rebecca Wall316
Majority492
Turnout 93731.45
Conservative hold Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Mosley928
Conservative Jennifer Hodges110
Liberal Democrats Janine Clarke43
Majority818
Turnout 1,08931.09
Labour hold Swing
Column [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Mackenzie600
Conservative Jacqueline Brennand540
Majority60
Turnout 1,17742.17
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Copthorne [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Nutting697
Labour Mark Jones283
Liberal Democrats Trudy Paula Smith142
Majority414
Turnout 1,13936.26
Conservative hold Swing
Harlescott [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ioan Jones550
Conservative Philip Sandford306
Majority246
Turnout 88025.59
Labour hold Swing
Meole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Owen688
Labour Co-op David French467
Liberal Democrats Margaret Hamer95
Majority221
Turnout 1,26939.69
Conservative hold Swing
Monkmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pam Moseley660
Conservative Tony Durnell319
Liberal Democrats David Grant Pennington78
Majority341
Turnout 1,06331.30
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Porthill [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Chebsey529
Conservative Saiful Chowdhury385
Labour Amy Liebich197
Green James Alan Whittaker134
Majority144
Turnout 1,26237.35
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bannerman475
Conservative Ashley Davies286
Labour Co-op John Olaf Lewis191
Majority199
Turnout 96330.61
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Radbrook [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Roberts735
Labour Jeanette Petherbridge505
Majority230
Turnout 1,28337.95
Conservative hold Swing
Sundorne [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Pardy585
Conservative Karen Burgoyne227
Majority348
Turnout 82826.14
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Sutton and Reabrook [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Tandy899
Conservative Timothy Milsom267
Majority632
Turnout 1,18040.77
Labour hold Swing
Underdale [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Miles Kenny703
Labour Co-op Susan Batchelor159
Conservative Robert Osborne83
Green Ivor Yeomans78
Majority544
Turnout 1,03432.41
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2009

The first elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 4 June 2009, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council and the European Parliament. [21]

The Conservatives won 12 seats (4 of which were uncontested), Labour won 3 and the Liberal Democrats won 2.

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 797
Labour 445
Majority352
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Bagley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Conservative win (new seat)
Battlefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 601
Labour 229
Majority372
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Belle Vue
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Townsend929
Conservative 678
Majority249
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Bowbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Adams861
Labour Charles Wilson268
Majority593
Turnout 50.96
Conservative win (new seat)
Castlefields and Ditherington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Mosley857
Conservative Deborah Scollan367
Majority490
Turnout 41.42
Labour win (new seat)
Column
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqueline Brennand850
Labour Liz Parsons523
Majority327
Turnout 62.74
Conservative win (new seat)
Copthorne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Nutting
Conservative win (new seat)
Meole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kath Owen
Conservative win (new seat)
Harlescott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Taggart55752.3
Labour Ioan Jones50947.7
Majority484.5
Turnout 33.82
Conservative win (new seat)
Monkmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Durnell571
Labour Pam Moseley570
Majority1
Turnout 35.54
Labour win (new seat)
Porthill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Chebsey868
Conservative Judith Williams655
Majority213
Turnout 48.27
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Quarry and Coton Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Wagner590
Albion PartyJames Grimshaw Gollins288
Majority302
Turnout 37.77
Conservative win (new seat)
Radbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Roberts
Conservative win (new seat)
Sundorne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dean Carroll538
Labour Daniel Moore392
Majority146
Turnout 32.72
Conservative win (new seat)
Sutton and Reabrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jon Tandy897
Conservative Mark Jones454
Majority443
Turnout 49.87
Labour win (new seat)
Underdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Miles Kenny973
Conservative David John Morgan140
Labour Robert Allum135
Majority833
Turnout 42.93
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

By-elections

Abbey, 1 March 2012 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Fraser54645.0
Conservative Peter John Wright54444.8−19.4
Green John Robert Brown12410.2
Majority20.2
Turnout 1,23341.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Harlescott, 24 June 2010 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ioan Jones43147.1−0.6
Conservative Philip Sandford32235.2−17.1
Liberal Democrats Sharon Carrington9510.4
BNP Karl Foulkes576.2
Socialist Alternative Jake Moore111.2
Majority10911.9
Turnout 91926.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 8.9

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 15 of the town council wards are coterminous with county electoral divisions; the exception is Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton division which comprises the ward of Column, the ward of Sutton and Reabrook, and the separate parish of Bayston Hill.

References

  1. ↑ "Case study on the experience of newly established local (parish and town) councils : SHREWSBURY TOWN COUNCIL (SHROPSHIRE)". Nalc.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "History - Shrewsbury Town Council". Shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Mayor of Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury Town Council". Shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Town and Parish results - May 4 2017 – Shropshire Council". Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Labour and Lib Dems pledge partnership to run Shrewsbury Town Council". Shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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  22. ↑ "Information on the town council by-elections held during 2012" (PDF). New.shropshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  23. ↑ "Information on the town council by-elections held during 2010" (PDF). New.shropshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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