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Telford and Wrekin Council elections are held every four years. Telford and Wrekin Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 54 councillors have been elected from 32 wards. [1]

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Council elections

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.

1997–2000

College By-Election 21 October 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 37052.0+16.0
Labour 34248.0+0.2
Majority284.0
Turnout 71231.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.9

2000–2003

Malinslee and Langley By-Election 7 December 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 44356.4
Conservative 17622.4
Liberal Democrats 16721.2
Majority26734.0
Turnout 78613.4
Labour hold Swing
Dawley Magna By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,82649.6+16.2
Conservative 1,08329.4−11.9
Liberal Democrats 59716.2+16.2
Socialist Alliance 1784.8+4.8
Majority74320.2
Turnout 3,684
Labour hold Swing +14.4
Malinslee and Langley By-Election 25 October 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 42153.4
Liberal Democrats 25732.6
UKIP 779.8
Socialist Alliance 344.3
Majority16420.8
Turnout 78913.5
Labour hold Swing
Wombridge By-Election 25 October 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 25747.8−17.6
Conservative 15829.4−5.2
UKIP 8014.9+14.9
Liberal Democrats 438.0+8.0
Majority9918.4
Turnout 53812.4
Labour hold Swing -6.2
Donnington By-Election 14 February 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 46263.1+4.2
Conservative 24333.2−7.9
Liberal Democrats 273.7+3.7
Majority21929.9
Turnout 73220.6
Labour hold Swing +6.1

2003–2007

The Nedge By-Election 31 July 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 76332.3−7.0
Independent 70129.7−2.9
Conservative 66628.2+0.1
Independent 1747.4+7.4
Independent 572.4+2.4
Majority622.6
Turnout 2,36136.0
Labour hold Swing +2.1
Ketley and Oakengates By-Election 18 September 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,22542.1+12.9
Labour 1,18340.6−4.3
Independent 35012.0+12.0
Independent 1535.3+5.3
Majority421.5
Turnout 2,91143.3
Conservative hold Swing +8.6
Haygate By-Election 12 February 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemary Chaplin37433.8−16.3
Labour Frank Burns34230.9−2.3
Liberal Democrats Sean Blackhurst17315.6+15.6
Independent Roger Aveley15213.7−3.0
Independent Barry Olliver655.9+5.9
Majority322.9
Turnout 1,10654.1
Conservative hold Swing -7.0
Newport North By-Election 12 February 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Ashley50040.0+7.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Unwin44135.3−32.6
Independent Susan Harris-Cohen15812.7+12.7
Labour James Roberts15012.0+12.0
Majority594.7
Turnout 1,24956.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +20.3
Madeley By-Election 22 April 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janice Jones42129.1−10.5
Independent John Birtwhistle38726.7−8.2
Conservative Pamela Wilkie31121.5−4.0
BNP Brian Coleman18813.0+13.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia King1057.2+7.2
UKIP Raymond Knight362.5+2.5
Majority342.4
Turnout 1,44835.1
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Dawley Magna By-Election 7 December 2006 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Telford and Wrekin Peoples AssociationAdrian Williams64941.3+41.3
Labour Santokho Sekham47630.3−24.9
Conservative Harvey Unwin44628.4−3.4
Majority17311.0
Turnout 1,57122.5
Independent gain from Labour Swing +33.1

2007–2011

Brookside By-Election 8 November 2007
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Dixon59352.0+21.7
Labour Liz Swift36231.7+3.2
Independent Sudhir Patel11410.0−1.5
Independent John Franklyn726.3+6.3
Majority23120.3
Turnout 1,14122.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.3
Horsehay and Lightmoor By-Election 13 February 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Mollett35845.6+6.8
Labour Steve Harrington17221.9+1.6
Telford and Wrekin People's AssociationJohn Higginson14518.5+18.5
Independent Alan Hussey11014.0−26.9
Majority18623.7
Turnout 78533.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing +2.6
Wrockwardine By-Election 13 February 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Kiernan91867.3+15.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Fairclough30622.4+22.4
Labour Thomas Bolger14110.3−5.9
Majority61244.9
Turnout 1,36532.7
Conservative hold Swing -3.6
Muxton By-Election 24 July 2008 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Dugmore79561.9+2.4
Labour Philip Norton34126.6+1.0
Independent Graham Williamson1007.8+7.8
UKIP Raymond Knight483.7−11.2
Majority45435.3
Turnout 1,28427.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
College By-Election 11 February 2010 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Chaplin25229.3−5.5
Independent Patrick McCarthy23727.6
Labour Michael Ion21925.5+25.5
Independent Nusrat Janjua12714.8
Telford and Wrekin People's AssociationRichard Choudhary242.8
Majority151.7
Turnout 85939.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
The Nedge By-Election 11 February 2010 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harvey Unwin76042.5+18.6
Labour Shaun Davies68838.5+15.4
UKIP Ray Knight23713.3−0.6
BNP Terence Gould1035.8+5.8
Majority724.0
Turnout 1,78827.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.6

2011–2015

Dawley Magna By-Election 14 February 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Pinter95753.9+11.6
Conservative Alan Scott37921.4−8.1
UKIP Ryan Laing31217.6+17.6
Independent Angela Jordan1267.1+7.1
Majority57832.5
Turnout 1,77424.5
Labour hold Swing +9.9

2015–2019

Horsehay and Lightmoor By-Election 8 December 2016 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rajash Mehta35846.3+22.2
Conservative Robert Cadman29237.7−5.0
UKIP Denis Allen12416.0−1.8
Majority668.6
Turnout 774
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2019–2023

Dawley and Aqueduct By-Election 6 May 2021 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Preece1,31050.9−10.9
Conservative Kate Barnes1,19246.3+8.1
Liberal Democrats Denis Allen722.8+2.8
Majority1184.6
Turnout 2,574
Labour hold Swing
Donnington By-Election 6 May 2021 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jay Gough85154.0+29.0
Labour Sophie Thompson65841.8−10.7
Liberal Democrats David Ellams664.2+4.2
Majority19312.3
Turnout 1,575
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Dawley and Aqueduct By-Election 16 December 2021 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Wennington99655.8−6.0
Conservative Kate Barnes73541.2+3.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Salter553.1+3.1
Majority26114.6
Turnout 1,786
Labour hold Swing
Brookside By-Election 7 April 2022 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Loveridge53158.8+20.0
Conservative Chris Leach31835.2+11.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Howard546.0−11.6
Majority21323.6
Turnout 903
Labour hold Swing

2023–2027

The Nedge By-Election 6 June 2024 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Corrine Chikadamina97154.4
Conservative Richard Tyrrell46426.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Bryant1759.8
Independent Sophia Vaughan-Hodkinson1759.8
Majority50728.4
Turnout 1,785
Labour hold Swing

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  2. ↑ The District of The Wrekin (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  3. ↑ The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of The Wrekin (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "The Borough of Telford and Wrekin (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2002/2373, retrieved 18 September 2022
  7. ↑ "Electoral services". Telford & Wrekin Council. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  8. ↑ LGBCE Archived 27 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Telford and Wrekin review (2014)
  9. ↑ "The Telford & Wrekin (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2014/1910, retrieved 18 September 2022
  10. ↑ "By-election win for parking group". BBC Online . 8 December 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  11. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Telford & Wrekin Council. Retrieved 30 July 2008.[ dead link ]
  12. 1 2 "By election results". Telford & Wrekin Council. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.[ dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Horsehay and Lightmoor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Dawley and Aqueduct Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Donnington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Dawley and Aqueduct Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Brookside Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — The Nedge Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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