Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council elections

Shrewsbury and Atcham was a non-metropolitan district in Shropshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Shropshire Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973-1976
	Conservative	1976-1980
	No overall control	1980-2002
	Conservative	2002-2005
	No overall control	2005-2006
	Conservative	2006-2009

Council elections

Shrewsbury Borough Council election, 1973
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1978
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1979
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1980
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1982
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1983
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1984
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1986 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1987 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1988 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1990
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1991
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1992
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1994
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1995
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1996
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1998
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1999
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2000
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries)^[6]
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2003
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2004
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2006
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2007
Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2008

By-election results

Copthorne By-Election 26 September 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	947	46.3
	Liberal Democrat	614	30.0
	Labour	483	23.6
Majority		333	16.3
Turnout		2,044
	Conservative hold	Swing

Haughmond By-Election 29 May 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	330	47.3	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	192	27.5	+7.7
	Labour	175	25.1	-11.1
Majority		138	19.8
Turnout		697
	Conservative hold	Swing

Pimhill By-Election 26 February 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	427	61.8	+61.8
	Conservative	215	31.1	-0.2
	Labour	49	7.1	-21.8
Majority		212	30.7
Turnout		691	49.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent	Swing

Attingham By-Election 25 March 1999
Party		Votes	%	±
	Independent	255	78.9	+5.5
	Labour	52	16.1	+16.1
	Liberal Democrat	16	5.0	-6.4
Majority		203	62.8
Turnout		323	28.3
	Independent hold	Swing

Sundorne By-Election 30 March 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joyce Allaway	669	66.3	-11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Niblock	177	17.5	+17.5
	Conservative	Stanley Felton	163	16.2	-6.6
Majority			492	48.8
Turnout			1,009	26.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Belle Vue By-Election 20 July 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Townsend	886	61.0
	Conservative	Gerald Lloyd	439	30.2
	Liberal Democrat	Neil White	128	8.8
Majority			447	30.8
Turnout			1,453	33.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Meole Brace By-Election 26 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Morris	821	47.0	+8.3
	Conservative	Eileen Membury	775	44.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Janine Clarke	151	8.6	-8.8
Majority			46	2.6
Turnout			1,747	30.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bagley By-Election 19 July 2001 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Tamir Hazan	575
	Liberal Democrat	John Thurston	572
	Labour	Julie Humphreys	392
	Labour	Louis Gladden	384
	Conservative	Andrew Fox	198
	Conservative	Eileen Membury	198
Turnout			2,319	27.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Column By-Election 8 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jacqueline Brennand	902	69.2	+17.2
	Labour	Louis Gladden	276	21.2	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Janine Clarke	92	7.1	-8.2
	Green	John Snell	32	2.5	-1.9
Majority			626	58.0
Turnout			1,302	36.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton & Reabrook By-Election 31 March 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Elizabeth Parsons	671	46.0	-1.9
	Conservative	Graham Watson	479	32.9	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Cheyne	255	17.5	+9.8
	BNP	Helen Foulkes	28	1.9	-2.8
	Green	Tobias Green	25	1.7	-1.4
Majority			192	13.1
Turnout			1,458	44.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Monkmoor By-Election 20 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Durnell	603	49.3	+24.7
	Labour	Louis Gladden	482	39.4	-12.7
	Conservative	Paul Felton	139	11.3	-7.6
Majority			121	9.9
Turnout			1,224	30.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Lawley By-Election 19 October 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Timothy Barker	318	45.6
	Conservative	Reginald Barkley	298	42.7
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Aidley	82	11.7
Majority			20	2.9
Turnout			698	43.4
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Pimhill By-Election 28 August 2008^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Everall	341	45.6	-34.9
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Woodman	331	44.3	+44.3
	BNP	Helen Foulkes	59	7.9	+7.9
	Independent Anti-Incinerator Candidate	Ioan Jones	16	2.1	+2.1
Majority			10	1.3
Turnout			747	46.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
↑ The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1986
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Pimhill Ward By-Election". Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council. Retrieved 6 September 2008.

Council elections in Shropshire

Shropshire Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Telford and Wrekin Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Bridgnorth District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

North Shropshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Oswestry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 Abolished

South Shropshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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