Bridgnorth District Council elections

Bridgnorth was a non-metropolitian 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
	Independent	1973-2003
	No overall control	2003-2009

Council elections

Bridgnorth District Council election, 1973
Bridgnorth District Council election, 1976
Bridgnorth District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Bridgnorth District Council election, 1983
Bridgnorth District Council election, 1987
Bridgnorth District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Bridgnorth District Council election, 1995
Bridgnorth District Council election, 1999
Bridgnorth District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Bridgnorth District Council election, 2007

By-election results

Harrington By-Election 31 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		126	51.9	+5.0
	Conservative		117	48.2	+48.2
Majority			9	3.7
Turnout			243	21.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Sheriffhales By-Election 20 June 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		171	60.4	+60.4
	Independent		112	39.6	-16.6
Majority			59	20.8
Turnout			283	14.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Ditton Priors By-Election 14 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		295	62.5	+11.9
	Liberal Democrat		177	37.5	+37.5
Majority			118	25.0
Turnout			472	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bridgnorth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

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

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 1979 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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