North Shropshire District Council elections

North Shropshire 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	2003-2007
	Conservative	2007-2009

Council elections

North Shropshire District Council election, 1973
North Shropshire District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
North Shropshire District Council election, 1979
North Shropshire District Council election, 1983
North Shropshire District Council election, 1987
North Shropshire District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
North Shropshire District Council election, 1995
North Shropshire District Council election, 1999
North Shropshire District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]^[5]
North Shropshire District Council election, 2007

By-election results

Market Drayton North By-Election 3 October 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		405	61.9
	Conservative		249	38.1
Majority			156	23.8
Turnout			634	23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Prees By-Election 19 November 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		277	55.4
	Independent		233	46.6
Majority			44	8.8
Turnout			510	23.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Wem Rural By-Election 22 June 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		290	82.9
	Independent		60	17.1
Majority			230	65.8
Turnout			350	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton By-Election 27 July 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		111	55.2
	Independent		66	32.8
	Independent		24	11.9
Majority			45	22.4
Turnout			201	32.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Weston Rhyn By-Election 26 April 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		369	60.8
	Independent		238	39.2
Majority			131	21.6
Turnout			607	31.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Clive By-Election 13 September 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Whitchurch South By-Election 6 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Dakin	204	51.6	+24.5
	Independent	Andrew Richardson	191	48.4	+2.6
Majority			13	3.2
Turnout			395	17.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hordley, Tetchill and Lyncal By-Election 19 October 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Davenport	169	59.7
	Independent	William Lewis	74	26.1
	Independent	Jennifer Wright	40	14.1
Majority			95	33.6
Turnout			283	26.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Shropshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Shropshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Shropshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2006. Retrieved on 3 November 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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