Oswestry Borough Council elections

Oswestry 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]^[2]

Party in control		Years
	Independent	1973-1987
	No overall control	1987-1991
	Independent	1991-2003
	No overall control	2003-2007
	Conservative	2007-2009

Council elections

Oswestry Borough Council election, 1973
Oswestry Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Oswestry Borough Council election, 1979
Oswestry Borough Council election, 1983
Oswestry Borough Council election, 1987
Oswestry Borough Council election, 1991
Oswestry Borough Council election, 1995
Oswestry Borough Council election, 1999
Oswestry Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]^[5]
Oswestry Borough Council election, 2007

By-election results

1999-2003

Llanyblodwel By-Election 1 June 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		122	43.0
	Liberal Democrat		90	31.7
	Conservative		72	25.4
Majority			32	11.3
Turnout			284	46.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Victoria By-Election 28 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		291	44.2
	Liberal Democrat		266	40.4
	Independent		101	15.3
Majority			25	3.8
Turnout			658
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Gatacre By-Election 6 September 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		327	53.7	+21.5
	Conservative		158	25.9	+25.9
	Labour		77	12.6	-12.7
	Independent		33	5.4	+5.4
	Independent		14	2.3	+2.3
Majority			169	27.8
Turnout			609	26.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

2003-2007

Cambrian By-Election 10 June 2004^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Edwards	341	42.8	+20.0
	Independent		281	35.3	-1.1
	Conservative		174	21.9	-18.9
Majority			60	7.5
Turnout			796	39.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Royton & West Felton 29 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 3 November 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Burman	255	55.3	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Channon	206	44.7	+7.0
Majority			49	10.6
Turnout			461	23.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sweeney Trefonen By-Election 3 November 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Barrow	314	71.0	+32.0
	Liberal Democrat	Romer Hoseason	128	29.0	+15.6
Majority			186	42.0
Turnout			442	14.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittington By-Election 30 November 2006^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		314	57.2	+57.2
	Labour		121	22.0	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat		114	20.7	+20.7
Majority			193	35.2
Turnout			549	30.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2007-2009

Llanyblodwell and Pant By-Election 21 June 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		254	73.6	+41.9
	Independent		91	19.8
	Independent		81	17.6
	Independent		34	7.4
Majority			163
Turnout			460	24.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Sweeney and Trefonen By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		684	54.9	-14.8
	Liberal Democrat		562	45.1	+14.8
Majority			122	9.8
Turnout			1,246	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 2 October 2008^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Romer Hoseason	198	38.7	+0.3
	Conservative	Phil May	174	34.1	-27.5
	Independent	Alan Davies	139	27.2	+27.2
Majority			59	4.6
Turnout			511	22.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Oswestry". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The Borough of Oswestry (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Oswestry (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Tories make gains in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2004-06-18. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
1 2 "Tories claim clean sweep in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Lib Dems gain four seats in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Lib Dems win their fifth seat". Shropshire Star. 2008-10-03. Retrieved 2010-03-14.

By-election results

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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