Shropshire County Council election, 2005

The 2005 elections to Shropshire County Council (the final elections to the county council, before Shropshire became a unitary authority in 2009) took place on 5 May 2005, alongside the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom.

48 councillors were elected from 46 electoral divisions. The Conservatives had 6 net gains and took control of the council, which had previously been no overall control, with a majority of just 2. The Liberal Democrats also gained seats, whilst Labour lost seats, resulting in the Liberal Democrats becoming the second party. Three independent candidates were elected as councillors.

Boundary changes had occurred since the 2001 elections; the number of seats increased from 44 to 48.

Results

Comparisons made against the results of the 2001 election.

Shropshire County Council election, 2005
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25			+6	52
	Liberal Democrat	11			+3	23
	Labour	9			-2	19
	Independent	3			-3	6
	Conservative gain from No overall control		Swing

Conservative majority: 2.

For subsequent by-elections, see Shropshire local elections.

References

External links

BBC News Shropshire results

Council elections in Shropshire

Shropshire Council	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

(2004 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2005 (→ 2006)

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Unitary authorities	Bristol Isle of Wight Stockton-on-Tees

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Sui generis	Isles of Scilly

Mayoral elections	Doncaster Hartlepool North Tyneside Stoke-on-Trent

See also: UK General election

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