South Shropshire District Council elections

South 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

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

By-election results

Bishops Castle By-Election 16 January 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		579	74.4
	Liberal Democrat		177	22.8
	Labour		22	2.8
Majority			402	51.6
Turnout			778	50.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Ludlow East Hamlet By-Election 31 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		236	38.5	+38.5
	Green		201	32.8	+15.0
	Liberal Democrat		176	28.7	-25.4
Majority			35	5.7
Turnout			613	21.4
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Ludlow Castle By-Election 28 September 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		342	45.4	+14.4
	Conservative		273	36.3	+36.3
	Independent		138	18.3	-5.1
Majority			69	9.1
Turnout			753	30.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Ludlow Castle By-Election 15 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		546	50.9	+50.9
	Liberal Democrat		526	49.1	+16.3
Majority			20	1.8
Turnout			1,072	43.1
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Worthen By-Election 21 February 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		517	58.1
	Conservative		373	41.9
Majority			144	16.2
Turnout			890	56.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Church Stretton North By-Election 7 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Charles West	637	71.5	+34.0
	Conservative	Mark Wiggin	188	21.1	-6.7
	Independent	Michael Whitehouse	66	7.4	+7.4
Majority			449	50.4
Turnout			891	53.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Peters By-Election 14 September 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tracy Huffer	488	57.0	+4.1
	Conservative		298	34.8	+9.4
	Green		70	8.2	+8.2
Majority			190	12.2
Turnout			856	44.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The District of South Shropshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Shropshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Shropshire (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) 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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