Shropshire

  • Council Control: Con
  • Conservatives 37
  • Labour 10
  • Liberal Democrats 18
  • Green 4
  • Other 5

Independent 5. County unitary authority on the border with Wales; largely rural but including the market town of Shrewsbury which is expanding.

Oswestry West has an impending vacancy (held by the Green Party). Steve Davenport (St Martin’s) and John Price (Oswestry East) left the Conservatives in November 2024 to sit as Independents. David Minnery (Market Drayton West) moved from Independent to Liberal Democrat in July 2024.

Next local elections
2025

Election cycle
Full

Local authority type
Unitary

Address
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6ND

Phone
01743 251000

Website
http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/

Council Tax (Band D)
£2203.66