Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council elections

One third of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council was elected each year, followed by one year without election. The council existed 1973-2009.

Political control

• No overall control 1973 – 1976
• Conservative 1976 – 1980
• No overall control 1980 – 2002
• Conservative 2002 – 2005
• No overall control 2005 – 2006
• Conservative 2006 – 2009

Council elections

• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1998
• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 1999
• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2000
• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2002
• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2003
• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2004
• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2006
• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2007
• Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election, 2008

By-election results

Copthorne By-Election 26 September 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		947	46.3
	Liberal Democrat		614	30.0
	Labour		483	23.6
Majority			333	16.3
Turnout			2,044
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haughmond By-Election 29 May 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		330	47.3	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat		192	27.5	+7.7
	Labour		175	25.1	-11.1
Majority			138	19.8
Turnout			697
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pimhill By-Election 26 February 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		427	61.8	+61.8
	Conservative		215	31.1	-0.2
	Labour		49	7.1	-21.8
Majority			212	30.7
Turnout			691	49.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Attingham By-Election 25 March 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		255	78.9	+5.5
	Labour		52	16.1	+16.1
	Liberal Democrat		16	5.0	-6.4
Majority			203	62.8
Turnout			323	28.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Sundorne By-Election 30 March 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Allaway	669	66.3	-11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Niblock	177	17.5	+17.5
	Conservative	Stanley Felton	163	16.2	-6.6
Majority			492	48.8
Turnout			1,009	26.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Belle Vue By-Election 20 July 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Townsend	886	61.0
	Conservative	Gerald Lloyd	439	30.2
	Liberal Democrat	Neil White	128	8.8
Majority			447	30.8
Turnout			1,453	33.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Meole Brace By-Election 26 October 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Morris	821	47.0	+8.3
	Conservative	Eileen Membury	775	44.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Janine Clarke	151	8.6	-8.8
Majority			46	2.6
Turnout			1,747	30.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bagley By-Election 19 July 2001 (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tamir Hazan	575
	Liberal Democrat	John Thurston	572
	Labour	Julie Humphreys	392
	Labour	Louis Gladden	384
	Conservative	Andrew Fox	198
	Conservative	Eileen Membury	198
Turnout			2,319	27.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Column By-Election 8 July 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Brennand	902	69.2	+17.2
	Labour	Louis Gladden	276	21.2	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Janine Clarke	92	7.1	-8.2
	Green	John Snell	32	2.5	-1.9
Majority			626	58.0
Turnout			1,302	36.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton & Reabrook By-Election 31 March 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Parsons	671	46.0	-1.9
	Conservative	Graham Watson	479	32.9	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Cheyne	255	17.5	+9.8
	BNP	Helen Foulkes	28	1.9	-2.8
	Green	Tobias Green	25	1.7	-1.4
Majority			192	13.1
Turnout			1,458	44.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Monkmoor By-Election 20 October 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Durnell	603	49.3	+24.7
	Labour	Louis Gladden	482	39.4	-12.7
	Conservative	Paul Felton	139	11.3	-7.6
Majority			121	9.9
Turnout			1,224	30.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Lawley By-Election 19 October 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy Barker	318	45.6
	Conservative	Reginald Barkley	298	42.7
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Aidley	82	11.7
Majority			20	2.9
Turnout			698	43.4
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Pimhill By-Election 28 August 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Everall	341	45.6	-34.9
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Woodman	331	44.3	+44.3
	BNP	Helen Foulkes	59	7.9	+7.9
	Independent Anti-Incinerator Candidate	Ioan Jones	16	2.1	+2.1
Majority			10	1.3
Turnout			747	46.5
	Conservative hold		Swing