The 2025 Shropshire Council election was held on Thursday 1 May 2025 to elect all 74 councillors to Shropshire Council in England. It took place on the same day as other council elections in the United Kingdom.
Before this election Shropshire Council was held by the Conservatives, who won the previous Council election in 2021. At this election the Liberal Democrats gained majority control of the Council.
Previous council composition
Changes 2021âÂÂ2025
- July 2021: Robert Tindall (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent
- April 2022: David Tremellen (independent) resigns â by-election held June 2022
- June 2022: Mark Williams (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from independent
- July 2022: Leslie Winwood (Conservative) dies â by-election held October 2022
- October 2022: Rachel Connolly (Labour) gains by-election from Conservatives
- July 2023: Richard Marshall (Conservative) resigns â by-election held September 2023
- September 2023: Andrew Sherrington (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives; Elliott Lynch (Conservative) resigns â by-election held October 2023
- October 2023: Colin Taylor (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives
- July 2024: David Minnery (independent) joins Liberal Democrats
- December 2024: Steve Davenport and John Price (Conservative) leave party to sit as independents
- January 2025: Mike Isherwood (Green) resigns â seat left vacant until 2025 election
- March 2025: Rachel Connolly (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent
Summary
Prior to the election, the council had been under Conservative majority control since 2005. The Conservative leader of the council was Lezley Picton; she did not stand for re-election in 2025.
Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrat group on the council was jointly led by Roger Evans and Heather Kidd. After the election, the group chose Kidd to be the sole leader. She was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2025. The second largest party after the election was Reform UK. There had been no Reform councillors prior to the election. After the election, the new Reform group chose Dawn Husemann to be their new group leader. The reduced Conservative group chose Dan Thomas to be its new leader after the election. The Green party and the independent councillor also formed a new "Green and Progressive Independents" group after the election.
Results
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Electoral division results
Abbey
Albrighton
Bagley
Battlefield
Bayston Hill
Belle Vue
Bicton Heath
Bishop's Castle
Bridgnorth Castle
Bridgnorth East
Bridgnorth South and Alveley
The result in this ward was tied, with the Liberal Democrat candidate winning a tie breaker.
Bridgnorth West and Tasley
Broseley
Brown Clee
Burnell
Castlefields and Ditherington
Cheswardine
Chirbury and Worthen
Claverley and Worfield
Clee
Cleobury Mortimer
Clun
Column and Sutton
Copthorne
Corvedale
Craven Arms
Ellesmere Urban
Harlescott
Highley
Hodnet
As of 5 May 2025, Donna Edmunds sits as an Independent having been suspended by Reform UK and subsequently leaving the party
Llanymynech
Longden
Loton
Ludlow East
Ludlow North
Ludlow South
Market Drayton East and Rural
Market Drayton North
Market Drayton South
Meole
Monkmoor
Much Wenlock
Oswestry North
Oswestry North East
Oswestry South
Oswestry South East
Oteley and Reabrook
Porthill
Prees
Quarry and Coton Hill
Radbrook
Rea Valley
Ruyton and Baschurch
Selattyn and Gobowen
Severn Valley
Shawbury
Shifnal North
Shifnal Rural
Shifnal South
St Martin's
St Oswald
Stottesdon, Kinlet and Hopton Wafers
Sundorne and Old Heath
Tern
The Meres
The Strettons
Underdale
Wem
Whitchurch North
Whitchurch South
Whitchurch West
Whittington
2025-2029 by-elections
Affiliation changes
Three days after the election on 4 May 2025, Donna Edmunds was suspended by Reform UK pending an investigation. On 6 May 2025, she left the party and now sits as an Independent.
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