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Local Election Results 2005

Shropshire

Whole council up for election on new division boundaries. One Conservative councillor was elected unopposed.

By-elections for Shropshire (may be incomplete): 30th November 2006 (Oswestry; Whittington) — 5th June 2008 (Market Drayton)
Results for district councils — Bridgnorth 2003 2007 — North Shropshire 2003 2007 — Oswestry 2003 2007 — Shrewsbury and Atcham 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 — South Shropshire 2003 2007

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Consolidated results — Shropshire 2005

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 62374 42.8% 25
Liberal Democrat 40161 27.6% 11
Labour 29925 20.5% 9
Independent 12205 8.4% 3
Green Party 1010 0.7% 0

Albrighton

Malcolm Pate C 1872 55.7%
James Lusk Lab 832 24.8%
David Murray LD 655 19.5%

Bagley

Roger Evans LD 962 40.8%
Stephen Williams C 737 31.3%
Stan Felton Lab 656 27.9%

Baschurch

Barbara Craig C unop.

Bayston Hill

Ted Clarke Lab 1899 62.5%
Peter Jetson C 759 25.0%
Margaret Hamer LD 378 12.5%

Belle-Vue

Jon Tandy Lab 1596 50.4%
David Morgan C 728 23.0%
Sheila King LD 533 16.8%
Toby Ray Grn 312 9.8%

Bishop's Castle

Peter Phillips LD 1866 57.4%
Richard Priest C 1384 42.6%

Bridgnorth East

Christian Lea C 1354 42.1%
David Walker LD 1336 41.6%
Michael Lane Lab 524 16.3%

Bridgnorth Rural

George Lee C 1193 44.2%
Colin Taylor LD 1093 40.5%
Frederick Voysey Ind 208 7.7%
Peter Madden Lab 207 7.7%

Bridgnorth West

John Hurst-Knight C 1521 44.0%
Richard Stilwell LD 1434 41.5%
Gillian Caldecott Lab 501 14.5%

Broseley

Jean Jones Lab 1355 44.6%
Philip Robinson LD 911 30.0%
Robert Jenrick C 771 25.4%

Burnell

Peter Nutting C 2191 59.2%
Geraldine Cook LD 735 19.9%
Jane MacKenzie Lab 564 15.2%
Huw Peach Grn 209 5.7%

Castlefields and Ditherington

Alan Mosley Lab 1282 49.2%
Andrew Wagner C 602 23.1%
Sheelagh Keating LD 568 21.8%
Carol Lovell Grn 155 5.9%

Church Stretton

James Gibson C 2062 52.8%
Robert Hill LD 1840 47.2%

Clee

Adrian Coles LD 1944 50.5%
Nigel Holmes C 1907 49.5%

Clun

Nigel Hartin LD 1727 53.8%
Keith Barnett C 1483 46.2%

Copthorne

George Richey C 1358 42.0%
Allie Lucas LD 1009 31.2%
Robert Curzon Lab 869 26.9%

Corvedale

David Evans C 1804 51.6%
Claude Bodenham Ind 1694 48.4%

Ellesmere

Ann Hartley C 1628 67.0%
Andrew Whyte LD 802 33.0%

Harlescott

Eileen Sandford C 1273 47.3%
Ioan Jones Lab 1114 41.4%
Martin Eddies LD 303 11.3%

Loton

John Roberts C 1801 57.4%
Frederick Smith LD 761 24.3%
Christine Griffiths Lab 576 18.4%

Ludlow

Peter Corston LD 1547 60.2%
Graeme Perks C 1024 39.8%

Ludlow Rural

Vivienne Parry LD 2207 59.9%
Nick Barclay C 1479 40.1%

Market Drayton (2)

David Minnery C 2156 52.5%
Rodney Davies C 2098
Roger Walker Lab 1948 47.5%
Robert O'Brien Lab 1676

Market Drayton Rural

John Gillow C 2735 72.8%
Jeffrey Hopkins Lab 1022 27.2%

Meole-Brace

Michael Owen C 1603 44.9%
Bill Morris Lab 1293 36.2%
Steven Crake LD 677 18.9%

Monkmoor

Shirley Sambrook Lab 1549 48.6%
Paul Felton C 911 28.6%
Tony Durnell LD 729 22.9%

Morfe

Margaret Winckler C 1778 64.6%
Iain Seivewright LD 635 23.1%
James Nolan Lab 341 12.4%

Much Wenlock

David Gibbon LD 1922 54.5%
David John C 1602 45.5%

Oswestry (2)

Philip Box Lab 2210 38.3%
William Benyon C 1810 31.4%
Elaine Channon LD 1744 30.3%
Jim Durston LD 1603
Peter Cherrington C 1438

Porthill

Anne Chebsey LD 1688 46.1%
Mary Richey C 1230 33.6%
Ashley Vaughan-Evans Lab 564 15.4%
Keith O'Neill Grn 179 4.9%

Prees

Gerald Dakin C 1822 53.5%
Michael Barker Ind 1215 35.7%
Anthony Barnett Ind 368 10.8%

Rea Valley

Yvonne Holyoak Ind 2037 66.2%
Marian Balmond LD 561 18.2%
Ian Peake Lab 322 10.5%
Jonathan Brown Grn 155 5.0%

Ruyton-XI-Towns

Dilys Gaskill Ind 1582 53.4%
Keith Barrow C 1378 46.6%

St Oswald

June Drummond C 1345 38.3%
John Humphries LD 795 22.6%
David Hughes Lab 721 20.5%
Peter Sayles Ind 654 18.6%

Shawbury

Karen Calder C 1569 56.4%
Simon Jones Ind 1213 43.6%

Shifnal

Stuart West C 2149 56.5%
Keith Turley Lab 1657 43.5%

Stottesdon

Peter Martin LD 1717 59.1%
Thomas Thornton C 1188 40.9%

Sundorne

Joyce Allaway Lab 1742 55.6%
Brian Rees C 792 25.3%
Kathy Day LD 601 19.2%

Sutton and Reabrook

Liz Parsons Lab 1371 42.4%
Brian Littlejohns C 1319 40.8%
John Roberts LD 543 16.8%

Tern

Edward Everall C 2044 55.0%
Anne Woolland LD 899 24.2%
Darin Canning Lab 776 20.9%

Underdale

Miles Kenny LD 1807 64.1%
Robert Allum Lab 641 22.7%
Justin Hughes C 371 13.2%

Wem

Christopher Mellings LD 1780 69.4%
Jonathan Walmsley C 784 30.6%

Wem Rural

Brian Williams C 1540 50.7%
Michael Skinner LD 808 26.6%
Pauline Dee Ind 687 22.6%

Weston Rhyn

William Jenkins Lab 839 33.1%
Robert Taylor C 656 25.8%
Henry Stephens LD 644 25.4%
Neil Graham Ind 399 15.7%

Whitchurch

Thomas Biggins C 1872 66.2%
John Shore Lab 954 33.8%

Whittington

David Lloyd Ind 2148 73.1%
Patrick Mansfield C 789 26.9%

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