Shropshire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 72 races · 74 seats 73.0% below quota
- 2021 62 races · 73 seats 12.3% below quota
- 2017 62 races · 73 seats 9.6% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
74 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 74 seats were up across 72 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 74 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 34,578 | 34.2% | 42 | 56.8% | 26 | 35.1% | +16 |
| Reform UK | 27,732 | 27.4% | 16 | 21.6% | 21 | 28.4% | -5 |
| Conservative Party | 20,118 | 19.9% | 7 | 9.5% | 15 | 20.3% | -8 |
| Labour Party | 8,962 | 8.9% | 4 | 5.4% | 6 | 8.1% | -2 |
| Green Party | 6,559 | 6.5% | 4 | 5.4% | 5 | 6.8% | -1 |
| Independent | 1,955 | 1.9% | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 1.4% | 0 |
| Shropshire First | 1,205 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Heritage Party | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 101,119 | 100.0% | 74 | 100.0% | 74 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | 56% | 39% | 49% |
| Albrighton | 68% | 56% | |
| Alveley and Claverley | 75% | 69% | |
| Bagley | 40% | 29% | 45% |
| Battlefield | 57% | 60% | 33% |
| Bayston Hill | 52% | ||
| Bayston Hill Column and Sutton | 56% | ||
| Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton | 63% | ||
| Belle Vue | 43% | 65% | 56% |
| Bicton Heath | 47% | ||
| Bishop's Castle | 74% | 70% | |
| Bishops Castle | 78% | ||
| Bowbrook | 69% | 62% | |
| Bridgnorth Castle | 32% | ||
| Bridgnorth East | 43% | ||
| Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts | 63% | 50% | |
| Bridgnorth South and Alveley | 41% | ||
| Bridgnorth West and Tasley | 65% | 60% | 32% |
| Broseley | 61% | 56% | 44% |
| Brown Clee | 80% | 57% | 39% |
| Burnell | 49% | 66% | 49% |
| Castlefields and Ditherington | 74% | 66% | 52% |
| Cheswardine | 76% | 70% | 35% |
| Chirbury and Worthen | 78% | 84% | 71% |
| Church Stretton and Craven Arms | 58% | 50% | |
| Claverley and Worfield | 51% | ||
| Clee | 61% | 50% | 36% |
| Cleobury Mortimer | 79% | 73% | 35% |
| Clun | 56% | 55% | 54% |
| Column and Sutton | 34% | ||
| Copthorne | 60% | 59% | 54% |
| Corvedale | 80% | 66% | 44% |
| Craven Arms | 40% | ||
| Ellesmere Urban | 67% | 52% | 41% |
| Gobowen Selattyn and Weston Rhyn | 58% | ||
| Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn | 54% | ||
| Harlescott | 57% | 44% | 40% |
| Highley | 43% | 53% | 43% |
| Hodnet | 82% | 61% | 36% |
| Llanymynech | 62% | 49% | 38% |
| Longden | 61% | 68% | 55% |
| Loton | 75% | 75% | 45% |
| Ludlow East | 64% | 51% | 43% |
| Ludlow North | 69% | 51% | 52% |
| Ludlow South | 66% | 65% | 60% |
| Market Drayton East | 73% | 57% | |
| Market Drayton East and Rural | 41% | ||
| Market Drayton North | 45% | ||
| Market Drayton South | 40% | ||
| Market Drayton West | 57% | 48% | |
| Meole | 55% | 36% | 58% |
| Monkmoor | 71% | 43% | 48% |
| Much Wenlock | 61% | 51% | |
| Oswestry East | 51% | 60% | |
| Oswestry North | 38% | ||
| Oswestry North East | 43% | ||
| Oswestry South | 52% | 56% | 35% |
| Oswestry South East | 43% | ||
| Oswestry West | 47% | 54% | |
| Oteley and Reabrook | 39% | ||
| Porthill | 42% | 57% | 48% |
| Prees | 62% | 76% | 43% |
| Quarry and Coton Hill | 56% | 41% | 57% |
| Radbrook | 59% | 52% | 51% |
| Rea Valley | 55% | 71% | 40% |
| Ruyton and Baschurch | 74% | 48% | 49% |
| Selattyn and Gobowen | 38% | ||
| Severn Valley | 80% | 60% | 34% |
| Shawbury | 76% | 60% | 43% |
| Shifnal North | 81% | 57% | 34% |
| Shifnal Rural | 39% | ||
| Shifnal South | 30% | ||
| Shifnal South and Cosford | 57% | 56% | |
| St Martin's | 67% | 30% | |
| St Oswald | 59% | 32% | |
| St. Martins | 58% | ||
| St. Oswald | 59% | ||
| Stottesdon, Kinlet and Hopton Wafers | 43% | ||
| Sundorne | 74% | 73% | |
| Sundorne and Old Heath | 39% | ||
| Tern | 63% | 57% | 35% |
| The Meres | 66% | 51% | 51% |
| The Strettons | 35% | ||
| Underdale | 36% | 46% | 49% |
| Wem | 70% | 60% | 43% |
| Whitchurch North | 83% | 68% | 54% |
| Whitchurch South | 53% | 63% | 38% |
| Whitchurch West | 38% | ||
| Whittington | 53% | 51% | 48% |
| Worfield | 77% | 75% |