Telford and Wrekin Council elections

Telford and Wrekin Council elections are held every four years. Telford and Wrekin Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 54 councillors have been elected from 32 wards.^[1]

Council elections

1973 Wrekin District Council election
1976 The Wrekin District Council election
1979 The Wrekin District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1983 The Wrekin District Council election
1987 The Wrekin District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
1991 The Wrekin District Council election
1995 The Wrekin District Council election
1997 Telford and Wrekin Council election (New ward boundaries)^[4]
2000 Telford and Wrekin Council election
2003 Telford and Wrekin Council election (New ward boundaries)^[5]^[6]^[7]
2007 Telford and Wrekin Council election
2011 Telford and Wrekin Council election
2015 Telford and Wrekin Council election (New ward boundaries)^[8]^[9]
2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election
2023 Telford and Wrekin Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]

By-elections for individual seats can occur during a council's four-year term, for instance when a councillor dies or resigns their seat.

College By-Election 21 October 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	370	52.0	+16.0
	Labour	342	48.0	+0.2
Majority		28	4.0
Turnout		712	31.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing	+7.9

Dawley Magna By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,826	49.6	+16.2
	Conservative	1,083	29.4	-11.9
	Liberal Democrats	597	16.2	+16.2
	Socialist Alliance	178	4.8	+4.8
Majority		743	20.2
Turnout		3,684
	Labour hold	Swing	+14.4

Wombridge By-Election 25 October 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	257	47.8	-17.6
	Conservative	158	29.4	-5.2
	UKIP	80	14.9	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	43	8.0	+8.0
Majority		99	18.4
Turnout		538	12.4
	Labour hold	Swing	-6.2

Donnington By-Election 14 February 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	462	63.1	+4.2
	Conservative	243	33.2	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	27	3.7	+3.7
Majority		219	29.9
Turnout		732	20.6
	Labour hold	Swing	+6.1

The Nedge By-Election 31 July 2003
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	763	32.3	-7.0
	Independent	701	29.7	-2.9
	Conservative	666	28.2	+0.1
	Independent	174	7.4	+7.4
	Independent	57	2.4	+2.4
Majority		62	2.6
Turnout		2,361	36.0
	Labour hold	Swing	+2.1

Ketley and Oakengates By-Election 18 September 2003
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,225	42.1	+12.9
	Labour	1,183	40.6	-4.3
	Independent	350	12.0	+12.0
	Independent	153	5.3	+5.3
Majority		42	1.5
Turnout		2,911	43.3
	Conservative hold	Swing	+8.6

Haygate By-Election 12 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Chaplin	374	33.8	-16.3
	Labour	Frank Burns	342	30.9	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Blackhurst	173	15.6	+15.6
	Independent	Roger Aveley	152	13.7	-3.0
	Independent	Barry Olliver	65	5.9	+5.9
Majority			32	2.9
Turnout			1,106	54.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.0

Newport North By-Election 12 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Ashley	500	40.0	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Unwin	441	35.3	-32.6
	Independent	Susan Harris-Cohen	158	12.7	+12.7
	Labour	James Roberts	150	12.0	+12.0
Majority			59	4.7
Turnout			1,249	56.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+20.3

Madeley By-Election 22 April 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Jones	421	29.1	-10.5
	Independent	John Birtwhistle	387	26.7	-8.2
	Conservative	Pamela Wilkie	311	21.5	-4.0
	BNP	Brian Coleman	188	13.0	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia King	105	7.2	+7.2
	UKIP	Raymond Knight	36	2.5	+2.5
Majority			34	2.4
Turnout			1,448	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Dawley Magna By-Election 7 December 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Telford and Wrekin Peoples Association	Adrian Williams	649	41.3	+41.3
	Labour	Santokho Sekham	476	30.3	-24.9
	Conservative	Harvey Unwin	446	28.4	-3.4
Majority			173	11.0
Turnout			1,571	22.5
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+33.1

Brookside By-Election 8 November 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dixon	593	52.0	+21.7
	Labour	Liz Swift	362	31.7	+3.2
	Independent	Sudhir Patel	114	10.0	-1.5
	Independent	John Franklyn	72	6.3	+6.3
Majority			231	20.3
Turnout			1,141	22.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.3

Horsehay and Lightmoor By-Election 13 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Mollett	358	45.6	+6.8
	Labour	Steve Harrington	172	21.9	+1.6
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	John Higginson	145	18.5	+18.5
	Independent	Alan Hussey	110	14.0	-26.9
Majority			186	23.7
Turnout			785	33.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	+2.6

Wrockwardine By-Election 13 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Kiernan	918	67.3	+15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Fairclough	306	22.4	+22.4
	Labour	Thomas Bolger	141	10.3	-5.9
Majority			612	44.9
Turnout			1,365	32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

Muxton By-Election 24 July 2008^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Dugmore	795	61.9	+2.4
	Labour	Philip Norton	341	26.6	+1.0
	Independent	Graham Williamson	100	7.8	+7.8
	UKIP	Raymond Knight	48	3.7	-11.2
Majority			454	35.3
Turnout			1,284	27.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

College By-Election 11 February 2010^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Chaplin	252	29.3	-5.5
	Independent	Patrick McCarthy	237	27.6
	Labour	Michael Ion	219	25.5	+25.5
	Independent	Nusrat Janjua	127	14.8
	Telford and Wrekin People's Association	Richard Choudhary	24	2.8
Majority			15	1.7
Turnout			859	39.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

The Nedge By-Election 11 February 2010^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harvey Unwin	760	42.5	+18.6
	Labour	Shaun Davies	688	38.5	+15.4
	UKIP	Ray Knight	237	13.3	-0.6
	BNP	Terence Gould	103	5.8	+5.8
Majority			72	4.0
Turnout			1,788	27.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.6

Dawley Magna By-Election 14 February 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Pinter	957	53.9	+11.6
	Conservative	Alan Scott	379	21.4	-8.1
	UKIP	Ryan Laing	312	17.6	+17.6
	Independent	Angela Jordan	126	7.1	+7.1
Majority			578	32.5
Turnout			1,774	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.9

Horsehay and Lightmoor By-Election 8 December 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rajash Mehta	358	46.3
	Conservative	Robert Cadman	292	37.7
	UKIP	Denis Allen	124	16
Majority			66	8.6
Turnout			774	17
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing