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]

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

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

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

Council elections

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dawley and Aqueduct By-Election 6 May 2021^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Preece	1,310	50.9	−10.9
	Conservative	Kate Barnes	1,192	46.3	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Allen	72	2.8	+2.8
Majority			118	4.6
Turnout			2,574
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rajash Mehta	358	46.3	+22.2
	Conservative	Robert Cadman	292	37.7	−5.0
	UKIP	Denis Allen	124	16.0	−1.8
Majority			66	8.6
Turnout			774
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jay Gough	851	54.0	+29.0
	Labour	Sophie Thompson	658	41.8	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Ellams	66	4.2	+4.2
Majority			193	12.3
Turnout			1,575
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Wennington	996	55.8	−6.0
	Conservative	Kate Barnes	735	41.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Salter	55	3.1	+3.1
Majority			261	14.6
Turnout			1,786
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Loveridge	531	58.8	+20.0
	Conservative	Chris Leach	318	35.2	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Howard	54	6.0	−11.6
Majority			213	23.6
Turnout			903
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Corrine Chikadamina	971	54.4
	Conservative	Richard Tyrrell	464	26.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bryant	175	9.8
	Independent	Sophia Vaughan-Hodkinson	175	9.8
Majority			507	28.4
Turnout			1,785
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Kaur	778	45.3
	Conservative	Stuart Parr	539	31.4
	Reform	Robert Leah	274	15.9
	Green	Mark Webster	75	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tarlochan Singh Aujla	53	3.1
Majority			239	13.9
Turnout			1,719
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nathalie Page	636	33.8
	Conservative	Tom Wust	620	33.0
	Reform	Greg Sinclair	427	22.7
	Green	John Adams	84	4.5
	Independent	Sophia Vaughan-Hodkinson	61	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Milan Thakur	53	2.8
Majority			16	0.9
Turnout			1,881
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ben Carter	590	42.9
	Reform	Doug Halsall	569	41.4
	Conservative	Thomas Hoof	104	7.6
	Green	Jazz Holmes	76	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Doddy	35	2.5
Majority			21	1.5
Turnout			1,374
	Labour hold		Swing