Telford and Wrekin local elections

Telford and Wrekin Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Labour 1997 - 2006

No overall control 2006 - present

Council elections

Telford and Wrekin Council election, 2000

Telford and Wrekin Council election, 2003

Telford and Wrekin Council election, 2007

By-election results

1997-2000

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 370
percentage = 52.0
change = +16.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 342
percentage = 48.0
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 28
percentage = 4.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 712
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

2000-2003

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 443
percentage = 56.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 176
percentage = 22.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 167
percentage = 21.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 267
percentage = 34.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 786
percentage = 13.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,826
percentage = 49.6
change = +16.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,083
percentage = 29.4
change = -11.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 597
percentage = 16.2
change = +16.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate =
votes = 178
percentage = 4.8
change = +4.8Election box majority
votes = 743
percentage = 20.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 3,684
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 421
percentage = 53.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 257
percentage = 32.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate =
votes = 77
percentage = 9.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate =
votes = 34
percentage = 4.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 164
percentage = 20.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 789
percentage = 13.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 257
percentage = 47.8
change = -17.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 158
percentage = 29.4
change = -5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate =
votes = 80
percentage = 14.9
change = +14.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 43
percentage = 8.0
change = +8.0Election box majority
votes = 99
percentage = 18.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 538
percentage = 12.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 462
percentage = 63.1
change = +4.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 243
percentage = 33.2
change = -7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate =
votes = 27
percentage = 3.7
change = +3.7Election box majority
votes = 219
percentage = 29.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 732
percentage = 20.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

2003-2007

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 763
percentage = 32.3
change = -7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate =
votes = 701
percentage = 29.7
change = -2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 666
percentage = 28.2
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate =
votes = 174
percentage = 7.4
change = +7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate =
votes = 57
percentage = 2.4
change = +2.4Election box majority
votes = 62
percentage = 2.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,361
percentage = 36.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,225
percentage = 42.1
change = +12.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =
votes = 1,183
percentage = 40.6
change = -4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate =
votes = 350
percentage = 12.0
change = +12.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate =
votes = 153
percentage = 5.3
change = +5.3Election box majority
votes = 42
percentage = 1.5
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,911
percentage = 43.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Chaplin
votes = 374
percentage = 33.8
change = -16.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Burns
votes = 342
percentage = 30.9
change = -2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sean Blackhurst
votes = 173
percentage = 15.6
change = +15.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Roger Aveley
votes = 152
percentage = 13.7
change = -3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Barry Olliver
votes = 65
percentage = 5.9
change = +5.9Election box majority
votes = 32
percentage = 2.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,106
percentage = 54.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Daniel Ashley
votes = 500
percentage = 40.0
change = +7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Unwin
votes = 441
percentage = 35.3
change = -32.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Susan Harris-Cohen
votes = 158
percentage = 12.7
change = +12.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Roberts
votes = 150
percentage = 12.0
change = +12.0Election box majority
votes = 59
percentage = 4.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,249
percentage = 56.6
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Janice Jones
votes = 421
percentage = 29.1
change = -10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Birtwhistle
votes = 387
percentage = 26.7
change = -8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Wilkie
votes = 311
percentage = 21.5
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Brian Coleman
votes = 188
percentage = 13.0
change = +13.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia King
votes = 105
percentage = 7.2
change = +7.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Raymond Knight
votes = 36
percentage = 2.5
change = +2.5Election box majority
votes = 34
percentage = 2.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,448
percentage = 35.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate
party = Telford and Wrekin Peoples Association
candidate = Adrian Williams
votes = 649
percentage = 41.3
change = +41.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Santokho Sekham
votes = 476
percentage = 30.3
change = -24.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Harvey Unwin
votes = 446
percentage = 28.4
change = -3.4Election box majority
votes = 173
percentage = 11.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,571
percentage = 22.5
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

2007-2011

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Dixon
votes = 593
percentage = 52.0
change = +21.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Liz Swift
votes = 362
percentage = 31.7
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Sudhir Patel
votes = 114
percentage = 10.0
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Franklyn
votes = 72
percentage = 6.3
change = +6.3Election box majority
votes = 231
percentage = 20.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,141
percentage = 22.5
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Clive Mollett
votes = 358
percentage = 45.6
change = +6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Steve Harrington
votes = 172
percentage = 21.9
change = +1.6Election box candidate
party = Telford and Wrekin People's Association
candidate = John Higginson
votes = 145
percentage = 18.5
change = +18.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Hussey
votes = 110
percentage = 14.0
change = -26.9Election box majority
votes = 186
percentage = 23.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 785
percentage = 33.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Kiernan
votes = 918
percentage = 67.3
change = +15.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Fairclough
votes = 306
percentage = 22.4
change = +22.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Bolger
votes = 141
percentage = 10.3
change = -5.9Election box majority
votes = 612
percentage = 44.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,365
percentage = 32.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Dugmore
votes = 795
percentage = 61.9
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Norton
votes = 341
percentage = 26.6
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Graham Williamson
votes = 100
percentage = 7.8
change = +7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Raymond Knight
votes = 48
percentage = 3.7
change = -11.2Election box majority
votes = 454
percentage = 35.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,284
percentage = 27.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

External links

* [http://www.telford.gov.uk Telford and Wrekin Council]