2025 Shropshire Council election
The 2025 Shropshire Council election was held on Thursday 1 May 2025 to elect all 74 councillors to Shropshire Council in England. It took place on the same day as other council elections in the United Kingdom.
Before this election Shropshire Council was held by the Conservatives, who won the previous Council election in 2021. At this election the Liberal Democrats gained majority control of the Council.
Previous council composition
Changes 2021–2025
- July 2021: Robert Tindall leaves party to sit as an independent
- April 2022: David Tremellen resigns – by-election held June 2022
- June 2022: Mark Williams gains by-election from independent
- July 2022: Leslie Winwood dies – by-election held October 2022
- October 2022: Rachel Connolly gains by-election from Conservatives
- July 2023: Richard Marshall resigns – by-election held September 2023
- September 2023: Andrew Sherrington gains by-election from Conservatives; Elliott Lynch resigns – by-election held October 2023
- October 2023: Colin Taylor gains by-election from Conservatives
- July 2024: David Minnery joins Liberal Democrats
- December 2024: Steve Davenport and John Price leave party to sit as independents
- January 2025: Mike Isherwood resigns – seat left vacant until 2025 election
- March 2025: Rachel Connolly leaves party to sit as an independent
Summary
Prior to the election, the council had been under Conservative majority control since 2005. The Conservative leader of the council was Lezley Picton; she did not stand for re-election in 2025.Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrat group on the council was jointly led by Roger Evans and Heather Kidd. After the election, the group chose Kidd to be the sole leader. She was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2025. The second largest party after the election was Reform UK. There had been no Reform councillors prior to the election. After the election, the new Reform group chose Dawn Husemann to be their new group leader. The reduced Conservative group chose Dan Thomas to be its new leader after the election. The Green party and the independent councillor also formed a new "Green and Progressive Independents" group after the election.