2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election

The 2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Telford and Wrekin Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election

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All 54 seats to Telford and Wrekin Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Labour Conservative
Last election 27 seats, 38.1% 23 seats, 41.4%
Seats won 36 13
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 10
Popular vote 35,767 28,131
Percentage 47.6% 37.4%
Swing Increase 9.5% Decrease 4.0%

  Third party Fourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 4 seats, 2.9% 1 seat, 3.9%
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 5,482 3,503
Percentage 7.3% 4.7%
Swing Increase 5.4% Increase 0.9%

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


Labour

Summary

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Election result

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2019 Telford & Wrekin Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 51 36 9 0   9 66.7 47.6 35,767 +9.5
  Conservative 50 13 0 10   10 24.1 37.4 28,131 –4.0
  Liberal Democrats 14 4 1 0   1 7.4 7.3 5,482 +5.4
  Independent 6 1 0 0   1.9 4.7 3,503 +0.9
  UKIP 6 0 0 0   0.0 2.7 2,032 –9.0
  Green 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.3 221 –2.7

Ward results

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Admaston & Bratton

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Admaston & Bratton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Kiernan 502 61.7
Labour Joan Gorse 186 22.9
Liberal Democrats Josh Tomlinson 126 15.5
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Apley Castle

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Apley Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Blundell 632 59.1
Conservative Becky Eade 256 23.9
Labour John Parkin 181 16.9
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Arleston

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Arleston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela McClements 602 81.2
Conservative Dorothy Roberts 139 18.8
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Brookside

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Brookside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jackie Loveridge 519 38.8
Labour Arnold England 488
Conservative Stuart Parr 314 23.5
Liberal Democrats Shana Roberts 270 20.2
UKIP Peter Roberts 236 17.6
Conservative Ian Pryce 189
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

Church Aston & Lilleshall

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Church Aston & Lilleshall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Eade 699 70.0
Liberal Democrats David Ellams 191 19.1
Labour Robert Sloan 109 10.9
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

College

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College
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee Carter 500 50.2
Conservative Eddie Lowe 276 27.7
Green Pat McCarthy 221 22.2
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Dawley & Aqueduct

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Dawley & Aqueduct
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Pinter 1,212 61.8
Labour Andrew Burford 1,157
Labour Concepta Cassar 1,030
Conservative Kate Barnes 748 38.2
Conservative Steve Barnes 725
Conservative Stephen Dunne 571
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Donnington

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Donnington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Clare 681 52.5
Labour James Lavery 635
Conservative Martyn Edwards 324 25.0
UKIP Bryan Muirden 292 22.5
Conservative Philip Loughlin 227
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dothill

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Dothill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Tomlinson 459 49.7
Conservative Lisa Jinks 202 21.9
Labour John Latter 140 15.2
UKIP Anthony Wood 123 13.3
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Edgmond & Ercall Magna

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Edgmond & Ercall Magna
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Bentley 1,258 68.5
Conservative Stephen Burrell 1,188
Liberal Democrats Sally Wiggin 333 18.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Wiggin 274
Labour William McClements 246 13.4
Labour Derek Gorse 241
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ercall

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Ercall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Miles Hosken 567 51.9
Labour Giles Luter 526 48.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Hadley & Leegomery

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Hadley & Leegomery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leon Murray 1,319 68.7
Labour Gemma Offland 1,267
Labour Malcolm Smith 1,247
Conservative Andrew Benion 601 31.3
Conservative Sylvia Hall 561
Conservative Jeremy Haigh 522
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Haygate

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Haygate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham Cook 401 47.5
Conservative John Alvey 303 35.9
Independent Tim Wills 141 16.7
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Horsehay & Lightmoor

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Horsehay & Lightmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raj Mehta 844 51.4
Conservative Jayne Greenaway 798 48.6
Conservative Gareth Thomas 478
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Ironbridge Gorge

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Ironbridge Gorge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carolyn Healy 707 62.6
Conservative Nicola Lowery 423 37.4
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Ketley & Overdale

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Ketley & Overdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amrik Jhawar 912 40.3
Labour Mark Boylan 833
Labour Eileen Callear 796
Conservative Joy Francis 792 35.0
Conservative Lee Vidor 585
Independent Andrew Morris 557 24.6
Conservative Rupal Karpe 532
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Madeley & Sutton Hill

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Madeley & Sutton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Watling 1,095 55.1
Labour Janice Jones 1,072
Labour Derek White 1,065
Conservative Dave Wright 892 44.9
Conservative Graham Hossell 688
Conservative Pauline Hossell 677
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold
Labour hold

Malinslee & Dawley Bank

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Malinslee & Dawley Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaun Davies 927 78.4
Labour Kuldip Sahota 847
Conservative Tammy Wood 255 21.6
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Muxton

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Muxton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Dugmore 1,005 69.8
Conservative Adrian Lawrence 976
Labour Sophie Thompson 434 30.2
Labour William Barton 431
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Newport North & West

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Newport North & West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Scott 1,329 47.6
Conservative Tim Nelson 802 28.7
Conservative Bill Harper 572
Labour Phil Norton 388 13.9
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Garvey 274 9.8
Majority
Turnout
Independent hold
Conservative hold

Newport South & East

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Newport South & East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Janke 1,040 48.5
Conservative Eric Carter 730 34.0
Liberal Democrats Sarah Syrda 690
Conservative Emma Thomas 520
Labour Tom King 374 17.4
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Oakengates & Katley Bank

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Oakengates & Katley Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hilda Rhodes 1,078 43.6
Labour Stephen Reynolds 981
Labour Gilly Reynolds 979
UKIP Nick Dunn 507 20.5
Conservative Lindsey Sharratt 488 19.7
UKIP William Gilmour 465
Conservative Matthew Kingston 454
UKIP Craig Triplett 409
Independent Alan Maddy 398 16.1
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Park

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Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Thompson 384 47.5
Conservative Barry Tillotson 314 38.9
Liberal Democrats Patricia Fairclough 110 13.6
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Priorslee

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Priorslee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Fletcher 994 60.2
Conservative Veronica Fletcher 958
Labour Gurdip Singh 656 39.8
Labour Adrian Foster 592
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Shawbirch

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Shawbirch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Tomlinson 620 61.6
Conservative Anthony Lowe 296 29.4
Labour Usman Ahmed 90 8.9
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. George's

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St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Wright 910 60.3
Labour Richard Overton 889
Conservative Thomas Hoof 599 39.7
Conservative Jay Gough 462
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

The Nedge

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The Nedge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nathan England 880 39.1
Labour Christopher Turley 830
Labour Vanessa Holt 774
Independent Connor Furnival 576 25.6
Conservative Tom Wust 557 24.8
Independent Greg Sinclair 502
Conservative John Baker 475
Conservative Robert Cadman 437
Liberal Democrats Paul Bryant 236 10.5
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Woodside

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Woodside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kelly Middleton 504 54.2
Labour Rae Evans 418
Liberal Democrats Greg Spruce 227 24.4
Conservative Alan Scott 199 21.4
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wrockwardine

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Wrockwardine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacqui Seymour 555 63.9
Labour Paul Davis 313 36.1
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Wrockwardine Wood & Trench

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Wrockwardine Wood & Trench
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Reynolds 1,101 71.2
Labour Charles Smith 976
Conservative David Haigh 446 28.8
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold
Labour hold

By-elections

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Dawley & Aqueduct

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Dawley & Aqueduct: 16 December 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Wennington 996 55.8 +4.9
Conservative Kate Barnes 735 41.2 −5.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Salter 55 3.1 +0.3
Majority 261 14.6
Turnout 1,798 26.3
Labour hold Swing  5.1

Brookside

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Brookside: 7 April 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Loveridge 531 58.8 +20.0
Conservative Chris Leach 318 35.2 +11.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Howard 54 6.0 −11.6
Majority 213 23.6 +8.3
Turnout 915 21.8
Labour hold Swing  4.1

References

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  1. ^ "Borough ward election results 2019". Telford & Wrekin Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.