2025 Shropshire Council election

2025 Shropshire Council election

1 May 2025

All 74 seats to Shropshire Council
38 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Reform UK Conservative
Last election 14 seats, 21.9% 0 seats, 0.1% 43 seats, 44.8%
Seats before 18 0 37
Seats won 42 16 7
Seat change 28 16 36
Popular vote 34,578 27,732 20,118
Percentage 34.2% 27.4% 19.9%
Swing 12.3 pp 27.3 pp 24.9 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Green Independent
Last election 9 seats, 17.3% 4 seats, 9.5% 4 seats, 5.6%
Seats before 9 3 6
Seats won 4 4 1
Seat change 5 3
Popular vote 8,975 6,559 1,653
Percentage 8.9% 6.5% 1.6%
Swing 8.4 pp 3.0 pp 4.0 pp


Leader before election

Lezley Picton
Conservative

Elected Leader

Heather Kidd
Liberal Democrats

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.