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Shropshire Council, known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the local authority for the non ...
The 2025 Shropshire Council election will be held on Thursday 1 May 2025 to elect all 74 councillors to Shropshire Council in England. [2] It will take place on the same day as other council elections in the United Kingdom. Shropshire Council is currently held by the Conservatives, who won the previous Council election in 2021.
Shropshire (/ ˈ ʃ r ɒ p ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /; abbreviated Salop [4]) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.It is bordered by Cheshire to the north-east, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south, and the Welsh principal areas of Powys and Wrexham to the west and north-west respectively.
The civil parishes of Shropshire. This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. There are 230 civil parishes. Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes. Civil Parish Civil Parish Population 2011 Area (km 2) 2011 Pre 1974 District District Abdon and Heath 181 22.82 Ludlow Rural District Shropshire Acton Burnell 544 6.70 Atcham Rural ...
Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, [2] in the West Midlands region of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire. [3] The district is governed by Shropshire Council. It contains 188 civil ...
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the current five constituencies in Shropshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries and to bring constituencies within the statutory range.
Shropshire was established during the division of Saxon Mercia into shires in the 10th century. It is first mentioned in 1006. After the Norman Conquest it experienced significant development, following the granting of the principal estates of the county to eminent Normans, such as Roger De Montgomery and his son Robert de Bellême.
Shropshire (a.k.a. Salop) was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was split into North Shropshire and South Shropshire in 1832.