2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election

2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election
All 54 seats to Telford and Wrekin Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the 2019 Telford and Wrekin Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; Labour

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.

The Labour group, led by Shaun Davies, increased their number of councillors by 9, giving them an overall majority. The Conservative group, led by Andrew Eade,^[2] lost 10 councillors.

Summary

Election result

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

Admaston & Bratton

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

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

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

Brookside

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hadley & Leegomery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wrockwardine Wood & Trench

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

Dawley & Aqueduct

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

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

^ "Borough ward election results 2019". Telford & Wrekin Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.
^ "Andrew Eade, Conservative Leader on T&W Borough Council, calls on NHS Trusts for help". Wrekin Conservatives. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

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

[2] "Andrew Eade, Conservative Leader on T&W Borough Council, calls on NHS Trusts for help". Wrekin Conservatives. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

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