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{{Short description|Former non-metropolitan district in England}}
{{hatnote|For the parliamentary constituency of the same name, see [[Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency)]].}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
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{{Infobox historic subdivision| 
 |Name=                Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham
 |HQ=                  [[Shrewsbury]]
 |Status=              District, Borough
 |Origin=              Borough of Shrewsbury<br>Atcham Rural District
 |Start=               1 April 1974
 |End=                 31 March 2009
 |Replace=             [[Shropshire (district)|Shropshire]]
 |Map=                 [[File:ShropshireShrewsburyAtcham.png|135px|Shrewsbury and Atcham]]<br>''Shown within Shropshire non-metropolitan county''
 |Image=               
 |Arms=                
 |Civic=                
 |Motto=               ''Floreat Salopia''
 |Government=          Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council
 |Divisions=           
 |DivisionsNames=      
 |DivisionsMap=        
 |CodeName=            [[ONS coding system|ONS code]]
 |Code=                39UE
 }}
'''Shrewsbury and Atcham''' was a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] with [[borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] in [[Shropshire]], England, between 1974 and 2009.

[[Shrewsbury]] was the only town in the borough; [[Atcham]], although itself only a village, was included in the name as a reflection of the incorporation into the borough of the former [[Atcham Rural District]]. Other notable villages included [[Alberbury]], [[Bayston Hill]], [[Bomere Heath]], [[Condover]], [[Cressage]], [[Cross Houses]], [[Dorrington, Shropshire|Dorrington]], [[Ford, Shropshire|Ford]], [[Hanwood]], [[Minsterley]], [[Montford Bridge]], [[Nesscliffe]], [[Pontesbury]], [[Uffington, Shropshire|Uffington]] and [[Westbury, Shropshire|Westbury]].

The Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham covered {{convert|602|km2|sqmi}}, which was 19% of the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire. To the north of the borough was the [[North Shropshire]] district and the [[Oswestry (borough)|Borough of Oswestry]] and to the south were the [[South Shropshire]] and [[Bridgnorth (district)|Bridgnorth]] districts. The borough lay in the middle of Shropshire and on the border with [[Wales]]. A 2006 estimate put the [[population]] of the borough at 95,900 (this accounted for approx 40% of the total population for the non-metropolitan county).

The district and its council was abolished on 1 April 2009 when the new Shropshire unitary authority was established, as part of the [[2009 structural changes to local government in England]].

==History==
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] covering the area of the two former districts of the [[municipal borough]] of [[Shrewsbury]] and the [[Atcham Rural District]], to form a new [[non-metropolitan district]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=18 September 2022}}</ref> The new district was initially called "Shrewsbury", but was renamed Shrewsbury and Atcham on 12 June 1974 by the new council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|accessdate=18 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shropshire |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/resources/database-of-local-government-orders/west-midlands/shropshire |website=Database of Local Government Orders |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref> The district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.<ref name="hans74">{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145|title=District Councils and Boroughs|date=28 March 1974|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|access-date=16 January 2012}}</ref>

The borough unsuccessfully applied for [[city status in the United Kingdom|city status]] in the 2000 and 2002 competitions.

The borough and its council were abolished as part of the [[2009 structural changes to local government in England]]. The council's functions were taken over from 1 April 2009 by Shropshire County Council, which was renamed [[Shropshire Council]] at the same time.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008|year=2008|number=1866|accessdate=18 September 2022}}</ref>

==Population==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:75%;width:70%;border:0px;text-align:center;line-height:120%;margin:1em auto;"
|-
! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Year
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1801
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1811
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1821
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1831
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1841
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1851
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1861
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1871
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1881
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1891
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1901
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1911
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1921
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1931
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1941
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1951
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1961
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1971
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1981
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1991
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 2001
! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 2011
|-
! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Population
| 31,280
| 34,158
| 38,263
| 40,480
| 41,858
| 43,818
| 46,261
| 48,704
| 51,146
| 50,678
| 52,181
| 53,729
| 55,481
| 57,290
| 62,398
| 67,965
| 74,831
| 82,392
| 85,136
| 92,347
| 95,896
| 102,383
|-
| colspan="22" style="text-align:center;font-size:140%;"|<small>Population figures for [[Shrewsbury & Atcham]] borough. '''Source: '''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10056822&c_id=10001043&add=N A Vision of Britain through Time]</small>
|}

== Headquarters ==
[[File:Guildhall of Shrewsbury.JPG|thumb|right|The former Guildhall of Shrewsbury and Atcham, [[Frankwell]] Quay]]
In the 19th century the headquarters of the borough council were at the [[Old Shirehall, Shrewsbury|Old Guildhall]] in the Market Square in Shrewsbury.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCS_MSA5093/|title=Newport House (the Old Guildhall), Dogpole, Shrewsbury|publisher=Discovering Shropshire's History|access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref> The council moved to [[Newport House, Shrewsbury|Newport House]] in Dogpole in 1917 and then to a modern building on Frankwell Quay in [[Frankwell]] in March 2004.<ref name=star>{{cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/education/2015/10/14/shrewsbury-guildhall-transformed-into-seat-of-learning-for-university/|title=Shrewsbury Guildhall transformed into seat of learning for university|date=14 October 2015|work=Shropshire Star|access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref> 

After Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council was abolished in 2009, it became surplus to requirements and in 2015 it was converted for use by the [[University Centre Shrewsbury]].<ref name=star/> However, in 2024 Shropshire Council announced its intention to vacate Shirehall,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheridan |first1=Mike |title=Running costs revealed for 'failed' 60s council HQ |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1vng75yv3o |access-date=18 July 2024 |work=BBC News |date=25 March 2024}}</ref> and the university closed its Shrewsbury campus, vacating the Guildhall.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheridan |first1=Mike |title=University leaving town 'a massive blow' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw9zp2d1dzgo |access-date=8 July 2025 |work=BBC News |date=21 March 2024}}</ref> Shropshire Council relocated to the Guildhall in 2024/25.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Megan |title= Shropshire Council HQ at Shirehall officially closes its doors to the public |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2025/02/28/shropshire-council-hq-at-shirehall-officially-closes-its-doors-to-the-public/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |work=Shropshire Star |date=28 February 2025}}</ref>

== Property ==

The borough council owned much land and property in the Shrewsbury and Atcham area. [[Shrewsbury Castle]] was owned by the borough council, as was the town museum and art gallery, which is located in the 'Rowley's House' building.  The council also owned various car parks, offices, some public conveniences, large areas of parkland and a number of the town's bridges. Ownersrship of two main entertainment venues was also held by the council: The [[Music Hall, Shrewsbury|Music Hall]], which holds the town theatre, its [[tourist information]] centre and a cafe, and The Old Market Hall, which was recently renovated to house a small cinema and cafe. The Bear Steps buildings were also owned by the council, although they are occupied by the town's civic society. The council once owned the Clive House Museum, but this was sold off and is now no longer a museum.

The borough council's housing stock was sold off in 2001 to a private social housing company, Severnside. The council earned some £60 million from this sale and this money has been used in part to buy and build their new Guildhall, build the new sports facilities at Sundorne and other large projects around the town, which were either under way or proposed when the borough council ceased to exist.

== Parishes ==
The rural part of the borough (the pre-1974 Atcham Rural District) was always [[civil parish|parished]] but the urban part of the borough (the pre-1974 municipal borough of Shrewsbury) was an [[unparished area]]. A town council for Shrewsbury was established on 1 April 2009, being the same day that the new Shropshire unitary authority took over from the old Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Shrewsbury and Atcham (Parish) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1321) |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/12685/the-shrewsbury-and-atcham-parish-order-2008.pdf |website=Local Government Boundary Commission for England |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref>

== Mayors ==
{{See also|List of Mayors of Shrewsbury}}
There has been a continuous succession of [[Mayors in the United Kingdom|Mayors]] of Shrewsbury since 1638. In 1974, after the local government re-organisation, the style changed to "Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough", and any Shrewsbury and Atcham borough councillor could be appointed to the post; they did not have to represent Shrewsbury itself. The last mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham was Anne Chebsey. Since the abolition of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham in 2009, the mayor of Shrewsbury has been the chairman of the new Shrewsbury Town Council, a parish-level authority.

==Political control==
The first elections to the enlarged council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009 was as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=21 May 2025 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (Put "Shrewsbury & Atcham" in search box to see specific results.)</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party in control!!Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1974–1976
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1976–1980
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1980–2002
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2002–2005
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2005–2006
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2006–2009
|}

===Leadership===
The last [[leader of the council]] was Peter Nutting, a Conservative.

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| Peter Nutting<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2018/19 |url=https://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/attachments/Annual%20Report%202018_19_0.pdf |website=Shrewsbury Town Council |access-date=8 July 2025 |page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leaders split on shake-up |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2006/10/27/leaders-split-on-shake-up/ |access-date=18 September 2022 |work=Shropshire Star |date=27 October 2006}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2000 || align=right|31 Mar 2009
|}

==Council elections==
Elections were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time.
{{div col}}
*[[1973 Shrewsbury Borough Council election|1973]]
*[[1976 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1976]] (New ward boundaries)<ref>legislation.gov.uk – [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/2107/made The Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975]. Retrieved 19 November 2015.</ref>
*[[1978 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1978]]
*[[1979 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1978]]
*[[1980 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1980]]
*[[1982 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1982]]
*[[1983 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1983]]
*[[1984 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1984]]
*[[1986 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1986]] (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)<ref>The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985</ref>
*[[1987 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1987]] (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)<ref>The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1986</ref>
*[[1988 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1988]] (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)<ref>legislation.gov.uk – [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1737 The Shropshire (District Boundaries) Order 1987]. Retrieved 6 November 2015.</ref>
*[[1990 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1990]]
*[[1991 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1991]]
*[[1992 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1992]]
*[[1994 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1994]]
*[[1995 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1995]]
*[[1996 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1996]]
*[[1998 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1998]]
*[[1999 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|1999]]
*[[2000 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|2000]]
*[[2002 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|2002]] (New ward boundaries)<ref>legislation.gov.uk – [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1725/made The Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham (Electoral Changes) Order 2000]. Retrieved 4 October 2015.</ref>
*[[2003 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|2003]]
*[[2004 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|2004]]
*[[2006 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|2006]]
*[[2007 Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council election|2007]]
{{div col end}}

===Results maps===
<gallery>
File:Shrewsbury and Atcham UK ward map 2002.svg|2002 results map
File:Shrewsbury and Atcham UK ward map 2003.svg|2003 results map
File:Shrewsbury and Atcham UK ward map 2004.svg|2004 results map
File:Shrewsbury and Atcham UK ward map 2006.svg|2006 results map
File:Shrewsbury and Atcham UK ward map 2007.svg|2007 results map
</gallery>

===By-election results===
{{Election box begin | title=Copthorne By-Election 26 September 1996}}
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 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 947
 |percentage = 46.3
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 |candidate =
 |votes = 614
 |percentage = 30.0
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 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 483
 |percentage = 23.6
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 333
 |percentage = 16.3
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 2,044
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{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Haughmond By-Election 29 May 1997}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 330
 |percentage = 47.3
 |change = +3.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 192
 |percentage = 27.5
 |change = +7.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 175
 |percentage = 25.1
 |change = -11.1
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 138
 |percentage = 19.8
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 697
 |percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Pimhill By-Election 26 February 1998}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 427
 |percentage = 61.8
 |change = +61.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 215
 |percentage = 31.1
 |change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 49
 |percentage = 7.1
 |change = -21.8
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 212
 |percentage = 30.7
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 691
 |percentage = 49.0
 |change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
 |winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |loser = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Attingham By-Election 25 March 1999}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Independent (politician)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 255
 |percentage = 78.9
 |change = +5.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 52
 |percentage = 16.1
 |change = +16.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate =
 |votes = 16
 |percentage = 5.0
 |change = -6.4
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 203
 |percentage = 62.8
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 323
 |percentage = 28.3
 |change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Independent (politician)
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Sundorne By-Election 30 March 2000}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Joyce Allaway
 |votes = 669
 |percentage = 66.3
 |change = -11.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Philip Niblock
 |votes = 177
 |percentage = 17.5
 |change = +17.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Stanley Felton
 |votes = 163
 |percentage = 16.2
 |change = -6.6
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 492
 |percentage = 48.8
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 1,009
 |percentage = 26.4
 |change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing =
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Belle Vue By-Election 20 July 2000}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Alan Townsend
 |votes = 886
 |percentage = 61.0
 |change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Gerald Lloyd
 |votes = 439
 |percentage = 30.2
 |change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Neil White
 |votes = 128
 |percentage = 8.8
 |change =
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 447
 |percentage = 30.8
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 1,453
 |percentage = 33.7
 |change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing =
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Meole Brace By-Election 26 October 2000}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = William Morris
 |votes = 821
 |percentage = 47.0
 |change = +8.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Eileen Membury
 |votes = 775
 |percentage = 44.4
 |change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Janine Clarke
 |votes = 151
 |percentage = 8.6
 |change = -8.8
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 46
 |percentage = 2.6
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 1,747
 |percentage = 30.3
 |change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Bagley By-Election 19 July 2001 (2)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Tamir Hazan
 |votes = 575
 |percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = John Thurston
 |votes = 572
 |percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Julie Humphreys
 |votes = 392
 |percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Louis Gladden
 |votes = 384
 |percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Andrew Fox
 |votes = 198
 |percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Eileen Membury
 |votes = 198
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 2,319
 |percentage = 27.6
 |change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Column By-Election 8 July 2004}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Jacqueline Brennand
 |votes = 902
 |percentage = 69.2
 |change = +17.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Louis Gladden
 |votes = 276
 |percentage = 21.2
 |change = -7.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Janine Clarke
 |votes = 92
 |percentage = 7.1
 |change = -8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Green Party of England and Wales
 |candidate = John Snell
 |votes = 32
 |percentage = 2.5
 |change = -1.9
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 626
 |percentage = 58.0
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 1,302
 |percentage = 36.1
 |change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Sutton & Reabrook By-Election 31 March 2005}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Elizabeth Parsons
 |votes = 671
 |percentage = 46.0
 |change = -1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Graham Watson
 |votes = 479
 |percentage = 32.9
 |change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Caroline Cheyne
 |votes = 255
 |percentage = 17.5
 |change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = British National Party
 |candidate = Helen Foulkes
 |votes = 28
 |percentage = 1.9
 |change = -2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Green Party of England and Wales
 |candidate = Tobias Green
 |votes = 25
 |percentage = 1.7
 |change = -1.4
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 192
 |percentage = 13.1
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 1,458
 |percentage = 44.5
 |change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Monkmoor By-Election 20 October 2005}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = John Durnell
 |votes = 603
 |percentage = 49.3
 |change = +24.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Labour Party (UK)
 |candidate = Louis Gladden
 |votes = 482
 |percentage = 39.4
 |change = -12.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Paul Felton
 |votes = 139
 |percentage = 11.3
 |change = -7.6
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 121
 |percentage = 9.9
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 |votes = 1,224
 |percentage = 30.6
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{{Election box gain with party link
 |winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |loser = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Lawley By-Election 19 October 2006}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Independent (politician)
 |candidate = Timothy Barker
 |votes = 318
 |percentage = 45.6
 |change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate = Reginald Barkley
 |votes = 298
 |percentage = 42.7
 |change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate = Patricia Aidley
 |votes = 82
 |percentage = 11.7
 |change =
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{{Election box majority
 |votes = 20
 |percentage = 2.9
 |change =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes = 698
 |percentage = 43.4
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{{Election box gain with party link
 |winner = Independent (politician)
 |loser = Conservative Party (UK)
 |swing =
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{{Election box begin | title=Pimhill By-Election 28 August 2008<ref name=pimhill>{{cite web | url = http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/council/elections/2008-08-28pimhillwardby-election/default.htm | title = Pimhill Ward By-Election | accessdate = 6 September 2008 | publisher = Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081121095412/http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/council/elections/2008-08-28pimhillwardby-election/default.htm | archivedate = 21 November 2008 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
 |candidate  = John Everall
 |votes      = 341
 |percentage = 45.6
 |change     = -34.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
 |candidate  = Helen Woodman
 |votes      = 331
 |percentage = 44.3
 |change     = +44.3
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{{Election box candidate with party link
 |party      = British National Party
 |candidate  = Helen Foulkes
 |votes      = 59
 |percentage = 7.9
 |change     = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate
 |party      = Independent Anti-Incinerator Candidate
 |candidate  = Ioan Jones
 |votes      = 16
 |percentage = 2.1
 |change     = +2.1
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{{Election box majority
 |votes      = 10
 |percentage = 1.3
 |change     =
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{{Election box turnout
 |votes      = 747
 |percentage = 46.5
 |change     =
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{{Election box hold with party link
 |winner = Conservative Party (UK)
 |swing =
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{{Election box end}}

==External links==
*[http://www.shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk Official website]
*[http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/council/mayor/mayorslist.htm List of all Mayors of Shrewsbury and Mayors of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough]
*[http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/council/councillors/default.htm List of borough councillors]
*[http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/public/parish/default.htm Parishes of Shrewsbury and Atcham]

==References==
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[[Category:English districts abolished in 2009]]
[[Category:Former non-metropolitan districts of Shropshire]]
[[Category:Former boroughs in England]]
[[Category:Council elections in Shropshire]]
[[Category:District council elections in England]]