Oswestry Borough Council elections

Oswestry Borough Council in Shropshire, England was elected every four years from its first election in 1973 until it was abolished in 2009.

Political control

From 1973 to 2009 political control of the council was held by the following parties:^[1]

Victoria By-Election 28 June 2001
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	291	44.2
	Liberal Democrat	266	40.4
	Independent	101	15.3
Majority		25	3.8
Turnout		658
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Gatacre By-Election 6 September 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	327	53.7	+21.5
	Conservative	158	25.9	+25.9
	Labour	77	12.6	-12.7
	Independent	33	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	14	2.3	+2.3
Majority		169	27.8
Turnout		609	26.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour	Swing

Cambrian By-Election 10 June 2004^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Edwards	341	42.8	+20.0
	Independent		281	35.3	-1.1
	Conservative		174	21.9	-18.9
Majority			60	7.5
Turnout			796	39.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Royton & West Felton 29 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 3 November 2005^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Burman	255	55.3	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Channon	206	44.7	+7.0
Majority			49	10.6
Turnout			461	23.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sweeney Trefonen By-Election 3 November 2005^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Barrow	314	71.0	+32.0
	Liberal Democrat	Romer Hoseason	128	29.0	+15.6
Majority			186	42.0
Turnout			442	14.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittington By-Election 30 November 2006^[5]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	314	57.2	+57.2
	Labour	121	22.0	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat	114	20.7	+20.7
Majority		193	35.2
Turnout		549	30.8
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Llanyblodwell and Pant By-Election 21 June 2007
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	254	73.6	+41.9
	Independent	91	19.8
	Independent	81	17.6
	Independent	34	7.4
Majority		163
Turnout		460	24.0
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Sweeney and Trefonen By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	684	54.9	-14.8
	Liberal Democrat	562	45.1	+14.8
Majority		122	9.8
Turnout		1,246	40.4
	Conservative hold	Swing

Castle By-Election 2 October 2008^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Romer Hoseason	198	38.7	+0.3
	Conservative	Phil May	174	34.1	-27.5
	Independent	Alan Davies	139	27.2	+27.2
Majority			59	4.6
Turnout			511	22.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

v t e Council elections in Shropshire
Shropshire Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
Telford and Wrekin Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015
Bridgnorth District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
North Shropshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Oswestry Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 Abolished
South Shropshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes