Full list of Shropshire Council's electoral divisions following notice of election

Voters will be going to the polls on Thursday, May 1, with the count taking place at Shrewsbury Sports Village the following day.

Currently, the Conservatives hold the largest majority with 37 councillors. However, whatever happens in the elections, there will be a new leader of the adminstration after Councillor Lezley Picton announced she won’t be seeking re-election after serving the role for the past four years.

Councillor Dean Carroll, portfolio holder for housing and assets, has also said he won’t be standing this time around.

The largest opposition party is the Liberal Democrats with 18 councillors, followed by Labour (nine), the Independents (five) and Greens (three).

There are 23 new divisions this year, while some will have a different number of councillors.

Full list of divisions up for grabs:

1. Abbey (Mary Davies, Lib Dems)

2. Albrighton (Nigel Lumby, Con)

3. Bagley (Garry Burchett, Con)

4. Battlefield (Dean Carroll, Con)

5. Bayston Hill (Labour councillors Ted Clarke, Rosemary Dartnall, and Tony Parsons currently serve Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton)

6. Belle Vue (Kate Halliday, Lab)

7. Bicton Heath (New division. Alex Wagner, Lib Dem, currently serves Bowbrook)

8. Bishop’s Castle (Ruth Houghton, Lib Dem)

9. Bridgnorth Castle (new division)

10. Bridgnorth East (Conservative councillors Kirsty Hurst-Knight and Christian Lea currently serve Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts)

11. Bridgnorth South & Alveley (Colin Taylor, Lib Dem, currently serves Alveley and Claverley)

12. Bridgnorth West & Tasley (Julia Buckley, Lab, Rachel Connolly, Ind. Division is going down to one councillor)

13. Broseley (Caroline Bagnall, Lab)

14. Brown Clee (Robert Tindall, Ind)

15. Burnell (Dan Morris, Con)

16. Castlefields & Ditherton (Alan Mosley, Lab)

17. Cheswardine (Rob Gittins, Con)

18. Chirbury & Worthen (Heather Kidd, Lib Dem)

19. Claverley and Worfield
    
    

20. Clee (Richard Huffer, Lib Dem)

21. Cleobury Mortimer (Gwilym Butler and Simon Harris, both Con. Division is going down to one councillor)

22. Clun (Nigel Hartin, Lib Dem)

23. Column & Sutton (Labour councillors Ted Clarke, Rosemary Dartnall, and Tony Parsons currently serve Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton)

24. Copthorne (Rob Wilson, Lib Dem)

25. Corvedale (Cecilia Motley, Con)

26. Craven Arms (Conservative councillors David Evans and Hilary Duff currently serve Church Stretton and Craven Arms)

27. Ellesmere Urban (Geoff Elner, Con)

28. Harlescott (Jeff Anderson, Con)

29. Highley (Mark Williams, Lib Dem)

30. Hodnet (Paul Gill, Con)

31. Llanymynech (Vince Hunt, Con)

32. Longden (Roger Evans, Lib Dem)

33. Loton (Ed Potter, Con)

34. Ludlow East (Tracey Huffer, Lib Dem)

35. Ludlow North (Andy Boddington, Lib Dem)

36. Ludlow South (Vivienne Parry, Lib Dem)

37. Market Drayton East & Rural (Conserative’s Roy Aldcroft currently serves Market Drayton East)

38. Market Drayton North (New division. Conservatives’ David Minnery and Ian Nellins currently serve Market Drayton West)

39. Market Drayton South (New division. Conservatives’ David Minnery and Ian Nellins currently serve Market Drayton West)

40. Meole (Bernie Bentick, Lib Dem)

41. Monkmoor (Pamela Moseley, Lab)

42. Much Wenlock (Dan Thomas, Con)

43. Oswestry North (New division. John Price, Ind, and Chris Schofield, Con, currently serve Oswestry East)

44. Oswestry North East (New division. John Price, Ind, and Chris Schofield, Con, currently serve Oswestry East)

45. Oswestry South (Duncan Kerr, Green)

46. Oswestry South East (New division. John Price, Ind, and Chris Schofield, Con, currently serve Oswestry East)

47. Oteley & Reabrook (new division)

48. Porthill (Julian Dean, Lib Dem)

49. Prees (Paul Wynn, Con)

50. Quarry & Coton Hill (Nat Green, Lib Dem)

51. Radbrook (Julia Evans, Green)

52. Rea Valley (Nick Hignett, Con)

53. Ruyton & Baschurch (Nicholas Bardsley, Con)

54. Selattyn & Gobowen (New division. Conseratives’ Mark Jones and Robert Macey currently serve Gobowen, Sellattyn and Weston Rhyn)

55. Severn Valley (Claire Wild, Con)

56. Shawbury (Simon Jones, Con)

57. Shifnal North (Kevin Turley, Ind)

58. Shifnal Rural (New division. Ed Bird, Con, currently serves Shifnal South and Cosford)

59. Shifnal South (New division. Ed Bird, Con, currently serves Shifnal South and Cosford)

60. St Martin’s (Steve Davenport, Ind). Division is going up two councillors.

61. St Oswald (Joyce Barrow, Con)

62. Stottesdon, Kinlet & Hopton Wafers (new division)

63. Sundorne (Kevin Pardy, Lab)

64. Tern (Lezley Picton, Con)

65. The Meres (Brian Williams, Con)

66. The Strettons (New division. Conservative councillors David Evans and Hilary Duff currently serve Church Stretton and Craven Arms)

67. Underdale (David Vasmer, Lib Dem)

68. Wem (Peter Broomhall, Con, Edward Towers, Ind)

69. Whitchurch North (Thomas Biggins and Peggy Mullock – both Con. Division is going down to one councillor).

70. Whitchurch South (Gerald Dakin, Con)

71. Whitchurch West (new division)

72. Whittington (Steve Charmley, Con)