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Shropshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Shropshire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, West Midlands. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000051.

Council website

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Shropshire for 2026–27: £1,969.09 of a £2,528.18 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 5 opened (4 academy converter, 1 new provision), 4 closed (4 academy converter)

Kinnerley Church of England Controlled Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
St Andrew's CofE Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
West Felton CofE Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Weston Lullingfields CofE School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
OneSchool Global Oswestry Campus — open; reason recorded: new provision, 20 July 2026
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Shropshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Shropshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£175.6 million
Highways and transport services	£17.9 million
Children's social care	£108.2 million
Adult social care	£195.1 million
Public health	£15.7 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£12.4 million
Cultural and related services	£11.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£52.7 million
Planning and development services	£2.6 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£13.8 million
Other services	£20.9 million
Total service expenditure	£625.9 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Shropshire in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 332,455 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 48 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £25,151 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £597 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 23.4% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.4% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £275,232 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.4 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 62.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 63.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 7.6 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 74.6% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 154.9 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 13,645 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

74 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 42, Reform UK 15, Conservative and Unionist 7, Labour Party 4, Green Party (E&W) 4, Independent / Other 1, Advance UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 74 councillors, by ward

Jamie Daniels (Liberal Democrats) — Abbey
Nigel Lumby (Conservative and Unionist) — Albrighton
Benedict Jephcott (Liberal Democrats) — Bagley
Harry Hancock-Davies (Reform UK) — Battlefield
Teri Trickett (Liberal Democrats) — Bayston Hill
Kate Halliday (Labour Party) — Belle Vue
Jon Tandy (Liberal Democrats) — Bicton Heath
Ruth Houghton (Liberal Democrats) — Bishop's Castle
Peter Husemann (Reform UK) — Bridgnorth Castle
Susan Eden (Reform UK) — Bridgnorth East
Colin Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Bridgnorth South & Alveley
Rachel Connolly (Independent / Other) — Bridgnorth West & Tasley
Caroline Bagnall (Labour Party) — Broseley
George Hollyhead (Reform UK) — Brown Clee
Chris Naylor (Liberal Democrats) — Burnell
Alan Mosley (Labour Party) — Castlefields & Ditherington
Neil Bentley (Liberal Democrats) — Cheswardine
Heather Kidd (Liberal Democrats) — Chirbury & Worthen
Dawn Husemann (Reform UK) — Claverley & Worfield
Charles Shackerley-Bennett (Reform UK) — Clee
Pamela Davies (Reform UK) — Cleobury Mortimer
Sam Walmsley (Liberal Democrats) — Clun
Rosemary Dartnall (Labour Party) — Column & Sutton
Rob Wilson (Liberal Democrats) — Copthorne
Colin Stanford (Conservative and Unionist) — Corvedale
Joshua Dickin (Liberal Democrats) — Craven Arms
Rosie Radford (Liberal Democrats) — Ellesmere Urban
Rhys Gratton (Liberal Democrats) — Harlescott
Sharon Ritchie-Simmons (Reform UK) — Highley
Donna Edmunds (Advance UK) — Hodnet
Duncan Borrowman (Liberal Democrats) — Llanymynech
Roger Evans (Liberal Democrats) — Longden
Ed Potter (Conservative and Unionist) — Loton
Beverley Waite (Liberal Democrats) — Ludlow East
Andy Boddington (Liberal Democrats) — Ludlow North
Vivienne Parry (Liberal Democrats) — Ludlow South
Tom Dainty (Liberal Democrats) — Market Drayton East & Rural
Jeremy Blandford (Liberal Democrats) — Market Drayton North
David Minnery (Liberal Democrats) — Market Drayton South
Bernie Bentick (Liberal Democrats) — Meole
Adam Fejfer (Liberal Democrats) — Monkmoor
Dan Thomas (Conservative and Unionist) — Much Wenlock
Wendy Owen (Liberal Democrats) — Oswestry North
James Owen (Liberal Democrats) — Oswestry North East
Duncan Kerr (Green Party (E&W)) — Oswestry South
Mark Owen (Liberal Democrats) — Oswestry South East
Vicky Moore (Liberal Democrats) — Oteley & Reabrook
Julian Dean (Green Party (E&W)) — Porthill
Malcolm Myles-Hook (Liberal Democrats) — Prees
Alex Wagner (Liberal Democrats) — Quarry & Coton Hill
Christopher Lemon (Green Party (E&W)) — Radbrook
Nick Hignett (Conservative and Unionist) — Rea Valley
Robert Jones (Liberal Democrats) — Ruyton & Baschurch
Craig Emery (Green Party (E&W)) — Selattyn & Gobowen
Susan Coleman (Conservative and Unionist) — Severn Valley
Alison Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Shawbury
Thomas Clayton (Reform UK) — Shifnal North
Elizabeth Barker (Reform UK) — Shifnal Rural
Ed Bird (Conservative and Unionist) — Shifnal South
Brian Evans (Reform UK) — St Martin's
Carl Rowley (Reform UK) — St Martin's
Andy Davis (Liberal Democrats) — St Oswald
David Davies (Reform UK) — Stottesdon, Kinlet & Hopton Wafers
Mandy Duncan (Reform UK) — Sundorne & Old Heath
Brendan Mallon (Reform UK) — Tern
Sarah Marston (Liberal Democrats) — The Meres
Mark Morris (Liberal Democrats) — The Strettons
David Vasmer (Liberal Democrats) — Underdale
Alan Holford (Liberal Democrats) — Wem
Gary Groves (Liberal Democrats) — Wem
Andy Hall (Liberal Democrats) — Whitchurch North
Greg Ebbs (Liberal Democrats) — Whitchurch South
Sho Abdul (Liberal Democrats) — Whitchurch West
David Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Whittington

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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