Shropshire County Council was the
county council
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.
Ireland
The county councils created under British rule in 1899 continue to exist in Irela ...
of the non-metropolitan county of
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
in England.
History
The Council came into its powers under the
Local Government Act 1888
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on 1 April 1889 and was known as Salop County Council from formation until 1 April 1980.
It was based at the
Old Shirehall in Market square, Shrewsbury until it moved to the new
Shirehall in Abbey Foregate in Shrewsbury in 1966.
Wrekin unitary
The area covered by the council was decreased in 1998 when the
Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called The Wrekin. In 1998, the district became a unitary authority and was renamed "Telford and Wrekin" ...
unitary authority was created, removing The Wrekin district from the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire.
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County unitary
The county council was replaced, along with the county's five district councils, by a unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
called Shropshire Council
Shropshire Council is the local authority of Shropshire, in England, comprising the ceremonial county of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combi ...
on 1 April 2009.[
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See also
*Shropshire local elections
Shropshire Council elections are held every four years. Shropshire Council is the local authority for the unitary authority area of Shropshire, within the larger ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. The unitary authority was created on 1 Apr ...
*1977 Salop County Council election
Elections to Salop County Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1977. The whole council of 63 members was up for election and the result was that the Independents lost control losing 9. The Conservatives gained 20 seats, ending as the largest ...
*2001 Shropshire County Council election
The 2001 elections to Shropshire County Council took place on 7 June 2001.
The Labour party increased its number of councillors at the expense of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The council remained no overall control however.
No bound ...
*2005 Shropshire County Council election
The 2005 elections to Shropshire County Council (the final elections to the county council, before Shropshire became a unitary authority in 2009) took place on 5 May 2005, alongside the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom.
48 ...
*Telford child sexual exploitation scandal
The Telford child sexual exploitation scandal was a scandal spanning over several decades in the United Kingdom involving a group of men who were convicted of engaging in sexual contact with local female minors between 2007 and 2009 in Telford in ...
References
Former county councils of England
1889 establishments in England
2009 disestablishments in England
Local government in Shropshire
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