Shropshire Council | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Council logo | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1889 |
| Preceded by | District councils
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| Leadership | |
Andy Begley | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 74 councillors[3] |
Political groups |
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 6 May 2021 |
Next election | 1 May 2025 |
| Motto | |
| Floreat Salopia (May Shropshire Flourish) | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Shropshire Council, known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and from 1889 to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in the West Midlands of England. Since 2009 it has been a unitary authority, having taken over district-level functions when the county's districts were abolished. The non-metropolitan county of Shropshire is smaller than the ceremonial county of the same name, the latter additionally including Telford and Wrekin. The council's headquarters are at Shirehall in Shrewsbury, the largest town (with a population of 70,600) in the district and the county town of Shropshire.
The area covered by Shropshire Council is mostly rural and has an area of 3,197 square kilometres (1,234 sq mi), which is 91.7% of the ceremonial county of Shropshire. The remainder of the county is covered by Telford and Wrekin Council, which was established as a unitary authority in 1998. Shropshire was a two-tier county from 1974 until a major reorganisation in 2009, when its districts were abolished and the county council took on their responsibilities.
- ^ a b "Council minutes, 20 May 2021" (PDF). Shropshire Council. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ Robertson, Dominic (20 July 2021). "Councillor leaves Conservatives after being sacked from committee over local plan vote". Shropshire Star. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "Your Councillors". shropshire.gov.uk. 14 June 2021.
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