About Shropshire Council
Shropshire Council is the local authority of Shropshire, England. The area covered by Shropshire Council is 3,197 square km, or 1,234 square miles. This is 91.7% of the ceremonial county of Shropshire, with the remainder being covered by the other unitary authority in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Council, which was established as a unitary authority in 1998. Shropshire is located in the West Midlands region of England, on the border with Wales.
The council has three major positions to which councillors may be appointed:
Chairman – the ceremonial head of the council
Speaker – who chairs full council meetings
Leader – the leader of the controlling political group