23 of 23 councils. Counting complete.
Liberal Democrats take control of Shropshire Council
Reform UK also picked up seats, including in former council leader Lezley Picton's old ward
Several senior Tories including deputy leader Ian Nellins, Vince Hunt and Gwilym Butler have lost their seats
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey handed out ice creams in Shrewsbury, claiming Tory support had "melted"
The picture has varied from neighbouring counties, where Reform UK made strong gains in neighbouring Staffordshire and Worcestershire
The Liberal Democrats have won again, this time in the Quarry and Coton Hill division.
The new councillor is Alex Wagner, who has moved from another Shrewsbury division to stand in this one
This is Reform's first win of the day in Shropshire. The new councillor for Battlefield is Harry Hancock-Davies.
A round of applause for the Lib Dem result, but an even bigger one for the Reform number.
Harry Hancock-Davies takes Battlefield in Shrewsbury
Mark Owen for the Liberal Democrats is the councillor for Oswestry South East.
This is a new division - there used to be three divisions in Oswestry, now there are four.
The votes are as follows:
Andy Hall is the new councillor for Whitchurch North.
It used to have two councillors - both Conservative - but became a one member seat in a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
Here are the votes:
Applause in the hall for the Liberal Democrat result, and once again laughter at Labour's.
Ben Jephcott of the Liberal Democrats is the new councillor for Bagley in Shrewsbury.Bagley was won by Conservatives in 2021 by just 18 votes, but the Liberal Democrats were clearly in front today:
There was an eruption of cheers when the Liberal Democrat ballot number was read out. The returning officer had to pause while Jephcott's fellow party members clapped and shouted.
The defeated St Oswald councillor Joyce Barrow had been on the council since it was created in 2009.
In the 2021 election the Conservative only faced opposition from the Greens, winning comfortably.
Her husband Keith was the authority's first leader.
Andrew Davis of the Liberal Democrats is the new councillor for St Oswald, defeating Conservative incumbent Joyce Barrow by just eight votes.
Not much reaction from the crowd in the bowling club, though there was a smattering of laughter when the Labour ballot number was read out.
Lib Dems win the St Oswald seat, a former Tory stronghold.
The party that gets overall control of Shropshire Council needs 38 councillors to have a majority - but what happens if that number is not met?
When this happens, an authority is described as being in "no overall control".
There are two options - either a coalition is formed, or the council is run by a minority administration (mostly by the party with the most seats).
"Councils in no overall control is a quirk of local authority governance that can be confusing for citizens. But it doesn’t mean that no one’s making decisions," said Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit.
"In most cases one party will be able to form a cabinet, either with support from other parties or because the other parties do not agree on enough to effectively oppose them.
"That might sound unstable but in reality NOC councils have a pretty good track record of getting business done effectively."
Rob Trigg
Political reporter, BBC Shropshire
I've spoken with two Conservative councillors in decision-making roles who expect to be defeated by Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats in their seats.
Some Conservatives in the cabinet have been the face of a council which has had to make eye-watering and unpopular cuts in the last four years.
One of them said: "I was elected in 2021 for being a Tory and I'll probably lose this election for being a Tory."
We had a lot of Your Voice Your Vote submissions from voters, telling us that they wanted their local councils to “stop the boats” or tackle illegal immigration.
However, county councillors do not have control over these issues.
Immigration Enforcement, external (IE) and Border Force, external are areas of the Home Office that deal with different parts of immigration.
Sometimes, there is confusion between those who enter the UK illegally, refugees, and asylum seekers – they are different.
Refugees are people forced to flee their own country, external and seek safety in another country.
Asylum seekers, external are those seeking international protection, their request for refugee status has yet to be processed or they may not have applied yet.
The majority of people who come to live in the UK from abroad (excluding tourists) are here under work or study visas, external.
If they are destitute, the government has a legal obligation, external to house asylum seekers and offer them basic living standards while their claim is being considered.
Local councils do play a key role in supporting asylum seekers, resettlement, and unaccompanied children.
For example, all children living in the UK have a right to access a school in England, irrespective of their nationality – school places are allocated via local authorities.
Some people told us they believed that more support was offered to asylum seekers than to those in their counties that were homeless. Local councils have an obligation to help people who are homeless, external or at risk of homelessness.
Counting started earlier in the neighbouring counties of Staffordshire and Worcestershire - and Reform UK have made strong advances in both areas, already taking control of the Staffordshire authority.
You can follow our colleagues in Worcestershire and Staffordshire while we wait for actual numbers from Shropshire to see if that progress is mirrored here.
If you want to stay informed but can't always keep up with this live page, you can tune in on the radio.
Our reporters will be keeping you updated in the hourly bulletins on BBC Radio Shropshire throughout the afternoon.
And there will be a live election programme from the count between 17:00 and 18:00 BST with the latest standings and reaction.
Counting has begun at the Shrewsbury Sports Village
It's all action here in Shrewsbury, votes are being counted and people are being called into the Sports Village for verification.
The bowling centre is buzzing with energy and awash with colour - people chatting in their party groups, huddled over coffee, eagerly waiting for what's next.
Elizabeth Glinka
Political Editor, BBC Midlands
Ed Davey was handing out ice cream in the county town
The Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey was handing out ice creams in Shrewsbury town centre this morning to thank voters for their support.
Davey told reporters he is feeling “confident” about the result for Shropshire Council which is expected this afternoon, and joked to one customer that “the ice-cream is melting just like the Conservatives' support”.
The council has been run by the Conservatives for the past 16 years.
He was accompanied by the Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire Helen Morgan, who helped run the party’s local election campaign across the county.
Rob Trigg
Political reporter, BBC Shropshire
In the run-up to these elections, they have seemed the hardest to predict in Shropshire Council's 16-year history since becoming a unitary authority in 2009.
The Conservatives have been in charge for all of that period but their majority has been whittled away and their control sat on a knife-edge going into this poll.
With tough decisions ahead on council spending, Shrewsbury's North West Relief Road and how to meet soaring demand for social care, whoever wins will have a tough four years ahead.
Although the Conservatives have more than twice the seats of their nearest opponents in the last council, their majority over all other parties had all but disappeared through by-election defeats over the years.
Going in to the election, they held exactly half the seats on the authority, with a one-seat majority because of a vacancy in Oswestry West.
Hello, and thanks for joining our coverage of the Shropshire Council election results.
You will hear from our reporters at today's count at Shrewsbury Sports Village and the winners and losers in some of the 74 races to elect people to control the authority for the next four years.
Shropshire has been a unitary council since 2009, running the functions of the old county and district authorities. In that time, only the Conservatives have held control but opposition parties are hopeful of change this afternoon.
Because it is all one council, we have a single count in the county town for elections all the way from St Martin's to Stottesdon - and a busy returning officer declaring 74 results.