Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Ludlow County constituency |
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| Ludlow shown within Shropshire, and Shropshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Philip Dunne |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Shropshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
| Ludlow Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1473 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Ludlow is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was founded in 1473. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707 and of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and it has been such of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It was represented by two burgesses until 1868.
In 1868 it was reduced to one member and reorganized in 1885. So it elects now one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Usually Ludlow is a safe Conservative seat, although it was won by the Liberal Democrats in 2001.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers most of the South area of Shropshire Council (without Shifnal and Albrighton), or the former South Shropshire district with the southern part of the former Bridgnorth district.
This rural constituency covers the towns of Ludlow, Clun, Bishop's Castle, Bridgnorth, Cleobury Mortimer, Much Wenlock, Craven Arms and Church Stretton in the county of Shropshire, England.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] until 1868
- Constituency created (1473)
[edit] 1868-1885
- Constituency reduced to one Member (1868)
- 1868-1885 George Windsor-Clive,
- Constituency reorganized (1885)
[edit] 1885-present
[edit] Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Heather Kidd | ||||
| Conservative | Philip Dunne | ||||
| Green | Jacqui Morrish | ||||
| General Election 2005: Ludlow | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Philip Dunne | 20,979 | 45.1 | +5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Matthew Green | 18,952 | 40.7 | −2.5 | |
| Labour | Nigel Knowles | 4,974 | 10.7 | −2.7 | |
| Green | Jim Gaffney | 852 | 1.8 | −0.2 | |
| UK Independence | Michael Zuckerman | 783 | 1.7 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 2,027 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 46,540 | 72.1 | +4.2 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | 4.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Ludlow | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Matthew Green | 18,620 | 43.2 | +13.5 | |
| Conservative | Martin Taylor-Smith | 16,990 | 39.4 | −3.0 | |
| Labour | Nigel Knowles | 5,785 | 13.4 | −12.0 | |
| Green | Jim Gaffney | 871 | 2.0 | +0.3 | |
| UK Independence | Phil Gutteridge | 858 | 2.0 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 1,630 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 43,124 | 67.9 | −7.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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