Telford (UK Parliament constituency)

Telford
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Telford in Shropshire.
Location of Shropshire within England.
County	Shropshire
Electorate	65,938 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	David Wright (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	The Wrekin
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Telford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Telford is made up of several old industrial towns to the north of the River Severn and on the eastern flanks of the Wrekin (including Madeley, Dawley and the small townships in the Ironbridge Gorge) and numerous New Town developments including Woodside. However, not all of the Telford New Town developments are in the constituency; the northern parts and some western areas (including the town of Wellington) which pre-dates Telford, are in The Wrekin constituency.

All of the constituency is covered by Telford and Wrekin Borough Council.

Boundary changes to realign the constituency boundaries to fit with the borough's most recent ward revisions resulted in the addition of Ketley (from the constituency of The Wrekin) for the 2010 general election.

History

Telford was created in 1997 from the most urban part of the old Wrekin constituency and has been held by the Labour Party since its creation.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Bruce Grocott	Labour
	2001	David Wright	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Telford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wright	15,977	38.7	-9.5
	Conservative	Tom Biggins	14,996	36.3	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Phillip Bennion	6,399	15.5	+1.4
	UKIP	Denis Allen	2,428	5.9	+1.2
	BNP	Phil Spencer	1,513	3.7	+3.7
Majority			981	2.4
Turnout			41,313	63.5	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Telford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wright	16,506	48.3	−6.3
	Conservative	Stella Kyriazis	11,100	32.5	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jenkins	4,941	14.4	+1.5
	UKIP	Tom McCartney	1,659	4.9	+1.3
Majority			5,406	15.8
Turnout			34,206	57.7	+5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.7

General Election 2001: Telford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wright	16,854	54.6	-3.2
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson	8,471	27.4	0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Wiggin	3,983	12.9	+1.1
	UKIP	Nicola Brookes	1,098	3.6	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Mike Jeffries	469	1.5	N/A
Majority			8,383	27.2
Turnout			30,875	52.0	-13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Telford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Grocott	21,456	57.8	N/A
	Conservative	Bernard Gentry	10,166	27.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Nathaniel Green	4,371	11.8	N/A
	Referendum Party	C. Morris	1,119	3.0	N/A
Majority			11,290		N/A
Turnout				65.6	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire