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North Shropshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of North Shropshire in Shropshire
Outline map
Location of Shropshire within England
CountyShropshire
Electorate77,673 (December 2010)
Major settlementsWem, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry, and Market Drayton
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentOwen Paterson (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromOswestry and Wrekin[1]
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Replaced byOswestry

North Shropshire[n 1] is a constituency[n 2] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Owen Paterson, a Conservative.[n 3]

Established for the 1832 general election, North Shropshire has been continuously held by the Conservative Party for its entire existence.[n 4] However, the constituency was abolished in 1885 and re-created in 1983.

History

From its first creation in 1832 to the abolition of the first creation in 1885 it covered approximately half of the county and elected two members, formally Knights of the Shire. In 1885 the county was (together with South Shropshire) - divided between four constituencies: Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington.

In 1983 the constituency was revived in a smaller form and elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The Electoral Reform Society considers it to be historically the safest seat in the country. Taking into account the intermediary seats roughly covering its boundaries, the Society considers that the seat has been held continuously by the Conservative Party since 1835 - in political terms since the days of the Tamworth Manifesto and before Queen Victoria's accession to the throne.[2] However, the result of the 2001 election was more marginal than most Conservative seats and the 2010 election saw it just outside the top third of seats in percentage terms held by the Conservative Party, with the 103rd largest share of the vote for the party.[3]

Owen Paterson was appointed to be the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in May 2010 and from the September 2012 Cabinet reshuffle, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,[4] until another reshuffle in June 2014.

Boundaries

1832-1885: The Hundreds of Oswestry, Pimhill, North Bradford and South Bradford, and the Liberty of Shrewsbury.[5]

1983-1997: The District of North Shropshire, the Borough of Oswestry, and the District of The Wrekin wards of Church Aston, Edgmond, Ercall Magna, Newport East, Newport North, and Newport West.

1997-present: The District of North Shropshire, and the Borough of Oswestry.

The constituency is rural and is north of Shrewsbury, west of Newcastle-under-Lyme and south of Cheshire, having five small towns.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–85

  • Constituency created in 1832
Election First member[6] First party Second member[6] Second party
style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color"| style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1832 Sir Rowland Hill, Bt Tory John Cotes Whig
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1834 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="3"| 1835 William Ormsby-Gore Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1843 by-election Viscount Clive Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1848 by-election John Whitehall Dod Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1857 Hon. Rowland Hill Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="4"| 1859 John Ormsby-Gore Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1865 Hon. Charles Cust Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1866 by-election Hon. Adelbert Brownlow-Cust Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| 1867 by-election Viscount Newport Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1876 by-election Stanley Leighton Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election Member[6] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1983 John Biffen Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1997 Owen Paterson Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: North Shropshire[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 33,642 60.5 Increase 9.1
Labour Graeme Currie 17,287 31.1 Increase 11.0
Liberal Democrats Tom Thornhill 2,948 5.3 Decrease 0.7
Green Duncan Kerr 1,722 3.1 Decrease 1.8
Majority 16,355 29.4
Turnout 55,599 69.0 Increase 1.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 1.0
General Election 2015: North Shropshire[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 27,041 51.5 Steady
Labour Graeme Currie 10,457 19.9 Increase 1.8
UKIP Andrea Allen[9] 9,262 17.6 Increase 12.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Thornhill 3,184 6.0 Decrease 14.9
Green Duncan Kerr[10] 2,575 4.9 Increase 3.3
Majority 16,584 31.6 Steady
Turnout 52,483 67.6 Increase 0.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 0.9

Class War originally selected Al Derby as a candidate here, but he changed to Wolverhampton North East.[11]

General Election 2010: North Shropshire[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 26,692 51.5 Increase 1.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Croll 10,864 20.9 Increase 1.2
Labour Ian McLaughlan 9,406 18.1 Decrease 7.8
UKIP Sandra List 2,432 4.7 Decrease 0.1
BNP Phil Reddall 1,667 3.2 Increase 3.2
Green Steve Boulding 808 1.6 Increase 1.6
Majority 15,828 30.5
Turnout 51,869 65.7 Increase 2.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase 0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Shropshire[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 23,061 49.6 +1.0
Labour Sandra Samuels 12,041 25.9 −9.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Bourne 9,175 19.7 +6.9
UKIP Ian Smith 2,233 4.8 +2.3
Majority 11,020 23.7
Turnout 46,510 61.4 −1.7
Conservative hold Swing +5.1
General Election 2001: North Shropshire[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 22,631 48.6 +8.4
Labour Mike Ion 16,390 35.2 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Ben Jephcott 5,945 12.8 −7.6
UKIP David Trevanion 1,165 2.5
Independent Russell Maxfield 389 0.8
Majority 6,241 13.4
Turnout 46,520 63.1 −9.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Shropshire North[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 20,730 40.24
Labour Ian Lucas 18,535 35.98
Liberal Democrats John Stevens 10,489 20.36
Referendum Denis Allen 1,764 3.42
Majority 2,195 4.26
Turnout 72.59
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1992: Shropshire North[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Biffen 32,443 50.5 −1.7
Liberal Democrats HJ Stevens 16,232 25.3 −2.2
Labour RJ Hawkins 15,550 24.2 +3.8
Majority 16,211 25.2 +0.5
Turnout 64,225 77.7 +2.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Shropshire North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Biffen 30,385 52.19
Liberal Gordon Smith 15,970 27.43
Labour R Hawkins 11,866 20.38
Majority 14,415 24.76
Turnout 75.49
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Shropshire North[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Biffen 28,496 53.44
Liberal David Evans 16,829 31.56
Labour Helen Jones 7,860 14.74
Independent For Referendum JL Phillimore 135 0.25
Majority 11,667 21.88
Turnout 72.71
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ (Historically also Shropshire North and The Northern Division of Shropshire)
  2. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  3. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  4. ^ From 1832 to 1835, during the period in which the constituency had two representatives in the House of Commons, one was a Whig (a precursor to the Liberal Democrats), and the other a Conservative (officially known as a Tory until 1834).
References
  1. ^ "'Shropshire North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Safe seats", Electoral Reform Society
  3. ^ "Electoral Commission - Previous UK general elections". www.electoralcommission.org.uk.
  4. ^ "David Cameron's right turn in cabinet reshuffle". The Guardian. 4 September 2012.
  5. ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  6. ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  7. ^ "Shrewsbury & Atcham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  8. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Candidates announced". shrewsburynorthshropshire.greenparty.org.uk.
  11. ^ "Al Derby". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club.
  12. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
  13. ^ web.manager@shropshire.gov.uk. "Democracy – Shropshire Council" (PDF). www.shropshire.gov.uk.
  14. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  19. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

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