Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

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The ceremonial county of Shropshire, England (which comprises the local/unitary authorities of Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin) is divided into 5 Parliamentary constituencies – 1 Borough constituency and 4 County constituencies. As per all constituencies for the House of Commons in the modern age, each constituency elects one Member of Parliament by the First Past The Post system.

Constituencies

The following table summaries the five constituencies of Shropshire, with information as per the 2017 general election:

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Local authority[nb 3] Member of Parliament Nearest Opposition Map
Ludlow CC 68,034 19,286 Shropshire Council bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Philip Dunne bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Julia Buckley
North Shropshire CC 80,535 16,355 Shropshire Council bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Owen Paterson bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Graeme Currie
Shrewsbury and Atcham CC 79,043 6,627 Shropshire Council bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Daniel Kawczynski bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Laura Davies
Telford BC 68,106 720 Telford and Wrekin bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Lucy Allan bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Kuldip Sahota
The Wrekin CC 68,604 9,564 Telford and Wrekin
& Shropshire Council[1] 		bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Mark Pritchard bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Dylan Harrison

Boundary changes

The most recent changes to Parliamentary constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England retain the 5 constituencies in Shropshire, making only small changes to the boundary between Telford and The Wrekin to align with current local government wards. These changes were implemented for the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Name Pre-2010 boundaries Current boundaries
  1. Ludlow CC
  2. North Shropshire CC
  3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
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Recent members of parliament history

Members of Parliament elected at each general election since 1992 for each constituency in the county. The present-day incumbent MPs are shown in bold.

Constituency 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017
Ludlow  CON  Christopher Gill  LD  Matthew Green  CON  Philip Dunne
North Shropshire  CON  John Biffen  CON  Owen Paterson
Shrewsbury & Atcham  CON  Derek Conway  LAB  Paul Marsden  LD  Paul Marsden†  CON  Daniel Kawczynski
Telford‡  LAB  Bruce Grocott  LAB  Bruce Grocott  LAB  David Wright  CON  Lucy Allan
The Wrekin‡  LAB  Peter Bradley  CON  Mark Pritchard

† Paul Marsden won the 2001 election as a Labour Party candidate but defected to the Liberal Democrats and remained with that party for much of the following Parliament.
‡ The Wrekin was split at the 1997 election, into The Wrekin and Telford constituencies.

Election results in graphics

1997 2001 2005 2010 2015
2017

Historical constituencies

See also: List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

Timeline of Parliamentary constituencies in the county, with historical and extant (marked by a ‡ symbol) constituencies, by year of creation.

1290

  • Bishop's Castle (1584–1832) – a rotten borough; abolished; today part of Ludlow constituency
  • Shrewsbury (1290–1983) – became the extant constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham
  • Shropshire (1290–1832) – divided into North and South Shropshire constituencies
  • (Much) Wenlock (1290–1885) – abolished; today part of The Wrekin, Telford and Ludlow constituencies

1295

  • Bridgnorth (1295–1885) – abolished; today part of Ludlow constituency

1473

  • Ludlow‡

1832

  • North Shropshire (1832–1885) – divided into Newport, Oswestry and Wellington constituencies; revived in 1983
  • South Shropshire (1832–1885) – effectively merged with Ludlow constituency

1885

  • Newport (Shropshire) (1885–1918) – became part of newly formed The Wrekin constituency
  • Oswestry (1885–1983) – became the extant constituency of North Shropshire
  • Wellington (Shropshire) (1885–1918) – became part of newly formed The Wrekin constituency

1918

  • The Wrekin (1918–1997) – divided into the extant constituencies of The Wrekin and Telford

1983

  • North Shropshire‡
  • Shrewsbury and Atcham‡

1997

  • Telford‡
  • The Wrekin‡

The re-organisation in 1997, the most recent major re-organisation of constituencies for Shropshire, meant that the number of constituencies in the county increased from four to five.

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist   National Party

Constituency 1885 86 1886 1892 1895 1900 01 03 04 1906 08 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12 13 17 18
Ludlow bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |More colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color"|--> colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color"|Hunt colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|--> bgcolor="Template:National Party (UK, 1917)/meta/color"|--> bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|-->
Newport bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bickersteth bgcolor="Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color"|--> colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Kenyon-Slaney colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Stanier
Oswestry colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Leighton colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Ormsby-Gore bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Bright colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bridgeman
Shrewsbury colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Watson colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Greene colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hill colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Lloyd
Wellington (Salop) bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Brown colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color"|--> colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Henry

1918 to 1983

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Conservative   Labour   Liberal

Constituency 1918 20 20 22 1922 23 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 41 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 60 61 1964 1966 1970 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979
Ludlow colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" |Stanier colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|I. Windsor-Clive colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|G. Windsor-Clive colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Corbett colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Holland-Martin colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|More bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Cockeram
Oswestry colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" |Bridgeman colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Leighton bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Poole colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ormsby-Gore colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Biffen
Shrewsbury colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" |Lloyd colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ryder bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Sunlight bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Ryder colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Duckworth colspan="13" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Langford-Holt
The Wrekin bgcolor="Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" |Henry bgcolor="Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color"|Palmer colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color"|Townshend colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Button bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Nixon bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Oakley bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Picton-Turbervill colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Baldwin-Webb bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Colegate colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Thomas colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Yates bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Fowler bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Trafford colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Fowler bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hawksley

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 01 2005 2010 2015 2017
Ludlow bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Cockeram colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Gill colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |Green colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Dunne
North Shropshire colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Biffen colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Paterson
Shrewsbury and Atcham colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Conway colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Marsden bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"|--> colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Kawczynski
The Wrekin bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hawksley colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Grocott colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bradley colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Pritchard
Telford bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Grocott colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Wright colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Allan

See also

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. ^ The local authority which covers the constituency and is responsible for holding a Parliamentary election in that constituency.

References

  1. ^ The Wrekin constituency lies part in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and part in Shropshire Council's area, though the greater part is that of Telford and Wrekin and it is that borough council which manages Parliamentary elections there.
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