Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
The
Constituencies
Conservative † Liberal Democrat ¤ Labour ‡
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
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Ludlow CC | 69,444 | 23,648 | Philip Dunne †
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Heather Kidd ¤ | ![]() | ||
North Shropshire CC | 83,258 | 5,925 | Helen Morgan ¤ | Neil Shastri-Hurst † | ![]() | ||
Shrewsbury and Atcham CC | 82,238 | 11,217 | Daniel Kawczynski † | Julie Buckley ‡ | ![]() | ||
Telford BC | 68,921 | 10,941 | Lucy Allan (elected as Conservative) |
Katrina Gilman ‡ | ![]() | ||
The Wrekin CC | 70,693 | 18,726 | Mark Pritchard † | Dylan Harrison ‡ | ![]() |
2010 boundary changes
Under the
Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010-present |
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Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the
The commission has proposed retaining the current five constituencies in Shropshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries and to bring constituencies within the statutory range. It is proposed that Shrewsbury and Atcham reverts to its original name of Shrewsbury, while Ludlow is renamed South Shropshire.[4]
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Shropshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 155,225 | 60.3% | ![]() |
5 | 0 |
Labour | 66,798 | 25.9% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 26,827 | 10.4% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Greens | 6,955 | 2.7% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 1,713 | 0.7% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 257,518 | 100.0 | 5 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative1 | 54.7 | 57.3 | 59.3 | 55.6 | 47.9 | 49.3 | 52.4 | 43.1 | 43.0 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 48.2 | 46.3 | 37.2 | 39.1 | 41.8 | 46.8 | 48.3 | 55.6 | 60.3 |
Labour | 41.2 | 42.7 | 40.7 | 36.2 | 34.1 | 42.7 | 36.0 | 31.1 | 33.2 | 29.1 | 21.3 | 25.4 | 30.7 | 39.7 | 38.2 | 30.8 | 21.6 | 24.4 | 35.2 | 25.9 |
Liberal Democrat2 | 4.1 | - | - | 8.2 | 18.0 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 21.0 | 29.7 | 26.0 | 22.0 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 10.4 |
Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.8 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 4.4 | 16.3 | 1.2 | * |
Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.0 | - | 0.1 | 0.7 |
1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
21950-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrat2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
21950-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885-1910
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1900
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1906
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Jan 1910
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Dec 1910
1918-1945
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1923
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1924
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1929
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1931
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1935
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1945
1950-1979
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1950
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1951
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1955
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1959
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1964
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1966
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1970
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1979
1983-present
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1987
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1992
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1997
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2001
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2005
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2010
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2015
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2017
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2019
Historical constituencies
Timeline of parliamentary constituencies in the county, with historical (green) and extant (pink) constituencies.
Constituency | 1290-1295 | 1295-1473 | 1473-1584 | 1584-1832 | 1832-1885 | 1885-1918 | 1918-1983 | 1983-1997 | 1997–present |
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Bishop's Castle | 1584-1832 | ||||||||
Bridgnorth | 1295-1885 | ||||||||
Ludlow | 1473–present | ||||||||
Newport | 1885-1918 | ||||||||
North Shropshire | 1832-1885 | 1983–present | |||||||
Oswestry | 1885-1983 | ||||||||
Shrewsbury | 1290-1983 | ||||||||
Shrewsbury and Atcham | 1983–present | ||||||||
Shropshire | 1290-1832 | ||||||||
South Shropshire | 1832-1885 | ||||||||
Telford | 1997–present | ||||||||
Wellington | 1885-1918 | ||||||||
(Much) Wenlock | 1290-1885 | ||||||||
The Wrekin | 1918–present |
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
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 |
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Ludlow | More
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→
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Hunt | → | → | → | |||||||||||
Newport | Bickersteth | → | Kenyon-Slaney | Stanier | |||||||||||||
Oswestry | Leighton | Ormsby-Gore | Bright | Bridgeman | |||||||||||||
Shrewsbury | Watson | Greene | Hill | Lloyd | |||||||||||||
Wellington (Salop) | Brown | → | Henry
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1918 to 1945
Constituency | 1918 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 1922 | 23 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 41 |
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Ludlow | Stanier | I. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive
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Oswestry | Bridgeman | Leighton | ||||||||||
Shrewsbury | Lloyd | Ryder | Sunlight | Ryder | Duckworth | |||||||
The Wrekin
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Henry
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Palmer
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Townshend
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Button | Nixon | Oakley
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Picton-Turbervill | Baldwin-Webb | Colegate |
1945 to 1983
Constituency | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 60 | 61 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 74 | Oct 74 | 1979 |
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Ludlow | Corbett
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Holland-Martin | More | Cockeram | |||||||||
Oswestry | Poole | Ormsby-Gore | Biffen
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Shrewsbury | Langford-Holt | ||||||||||||
The Wrekin
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Thomas | Yates | Fowler | Trafford | Fowler | Hawksley |
1983 to present
Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 01 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 21 | 24 | 2024 |
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Ludlow / South Shropshire (2024) | Cockeram | Gill | Green | Dunne
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North Shropshire | Biffen | Paterson | Morgan | |||||||||||
Shrewsbury and Atcham / Shrewsbury (2024) | Conway | Marsden | → | Kawczynski | ||||||||||
The Wrekin | Hawksley | Grocott | Bradley | Pritchard | ||||||||||
Telford | Grocott
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Wright | Allan | → |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
- ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1258-1270. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".