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 with 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[edit]

  Conservative   Liberal Democrat ¤   Labour

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Ludlow CC 69,444 23,648   Philip Dunne   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 Katrina Gilman ‡
The Wrekin CC 70,693 18,726 Mark Pritchard Dylan Harrison ‡

2010 boundary changes[edit]

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the 5 constituencies in Shropshire for the 2010 election, making only small changes to the boundary between Telford and The Wrekin to align with current local government wards.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010-present
  1. Ludlow CC
  2. North Shropshire CC
  3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
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Proposed boundary changes[edit]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

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[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2019[edit]

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
Conservative 155,225 60.3% Increase4.7% 5 0
Labour 66,798 25.9% Decrease9.3% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 26,827 10.4% Increase4.6% 0 0
Greens 6,955 2.7% Increase0.6% 0 0
Others 1,713 0.7% Decrease0.6% 0 0
Total 257,518 100.0 5

Percentage votes[edit]

Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
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[edit]

Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
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[edit]

1885-1910[edit]

1918-1945[edit]


1950-1979[edit]

1983-present[edit]

Historical constituencies[edit]

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
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[edit]

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[edit]

  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 More Hunt
Newport Bickersteth Kenyon-Slaney Stanier
Oswestry Leighton Ormsby-Gore Bright Bridgeman
Shrewsbury Watson Greene Hill Lloyd
Wellington (Salop) Brown Henry

1918 to 1945[edit]

  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
Ludlow Stanier I. Windsor-Clive G. Windsor-Clive
Oswestry Bridgeman Leighton
Shrewsbury Lloyd Ryder Sunlight Ryder Duckworth
The Wrekin Henry Palmer Townshend Button Nixon Oakley Picton-Turbervill Baldwin-Webb Colegate

1945 to 1983[edit]

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 60 61 1964 1966 1970 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979
Ludlow Corbett Holland-Martin More Cockeram
Oswestry Poole Ormsby-Gore Biffen
Shrewsbury Langford-Holt
The Wrekin Thomas Yates Fowler Trafford Fowler Hawksley

1983 to present[edit]

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 01 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 21
Ludlow Cockeram Gill Green Dunne
North Shropshire Biffen Paterson Morgan
Shrewsbury and Atcham Conway Marsden Kawczynski
The Wrekin Hawksley Grocott Bradley Pritchard
Telford Grocott Wright Allan

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)