In the world of Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire, there are endless aspects and points of view that can be explored and discussed. From its history to its impact on today's society, Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire is a topic that has captured the attention and interest of many people over the years. Whether it is about Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire's life, his importance in a particular context, or his influence professionally, there are a variety of perspectives and approaches that can be taken when approaching this topic. In this article, we will explore different aspects of Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire and analyze its relevance in various contexts, presenting a deeper understanding of its meaning and impact.
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.
Conservative † Liberal Democrat ¤ Labour ‡
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate | Majority[nb 2] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | 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 ‡ |
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 |
---|---|---|
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. 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.
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 155,225 | 60.3% | 4.7% | 5 | 0 |
Labour | 66,798 | 25.9% | 9.3% | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 26,827 | 10.4% | 4.6% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 6,955 | 2.7% | 0.6% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 1,713 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 257,518 | 100.0 | 5 |
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
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
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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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