North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Shropshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
West Midlands - North Shropshire constituency.svg
Boundary of North Shropshire in West Midlands region
County Shropshire
Electorate 77,052 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Wem, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry and Market Drayton
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Oswestry and Wrekin [2]
18321885
SeatsTwo
Replaced by Oswestry
Wellington
Newport

North Shropshire is a constituency in the county of Shropshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Helen Morgan of the Liberal Democrats after a by-election on 16 December 2021. The former MP, Owen Paterson of the Conservatives, resigned his seat on 5 November 2021 when faced with suspension from the Commons for a breach of advocacy rules and the consequent possibility of a recall petition. The seat had previously been a safe seat for the Conservatives.

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Boundaries

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United Kingdom general election 1837.svg
Context: 1832–1868. Extract from 1837 result: the central, doubly blue area.

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Oswestry, Pimhill, North Bradford and South Bradford, as well as the Liberty of Shrewsbury. [3]

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.

1997–2024: The District of North Shropshire and the Borough of Oswestry.

2024–present: The County of Shropshire electoral districts of: Ellesmere Urban; Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn; Llanymynech; Market Drayton East; Market Drayton West; Oswestry East; Oswestry South; Oswestry West; Prees; Ruyton and Baschurch; St. Martin’s; St. Oswald; Shawbury; The Meres; Wem; Whitchurch North; Whitchurch South; Whittington. [4]

The boundaries will be reduced to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the electoral districts of Cheswardine and Hodnet to The Wrekin.

The district councils of North Shropshire and Oswestry were abolished in 2009, but the constituency boundaries remained unaltered.

Constituency profile

The area is rural and north of Shrewsbury, west of Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Stoke-on-Trent conurbation, south of Cheshire and Wrexham, having five small towns (in size order): Oswestry, Market Drayton, Whitchurch, Wem and Ellesmere. Residents' health and wealth are similar to UK averages. [5]

History

From its first creation in 1832 to the abolition of the first creation in 1885 the constituency 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.

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, [6] until another reshuffle in June 2014. Paterson resigned in November 2021 for breaching Commons lobbying rules while working for two firms as a consultant. [7] A by-election was held on 16 December 2021, triggered by the resignation and was won by Helen Morgan for the Liberal Democrats with a 34% swing. The swing was seventh largest in United Kingdom by-election history. [8]

In December 2023, the Labour Party included the seat in its published list of 211 non-battleground seats, indicating they did not see it as necessary to win in order to gain a majority. [9]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

ElectionFirst member [10] First partySecond member [10] Second party
1832 Sir Rowland Hill, Bt Tory [11] [12] [13] John Cotes Whig [11] [12] [13]
1834 Conservative [11]
1835 William Ormsby-Gore Conservative [11]
1843 by-election Viscount Clive Conservative [11]
1848 by-election John Whitehall Dod Conservative
1857 Hon. Rowland Hill Conservative
1859 John Ormsby-Gore Conservative
1865 Hon. Charles Cust Conservative
1866 by-election Hon. Adelbert Brownlow-Cust Conservative
1867 by-election Viscount Newport Conservative
1876 by-election Stanley Leighton Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Oswestry and Wrekin prior to 1983

ElectionMember [10] Party
1983 John Biffen Conservative
1997 Owen Paterson Conservative
2021 by-election Helen Morgan Liberal Democrats

Elections

Results over time

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North Shropshire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 26,214 52.9 +42.5
Conservative Simon Baynes 10,90322.0−39.7
Reform UK Mark Whittle7,68715.5N/A
Labour Natalie Rowley3,4236.9−15.5
Green Craig Emery1,2342.5−0.8
Independent Samuel Cladingbowl1330.3N/A
Majority15,31130.9N/A
Turnout 49,59464.1−3.8
Registered electors 77,573
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg41.3
2021 North Shropshire by-election [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 17,957 47.2 +37.2
Conservative Neil Shastri-Hurst 12,03231.6−31.1
Labour Ben Wood3,6869.7−12.4
Green Duncan Kerr1,7384.6+1.4
Reform UK Kirsty Walmsley1,4273.8New
UKIP Andrea Allen3781.0New
Reclaim Martin Daubney 3751.0New
Monster Raving Loony Alan "Howling Laud" Hope 1180.3N/A
Independent Suzie Akers-Smith950.2New
Heritage James Elliot790.2New
Rejoin EU Boris Been Bunged580.2New
Freedom AllianceEarl Jesse570.1New
Party PartyRussell Dean190.1New
No descriptionYolande Kenward30.0New
Majority5,92515.6N/A
Turnout 38,02246.3−21.6
Rejected ballots740.2
Registered electors 82,314
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +34.2

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North Shropshire [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 35,444 62.7 +2.2
Labour Graeme Currie12,49522.1−9.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 5,64310.0+4.7
Green John Adams1,7903.2+0.1
Shropshire PartyRobert Jones1,1412.0New
Majority22,94940.6+11.2
Turnout 56,51367.9−1.1
Conservative hold Swing +5.6
General election 2017: North Shropshire [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 33,642 60.5 +9.0
Labour Graeme Currie17,28731.1+11.2
Liberal Democrats Tom Thornhill2,9485.3−0.7
Green Duncan Kerr1,7223.1−1.8
Majority16,35529.4−2.2
Turnout 55,59969.0+1.4
Conservative hold Swing -1.1
General election 2015: North Shropshire [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 27,041 51.5 ±0.0
Labour Graeme Currie10,45719.9+1.8
UKIP Andrea Allen [19] 9,26217.6+12.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Thornhill3,1846.0−14.9
Green Duncan Kerr2,5754.9+3.3
Majority16,58431.6+1.0
Turnout 52,48367.6+0.9
Conservative hold Swing -0.9

Class War originally selected Al Derby as a candidate here, but he changed to Wolverhampton North East. [20]

General election 2010: North Shropshire [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 26,692 51.5 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Croll10,86420.9+1.2
Labour Ian McLaughlan9,40618.1−7.8
UKIP Sandra List2,4324.7−0.1
BNP Phil Reddall1,6673.2New
Green Steve Boulding8081.6New
Majority15,82830.6+6.9
Turnout 51,86965.7+4.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North Shropshire [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 23,061 49.6 +1.0
Labour Sandra Samuels12,04125.9−9.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Bourne9,17519.7+6.9
UKIP Ian Smith2,2334.8+2.3
Majority11,02023.7+10.3
Turnout 46,51061.4−1.7
Conservative hold Swing +5.1
General election 2001: North Shropshire [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 22,631 48.6 +8.4
Labour Mike Ion16,39035.2−0.8
Liberal Democrats Ben Jephcott5,94512.8−7.6
UKIP David Trevanion1,1652.5New
Independent Russell Maxfield3890.8New
Majority6,24113.4+9.2
Turnout 46,52063.1−9.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North Shropshire [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 20,730 40.2
Labour Ian Lucas 18,53536.0
Liberal Democrats John Stevens10,48920.4
Referendum Denis Allen1,7643.4New
Majority2,1954.2
Turnout 51,51872.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1992: Shropshire North [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Biffen 32,443 50.5 −1.7
Liberal Democrats John Stevens16,23225.3−2.1
Labour Bob Hawkins15,55024.2+3.8
Majority16,21125.2+0.4
Turnout 64,22577.7+2.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Shropshire North [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Biffen 30,385 52.2 −1.2
Liberal Gordon Smith15,97027.4−4.2
Labour Bob Hawkins11,86620.4+5.7
Majority14,41524.8+3.0
Turnout 58,22175.5+2.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Shropshire North [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Biffen 28,496 53.4
Liberal David Evans16,82931.6
Labour Helen Jones 7,86014.7
Independent For ReferendumJ.L. Phillimore1350.3
Majority11,66721.8
Turnout 53,32072.7
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Leighton Unopposed
Conservative George Bridgeman Unopposed
Registered electors 7,729
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

1876 North Shropshire by-election (1 seat) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Leighton 2,737 50.3 N/A
Conservative Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring [31] 2,70049.7N/A
Majority370.6N/A
Turnout 5,43774.1N/A
Registered electors 7,342
Conservative hold
General election 1874: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Conservative George Bridgeman Unopposed
Registered electors 7,557
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ormsby-Gore 3,602 38.2 N/A
Conservative George Bridgeman 3,403 36.1 N/A
Liberal Richard George Jebb [32] 2,41225.6N/A
Majority99110.5N/A
Turnout 5,915 (est)77.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors 7,611
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
1867 North Shropshire by-election [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Bridgeman Unopposed
Conservative hold
1866 North Shropshire by-election [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adelbert Brownlow-Cust Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1865: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Conservative Charles Cust Unopposed
Registered electors 5,315
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Conservative Rowland Hill Unopposed
Registered electors 4,110
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Whitehall Dod Unopposed
Conservative Rowland Hill Unopposed
Registered electors 4,227
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Whitehall Dod Unopposed
Conservative William Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Registered electors 4,685
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

By-election, 16 February 1848: Shropshire North [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Whitehall Dod Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Herbert Unopposed
Conservative William Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Registered electors 4,876
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 16 January 1843: Shropshire North [30] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Herbert Unopposed
Registered electors 4,876
Conservative hold
General election 1841: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rowland Hill Unopposed
Conservative William Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Registered electors 5,075
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Rowland Hill Unopposed
Conservative William Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Registered electors 4,910
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1835: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Rowland Hill Unopposed
Conservative William Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Registered electors 4,653
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1832: Shropshire North (2 seats) [30] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Rowland Hill 2,981 41.7
Whig John Cotes (1799-1874) 2,117 29.6
Tory William Ormsby-Gore 2,04528.6
Turnout 4,29691.8
Registered electors 4,682
Majority86412.1
Tory win (new seat)
Majority721.0
Whig win (new seat)

See also

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