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.

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Constituencies

   Conservative †   Liberal Democrat ¤   Labour ‡

Constituency [nb 1] ElectorateMajority [nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
North Shropshire CC 77,57315,311  Helen Morgan ¤  Simon Baynes †
North Shropshire Constituency 2023.svg
Shrewsbury CC 76,59911,355  Julia Buckley ‡ Daniel Kawczynski †
Shrewsbury Constituency 2023.svg
South Shropshire CC 76,7231,624  Stuart Anderson †  Matthew Green ¤
South Shropshire Constituency 2023.svg
Telford BC 73,8088,102 Shaun Davies ‡Alan Adams
(Reform UK)
Telford Constituency 2023.svg
The Wrekin CC 78,942883 Mark Pritchard †Roh Yakobi ‡
The Wrekin Constituency 2023.svg


Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former nameBoundaries 2010-2024Current nameBoundaries 2024-present
  1. Ludlow CC
  2. North Shropshire CC
  3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
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New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
  1. North Shropshire CC
  2. Shrewsbury CC
  3. South Shropshire CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
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For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the current five constituencies in Shropshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries and to bring constituencies within the statutory range. Shrewsbury and Atcham reverted to its original name of Shrewsbury, while Ludlow was renamed South Shropshire. [1]

2010

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.

NameBoundaries 1997-2010Boundaries 2010-2024
  1. Ludlow CC
  2. North Shropshire CC
  3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
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Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
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New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019 [2]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Shropshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019
Labour 66,94327.5%Increase2.svg1.6%2Increase2.svg2
Conservative 65,15626.8%Decrease2.svg33.5%2Decrease2.svg3
Liberal Democrats 55,25722.7%Increase2.svg12.3%1Increase2.svg1
Reform UK 44,41218.2%new00
Greens 10,6804.4%Increase2.svg1.7%00
Others1,1090.5%Decrease2.svg0.2%00
Total243,557100.05

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:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 155,22560.3%Increase2.svg4.7%50
Labour 66,79825.9%Decrease2.svg9.3%00
Liberal Democrats 26,82710.4%Increase2.svg4.6%00
Greens 6,9552.7%Increase2.svg0.6%00
Others1,7130.7%Decrease2.svg0.6%00
Total257,518100.05

Percentage votes

Election year19501951195519591964196619701974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Conservative 154.757.359.355.647.949.352.443.143.049.649.048.246.337.239.141.846.848.355.660.326.8
Labour 41.242.740.736.234.142.736.031.133.229.121.325.430.739.738.230.821.624.435.225.927.5
Liberal Democrat 24.1--8.218.08.011.725.823.821.029.726.022.020.518.623.023.57.05.810.422.7
Green Party -----------*****0.84.02.12.74.4
UKIP -------------***4.416.31.2*-
Reform UK --------------------18.2
Other---------0.20.10.31.02.74.14.43.0-0.10.70.5

1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

21950-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year19501951195519591964196619701974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Conservative 1334443433443321445552
Labour 110001011001133110002
Liberal Democrat 2000000000000001000001
Total444444444444455555555

1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

21950-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945


1950-1979

1983-present

Historical constituencies

Timeline of parliamentary constituencies in the county, with historical (green) and extant (pink) constituencies.

Constituency1290-12951295-14731473-15841584-18321832-18851885-19181918-19831983-19971997–present
Bishop's Castle 1584-1832
Bridgnorth 1295-1885
Ludlow 1473–present
Newport 1885-1918
North Shropshire 1832-18851983–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

Constituency1885861886189218951900010304190608Jan 1910Dec 191012131718
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

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

Constituency19182020221922231923192419291931193541
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

   Conservative    Labour

Constituency194519501951195519596061196419661970Feb 74Oct 741979
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

   Conservative    Labour    Liberal Democrats

Constituency19831987199219972001012005201020152017201921242024
Ludlow / South Shropshire (2024) Cockeram Gill Green Dunne Anderson
North Shropshire Biffen Paterson Morgan
Shrewsbury and Atcham / Shrewsbury (2024) Conway Marsden → Kawczynski Buckley
The Wrekin Hawksley Grocott Bradley Pritchard
Telford Grocott Wright Allan → Davies

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.

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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