Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Shrewsbury
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Shropshire
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Replaced by Shrewsbury and Atcham
1290–1918
Seats1290–1885: Two
1885–1918: One
Type of constituency Borough constituency

Shrewsbury was a parliamentary constituency in England, centred on the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.

Contents

It was founded in 1290 as parliamentary borough, returning two members to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one Member of Parliament (MP).

The parliamentary borough was abolished with effect from the 1918 general election, and the name transferred to a new county constituency. The constituency was renamed Shrewsbury and Atcham, but continued with the exact same boundaries as had been in effect from 1974-1983.

Famous MPs have included Sir Philip Sidney in 1581, Robert Clive (known as 'Clive of India') from 1761 to his death in 1774, and Benjamin Disraeli (later Prime Minister) in 1841–47.

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes to re-establish the seat in its revised proposal. [1]

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural Districts of Atcham and Chirbury.

1950–1974: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural District of Atcham.

1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

History

By the mid eighteenth century Shrewsbury was known as an independent constituency. The right of election was vested in resident burgesses paying scot and lot. By 1722 the number of voters exceeded 1300 but Parliament sharply reduced the number by excluding parts of Shrewsbury from the parliamentary borough. [2]

Members of Parliament

Borough of Shrewsbury

MPs 1290–1660

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386 Robert Grafton Hugh Wigan [3]
1388 (Feb) Hugh Wigan Robert Thornes [3]
1388 (Sep) Robert Grafton Hugh Wigan [3]
1390 (Jan) Robert Grafton Thomas Pride [3]
1390 (Nov)
1391 Hugh Wigan Thomas Pride [3]
1393 Thomas Pride Thomas Game [3]
1394 Thomas Pride Hugh Wigan [3]
1395 Richard Aldescote Roger Thornes [3]
1397 (Jan) Thomas Skinner John Geoffrey [3]
1397 (Sep)
1399 Nicholas Gerard Thomas Berwick [3]
1401
1402 Thomas Pride Roger Thornes [3]
1404 (Jan) Thomas Pride Simon Tour [3]
1404 (Oct)
1406 John Perle Robert Thornes [3]
1407 Thomas Pride John Scriven [3]
1410 Robert Thornes Roger Thornes [3]
1411 Thomas Pride John Whithiford [3]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) David Holbache Urian St Pierre [3]
1414 (Apr) Thomas Pride  ? [3]
1414 (Nov) Robert Horseley William Horde [3]
1415 William Horde John Shotton [3]
1416 (Mar) William Horde John Beget [3]
1416 (Oct) William Horde Robert Horseley [3]
1417 William Horde David Holbache [3]
1419 Roger Corbet (died 1430) David Rathbone [3]
1420 Robert Whitcombe Richard Bentley [3]
1421 (May) Urian St Pierre Robert Whitcombe [3]
1421 (Dec) William Horde Robert Whitcombe [3]
1510 Roger Thornes Thomas Knight [4]
1512 Thomas Kynaston Thomas Trentham [4]
1515 Sir Thomas Kynaston Thomas Trentham [4]
1523 Edmund Cole Adam Mytton [4]
1529 Robert Dudley alias Sutton Adam Mytton [4]
1536 Robert Dudley alias Sutton Adam Mytton [4]
1539 Nicholas Purcell Robert Thornes [4]
1542 Adam Mytton Richard Mytton [4]
1545 Nicholas Purcell Edward Hosier [4]
1547 Reginald Corbet John Evans [4]
1553 (Mar) Nicholas Purcell George Leigh [4]
1553 (Oct) Reginald Corbet Nicholas Purcell [4]
1554 (Apr) Richard Mytton Nicholas Purcell [4]
1554 (Nov) Thomas Mytton George Leigh [4]
1555 Reginald Corbet Nicholas Purcell [4]
1558 Nicholas Purcell George Leigh [4]
1558–9 Robert Ireland George Leigh [5]
1562–3 Robert Ireland Richard Purcell [5]
1571 George Leigh Robert Ireland [5]
1572 (Apr) Richard Purcell George Leigh, died
and replaced January 1581 by Philip Sidney [5]
1584 (Nov) Thomas Owen Richard Barker [5]
1586 (Oct) Reginald Scriven Thomas Harris [5]
1588 (Oct) Reginald Scriven Andrew Newport [5]
1593 Reginald Scriven Robert Wright [5]
1597 Reginald Scriven Roger Owen [5]
1601 (Oct) Reginald Scriven John Barker [5]
1604 Richard Barker Francis Tate
1614 Lewis Prowde Francis Berkeley
1621 Sir Richard Newport Francis Berkeley
1624 Francis Berkeley Thomas Owen
1625 Sir William Owen Thomas Owen
1626 Sir William Owen Thomas Owen
1628 Sir William Owen Thomas Owen
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) Francis Newport Thomas Owen
1640 (Nov) Francis Newport William Spurstow
1645 Thomas Hunt William Massam
1648 Thomas Hunt William Massam
1653Shrewsbury not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 Richard Cheshire Humphrey Mackworth
1656 Samuel Jones Humphrey Mackworth
1658 William Jones Humphrey Mackworth

MPs 1660–1885

ElectionFirst member [6] First partySecond member [6] Second party
1660 Samuel Jones Thomas Jones
1661 Robert Leighton [7]
1677 Sir Richard Corbet
1679 Edward Kynaston
1685 Sir Francis Edwardes, 1st Baronet
1689 Hon. Andrew Newport Tory
1690 Richard Mytton
1694 John Kynaston
1698 Richard Mytton
1709vacant Sir Edward Leighton
January 1710 Thomas Jones
October 1710 Edward Cressett Richard Mytton
1713 Thomas Jones
1714 Corbet Kynaston
February 1715 Thomas Jones
November 1715 Andrew Corbet
1722 Richard Lyster
1723 Sir Richard Corbet Orlando Bridgeman
1727 Richard Lyster Sir John Astley
1734 William Kinaston Sir Richard Corbet
1749 by-election Thomas Hill
1754 Robert More
1761 Robert Clive Tory [8]
1768 Noel Hill
1774 [9] Charlton Leighton Tory [8]
March 8, 1775 [9] William Pulteney Whig [8]
March 17, 1775 John Corbet Tory [8]
1780 Sir Charlton Leighton Tory [8]
1784 by-election John Hill Tory [8]
1796 William Hill Tory [8]
1805 by-election John Hill Tory [8]
1806 Henry Grey Bennet Whig [8]
1807 Thomas Jones Tory [8]
1811 by-election Henry Grey Bennet Whig [8]
1812 Sir Rowland Hill Tory [8]
1814 by-election Richard Lyster Tory [8]
1819 by-election John Mytton Tory [8]
1820 Panton Corbett Tory [8]
1826 Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig [8] [10] [11] [12]
1830 Richard Jenkins Tory [8]
1832 Sir John Hanmer Tory [8]
1834 Conservative [8]
1835 John Cressett-Pelham Conservative [8]
1837 Richard Jenkins Conservative [8] Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig [8] [10] [11] [12]
1841 George Tomline Conservative [8] Benjamin Disraeli Conservative [8]
1847 Edward Holmes Baldock Conservative Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig [8] [10] [11] [12]
1852 George Tomline Peelite [13] [14] [15]
1857 Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig [10] [11] [12]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1862 by-election Henry Robertson Liberal
1865 William James Clement Liberal
1868 James Figgins Conservative
1870 by-election Douglas Straight Conservative
1874 Charles Cecil Cotes Liberal Henry Robertson Liberal
1885 Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1885–1918

ElectionMemberParty
1885 James Watson Conservative
1892 Henry David Greene Conservative
1906 Sir Clement Lloyd Hill Conservative
1913 by-election George Butler Lloyd Conservative
1918 Borough abolished, name transferred to new county division

Shrewsbury division of Shropshire

MPs 1918–1983

ElectionMemberParty
1918 George Butler Lloyd Coalition Conservative
1922 Dudley Ryder Conservative
1923 Joseph Sunlight Liberal
1924 Dudley Ryder Conservative
1929 Arthur Duckworth Conservative
1945 Sir John Langford-Holt Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Shrewsbury and Atcham

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [8] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Richard Jenkins 754 42.8
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 563 32.0
Tory Panton Corbett 44525.3
Turnout 974c. 81.2
Registered electors c. 1,200
Majority19110.8
Tory hold Swing
Majority1186.7
Whig hold Swing
General election 1831: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [8] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 178 30.7 −1.3
Tory Richard Jenkins 175 30.2 −12.6
Tory Thomas Boycott12421.4−3.9
Radical Richard Potter 10317.8New
Turnout 309c. 25.8c. −55.4
Registered electors c. 1,200
Majority30.5−6.2
Whig hold Swing +3.5
Majority518.8−2.0
Tory hold Swing −5.7
General election 1832: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [8] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Hanmer 808 36.1 +5.9
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 797 35.6 +4.9
Tory John Cressett-Pelham63428.3+6.9
Turnout 1,31476.7c. +50.9
Registered electors 1,714
Majority110.5−8.3
Tory hold Swing +1.7
Majority1637.3+6.8
Whig hold Swing −4.0
General election 1835: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [8] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hanmer 761 38.7 +2.6
Conservative John Cressett-Pelham 629 32.0 +3.7
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 57829.4−6.2
Majority512.6+2.1
Turnout c. 984c. 77.5c. +0.8
Registered electors 1,270
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +3.4
General election 1837: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [8] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Jenkins 700 27.0 −11.7
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 697 26.9 +12.2
Conservative John Cressett-Pelham65525.3−6.7
Whig Francis Dashwood53720.7+6.0
Turnout 1,31289.1c. +11.6
Registered electors 1,473
Majority30.1−2.5
Conservative hold Swing −10.4
Majority421.6N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +10.7

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [8] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Tomline 793 28.7 +1.7
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli 785 28.4 +3.1
Whig Love Jones-Parry 60521.9−5.0
Whig Christopher Temple57820.9+0.2
Majority1806.5+6.4
Turnout 1,38488.5−0.6
Registered electors 1,666
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +2.8
General election 1847: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Holmes Baldock 769 34.3 −22.8
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 743 33.1 −9.7
Peelite George Tomline 73232.6+3.9
Turnout 1,122 (est)62.2 (est)−26.3
Registered electors 1,805
Majority261.2−5.3
Conservative hold Swing −12.4
Majority110.5N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing −5.8

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite George Tomline 1,159 49.7 +17.1
Conservative Edward Holmes Baldock 736 31.5 −2.8
Radical Augustus Robinson [18] 43818.8−14.3
Turnout 1,167 (est)70.0 (est)+7.8
Registered electors 1,666
Majority42318.2N/A
Peelite gain from Whig Swing +12.1
Majority29812.7+11.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
General election 1857: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [17] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite George Tomline 706 29.0 −20.7
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 695 28.6 N/A
Conservative John Walter Huddleston 54822.5+13.1
Conservative Richard Phibbs48419.9+10.5
Turnout 1,217 (est)75.2 (est)+5.2
Registered electors 1,617
Majority110.4−17.8
Peelite hold Swing −16.3
Majority1476.1N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1859: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Aglionby Slaney Unopposed
Liberal George Tomline Unopposed
Registered electors 1,635
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Slaney's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 2 June 1862: Shrewsbury (1 seat) [17] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Robertson 671 64.4 N/A
Conservative Richard Banner Oakeley 361 34.6 New
Ind. Conservative Henry Atkins [21] 101.0New
Majority31029.8N/A
Turnout 1,04269.2N/A
Registered electors 1,506
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1865: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William James Clement Unopposed
Liberal George Tomline Unopposed
Registered electors 1,533
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William James Clement 1,840 43.0 N/A
Conservative James Figgins 1,751 40.9 New
Liberal Robert Crawford [22] 68516.0N/A
Turnout 3,014 (est)89.1 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,620
Majority892.1N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority1,06624.9N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

Clement's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 21 Sep 1870: Shrewsbury (1 seat) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Straight 1,291 50.7 +9.8
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes 1,25349.3−9.7
Majority381.4−23.5
Turnout 2,54475.2−13.9
Registered electors 3,381
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.8
General election 1874: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes 1,672 28.1 −14.9
Liberal Henry Robertson 1,561 26.2 +10.2
Conservative James Figgins 1,38823.3+2.8
Conservative Douglas Straight 1,32822.3+1.8
Majority1732.9+0.8
Turnout 2,975 (est)82.2 (est)−6.9
Registered electors 3,620
Liberal hold Swing −8.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Shrewsbury (2 seats) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes 1,945 27.7 −0.4
Liberal Henry Robertson 1,884 26.8 +0.6
Conservative Andrew Scoble [23] 1,62223.1−0.2
Conservative Francis Needham 1,56822.30.0
Majority2623.7+0.8
Turnout 3,510 (est)91.3 (est)+9.1
Registered electors 3,846
Liberal hold Swing −0.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.3

Cotes was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 10 May 1880: Shrewsbury (1 seat) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes Unopposed
Liberal hold

Representation reduced to one Member

General election 1885: Shrewsbury [24] [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Watson 2,244 59.7 +14.1
Liberal Charles Waring1,51240.3−14.2
Majority73219.4N/A
Turnout 3,75690.9−0.4 (est)
Registered electors 4,131
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.2
General election 1886: Shrewsbury [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Watson 1,826 59.0 −0.7
Liberal Maurice Jones [27] 1,26941.0+0.7
Majority55718.0−1.4
Turnout 3,09574.9−16.0
Registered electors 4,131
Conservative hold Swing −0.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Shrewsbury [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry David Greene 1,979 55.7 −3.3
Liberal James Brend Batten1,57344.3+3.3
Majority40611.4−6.6
Turnout 3,55283.4+8.5
Registered electors 4,258
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
General election 1895: Shrewsbury [24] [25] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry David Greene Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Shrewsbury [24] [25] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry David Greene Unopposed
Conservative hold
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Hemmerde
General election 1906: Shrewsbury [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clement Lloyd Hill 2,395 55.1 N/A
Liberal Edward Hemmerde 1,95544.9New
Majority44010.2N/A
Turnout 4,35092.4N/A
Registered electors 4,709
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Shrewsbury [24] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clement Lloyd Hill 2,596 56.6 +1.5
Liberal John Haworth Whitworth1,99443.4−1.5
Majority60213.2+3.0
Turnout 4,59094.0+1.6
Registered electors 4,882
Conservative hold Swing +1.5
General election December 1910: Shrewsbury [24] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clement Lloyd Hill 2,423 56.6 0.0
Lib-Lab Thomas Pace1,85543.40.0
Majority56813.20.0
Turnout 4,27887.6−6.4
Registered electors 4,882
Conservative hold Swing +0.0
1913 Shrewsbury by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Butler Lloyd 2,412 58.3 +1.7
Independent Liberal James Robert Morris1,72741.7New
Majority68516.6+3.4
Turnout 4,13981.0−6.6
Registered electors 5,107
Unionist hold Swing N/A

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Shrewsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist George Butler Lloyd 9,82663.9+7.3
Labour Arthur Taylor5,54236.1New
Majority4,28427.8+14.6
Turnout 15,36860.4−27.2
Registered electors 25,459
Unionist hold Swing N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Shrewsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Dudley Ryder 10,999 53.9 -10.0
Liberal Joseph Sunlight 9,40146.1New
Majority1,5987.8-20.0
Turnout 20,400
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Shrewsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Sunlight 11,097 51.3 +5.2
Unionist Dudley Ryder 10,54848.7−5.2
Majority5492.6N/A
Turnout 21,645
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +5.2
General election 1924: Shrewsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Dudley Ryder 13,220 55.6 +6.9
Liberal Joseph Sunlight 8,94537.6−13.7
Labour David Baxter Lawley 1,6146.8New
Majority4,27518.0N/A
Turnout 23,779
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +10.3
General election 1929: Shrewsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Arthur Duckworth 14,586 48.6 −7.0
Liberal Joseph Sunlight 11,79439.3+1.7
Labour A A Beach3,66212.2+5.4
Majority2,7929.3-8.7
Turnout 30,042
Unionist hold Swing −4.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Shrewsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Duckworth 18,505 60.8 +12.2
Liberal Elizabeth Morgan 9,35830.8-8.5
Labour Edward Porter2,5678.4-3.8
Majority9,14730.0+20.7
Turnout 30,43082.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Shrewsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Duckworth 18,401 65.7 +4.9
Labour Cecil Poole 9,60634.3+25.9
Majority8,79531.4+1.4
Turnout 28,00774.2-8.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 caused general elections to be suspended until 1945.

General election 1945: Shrewsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 15,174 44.4 -21.3
Labour S N Chapman10,58031.0-3.3
Liberal Arthur Comyns Carr 8,41224.6New
Majority4,59413.4-18.0
Turnout 34,16673.0-1.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Shrewsbury [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 18,470 49.7 +5.3
Labour Robert Cant 12,54233.8+2.8
Liberal Norman Elliott6,12616.5-8.1
Majority5,92815.9+2.5
Turnout 37,13883.9+11.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Shrewsbury [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 21,503 59.3 +9.6
Labour Robert Cant 14,73540.7+6.9
Majority6,76818.6+2.7
Turnout 36,23880.7-3.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Shrewsbury [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 21,319 60.8 +1.5
Labour Geoffrey Allen13,72639.2–1.5
Majority7,59321.6+3.0
Turnout 35,04577.5-3.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Shrewsbury [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 19,970 53.0 –7.8
Labour Kenneth V Russell11,33830.1–9.1
Liberal Harold Shaw6,38716.9New
Majority8,63222.9+1.3
Turnout 37,69580.5+3.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Shrewsbury [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 18,517 48.3 –4.7
Labour James O Murphy12,65833.0+2.9
Liberal Geoffrey Keith Roberts7,18018.7+1.8
Majority5,85915.3-7.6
Turnout 38,35578.2-2.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Shrewsbury [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 17,569 45.2 –3.1
Labour Thomas S Pritchard14,60337.6+4.6
Liberal William Marsh6,66017.2–1.5
Majority2,9667.6-7.7
Turnout 38,83276.5-1.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Shrewsbury [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 22,619 53.9 +8.7
Labour Peter A Kent13,41331.9–5.7
Liberal Ian R Brodie5,96014.2–3.0
Majority9,20622.0+14.4
Turnout 41,99273.1-3.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Shrewsbury [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 21,095 44.4 –9.5
Liberal William Marsh14,91431.4+17.2
Labour D.W. Woodvine11,53624.3–7.6
Majority6,18113.0-9.0
Turnout 47,54579.8+6.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Shrewsbury [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 19,064 43.1 –1.3
Liberal William Marsh13,64230.9–0.5
Labour D.W. Woodvine11,50426.0+1.7
Majority5,42212.2-0.8
Turnout 44,21073.4-6.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Shrewsbury [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 23,548 48.6 +5.5
Liberal A. Laurie13,36427.6–3.3
Labour J. Bishton11,55823.9–2.1
Majority10,18421.0+8.8
Turnout 48,47076.7+3.3
Conservative hold Swing

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  29. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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  33. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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