Telford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Telford
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Telford (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
West Midlands - Telford constituency.svg
Boundary of Telford in West Midlands region
County Shropshire
Electorate 65,938 (December 2010) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Shaun Davies (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from The Wrekin

Telford is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Shaun Davies of the Labour Party [n 2] .

Contents

Boundaries

Telford is made up of several old industrial towns to the north of the River Severn and on the eastern flanks of the Wrekin (including Madeley, Dawley and the small townships in the Ironbridge Gorge) and numerous New Town developments including Woodside. However, not all of the Telford New Town developments are in the constituency; the northern parts and some western areas (including the town of Wellington) which pre-dates Telford, are in The Wrekin constituency.

All of the constituency is covered by Telford and Wrekin Council.

2024-present: The Borough of Telford and Wrekin wards of: Brookside; Dawley & Aqueduct; Horsehay & Lightmoor; Ironbridge Gorge; Ketley; Lawley (most); Madeley & Sutton Hill; Malinslee & Dawley Bank; Oakengates & Ketley Bank; Overdale & The Rock; Priorslee; St. Georges; The Nedge; Woodside; Wrockwardine Wood & Trench; and a very small part of Donnington. [2]

2010–2024: The Borough of Telford and Wrekin wards of Brookside, Cuckoo Oak, Dawley Magna, Horsehay and Lightmoor, Ironbridge Gorge, Ketley and Oakengates, Lawley and Overdale, Madeley, Malinslee, Priorslee, St George's, The Nedge, Woodside, Wrockwardine Wood, and Trench.

1997–2010: The District of The Wrekin wards of Brookside, Cuckoo Oak, Dawley Magna, Hollinswood/Randlay, Ironbridge (The Gorge), Ketley Bank, Langley, Lawley, Madeley, Malinslee, Priorslee, Stirchley, Wombridge, Woodside, and Wrockwardine Wood.

Boundary changes to realign the constituency boundaries to fit with the borough's most recent ward revisions resulted in the addition of Ketley (from the constituency of The Wrekin) for the 2010 general election.

2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies resulted in slight boundary adjustment to accommodate changes in ward boundaries:

Minor change to align the boundaries with those of revised wards and to bring the electorate within the permitted range.

Constituency profile

The constituency is generally urban and covers Telford New Town. There is a significant technology sector. [3] Residents are slightly poorer than the UK average. [4]

History

Created from the more rural Wrekin constituency for the 1997 general election, Telford was continuously held by the Labour Party, with a change in candidate in 2001, until the 2015 general election when the Conservatives took the seat from David Wright. Bruce Grocott was its first-ever MP, serving for the first four years. In 2010 Wright's majority fell to a marginal figure of 981 votes, and he lost in 2015 by 730 votes [5] – one of the small number of Conservative gains from Labour in that election, which in turn helped to give the Conservatives an overall parliamentary majority. The seat was retained by Lucy Allan in 2017 with an almost identical majority of 720, and again by Allan in 2019 with a majority of 10,941, one of the most significant Conservative marginal seat holds in that election. [6]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [7] Party
1997 Bruce Grocott Labour
2001 David Wright Labour
2015 Lucy Allan Conservative
May 2024 Independent
2024 Shaun Davies Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Telford [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaun Davies 18,212 44.7 +10.4
Reform UK Alan Adams10,11024.8New
Conservative Hannah Campbell8,72821.4–37.9
Green John Adams2,1205.2New
Liberal Democrats Jo McKenna1,5603.8−2.4
Majority8,10219.9−5.7
Turnout 40,73055.4–6.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Telford [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucy Allan 25,546 59.7 +11.0
Labour Katrina Gilman14,60534.1–13.0
Liberal Democrats Shana Roberts2,6746.2+4.1
Majority10,94125.6+25.0
Turnout 42,82562.1–4.2
Conservative hold Swing +12.0
Results of UK House of Commons seat Telford, created in 1997, since 2005. Telford 2005 to date.svg
Results of UK House of Commons seat Telford, created in 1997, since 2005.
General election 2017: Telford [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucy Allan 21,777 48.7 +9.1
Labour Kuldip Sahota 21,05747.1+9.3
Liberal Democrats Susan King9542.1−0.2
Green Luke Shirley8982.0–0.3
Majority7201.6–0.2
Turnout 44,68666.3+4.9
Conservative hold Swing –0.1
General election 2015: Telford [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucy Allan 16,094 39.6 +3.3
Labour David Wright 15,36437.8–0.9
UKIP Denis Allen7,33018.0+12.1
Green Peter Hawkins9302.3New
Liberal Democrats Ian Croll9272.3–13.2
Majority7301.8N/A
Turnout 40,64561.4–2.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.1
General election 2010: Telford [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wright 15,974 38.7 –9.5
Conservative Tom Biggins14,99636.3+3.2
Liberal Democrats Phillip Bennion 6,39915.5+1.4
UKIP Denis Allen2,4285.9+1.2
BNP Phil Spencer1,5133.7New
Majority9782.4–13.4
Turnout 41,31363.5+4.8
Labour hold Swing –6.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Telford [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wright 16,506 48.3 –6.3
Conservative Stella Kyriazis11,10032.5+5.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins4,94114.4+1.5
UKIP Tom McCartney1,6594.9+1.3
Majority5,40615.8–11.4
Turnout 34,20657.7+5.7
Labour hold Swing –5.7
General election 2001: Telford [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wright 16,854 54.6 –3.2
Conservative Andrew Henderson8,47127.40.0
Liberal Democrats Sallyann Wiggin3,98312.9+1.1
UKIP Nicola Brookes1,0983.6New
Socialist Alliance Michael Jeffries4691.5New
Majority8,38327.2–3.2
Turnout 30,87552.0–13.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Telford [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Bruce Grocott 21,456 57.8
Conservative Bernard Gentry10,16627.4
Liberal Democrats Nathaniel Green4,37111.8
Referendum Christopher Morris1,1193.0
Majority11,29030.4
Turnout 37,11265.6
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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