Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

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 per 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.

Constituencies

The following table summaries the five constituencies of Shropshire, with information as per the 2017 general election:

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Local authority[nb 3] Member of Parliament Nearest Opposition Map
Ludlow CC 68,034 19,286 Shropshire Council   Philip Dunne   Julia Buckley
North Shropshire CC 80,535 16,355 Shropshire Council Owen Paterson   Graeme Currie
Shrewsbury and Atcham CC 79,043 6,627 Shropshire Council Daniel Kawczynski   Laura Davies
Telford BC 68,106 720 Telford and Wrekin Lucy Allan Kuldip Sahota
The Wrekin CC 68,604 9,564 Telford and Wrekin
& Shropshire Council[1]		 Mark Pritchard Dylan Harrison

Boundary changes

The most recent changes to Parliamentary constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England retain the 5 constituencies in Shropshire, making only small changes to the boundary between Telford and The Wrekin to align with current local government wards. These changes were implemented for the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

NamePre-2010 boundariesCurrent boundaries
  1. Ludlow CC
  2. North Shropshire CC
  3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC

Recent members of parliament history

Members of Parliament elected at each general election since 1992 for each constituency in the county. The present-day incumbent MPs are shown in bold.

Constituency 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017
Ludlow  CON  Christopher Gill  LD  Matthew Green  CON  Philip Dunne
North Shropshire  CON  John Biffen  CON  Owen Paterson
Shrewsbury & Atcham  CON  Derek Conway  LAB  Paul Marsden  LD  Paul Marsden†  CON  Daniel Kawczynski
Telford‡  LAB  Bruce Grocott  LAB  Bruce Grocott  LAB  David Wright  CON  Lucy Allan
The Wrekin‡  LAB  Peter Bradley  CON  Mark Pritchard

† Paul Marsden won the 2001 election as a Labour Party candidate but defected to the Liberal Democrats and remained with that party for much of the following Parliament.
‡ The Wrekin was split at the 1997 election, into The Wrekin and Telford constituencies.

Election results in graphics

1997 2001 2005 2010 2015
2017

Historical constituencies

Timeline of Parliamentary constituencies in the county, with historical and extant (marked by a ‡ symbol) constituencies, by year of creation.

1290

  • Bishop's Castle (1584–1832) – a rotten borough; abolished; today part of Ludlow constituency
  • Shrewsbury (1290–1983) – became the extant constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham
  • Shropshire (1290–1832) – divided into North and South Shropshire constituencies
  • (Much) Wenlock (1290–1885) – abolished; today part of The Wrekin, Telford and Ludlow constituencies

1295

  • Bridgnorth (1295–1885) – abolished; today part of Ludlow constituency

1473

  • Ludlow‡

1832

  • North Shropshire (1832–1885) – divided into Newport, Oswestry and Wellington constituencies; revived in 1983
  • South Shropshire (1832–1885) – effectively merged with Ludlow constituency

1885

  • Newport (Shropshire) (1885–1918) – became part of newly formed The Wrekin constituency
  • Oswestry (1885–1983) – became the extant constituency of North Shropshire
  • Wellington (Shropshire) (1885–1918) – became part of newly formed The Wrekin constituency

1918

  • The Wrekin (1918–1997) – divided into the extant constituencies of The Wrekin and Telford

1983

  • North Shropshire‡
  • Shrewsbury and Atcham‡

1997

  • Telford‡
  • The Wrekin‡

The re-organisation in 1997, the most recent major re-organisation of constituencies for Shropshire, meant that the number of constituencies in the county increased from four to five.

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1918

  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

1918 to 1983

  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 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 60 61 1964 1966 1970 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979
Ludlow Stanier I. Windsor-Clive G. Windsor-Clive Corbett Holland-Martin More Cockeram
Oswestry Bridgeman Leighton Poole Ormsby-Gore Biffen
Shrewsbury Lloyd Ryder Sunlight Ryder Duckworth Langford-Holt
The Wrekin Henry Palmer Townshend Button Nixon Oakley Picton-Turbervill Baldwin-Webb Colegate Thomas Yates Fowler Trafford Fowler Hawksley

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 01 2005 2010 2015 2017
Ludlow Cockeram Gill Green Dunne
North Shropshire Biffen Paterson
Shrewsbury and Atcham Conway Marsden --> Kawczynski
The Wrekin Hawksley Grocott Bradley Pritchard
Telford Grocott Wright Allan

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.
  3. ↑ The local authority which covers the constituency and is responsible for holding a Parliamentary election in that constituency.

References

  1. ↑ The Wrekin constituency lies part in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and part in Shropshire Council's area, though the greater part is that of Telford and Wrekin and it is that borough council which manages Parliamentary elections there.
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