Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates 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.

Constituencies

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Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
North Shropshire CC 77,573 15,311 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Helen Morgan ¤ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Simon Baynes †
Map showing the location of the North Shropshire constituency in Shropshire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
Shrewsbury CC 76,599 11,355 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Julia Buckley ‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | Daniel Kawczynski †
Map showing the location of the Shrewsbury constituency in Shropshire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
South Shropshire CC 76,723 1,624 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Stuart Anderson † style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" |  Matthew Green ¤
Map showing the location of the South Shropshire constituency in Shropshire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
Telford BC 73,808 8,102 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | Shaun Davies ‡ style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | Alan Adams
(Reform UK)
Map showing the location of the Telford constituency in Shropshire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.
The Wrekin CC 78,942 883 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | Mark Pritchard † style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color" | Roh Yakobi ‡
Map showing the location of The Wrekin constituency in Shropshire under the boundaries created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 general election.


Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010-2024 Current name Boundaries 2024-present
  1. Ludlow CC
  2. North Shropshire CC
  3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
  1. North Shropshire CC
  2. Shrewsbury CC
  3. South Shropshire CC
  4. Telford BC
  5. The Wrekin CC
Numbered map of the parliamentary constituencies of Shropshire created by the 2023 boundary review and first used at the 2024 UK general election.

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.

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

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 66,943 27.5% Increase1.6% 2 Increase2
Conservative 65,156 26.8% Decrease33.5% 2 Decrease3
Liberal Democrats 55,257 22.7% Increase12.3% 1 Increase1
Reform UK 44,412 18.2% new 0 0
Greens 10,680 4.4% Increase1.7% 0 0
Others 1,109 0.5% Decrease0.2% 0 0
Total 243,557 100.0 5

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:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 155,225 60.3% Increase4.7% 5 0
Labour 66,798 25.9% Decrease9.3% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 26,827 10.4% Increase4.6% 0 0
Greens 6,955 2.7% Increase0.6% 0 0
Others 1,713 0.7% Decrease0.6% 0 0
Total 257,518 100.0 5

Percentage votes

Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative1 54.7 57.3 59.3 55.6 47.9 49.3 52.4 43.1 43.0 49.6 49.0 48.2 46.3 37.2 39.1 41.8 46.8 48.3 55.6 60.3 26.8
Labour 41.2 42.7 40.7 36.2 34.1 42.7 36.0 31.1 33.2 29.1 21.3 25.4 30.7 39.7 38.2 30.8 21.6 24.4 35.2 25.9 27.5
Liberal Democrat2 4.1 - - 8.2 18.0 8.0 11.7 25.8 23.8 21.0 29.7 26.0 22.0 20.5 18.6 23.0 23.5 7.0 5.8 10.4 22.7
Green Party - - - - - - - - - - - * * * * * 0.8 4.0 2.1 2.7 4.4
UKIP - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * 4.4 16.3 1.2 * -
Reform UK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18.2
Other - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 2.7 4.1 4.4 3.0 - 0.1 0.7 0.5

1Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966

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

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative1 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 4 4 5 5 5 2
Labour 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
Liberal Democrat2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

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

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

Constituency 1290-1295 1295-1473 1473-1584 1584-1832 1832-1885 1885-1918 1918-1983 1983-1997 1997–present
Bishop's Castle 1584-1832
Bridgnorth 1295-1885
Ludlow 1473–present
Newport 1885-1918
North Shropshire 1832-1885 1983–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

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Constituency 1885 86 1886 1892 1895 1900 01 03 04 1906 08 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12 13 17 18
Ludlow bgcolor="Template:Party color" |More bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Hunt bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color"|→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→
Newport bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Bickersteth bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Kenyon-Slaney bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Stanier
Oswestry bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Leighton bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Ormsby-Gore bgcolor="Template:Party color"|Bright bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Bridgeman
Shrewsbury bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Watson bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="6" |Greene bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="5" |Hill bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Lloyd
Wellington (Salop) bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Brown bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |→ colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Henry

1918 to 1945

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Constituency 1918 20 20 22 1922 23 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 41
Ludlow bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Stanier bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |I. Windsor-Clive bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |G. Windsor-Clive
Oswestry bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Bridgeman bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Leighton
Shrewsbury bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Lloyd bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Ryder bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Sunlight bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Ryder bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Duckworth
The Wrekin bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Henry bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Palmer bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Townshend bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Button bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Nixon bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Oakley bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Picton-Turbervill bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Baldwin-Webb bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Colegate

1945 to 1983

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Constituency 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 60 61 1964 1966 1970 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979
Ludlow colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Corbett colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Holland-Martin colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |More bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Cockeram
Oswestry bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Poole colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Ormsby-Gore colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Biffen
Shrewsbury colspan="13" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Langford-Holt
The Wrekin colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Thomas colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Yates bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Fowler bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Trafford colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Fowler bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Hawksley

1983 to present

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Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 01 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 21 24 2024
Ludlow / South Shropshire (2024) bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Cockeram bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Gill bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Green bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Dunne bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Anderson
North Shropshire bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Biffen bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Paterson bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Morgan
Shrewsbury and Atcham / Shrewsbury (2024) bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Conway bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Marsden bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="7" |Kawczynski bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Buckley
The Wrekin bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Hawksley bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="2" |Grocott bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="3" |Bradley bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="8" |Pritchard
Telford bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Grocott bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Wright bgcolor="Template:Party color" colspan="4" |Allan bgcolor="Template:Party color" |→ bgcolor="Template:Party color" |Davies

See also

Notes

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  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.

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References

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