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 2015 general election:

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Local authority[nb 3] Member of Parliament Nearest Opposition Map
Ludlow CC 66,374 18,929 Shropshire Council   Philip Dunne   David Kelly
North Shropshire CC 78,858 16,494 Shropshire Council Owen Paterson   Graeme Currie
Shrewsbury and Atcham CC 76,402 9,565 Shropshire Council Daniel Kawczynski   Laura Davies
Telford BC 66,166 730 Telford and Wrekin Lucy Allan David Wright
The Wrekin CC 65,942 10,743 Telford and Wrekin
& Shropshire Council[1]		 Mark Pritchard Katrina Gilman

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.

Name Pre-2010 boundaries Current 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
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

2001 2005 2010 2015

Historical constituencies

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

1290

1295

1473

1832

1885

1918

1983

1997

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.

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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