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 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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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

Conservative † Liberal Democrat ¤ Labour ‡

Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate  | Majority[nb 2] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition  | Map

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North Shropshire CC | 77,573  | 15,311  |  | Helen Morgan ¤  |  | Simon Baynes †  |
Shrewsbury CC | 76,599  | 11,355  |  | Julia Buckley ‡  |  | Daniel Kawczynski †  |
South Shropshire CC | 76,723  | 1,624  |  | Stuart Anderson †  |  | Matthew Green ¤  |
Telford BC | 73,808  | 8,102  |  | Shaun Davies ‡  |  | Alan Adams
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The Wrekin CC | 78,942  | 883  |  | Mark Pritchard †  |  | Roh Yakobi ‡  |

## Boundary changes

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### 2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name | Boundaries 2010-2024  | Current name | Boundaries 2024-present

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1. Ludlow CC
2. North Shropshire CC
3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
4. Telford BC
5. The Wrekin CC

| New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire |

1. North Shropshire CC
2. Shrewsbury CC
3. South Shropshire CC
4. Telford BC
5. The Wrekin CC

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

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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

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1. Ludlow CC
2. North Shropshire CC
3. Shrewsbury and Atcham CC
4. Telford BC
5. The Wrekin CC

| Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire | New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

## Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[2]

### 2024

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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

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Labour | 66,943  | 27.5%  | 1.6%  | 2  | 2
Conservative | 65,156  | 26.8%  | 33.5%  | 2  | 3
Liberal Democrats | 55,257  | 22.7%  | 12.3%  | 1  | 1
Reform UK | 44,412  | 18.2%  | new  | 0  | 0
Greens | 10,680  | 4.4%  | 1.7%  | 0  | 0
Others  | 1,109  | 0.5%  | 0.2%  | 0  | 0
Total | 243,557 | 100.0 |  | 5 |

### 2019

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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

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Conservative | 155,225  | 60.3%  | 4.7%  | 5  | 0
Labour | 66,798  | 25.9%  | 9.3%  | 0  | 0
Liberal Democrats | 26,827  | 10.4%  | 4.6%  | 0  | 0
Greens | 6,955  | 2.7%  | 0.6%  | 0  | 0
Others  | 1,713  | 0.7%  | 0.6%  | 0  | 0
Total | 257,518 | 100.0 |  | 5 |

### Percentage votes

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Election year  | 1950  | 1951  | 1955  | 1959  | 1964  | 1966  | 1970  | 1974

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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

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Election year  | 1950  | 1951  | 1955  | 1959  | 1964  | 1966  | 1970  | 1974

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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

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#### 1885-1910

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* 1885

* 1886

* 1892

* 1895

* 1900

* 1906

* Jan 1910

* Dec 1910

#### 1918-1945

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* 1918

* 1922

* 1923

* 1924

* 1929

* 1931

* 1935

* 1945

#### 1950-1979

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* 1950

* 1951

* 1955

* 1959

* 1964

* 1966

* 1970

* Feb 1974

* Oct 1974

* 1979

#### 1983-present

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* 1983

* 1987

* 1992

* 1997

* 2001

* 2005

* 2010

* 2015

* 2017

* 2019

* 2024

## Historical constituencies

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See also: List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

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

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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

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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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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

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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 1945

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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

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Ludlow | Stanier | I. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive
Oswestry | Bridgeman | Leighton
Shrewsbury | Lloyd | Ryder | Sunlight | Ryder | Duckworth
The Wrekin | Henry | Palmer | Townshend | Button | Nixon | Oakley | Picton-Turbervill | Baldwin-Webb | Colegate

### 1945 to 1983

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Conservative Labour

Constituency  | 1945  | 1950  | 1951  | 1955  | 1959  | 60 | 61 | 1964  | 1966  | 1970  | Feb 74  | Oct 74  | 1979

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Ludlow | Corbett | Holland-Martin | More | Cockeram
Oswestry | Poole | Ormsby-Gore | Biffen
Shrewsbury | Langford-Holt
The Wrekin | Thomas | Yates | Fowler | Trafford | Fowler | Hawksley

### 1983 to present

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Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats

Constituency  | 1983  | 1987  | 1992  | 1997  | 2001  | 01 | 2005  | 2010  | 2015  | 2017  | 2019  | 21 | 24 | 2024

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Ludlow / South Shropshire (2024)  | Cockeram | Gill | Green | Dunne | Anderson
North Shropshire | Biffen | Paterson | Morgan
Shrewsbury and Atcham / Shrewsbury (2024)  | Conway | Marsden | → | Kawczynski | Buckley
The Wrekin | Hawksley | Grocott | Bradley | Pritchard
Telford |  | Grocott | Wright | Allan | → | Davies

## See also

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* List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)
* List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
* Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire

## 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.

## References

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1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1258-1270. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
2. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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