Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Shrewsbury | |
---|---|
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Shrewsbury and Atcham |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Shrewsbury and Atcham |
1290–1918 | |
Seats | 1290–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Shrewsbury was a parliamentary constituency in England, centred on the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the 2024 general election, succeeding the (to be abolished) constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham.[1]
Boundaries[edit]
1918–1950: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural Districts of Atcham and Chirbury.
1950–1974: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural District of Atcham.
1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
Proposed[edit]
The re-established constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The County of Shropshire electoral divisions of: Abbey; Bagley; Battlefield; Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton; Belle Vue; Bowbrook; Castlefields and Ditherington; Copthorne; Harlescott; Longden; Loton; Meole; Monkmoor; Porthill; Quarry and Coton Hill; Radbrook; Rea Valley; Sundorne; Tern; Underdale.[2]
It will comprise the existing constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham (to be abolished), with the exception of the Burnell and Severn Valley wards which will be transferred to the re-established constituency of South Shropshire.
History[edit]
Shrewsbury was founded in 1290 as parliamentary borough, returning two members to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
Famous MPs have included Sir Philip Sidney in 1581, Robert Clive (known as 'Clive of India') from 1761 to his death in 1774, and Benjamin Disraeli (later Prime Minister) in 1841–47. By the mid eighteenth century Shrewsbury was known as an independent constituency. The right of election was vested in resident burgesses paying scot and lot. By 1722 the number of voters exceeded 1300 but Parliament sharply reduced the number by excluding parts of Shrewsbury from the parliamentary borough.[3]
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one Member of Parliament (MP). The parliamentary borough was abolished with effect from the 1918 general election, and the name transferred to a new county constituency. The constituency was renamed Shrewsbury and Atcham, but continued with the exact same boundaries as had been in effect from 1974-1983.
Members of Parliament[edit]
Borough of Shrewsbury[edit]
- Constituency created (1290)
MPs 1290–1660[edit]
MPs 1660–1885[edit]
MPs 1885–1918[edit]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | James Watson | Conservative | |
1892 | Henry David Greene | Conservative | |
1906 | Sir Clement Lloyd Hill | Conservative | |
1913 by-election | George Butler Lloyd | Conservative | |
1918 | Borough abolished, name transferred to new county division |
Shrewsbury division of Shropshire[edit]
MPs 1918–1983[edit]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | George Butler Lloyd | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Dudley Ryder | Conservative | |
1923 | Joseph Sunlight | Liberal | |
1924 | Dudley Ryder | Conservative | |
1929 | Arthur Duckworth | Conservative | |
1945 | Sir John Langford-Holt | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Shrewsbury and Atcham |
Election results[edit]
Elections in the 1830s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Richard Jenkins | 754 | 42.8 | ||
Whig | Robert Aglionby Slaney | 563 | 32.0 | ||
Tory | Panton Corbett | 445 | 25.3 | ||
Turnout | 974 | c. 81.2 | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,200 | ||||
Majority | 191 | 10.8 | |||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 118 | 6.7 | |||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Aglionby Slaney | 178 | 30.7 | −1.3 | |
Tory | Richard Jenkins | 175 | 30.2 | −12.6 | |
Tory | Thomas Boycott | 124 | 21.4 | −3.9 | |
Radical | Richard Potter | 103 | 17.8 | New | |
Turnout | 309 | c. 25.8 | c. −55.4 | ||
Registered electors | c. 1,200 | ||||
Majority | 3 | 0.5 | −6.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Majority | 51 | 8.8 | −2.0 | ||
Tory hold | Swing | −5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Hanmer | 808 | 36.1 | +5.9 | |
Whig | Robert Aglionby Slaney | 797 | 35.6 | +4.9 | |
Tory | John Cressett-Pelham | 634 | 28.3 | +6.9 | |
Turnout | 1,314 | 76.7 | c. +50.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,714 | ||||
Majority | 11 | 0.5 | −8.3 | ||
Tory hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Majority | 163 | 7.3 | +6.8 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hanmer | 761 | 38.7 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | John Cressett-Pelham | 629 | 32.0 | +3.7 | |
Whig | Robert Aglionby Slaney | 578 | 29.4 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 51 | 2.6 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | c. 984 | c. 77.5 | c. +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,270 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Jenkins | 700 | 27.0 | −11.7 | |
Whig | Robert Aglionby Slaney | 697 | 26.9 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | John Cressett-Pelham | 655 | 25.3 | −6.7 | |
Whig | Francis Dashwood | 537 | 20.7 | +6.0 | |
Turnout | 1,312 | 89.1 | c. +11.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,473 | ||||
Majority | 3 | 0.1 | −2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −10.4 | |||
Majority | 42 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.7 |
Elections in the 1840s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Tomline | 793 | 28.7 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli | 785 | 28.4 | +3.1 | |
Whig | Love Jones-Parry | 605 | 21.9 | −5.0 | |
Whig | Christopher Temple | 578 | 20.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 180 | 6.5 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,384 | 88.5 | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,666 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Holmes Baldock | 769 | 34.3 | −22.8 | |
Whig | Robert Aglionby Slaney | 743 | 33.1 | −9.7 | |
Peelite | George Tomline | 732 | 32.6 | +3.9 | |
Turnout | 1,122 (est) | 62.2 (est) | −26.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,805 | ||||
Majority | 26 | 1.2 | −5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −12.4 | |||
Majority | 11 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | −5.8 |
Elections in the 1850s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | George Tomline | 1,159 | 49.7 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Edward Holmes Baldock | 736 | 31.5 | −2.8 | |
Radical | Augustus Robinson[19] | 438 | 18.8 | −14.3 | |
Turnout | 1,167 (est) | 70.0 (est) | +7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,666 | ||||
Majority | 423 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Whig | Swing | +12.1 | |||
Majority | 298 | 12.7 | +11.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | George Tomline | 706 | 29.0 | −20.7 | |
Whig | Robert Aglionby Slaney | 695 | 28.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Walter Huddleston | 548 | 22.5 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Phibbs | 484 | 19.9 | +10.5 | |
Turnout | 1,217 (est) | 75.2 (est) | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,617 | ||||
Majority | 11 | 0.4 | −17.8 | ||
Peelite hold | Swing | −16.3 | |||
Majority | 147 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Aglionby Slaney | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | George Tomline | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,635 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s[edit]
Slaney's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Robertson | 671 | 64.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Banner Oakeley | 361 | 34.6 | New | |
Ind. Conservative | Henry Atkins[22] | 10 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 310 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,042 | 69.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,506 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William James Clement | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | George Tomline | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,533 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William James Clement | 1,840 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Figgins | 1,751 | 40.9 | New | |
Liberal | Robert Crawford[23] | 685 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,014 (est) | 89.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,620 | ||||
Majority | 89 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 1,066 | 24.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s[edit]
Clement's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Douglas Straight | 1,291 | 50.7 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Cecil Cotes | 1,253 | 49.3 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 38 | 1.4 | −23.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,544 | 75.2 | −13.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,381 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Cecil Cotes | 1,672 | 28.1 | −14.9 | |
Liberal | Henry Robertson | 1,561 | 26.2 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | James Figgins | 1,388 | 23.3 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Douglas Straight | 1,328 | 22.3 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 173 | 2.9 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,975 (est) | 82.2 (est) | −6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,620 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.0 |
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Cecil Cotes | 1,945 | 27.7 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Henry Robertson | 1,884 | 26.8 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Andrew Scoble[24] | 1,622 | 23.1 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Francis Needham | 1,568 | 22.3 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 262 | 3.7 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,510 (est) | 91.3 (est) | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,846 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Cotes was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Cecil Cotes | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Representation reduced to one Member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Watson | 2,244 | 59.7 | +14.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Waring | 1,512 | 40.3 | −14.2 | |
Majority | 732 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,756 | 90.9 | −0.4 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 4,131 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Watson | 1,826 | 59.0 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Maurice Jones[28] | 1,269 | 41.0 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 557 | 18.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,095 | 74.9 | −16.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,131 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry David Greene | 1,979 | 55.7 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | James Brend Batten | 1,573 | 44.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 406 | 11.4 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,552 | 83.4 | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,258 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry David Greene | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry David Greene | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clement Lloyd Hill | 2,395 | 55.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Hemmerde | 1,955 | 44.9 | New | |
Majority | 440 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,350 | 92.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,709 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clement Lloyd Hill | 2,596 | 56.6 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | John Haworth Whitworth | 1,994 | 43.4 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 602 | 13.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,590 | 94.0 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,882 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clement Lloyd Hill | 2,423 | 56.6 | 0.0 | |
Lib-Lab | Thomas Pace | 1,855 | 43.4 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 568 | 13.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,278 | 87.6 | −6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,882 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Butler Lloyd | 2,412 | 58.3 | +1.7 | |
Independent | James Robert Morris | 1,727 | 41.7 | New | |
Majority | 685 | 16.6 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,139 | 81.0 | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,107 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: George Lloyd[31][32]
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Butler Lloyd | 9,826 | 63.9 | +7.3 |
Labour | Arthur Taylor | 5,542 | 36.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,284 | 27.8 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,368 | 60.4 | −27.2 | ||
Registered electors | 25,459 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Dudley Ryder | 10,999 | 53.9 | -10.0 | |
Liberal | Joseph Sunlight | 9,401 | 46.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,598 | 7.8 | -20.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,400 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Sunlight | 11,097 | 51.3 | +5.2 | |
Unionist | Dudley Ryder | 10,548 | 48.7 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 549 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,645 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Dudley Ryder | 13,220 | 55.6 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Joseph Sunlight | 8,945 | 37.6 | −13.7 | |
Labour | David Baxter Lawley | 1,614 | 6.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,275 | 18.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,779 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Arthur Duckworth | 14,586 | 48.6 | −7.0 | |
Liberal | Joseph Sunlight | 11,794 | 39.3 | +1.7 | |
Labour | A A Beach | 3,662 | 12.2 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 2,792 | 9.3 | -8.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,042 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Elections in the 1930s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Duckworth | 18,505 | 60.8 | +12.2 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth Morgan | 9,358 | 30.8 | -8.5 | |
Labour | Edward Porter | 2,567 | 8.4 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 9,147 | 30.0 | +20.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,430 | 82.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Duckworth | 18,401 | 65.7 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Cecil Poole | 9,606 | 34.3 | +25.9 | |
Majority | 8,795 | 31.4 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,007 | 74.2 | -8.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[edit]
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Arthur Duckworth
- Liberal: John Share Jones[33]
- Labour: Stanley Norman Chapman[34]
The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 caused general elections to be suspended until 1945.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 15,174 | 44.4 | -21.3 | |
Labour | Stanley Norman Chapman | 10,580 | 31.0 | -3.3 | |
Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 8,412 | 24.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,594 | 13.4 | -18.0 | ||
Turnout | 34,166 | 73.0 | -1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 18,470 | 49.7 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Robert Cant | 12,542 | 33.8 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Norman Elliott | 6,126 | 16.5 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 5,928 | 15.9 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 37,138 | 83.9 | +11.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 21,503 | 59.3 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Robert Cant | 14,735 | 40.7 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 6,768 | 18.6 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 36,238 | 80.7 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 21,319 | 60.8 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Allen | 13,726 | 39.2 | –1.5 | |
Majority | 7,593 | 21.6 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,045 | 77.5 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 19,970 | 53.0 | –7.8 | |
Labour | Kenneth V Russell | 11,338 | 30.1 | –9.1 | |
Liberal | Harold Shaw | 6,387 | 16.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,632 | 22.9 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,695 | 80.5 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 18,517 | 48.3 | –4.7 | |
Labour | James O Murphy | 12,658 | 33.0 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Keith Roberts | 7,180 | 18.7 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 5,859 | 15.3 | -7.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,355 | 78.2 | -2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 17,569 | 45.2 | –3.1 | |
Labour | Thomas S Pritchard | 14,603 | 37.6 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | William Marsh | 6,660 | 17.2 | –1.5 | |
Majority | 2,966 | 7.6 | -7.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,832 | 76.5 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 22,619 | 53.9 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Peter A Kent | 13,413 | 31.9 | –5.7 | |
Liberal | Ian R Brodie | 5,960 | 14.2 | –3.0 | |
Majority | 9,206 | 22.0 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,992 | 73.1 | -3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 21,095 | 44.4 | –9.5 | |
Liberal | William Marsh | 14,914 | 31.4 | +17.2 | |
Labour | D.W. Woodvine | 11,536 | 24.3 | –7.6 | |
Majority | 6,181 | 13.0 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,545 | 79.8 | +6.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 19,064 | 43.1 | –1.3 | |
Liberal | William Marsh | 13,642 | 30.9 | –0.5 | |
Labour | D.W. Woodvine | 11,504 | 26.0 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 5,422 | 12.2 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,210 | 73.4 | -6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Langford-Holt | 23,548 | 48.6 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | A. Laurie | 13,364 | 27.6 | –3.3 | |
Labour | J. Bishton | 11,558 | 23.9 | –2.1 | |
Majority | 10,184 | 21.0 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 48,470 | 76.7 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julia Buckley[40] | ||||
Green | Julian Dean[41] | ||||
Conservative | Daniel Kawczynski[42] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Wagner[43] |
See also[edit]
- Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies
- List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
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