Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire explained

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

See also: 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Constituency^[1]	Electorate	Majority^[2]	Member of Parliament	Nearest opposition<	--!rowspan=1 class=unsortable	Electoral wards^[3] ^[4] -->	Map
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 (Reform UK)
The Wrekin CC	78,942	883		Mark Pritchard †		Roh Yakobi ‡

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

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.^[5]

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.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019^[6]

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%	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

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%	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

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
Conservative^1	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 Democrat^2	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
Conservative^1	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 Democrat^2	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

1983-present

Historical constituencies

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
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

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 1945

Constituency	1918	20	20	22	1922	23	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	41
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

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

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

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

Notes and References

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. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4. Crown copyright. Office of Public Sector Information. 7 November 2009. 13 June 2007.
4. [Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom)|Boundary Commission for England]
5. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-11 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk . paras 1258-1270.
6. Web site: Watson. Christopher. Uberoi. Elise. Loft. Philip. 17 April 2020. General election results from 1918 to 2019. en-GB.