Shrewsbury is a parliamentary constituency in England, centred on the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Julia Buckley.[1]
Shrewsbury | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Shrewsbury in West Midlands region | |
County | Shropshire |
Electorate | 76,599 (2024) |
Major settlements | Shrewsbury |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Julia Buckley (Labour) |
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 |
A constituency for the town has existed since the 13th century. It was nominally abolished for the 1983 general election, being replaced by Shrewsbury and Atcham. The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies re‑established a constituency with the name of "Shrewsbury", with this taking effect from the 2024 general election.[2]
Boundaries
Since 2024
2024–present: The re-established constituency is composed of the following:
- 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.[3]
It comprises the wards of its predecessor Shrewsbury and Atcham, with the exception of the Burnell and Severn Valley wards which were transferred to the re-established constituency of South Shropshire.
Until 1983
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.
History
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.[4]
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.
The seat was re-established from wards that had comprised Shrewsbury and Atcham as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. This took effect from the 2024 United Kingdom general election. The constituency was won by Julia Buckley, who became the first Labour Party MP to represent the constituency under its name of Shrewsbury, as well as the first woman to represent the seat under either of its names.[1][5]
Members of Parliament
MPs since 2024
Constituency re-established from Shrewsbury and Atcham in 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | Julia Buckley | Labour |
MPs 1290-1983
Borough of Shrewsbury
MPs 1290–1660
Constituency created in 1290
Parliament | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
1386 | Robert Grafton | Hugh Wigan[6] |
1388 (Feb) | Hugh Wigan | Robert Thornes[6] |
1388 (Sep) | Robert Grafton | Hugh Wigan[6] |
1390 (Jan) | Robert Grafton | Thomas Pride[6] |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | Hugh Wigan | Thomas Pride[6] |
1393 | Thomas Pride | Thomas Game [6] |
1394 | Thomas Pride | Hugh Wigan[6] |
1395 | Richard Aldescote | Roger Thornes[6] |
1397 (Jan) | Thomas Skinner | John Geoffrey[6] |
1397 (Sep) | ||
1399 | Nicholas Gerard | Thomas Berwick[6] |
1401 | ||
1402 | Thomas Pride | Roger Thornes[6] |
1404 (Jan) | Thomas Pride | Simon Tour[6] |
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | John Perle | Robert Thornes[6] |
1407 | Thomas Pride | John Scriven[6] |
1410 | Robert Thornes | Roger Thornes[6] |
1411 | Thomas Pride | John Whithiford [6] |
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | David Holbache | Urian St Pierre[6] |
1414 (Apr) | Thomas Pride | ? [6] |
1414 (Nov) | Robert Horseley | William Horde[6] |
1415 | William Horde | John Shotton[6] |
1416 (Mar) | William Horde | John Beget[6] |
1416 (Oct) | William Horde | Robert Horseley[6] |
1417 | William Horde | David Holbache[6] |
1419 | Roger Corbet (died 1430) | David Rathbone[6] |
1420 | Robert Whitcombe | Richard Bentley[6] |
1421 (May) | Urian St Pierre | Robert Whitcombe[6] |
1421 (Dec) | William Horde | Robert Whitcombe[6] |
1510 | Roger Thornes | Thomas Knight[7] |
1512 | Thomas Kynaston | Thomas Trentham[7] |
1515 | Sir Thomas Kynaston | Thomas Trentham[7] |
1523 | Edmund Cole | Adam Mytton[7] |
1529 | Robert Dudley alias Sutton | Adam Mytton[7] |
1536 | Robert Dudley alias Sutton | Adam Mytton[7] |
1539 | Nicholas Purcell | Robert Thornes[7] |
1542 | Adam Mytton | Richard Mytton[7] |
1545 | Nicholas Purcell | Edward Hosier[7] |
1547 | Reginald Corbet | John Evans[7] |
1553 (Mar) | Nicholas Purcell | George Leigh[7] |
1553 (Oct) | Reginald Corbet | Nicholas Purcell[7] |
1554 (Apr) | Richard Mytton | Nicholas Purcell[7] |
1554 (Nov) | Thomas Mytton | George Leigh[7] |
1555 | Reginald Corbet | Nicholas Purcell[7] |
1558 | Nicholas Purcell | George Leigh[7] |
1558–9 | Robert Ireland | George Leigh[8] |
1562–3 | Robert Ireland | Richard Purcell[8] |
1571 | George Leigh | Robert Ireland[8] |
1572 (Apr) | Richard Purcell | George Leigh, died and replaced January 1581 by Philip Sidney[8] |
1584 (Nov) | Thomas Owen | Richard Barker[8] |
1586 (Oct) | Reginald Scriven | Thomas Harris[8] |
1588 (Oct) | Reginald Scriven | Andrew Newport[8] |
1593 | Reginald Scriven | Robert Wright[8] |
1597 | Reginald Scriven | Roger Owen[8] |
1601 (Oct) | Reginald Scriven | John Barker[8] |
1604 | Richard Barker | Francis Tate |
1614 | Lewis Prowde | Francis Berkeley |
1621 | Sir Richard Newport | Francis Berkeley |
1624 | Francis Berkeley | Thomas Owen |
1625 | Sir William Owen | Thomas Owen |
1626 | Sir William Owen | Thomas Owen |
1628 | Sir William Owen | Thomas Owen |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640 (Apr) | Francis Newport | Thomas Owen |
1640 (Nov) | Francis Newport | William Spurstow |
1645 | Thomas Hunt | William Massam |
1648 | Thomas Hunt | William Massam |
1653 | Shrewsbury not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
1654 | Richard Cheshire | Humphrey Mackworth |
1656 | Samuel Jones | Humphrey Mackworth |
1658 | William Jones | Humphrey Mackworth |
MPs 1660–1885
MPs 1885–1918
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
MPs 1918–1983
Election results
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Shrewsbury_Election_Results_2024-.png/363px-Shrewsbury_Election_Results_2024-.png)
Election results 2024–present
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julia Buckley | 22,932 | 44.3 | |
Conservative | Daniel Kawczynski | 11,577 | 22.4 | |
Reform UK | Victor Applegate | 7,524 | 14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Wagner | 6,722 | 13.0 | |
Green | Julian Dean | 2,387 | 4.6 | |
English Democrat | Chris Bovill | 241 | 0.5 | |
Independent | James Gollins | 177 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 11,355 | 22.0 | ||
Turnout | 51,765 | 67.6 | ||
Registered electors | 76,599 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
- Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) ― Incumbent MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham
Election results 1830–1983
Elections in the 1830s
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | George Tomline | 1,159 | 49.7 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Edward Holmes Baldock | 736 | 31.5 | −2.8 | |
Radical | Augustus Robinson[22] | 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
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[25] | 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[26] | 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
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
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[27] | 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[31] | 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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry David Greene | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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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
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[34][35]
- 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
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
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
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[36]
- Labour: Stanley Norman Chapman[37]
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
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
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
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 |
See also
References
Sources
- Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 276–278. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 277–278. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 188. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 452. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- The History of Parliament: the House of Commons - Shrewsbury, Borough, 1386 to 1831
External links
- Shrewsbury UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK