Shrewsbury (constituency)

UK Parliament constituency (1295–1983, 2024 onwards) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.[2] A constituency for the town has existed since the 13th century; it was known as Shrewsbury and Atcham between 1983 and 2024.

CountyShropshire
Electorate75,139 (2023) [1]
Major settlementsShrewsbury
Created1918
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Shrewsbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Shrewsbury in West Midlands region
CountyShropshire
Electorate75,139 (2023) [1]
Major settlementsShrewsbury
Current constituency
Created1918
Member of ParliamentJulia Buckley (Labour)
SeatsOne
1295–1918
Seats1295–1885: Two
1885–1918: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
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Boundaries

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.

1974–2024: As prior but with redrawn boundaries. The constituency was coextensive with the Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham, which became the Central area of Shropshire Council after that council's formation.

2024–present

  • 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]

In 2024, the Burnell and Severn Valley wards were transferred to South Shropshire.

Constituency profile

At its heart lies the town of Shrewsbury (2011 population 71,715), which is the county town of Shropshire. It is otherwise a rural constituency. Villages such as Bayston Hill, Ford, Dorrington, Condover, Minsterley, Pontesbury, Bomere Heath, Wroxeter and Atcham are included. Its southern edge is the northern side of the Shropshire Hills AONB. The landscape of the constituency features many small rivers which drain the fields and coppices into the upper plain of the River Severn, which cut straight through the area. The main roads through the area are the A5 and A49, providing links to nearby Telford as well as North Wales and the cities of Birmingham and Manchester.

History

Shrewsbury was founded in 1295 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 to "Shrewsbury and Atcham" for the period from 1983 to 2024, with the exact same boundaries as had been in effect from 1974-1983.

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Pre-2024 boundaries
Map of boundaries 1974-2024

On 10 December 2001, following his demand for a parliamentary debate before military intervention in Afghanistan, the incumbent Labour member, Paul Marsden, left the government's benches to join the Liberal Democrats; he remained there until 5 April 2005, when he sought to show strong solidarity with Labour Stop the War MPs by returning to his old party, becoming the first politician to cross the floor twice since Winston Churchill.[5] During much of his time with the Liberal Democrats, Marsden was a senior health spokesman, shadowing the Secretary of State for Health and ministers.

Shrewsbury and Atcham was part of the Shropshire region for the purpose of reporting the results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum; the region voted 56.9% in favour of leaving the European Union on a turnout of 77.5%.[6][7]

The seat returned to the name "Shrewsbury" 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.[2][8][9]

Members of Parliament

Borough of Shrewsbury

MPs 1295–1660

Constituency created in 1295

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ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386Robert GraftonHugh Wigan[10]
1388 (Feb)Hugh WiganRobert Thornes[10]
1388 (Sep)Robert GraftonHugh Wigan[10]
1390 (Jan)Robert GraftonThomas Pride[10]
1390 (Nov)
1391Hugh WiganThomas Pride[10]
1393Thomas PrideThomas Game [10]
1394Thomas PrideHugh Wigan[10]
1395Richard AldescoteRoger Thornes[10]
1397 (Jan)Thomas SkinnerJohn Geoffrey[10]
1397 (Sep)
1399Nicholas GerardThomas Berwick[10]
1401
1402Thomas PrideRoger Thornes[10]
1404 (Jan)Thomas PrideSimon Tour[10]
1404 (Oct)
1406John PerleRobert Thornes[10]
1407Thomas PrideJohn Scriven[10]
1410Robert ThornesRoger Thornes[10]
1411Thomas PrideJohn Whithiford [10]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)David HolbacheUrian St Pierre[10]
1414 (Apr)Thomas Pride? [10]
1414 (Nov)Robert HorseleyWilliam Horde[10]
1415William HordeJohn Shotton[10]
1416 (Mar)William HordeJohn Beget[10]
1416 (Oct)William HordeRobert Horseley[10]
1417William HordeDavid Holbache[10]
1419Roger Corbet (died 1430)David Rathbone[10]
1420Robert WhitcombeRichard Bentley[10]
1421 (May)Urian St PierreRobert Whitcombe[10]
1421 (Dec)William HordeRobert Whitcombe[10]
1510Roger ThornesThomas Knight[11]
1512Thomas KynastonThomas Trentham[11]
1515Sir Thomas KynastonThomas Trentham[11]
1523Edmund ColeAdam Mytton[11]
1529Robert Dudley alias SuttonAdam Mytton[11]
1536Robert Dudley alias SuttonAdam Mytton[11]
1539Nicholas PurcellRobert Thornes[11]
1542Adam MyttonRichard Mytton[11]
1545Nicholas PurcellEdward Hosier[11]
1547Reginald CorbetJohn Evans[11]
1553 (Mar)Nicholas PurcellGeorge Leigh[11]
1553 (Oct)Reginald CorbetNicholas Purcell[11]
1554 (Apr)Richard MyttonNicholas Purcell[11]
1554 (Nov)Thomas MyttonGeorge Leigh[11]
1555Reginald CorbetNicholas Purcell[11]
1558Nicholas PurcellGeorge Leigh[11]
1558–9Robert IrelandGeorge Leigh[12]
1562–3Robert IrelandRichard Purcell[12]
1571George LeighRobert Ireland[12]
1572 (Apr)Richard PurcellGeorge Leigh, died
and replaced January 1581 by Philip Sidney[12]
1584 (Nov)Thomas OwenRichard Barker[12]
1586 (Oct)Reginald ScrivenThomas Harris[12]
1588 (Oct)Reginald ScrivenAndrew Newport[12]
1593Reginald ScrivenRobert Wright[12]
1597Reginald ScrivenRoger Owen[12]
1601 (Oct)Reginald ScrivenJohn Barker[12]
1604Richard BarkerFrancis Tate
1614Lewis ProwdeFrancis Berkeley
1621Sir Richard NewportFrancis Berkeley
1624Francis BerkeleyThomas Owen
1625Sir William OwenThomas Owen
1626Sir William OwenThomas Owen
1628Sir William OwenThomas Owen
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)Francis NewportThomas Owen
1640 (Nov)Francis NewportWilliam Spurstow
1645Thomas HuntWilliam Massam
1648Thomas HuntWilliam Massam
1653Shrewsbury not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654Richard CheshireHumphrey Mackworth
1656Samuel JonesHumphrey Mackworth
1658William JonesHumphrey Mackworth
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MPs 1660–1885

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Election First member[13]First party Second member[13]Second party
1660 Samuel Jones Thomas Jones
1661 Robert Leighton[14]
1677 Sir Richard Corbet
1679 Edward Kynaston
1685 Sir Francis Edwardes, 1st Baronet
1689 Hon. Andrew NewportTory
1690 Richard Mytton
1694 John Kynaston
1698 Richard Mytton
1709 vacant Sir Edward Leighton
January 1710 Thomas Jones
October 1710 Edward Cressett Richard Mytton
1713 Thomas Jones
1714 Corbet Kynaston
February 1715 Thomas Jones
November 1715 Andrew Corbet
1722 Richard Lyster
1723 Sir Richard Corbet Orlando Bridgeman
1727 Richard Lyster Sir John Astley
1734 William Kinaston Sir Richard Corbet
1749 by-election Thomas Hill
1754 Robert More
1761 Robert CliveTory[15]
1768 Noel Hill
1774[16] Charlton LeightonTory[15]
March 8, 1775[16] William PulteneyWhig[15]
March 17, 1775 John CorbetTory[15]
1780 Sir Charlton LeightonTory[15]
1784 by-election John HillTory[15]
1796 William HillTory[15]
1805 by-election John HillTory[15]
1806 Henry Grey BennetWhig[15]
1807 Thomas JonesTory[15]
1811 by-election Henry Grey BennetWhig[15]
1812 Sir Rowland HillTory[15]
1814 by-election Richard LysterTory[15]
1819 by-election John MyttonTory[15]
1820 Panton CorbettTory[15]
1826 Robert Aglionby SlaneyWhig[15][17][18][19]
1830 Richard JenkinsTory[15]
1832 Sir John HanmerTory[15]
1834 Conservative[15]
1835 John Cressett-PelhamConservative[15]
1837 Richard JenkinsConservative[15] Robert Aglionby SlaneyWhig[15][17][18][19]
1841 George TomlineConservative[15] Benjamin DisraeliConservative[15]
1847 Edward Holmes BaldockConservative Robert Aglionby SlaneyWhig[15][17][18][19]
1852 George TomlinePeelite[20][21][22]
1857 Robert Aglionby SlaneyWhig[17][18][19]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1862 by-election Henry RobertsonLiberal
1865 William James ClementLiberal
1868 James FigginsConservative
1870 by-election Douglas StraightConservative
1874 Charles Cecil CotesLiberal Henry RobertsonLiberal
1885 Representation reduced to one Member
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MPs 1885–1918

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ElectionMemberParty
1885James WatsonConservative
1892Henry David GreeneConservative
1906Sir Clement Lloyd HillConservative
1913 by-electionGeorge Butler LloydConservative
1918 Borough abolished, name transferred to new county division
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County constituency division of Shropshire

Shrewsbury, 1918–1983

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ElectionMemberParty
1918George Butler LloydCoalition Conservative
1922Dudley RyderConservative
1923Joseph SunlightLiberal
1924Dudley RyderConservative
1929Arthur DuckworthConservative
1945Sir John Langford-HoltConservative
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Shrewsbury and Atcham, 1983–2024

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Election Member Party
1983 Derek Conway[23] Conservative
1997 Paul Marsden[24] Labour
2001 Liberal Democrats
2005 Labour
2005 Daniel Kawczynski[25] Conservative
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Shrewsbury, 2024–present

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ElectionMemberParty
2024 Julia Buckley Labour
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Election results

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The letters "b-e" represent where a by-election has taken place.

Shrewsbury, 1830–1983

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[15][26]
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
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General election 1831: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[15][26]
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
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General election 1832: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[15][27]
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
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General election 1835: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[15][27]
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
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General election 1837: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[15][27]
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
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[15][27]
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
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General election 1847: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[27]
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
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite George Tomline 1,159 49.7 +17.1
Conservative Edward Holmes Baldock 736 31.5 −2.8
Radical Augustus Robinson[28] 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
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General election 1857: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[27][29]
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
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General election 1859: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Aglionby Slaney Unopposed
Liberal George Tomline Unopposed
Registered electors 1,635
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
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Elections in the 1860s

Slaney's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 2 June 1862: Shrewsbury (1 seat)[27][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Robertson 671 64.4 N/A
Conservative Richard Banner Oakeley 361 34.6 New
Ind. Conservative Henry Atkins[31] 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
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General election 1865: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William James Clement Unopposed
Liberal George Tomline Unopposed
Registered electors 1,533
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
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General election 1868: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William James Clement 1,840 43.0 N/A
Conservative James Figgins 1,751 40.9 New
Liberal Robert Crawford[32] 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
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Elections in the 1870s

Clement's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 21 Sep 1870: Shrewsbury (1 seat)[27]
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
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General election 1874: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[27]
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
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Shrewsbury (2 seats)[27]
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[33] 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
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Cotes was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 10 May 1880: Shrewsbury (1 seat)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes Unopposed
Liberal hold
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Representation reduced to one Member

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General election 1885: Shrewsbury [34][35][36]
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
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General election 1886: Shrewsbury [34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Watson 1,826 59.0 −0.7
Liberal Maurice Jones[37] 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
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Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Shrewsbury [34][35]
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
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General election 1895: Shrewsbury [34][35][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry David Greene Unopposed
Conservative hold
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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Shrewsbury [34][35][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry David Greene Unopposed
Conservative hold
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General election 1906: Shrewsbury [34][35]
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
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Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Shrewsbury [34][39]
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
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General election December 1910: Shrewsbury [34][39]
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
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1913 Shrewsbury by-election
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
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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;

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General election 1918: Shrewsbury
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.
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Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Shrewsbury
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
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General election 1923: Shrewsbury
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
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General election 1924: Shrewsbury
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
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General election 1929: Shrewsbury
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
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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Shrewsbury
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
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General election 1935: Shrewsbury
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
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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;

The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 caused general elections to be suspended until 1945.

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General election 1945: Shrewsbury
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
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Shrewsbury[44]
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
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General election 1951: Shrewsbury[44]
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
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General election 1955: Shrewsbury[44]
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
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General election 1959: Shrewsbury[45]
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
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Shrewsbury[45]
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
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General election 1966: Shrewsbury[44]
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
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Shrewsbury[44]
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
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General election February 1974: Shrewsbury[46]
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
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General election October 1974: Shrewsbury[47]
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
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General election 1979: Shrewsbury[48]
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
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Shrewsbury and Atcham, 1983–2024

General election results in Shrewsbury & Atcham, from its creation in 1983 up to the 2019 election.

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Shrewsbury and Atcham[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Conway 24,397 49.5 Increase 0.9
Alliance Anthony Bowen 15,773 32.0 Increase 4.4
Labour Alan Mosley 9,080 18.4 Decrease 5.5
Majority 8,624 17.5 N/A
Turnout 49,250 74.0 Decrease 2.7
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General election 1987: Shrewsbury and Atcham[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Conway 26,027 47.8 Decrease 1.7
Alliance Robert Hutchison 16,963 31.1 Decrease 0.9
Labour Liz Owen 10,797 19.8 Increase 1.4
Green Geoff Hardy 660 1.2 New
Majority 9,064 16.7 Decrease 1.2
Turnout 54,447 77.0 Increase 3.0
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 1.6
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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Shrewsbury and Atcham[51][52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Conway 26,681 45.8 Decrease 2.0
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Hemsley 15,716 27.0 Decrease 4.1
Labour Liz Owen 15,157 26.0 Increase 6.2
Green Geoff Hardy 677 1.2 Steady
Majority 10,965 18.8 Increase 2.1
Turnout 58,231 82.5 Increase 5.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 4.1
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General election 1997: Shrewsbury and Atcham[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Marsden 20,484 37.0 Increase 11.0
Conservative Derek Conway 18,814 34.0 Decrease 11.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Woolland 13,838 25.0 Decrease 2.0
Referendum Dylan Barker 1,346 2.4 New
UKIP David Rowlands 477 0.9 New
Country, Field and Shooting Sports Alan Dignan 257 0.5 New
People's Party Alan Williams 128 0.2 New
Majority 1,670 3.0 N/A
Turnout 55,344 75.3 Decrease 7.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase 11.4
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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2001: Shrewsbury and Atcham[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Marsden 22,253 44.6 Increase 7.6
Conservative Anthea McIntyre 18,674 37.4 Increase 3.4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Rule 6,173 12.4 Decrease 12.6
UKIP Henry Curteis 1,620 3.2 Increase 2.4
Green Emma Bullard 931 1.9 New
Independent James Gollins 258 0.5 New
Majority 3,579 7.2 Increase 4.2
Turnout 49,909 66.6 Decrease 8.7
Labour hold Swing Increase 2.1
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General election 2005: Shrewsbury and Atcham[55][56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski 18,960 37.7 Increase 0.3
Labour Michael Ion 17,152 34.1 Decrease 10.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Burt 11,487 22.8 Increase 10.4
UKIP Peter Lewis 1,349 2.7 Decrease 0.5
Green Emma Bullard 1,138 2.3 Increase 0.4
Independent James Gollins 126 0.3 Decrease 0.2
World Nigel Harris 84 0.2 New
Majority 1,808 3.6 N/A
Turnout 50,296 68.7 Increase 2.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase 5.4
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Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2010: Shrewsbury and Atcham[57][58][59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski 23,313 43.9 Increase 6.3
Liberal Democrats Charles West 15,369 29.0 Increase 6.1
Labour Jon Tandy 10,915 20.6 Decrease 13.5
UKIP Peter Lewis 1,627 3.1 Increase 0.4
BNP James Whittall 1,168 2.2 New
Green Alan Whittaker 565 1.1 Decrease 1.2
Impact James Gollins 88 0.2 New
Majority 7,944 15.0 Increase 11.4
Turnout 53,045 70.3 Increase 1.0
Conservative hold Swing Increase 0.1
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General election 2015: Shrewsbury and Atcham[60][61][62][63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski 24,628 45.5 Increase 1.6
Labour Laura Davies 15,063 27.8 Increase 7.3
UKIP Suzanne Evans 7,813 14.4 Increase 11.4
Liberal Democrats Christine Tinker 4,268 7.9 Decrease 21.1
Green Emma Bullard 2,247 4.2 Increase 3.1
Children of the Atom Stirling McNeillie 83 0.2 New
Majority 9,565 17.7 Increase 2.7
Turnout 54,102 70.8 Increase 0.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 2.9
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General election 2017: Shrewsbury and Atcham[64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski 29,073 50.0 Increase 4.4
Labour Laura Davies 22,446 38.6 Increase 10.7
Liberal Democrats Hannah Fraser 4,254 7.3 Decrease 0.6
UKIP Edward Higginbottom 1,363 2.3 Decrease 12.1
Green Emma Bullard 1,067 1.8 Decrease 2.3
Majority 6,627 11.4 Decrease 6.3
Turnout 58,203 73.6 Increase 2.8
Conservative hold Swing Decrease 3.1
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General election 2019: Shrewsbury and Atcham[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski 31,021 52.5 Increase 2.6
Labour Julia Buckley 19,804 33.5 Decrease 5.1
Liberal Democrats Nat Green 5,906 10.0 Increase 2.7
Green Julian Dean 1,762 3.0 Increase 1.2
Independent Hannah Locke 572 1.0 New
Majority 11,217 19.0 Increase 7.6
Turnout 59,065 71.8 Decrease 1.8
Conservative hold Swing Increase 3.9
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Shrewsbury, 2024–present

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Shrewsbury[65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julia Buckley 22,932 44.3 +9.0
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski 11,577 22.4 −26.9
Reform Victor Applegate 7,524 14.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alex Wagner 6,722 13.0 +2.2
Green Julian Dean 2,387 4.6 +1.4
English Democrat Chris Bovill 241 0.5 N/A
Independent James Gollins 177 0.3 N/A
Majority 11,355 22.0
Turnout 51,765 67.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.0
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