# Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)

Ludlow was a constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished. Subject to minor boundary changes, it was reformed as South Shropshire, first contested in the 2024 general election.

## History

From its 1473 creation until 1885, Ludlow was a parliamentary borough. It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one member.
The seat saw a big reduction in voters between 1727 when 710 people voted to the next contested election in 1812 when the electorate was below 100. The Reform Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) raised the electorate to 300-400.
The parliamentary borough was abolished in 1885, and the name transferred to the new county "division" (with lower electoral candidates' expenses and a different returning officer) whose boundaries were expanded greatly to become similar to (and a replacement to) the Southern division of Shropshire.
The seat was long considered safe for the Conservatives with the party winning by large majorities from the 1920s until 1997 when the majority was reduced to under 6,000. When the sitting Conservative MP stood down in 2001 it was won by a Liberal Democrat. Ludlow was regained by a Conservative in the 2005 general election, held with a greatly increased majority five years later which was almost doubled in 2015.
In the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, Shropshire, which the constituency entirely forms a part of, voted to leave the European Union by 56.9%.

## Boundaries and profile

1885–1918: Parts of the Boroughs of Ludlow, Bridgnorth, and Wenlock, the Sessional Divisions of Bishop's Castle, Brinstree South and Stottesden Chelmarsh, Burford, Clun and Purslow, Munslow Lower and Upper, and Stottesden Cleobury, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Ovens and Stottesden.
1918–1950: The Boroughs of Ludlow, Bridgnorth, and Bishop's Castle, the Urban District of Church Stretton, and the Rural Districts of Bridgnorth, Burford, Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Clun, Ludlow, and Teme.
1950–1974: The Boroughs of Ludlow, Bridgnorth, Bishop's Castle, and Wenlock, the Urban District of Church Stretton, and the Rural Districts of Bridgnorth, Clun, and Ludlow.
1974–1983: The Rural Districts of Bridgnorth, Clun and Bishop's Castle, and Ludlow.
1983–1997: The District of South Shropshire, and the District of Bridgnorth.
1997–2010: The District of South Shropshire, and the District of Bridgnorth wards of Alveley, Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth East, Bridgnorth Morfe, Bridgnorth West, Broseley, Claverley, Ditton Priors, Glazeley, Harrington, Highley, Kinlet, Much Wenlock, Morville, Stottesdon, and Worfield.
2010–2024: The District of South Shropshire, and the District of Bridgnorth wards of Alveley, Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth East, Bridgnorth Morfe, Bridgnorth West, Broseley East, Broseley West, Claverley, Ditton Priors, Glazeley, Harrington, Highley, Much Wenlock, Morville, Stottesdon, and Worfield.
nb. in April 2009 the districts of South Shropshire and Bridgnorth (together with their wards) were abolished; the constituency's extent was still constituted by reference to them.
The Ludlow constituency was situated entirely within the county of Shropshire in England.
It covered a large, rural area dotted with market towns, the largest of which are Ludlow and Bridgnorth (which was a borough constituency until 1885), each having a population of just over 10,000. The other towns — all with a population of under 5,000 — are Broseley, Clun, Bishop's Castle (a 'rotten borough' constituency until 1832), Cleobury Mortimer, Much Wenlock (former seat of the borough constituency of Wenlock until 1885 and notable for its part in the history of the modern Olympic Games movement), Craven Arms and Church Stretton.
On its northeast border (just beyond Broseley) is the Ironbridge Gorge (notable for its part in the Industrial Revolution), just to the south of the large new town of Telford. The Guardian encapsulates the seat in a nutshell as "Big, rural, hills and small towns, increasingly middle class." Other than the Telford borough constituency, Ludlow borders onto similarly rural county constituencies, including Montgomery on the other side of the border with Wales.
The constituency covered most of the south area of Shropshire Council (without Shifnal and Albrighton).
The most recent boundary changes took place at the 1997 general election, when a part of the Bridgnorth district was removed to The Wrekin constituency.

## Members of Parliament
### MPs 1473–1660

* Constituency created (1473)
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1510–1515 | No names known | No names known |
| 1523 | ?William Foxe | ?John Cother |
| 1529 | William Foxe | John Cother |
| 1536 | William Foxe | ?John Cother |
| 1539 | Charles Foxe | Thomas Wheeler |
| 1542 | Charles Foxe | Edmund Foxe |
| 1545 | John Bradshaw | Thomas Wheeler |
| 1547 | Robert Blount | Charles Foxe |
| 1553 (Mar) | Thomas Wheeler | Charles Foxe |
| 1553 (Oct) | Thomas Wheeler | John Passey |
| 1554 (Apr) | Sir John Price | Thomas Blashefield |
| 1554 (Nov) | James Warnecombe | John Allsop |
| 1555 | William Heath | Thomas Croft |
| 1558 | Richard Prince | Robert Mason |
| 1559 | William Poughmill | Robert Mason I |
| 1562–3 | Richard Langford | William Poughmill |
| 1571 | William Poughmill | Robert Mason I |
| 1572 | William Poughmill | Robert Mason II, died and replaced Jan 1581 by Philip Sidney who sat for Shrewsbury and was replaced by Robert Berry |
| 1584 | Robert Berry | Richard Farr |
| 1586 | Robert Berry | Thomas Canland |
| 1588 | Robert Berry | Thomas Canland |
| 1593 | Robert Berry | Thomas Canland |
| 1597 | Hugh Sanford, election declared void and was repl. 1597 by Robert Berry | Thomas Canland |
| 1601 | Thomas Canland | Robert Berry |
| 1604 | Robert Berry | Richard Benson |
| 1614 | Sir Henry Townshend | Robert Berry unseated on petition- replaced by Robert Lloyd |
| 1621 | Henry Spencer, Lord Compton | Richard Tomlins |
| 1624 | Richard Tomlins | Ralph Goodwin |
| 1625 | Richard Tomlins | Ralph Goodwin |
| 1626 | Richard Tomlins | Ralph Goodwin |
| 1628 | Richard Tomlins | Ralph Goodwin |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | No Parliaments summoned |
| 1640 (Apr) | Charles Baldwin | Ralph Goodwin |
| 1640 (Nov) | Charles Baldwin | Ralph Goodwin |
| 1645 | Thomas Mackworth | Thomas Moor |
| 1648 | Thomas Mackworth | Thomas Moor |
| 1653 | Ludlow not represented in Barebones Parliament | Ludlow not represented in Barebones Parliament |
| 1654 | John Aston | (one seat only) |
| 1656 | John Aston | (one seat only) |
| 1659 | Job Charlton | Samuel Baldwyn |

### MPs 1660–1868

| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party |
| 1660 | Timothy Littleton | | Job Charlton | |
| 1670 | Somerset Fox | | Job Charlton | |
| Febr. 1679 | Somerset Fox | | Francis Charlton | |
| Sept. 1679 | Thomas Walcot | | Francis Charlton | |
| 1681 | Charles Baldwyn | | Francis Charlton | |
| Apr. 1685 | Sir Edward Herbert | | William Charlton | |
| Jn. 1685 | Sir Edward Herbert | | Sir Josiah Child | |
| Nov. 1685 | Sir Edward Lutwyche | | Sir Josiah Child | |
| 1689 | Francis Herbert | | Charles Baldwyn | |
| 1690 | Thomas Hanmer | | William Gower | |
| 1691 | Silius Titus | | Francis Lloyd | |
| 1695 | Thomas Newport | | Charles Baldwyn | |
| 1698 | Francis Herbert | | William Gower | |
| 1699 | Francis Herbert | | Thomas Newport | |
| Jan. 1701 | Sir Thomas Powys | | William Gower | |
| Dec. 1701 | Sir Thomas Powys | | Francis Herbert | |
| 1705 | Sir Thomas Powys | | Acton Baldwyn | |
| 1713 | Humphrey Walcot | | Acton Baldwyn | |
| 1715 | Humphrey Walcot | | Francis Herbert | |
| 1719 | Humphrey Walcot | | Sir Robert Raymond | |
| 1722 | Abel Ketelby | | Acton Baldwyn | |
| Febr. 1727 | Abel Ketelby | | Richard Herbert | |
| Sept. 1727 | Henry Herbert | | Richard Herbert | |
| 1741 | Henry Herbert | | Sir William Corbet, Bt | |
| 1743 | Richard Herbert | | Sir William Corbet, Bt | |
| 1748 | Richard Herbert | | Henry Bridgeman | |
| 1754 | Edward Herbert | | Henry Bridgeman | |
| 1768 | Edward Herbert | | William Fellowes | |
| 1770 | Thomas Herbert | | William Fellowes | |
| 1774 | George Mason-Villiers | Tory | Edward Clive | Tory |
| 1780 | Frederick Cornewall | Tory | Edward Clive | Tory |
| 1783 | Somerset Davies | Tory | Edward Clive | Tory |
| 1784 | Richard Payne Knight | Whig | Edward Clive | Tory |
| 1794 | Richard Payne Knight | Whig | Robert Clive | Tory |
| 1806 | Edward Herbert | Tory | Robert Clive | Tory |
| 1807 | Edward Herbert | Tory | Henry Clive | Tory |
| 1818 | Edward Herbert | Tory | Robert Clive | Tory |
| 1832 | Edward Herbert | Tory | Edward Romilly | Whig |
| 1834 | Edward Herbert | Conservative | Edward Romilly | Whig |
| 1835 | Edward Herbert | Conservative | Edmund Lechmere Charlton | Conservative |
| 1837 | Edward Herbert | Conservative | Henry Salwey | Whig |
| 1839 | Thomas Alcock | Whig | Henry Salwey | Whig |
| 1840 | Beriah Botfield | Conservative | Henry Salwey | Whig |
| 1841 | Beriah Botfield | Conservative | James Ackers | Conservative |
| 1847 | Henry Bayley Clive | Conservative | Henry Salwey | Whig |
| 1852 | Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive | Conservative | Lord William Powlett | Conservative |
| 1854 | Percy Egerton Herbert | Conservative | Lord William Powlett | Conservative |
| 1857 | Percy Egerton Herbert | Conservative | Beriah Botfield | Conservative |
| 1860 | George Windsor-Clive | Conservative | Beriah Botfield | Conservative |
| 1863 | George Windsor-Clive | Conservative | Sir William Fraser | Conservative |
| 1865 | George Windsor-Clive | Conservative | John Edmund Severne | Conservative |

### MPs 1868–1885

* Constituency reduced to one Member (1868)
* 1868–1885 George Windsor-Clive,
* Constituency reorganized (1885)

### MPs since 1885

| Year | Member | Whip |
| 1885 | Jasper More | Liberal |
| 1886 | Jasper More | Liberal Unionist |
| 1903 | Rowland Hunt | Liberal Unionist |
| 1917 | Rowland Hunt | National Party |
| 1918 | Rowland Hunt | Unionist |
| 1918 | Sir Beville Stanier | Unionist |
| 1922 | Ivor Windsor-Clive | Unionist |
| 1923 | George Windsor-Clive | Unionist |
| 1945 | Uvedale Corbett | Conservative |
| 1951 | Christopher Holland-Martin | Conservative |
| 1960 | Jasper More | Conservative |
| 1979 | Eric Cockeram | Conservative |
| 1987 | Christopher Gill | Conservative |
| 2001 | Matthew Green | Liberal Democrat |
| 2005 | Philip Dunne | Conservative |
| 2024 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Election results 1918–2024
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Beville Stanier | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

1922 Ludlow by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Ivor Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
General election 1922: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ivor Windsor-Clive | 11,785 | 66.4 | N/A |
| | National Liberal | Edward Calcott Pryce | 5,979 | 33.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,808 | 32.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,764 | 71.6 | N/A |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | | |
1923 Ludlow by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | George Windsor-Clive | 9,956 | 55.0 | −11.4 |
| | Liberal | Edward Calcott Pryce | 6,740 | 37.2 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | Percy F. Pollard | 1,420 | 7.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,216 | 17.8 | −14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,116 | 73.0 | +1.4 |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −7.5 | |
General election 1923: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | George Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |
General election 1924: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | George Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |
General election 1929: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | George Windsor-Clive | 14,066 | 57.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | T. Hardwick | 5,323 | 21.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Arthur Alan Hanbury-Sparrow | 5,259 | 21.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,743 | 35.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,648 | 76.5 | N/A |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Windsor-Clive | 19,700 | 80.8 | +23.7 |
| | Labour | T. Hardwick | 4,683 | 19.2 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,017 | 61.6 | +26.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,383 | 74.4 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Windsor-Clive | 16,355 | 72.7 | −8.1 |
| | Labour | T. Hardwick | 6,151 | 27.3 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,204 | 45.4 | −16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,501 | 67.9 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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: George Windsor-Clive
* Liberal:
* Labour:

### Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Uvedale Corbett | 13,928 | 54.4 | −18.3 |
| | Labour | Aneurin Glanmor Parry-Jones | 6,358 | 24.8 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal | C. Grant Cameron | 4,307 | 16.8 | New |
| | Agriculturalist | Charles E. Edwards | 989 | 3.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,570 | 29.6 | −15.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,582 | 71.1 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Uvedale Corbett | 22,340 | 60.52 |
| | Labour | I. A. Jack Williams | 14,573 | 39.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,767 | 21.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,913 | 79.92 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1951: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christopher Holland-Martin | 22,073 | 60.20 |
| | Labour | Reginald J. Barker | 14,596 | 39.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,477 | 20.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,669 | 77.74 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christopher Holland-Martin | 20,816 | 61.67 |
| | Labour | Reginald J. Barker | 12,937 | 38.33 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,879 | 23.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,753 | 71.75 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Holland-Martin | 21,464 | 60.3 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | John Garwell | 14,138 | 39.7 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,326 | 20.6 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,602 | 76.2 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1960 Ludlow by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jasper More | 13,777 | 46.4 | −13.9 |
| | Liberal | Denis G. Rees | 8,127 | 27.3 | New |
| | Labour | John Garwell | 7,812 | 26.3 | −13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,650 | 19.1 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,716 | 63.7 | −12.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −20.6 | |
General election 1964: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jasper More | 17,290 | 47.0 | −13.3 |
| | Labour | Michael K. Prendergast | 10,763 | 29.2 | −10.5 |
| | Liberal | John Griffiths | 8,768 | 23.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,527 | 17.8 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,821 | 77.55 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −1.4 | |
General election 1966: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jasper More | 19,603 | 54.87 | +7.92 |
| | Labour | John Gilbert | 16,123 | 45.13 | +15.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,480 | 9.74 | −7.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,726 | 73.86 | −1.49 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −3.99 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jasper More | 22,104 | 54.78 | −0.09 |
| | Labour | David Nagington | 12,800 | 31.72 | −13.41 |
| | Liberal | Christopher R. Oddie | 5,444 | 13.49 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,304 | 23.06 | +13.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,348 | 73.27 | −0.59 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.66 | |
General election February 1974: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jasper More | 18,674 | 48.64 | −6.12 |
| | Liberal | E. Robinson | 10,687 | 27.83 | +14.34 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Martin | 9,035 | 23.53 | −7.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,987 | 20.81 | −2.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,396 | 79.55 | +7.28 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −10.23 | |
General election October 1974: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jasper More | 17,124 | 47.09 | −1.55 |
| | Liberal | E. Robinson | 10,888 | 29.94 | +2.11 |
| | Labour | John Marek | 8,353 | 22.97 | −0.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,236 | 17.15 | −3.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,365 | 74.79 | −4.66 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −1.83 | |
General election 1979: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Cockeram | 20,906 | 52.78 | +5.69 |
| | Liberal | E. Robinson | 12,524 | 31.62 | +1.68 |
| | Labour | I. K. Wymer | 5,717 | 14.43 | −8.54 |
| | National Front | R. J. Adshead | 354 | 0.89 | New |
| | Independent | F. Turner | 106 | 0.27 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,382 | 21.16 | +4.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,607 | 78.57 | +2.78 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.01 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Cockeram | 26,278 | 55.7 | +2.9 |
| | SDP | David Lane | 14,975 | 31.7 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | Philip Davis | 5,949 | 12.6 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,303 | 24.0 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,652 | 74.6 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
General election 1987: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Gill | 27,499 | 53.9 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal | Ivor Phillips | 15,800 | 31.0 | −0.7 |
| | Labour | Keith Harrison | 7,724 | 15.1 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,699 | 22.9 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,023 | 77.1 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −0.5 | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Gill | 28,719 | 51.5 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Phillips | 14,567 | 26.1 | −4.9 |
| | Labour | Beryl Mason | 11,709 | 21.0 | +5.9 |
| | Green | Nick Appleton-Fox | 758 | 1.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,152 | 25.4 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,753 | 80.9 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |
General election 1997: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Gill | 19,633 | 42.4 | −9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Huffer | 13,724 | 29.7 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Nuala O'Kane | 11,745 | 25.4 | +4.4 |
| | Green | Tim Andrewes | 798 | 1.7 | +0.3 |
| | UKIP | Eric Freeman-Keel | 385 | 0.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,909 | 12.7 | −12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,285 | 75.5 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −6.3 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Green | 18,620 | 43.2 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | Martin Taylor-Smith | 16,990 | 39.4 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | Nigel Knowles | 5,785 | 13.4 | −12.0 |
| | Green | Jim Gaffney | 871 | 2.0 | +0.3 |
| | UKIP | Phil Gutteridge | 858 | 2.0 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,630 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,124 | 67.9 | −7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.3 | |
General election 2005: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Dunne | 20,979 | 45.1 | +5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Green | 18,952 | 40.7 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | Nigel Knowles | 4,974 | 10.7 | −2.7 |
| | Green | Jim Gaffney | 852 | 1.8 | −0.2 |
| | UKIP | Michael Zuckerman | 783 | 1.7 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,027 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,540 | 72.1 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +4.1 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Dunne | 25,720 | 52.8 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Kidd | 15,971 | 32.8 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | Tony Hunt | 3,272 | 6.7 | −4.0 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Gill | 2,127 | 4.4 | +2.7 |
| | BNP | Christina Evans | 1,016 | 2.1 | New |
| | Green | Jacqui Morrish | 447 | 0.9 | −0.9 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Alan Powell | 179 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,749 | 20.0 | +15.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,732 | 73.1 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.8 | |
General election 2015: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Dunne | 26,093 | 54.3 | +1.5 |
| | UKIP | David Kelly | 7,164 | 14.9 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Barnes | 6,469 | 13.5 | −19.3 |
| | Labour | Simon Slater | 5,902 | 12.3 | +5.6 |
| | Green | Janet Phillips | 2,435 | 5.1 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,929 | 39.4 | +19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,063 | 72.4 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.5 | |
General election 2017: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Dunne | 31,433 | 62.9 | +8.6 |
| | Labour | Julia Buckley | 12,147 | 24.3 | +12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Kidd | 5,336 | 10.7 | −2.8 |
| | Green | Hilary Wendt | 1,054 | 2.1 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,286 | 38.6 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,970 | 73.4 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 | |
General election 2019: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Dunne | 32,185 | 64.1 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Kidd | 8,537 | 17.0 | +6.3 |
| | Labour | Kuldip Sahota | 7,591 | 15.1 | −9.2 |
| | Green | Hilary Wendt | 1,912 | 3.8 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,648 | 47.1 | +8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,225 | 72.3 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −2.6 | |

## Election results 1868–1918
### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Windsor-Clive | 428 | 71.6 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal | William Yardley | 170 | 28.4 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 258 | 43.2 | +30.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 598 | 75.8 | −14.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 789 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.9 | |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 840 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Windsor-Clive | 525 | 60.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Lewis E. Glyn | 343 | 39.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182 | 21.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 868 | 87.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 989 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1885: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Jasper More | 4,642 | 53.2 | +13.7 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Leighton | 4,078 | 46.8 | −13.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 564 | 6.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,720 | 81.2 | −6.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,735 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.7 | |
General election 1886: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jasper More | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jasper More | 5,965 | 73.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Frederick Sydney Morris | 2,146 | 26.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,819 | 47.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,111 | 71.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,276 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1895: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jasper More | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Jasper More | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold |
1903 Ludlow by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Rowland Hunt | 4,393 | 56.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Frederic Horne | 3,423 | 43.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 970 | 12.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,816 | 75.3 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,382 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1906: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Rowland Hunt | 4,978 | 54.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Frederic Horne | 4,218 | 45.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 760 | 8.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,196 | 85.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,765 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Rowland Hunt | 5,769 | 63.2 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal | George Frederick Forsdike | 3,365 | 36.8 | −9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,404 | 26.4 | +18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,134 | 86.7 | +1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,530 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +9.1 | |
General election December 1910: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | Rowland Hunt | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold |
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: Rowland Hunt
* Liberal:

## Election results 1832–1868
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | Edward Herbert | 198 | 29.7 |
| | Whig | Edward Romilly | 185 | 27.7 |
| | Tory | Robert Clive | 169 | 25.3 |
| | Whig | William Davies | 115 | 17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 339 | 94.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 359 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 2.0 |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | 2.4 |
| | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory |
General election 1835: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Herbert | 234 | 42.8 | +13.1 |
| | Conservative | Edmund Lechmere Charlton | 159 | 29.1 | +3.8 |
| | Whig | Edward Romilly | 154 | 28.2 | −16.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.9 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 332 | 92.2 | −2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 360 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +10.7 | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +6.1 | |
General election 1837: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Herbert | 193 | 35.8 | −36.1 |
| | Whig | Henry Salwey | 188 | 34.9 | +20.8 |
| | Whig | Thomas Alcock | 158 | 29.3 | +15.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.9 | ±0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 351 | 93.6 | +1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 375 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −36.1 | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.4 | |
Clive succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Powis and causing a by-election.
By-election, 6 June 1839: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Thomas Alcock | 186 | 50.5 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative | Henry Clive | 182 | 49.5 | +13.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 368 | 91.1 | −2.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 404 | | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | −13.7 | |

### Elections in the 1840s

Alcock's election was declared void on petition, due to treating, on 12 May 1840, causing a by-election.
By-election, 23 May 1840: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beriah Botfield | 194 | 54.8 | +19.0 |
| | Whig | George Larpent | 160 | 45.2 | −19.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 9.6 | +8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 354 | 83.9 | −9.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 422 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +19.0 | |
General election 1841: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beriah Botfield | 222 | 37.2 | +19.3 |
| | Conservative | James Ackers | 219 | 36.7 | +18.8 |
| | Whig | Henry Salwey | 156 | 26.1 | −38.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 63 | 10.6 | +9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 372 | 89.6 | −4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 415 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +19.2 | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +18.9 | |
General election 1847: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Bayley Clive | 207 | 34.7 | −2.0 |
| | Whig | Henry Salwey | 206 | 34.6 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | Beriah Botfield | 183 | 30.7 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 390 (est) | 86.2 (est) | −3.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 452 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.1 | −10.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −3.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23 | 3.9 | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.5 | |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Clive | 250 | 40.3 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | William Powlett | 214 | 34.5 | +3.8 |
| | Whig | Henry Salwey | 157 | 25.3 | −9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 9.2 | +9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 389 (est) | 86.4 (est) | +0.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 450 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +4.2 | |
Clive resigned to contest the 1854 by-election in South Shropshire, causing a by-election.
By-election, 7 February 1854: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1857: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Beriah Botfield | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 407 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1859: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Beriah Botfield | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 394 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

Herbert resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
By-election, 4 September 1860: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Botfield's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 28 August 1863: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Fraser | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1865: Ludlow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Windsor-Clive | 236 | 40.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | John Edmund Severne | 209 | 35.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal | William Yardley | 137 | 23.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 12.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 360 (est) | 89.9 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 400 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

## Elections before 1832

General election 1831: Ludlow :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tory | Edward Herbert | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tory | Robert Clive | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
General election 1830: Ludlow :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tory | Edward Herbert | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tory | Robert Clive | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |