# Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

The ceremonial county of Shropshire, England (which comprises the local/unitary authorities of Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin), is divided into 5 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 4 county constituencies. As with all constituencies for the House of Commons in the modern age, each constituency elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system.

## Constituencies

Conservative †  Liberal Democrat ¤  Labour ‡
| Constituency | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition |
| North Shropshire CC | 77,573 | 15,311 | Helen Morgan ¤ | Simon Baynes † |
| Shrewsbury CC | 76,599 | 11,355 | Julia Buckley ‡ | Daniel Kawczynski † |
| South Shropshire CC | 76,723 | 1,624 | Stuart Anderson † | Matthew Green ¤ |
| Telford BC | 73,808 | 8,102 | Shaun Davies ‡ | Alan Adams (Reform UK) |
| The Wrekin CC | 78,942 | 883 | Mark Pritchard † | Roh Yakobi ‡ |

## Boundary changes
### 2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
| Former name | Boundaries 2010-2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024-present |
| Ludlow CC North Shropshire CC Shrewsbury and Atcham CC Telford BC The Wrekin CC | New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire | North Shropshire CC Shrewsbury CC South Shropshire CC Telford BC The Wrekin CC | |
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the current five constituencies in Shropshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries and to bring constituencies within the statutory range. Shrewsbury and Atcham reverted to its original name of Shrewsbury, while Ludlow was renamed South Shropshire.

### 2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the 5 constituencies in Shropshire for the 2010 election, making only small changes to the boundary between Telford and The Wrekin to align with current local government wards.
| Name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Boundaries 2010-2024 |
| Ludlow CC North Shropshire CC Shrewsbury and Atcham CC Telford BC The Wrekin CC | Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire | New parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire |

## Results history

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

### 2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Shropshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
| Labour | 66,943 | 27.5% | 1.6% | 2 | 2 |
| Conservative | 65,156 | 26.8% | 33.5% | 2 | 3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 55,257 | 22.7% | 12.3% | 1 | 1 |
| Reform UK | 44,412 | 18.2% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 10,680 | 4.4% | 1.7% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 1,109 | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 243,557 | 100.0 | | 5 | |

### 2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Shropshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
| Conservative | 155,225 | 60.3% | 4.7% | 5 | 0 |
| Labour | 66,798 | 25.9% | 9.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 26,827 | 10.4% | 4.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 6,955 | 2.7% | 0.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 1,713 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 257,518 | 100.0 | | 5 | |

### Percentage votes

| Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Oct) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Conservative$^1$ | 54.7 | 57.3 | 59.3 | 55.6 | 47.9 | 49.3 | 52.4 | 43.1 | 43.0 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 48.2 | 46.3 | 37.2 | 39.1 | 41.8 | 46.8 | 48.3 | 55.6 | 60.3 | 26.8 |
| Labour | 41.2 | 42.7 | 40.7 | 36.2 | 34.1 | 42.7 | 36.0 | 31.1 | 33.2 | 29.1 | 21.3 | 25.4 | 30.7 | 39.7 | 38.2 | 30.8 | 21.6 | 24.4 | 35.2 | 25.9 | 27.5 |
| Liberal Democrat$^2$ | 4.1 | - | - | 8.2 | 18.0 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 21.0 | 29.7 | 26.0 | 22.0 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 10.4 | 22.7 |
| Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.8 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 4.4 | 16.3 | 1.2 | * | - |
| Reform UK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.2 |
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.0 | - | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
$^1$Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
$^2$1950-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other

### Seats

| Election year | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Oct) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Conservative$^1$ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrat$^2$ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
$^1$Includes National Liberal Party up to 1966
$^2$1950-1979 – Liberal; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

### Maps
#### 1885-1910

* 1885
* 1886
* 1892
* 1895
* 1900
* 1906
* Jan 1910
* Dec 1910

#### 1918-1945

* 1918
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1929
* 1931
* 1935
* 1945

#### 1950-1979

* 1950
* 1951
* 1955
* 1959
* 1964
* 1966
* 1970
* Feb 1974
* Oct 1974
* 1979

#### 1983-present

* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2024

## Historical constituencies

Timeline of parliamentary constituencies in the county, with historical (green) and extant (pink) constituencies.
| Constituency | 1290-1295 | 1295-1473 | 1473-1584 | 1584-1832 | 1832-1885 | 1885-1918 | 1918-1983 | 1983-1997 | 1997–present |
| Bishop's Castle | | | | 1584-1832 | | | | | |
| Bridgnorth | | 1295-1885 | 1295-1885 | 1295-1885 | 1295-1885 | | | | |
| Ludlow | | | 1473–present | 1473–present | 1473–present | 1473–present | 1473–present | 1473–present | 1473–present |
| Newport | | | | | | 1885-1918 | | | |
| North Shropshire | | | | | 1832-1885 | | | 1983–present | 1983–present |
| Oswestry | | | | | | 1885-1983 | 1885-1983 | | |
| Shrewsbury | 1290-1983 | 1290-1983 | 1290-1983 | 1290-1983 | 1290-1983 | 1290-1983 | 1290-1983 | | |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | | | | | | | | 1983–present | 1983–present |
| Shropshire | 1290-1832 | 1290-1832 | 1290-1832 | 1290-1832 | | | | | |
| South Shropshire | | | | | 1832-1885 | | | | |
| Telford | | | | | | | | | 1997–present |
| Wellington | | | | | | 1885-1918 | | | |
| (Much) Wenlock | 1290-1885 | 1290-1885 | 1290-1885 | 1290-1885 | 1290-1885 | | | | |
| The Wrekin | | | | | | | 1918–present | 1918–present | 1918–present |

## Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

### 1885 to 1918

Conservative  Liberal  Liberal Unionist  National Party
| Constituency | 1885 | 86 | 1886 | 1892 | 1895 | 1900 | 01 | 03 | 04 | 1906 | 08 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 18 |
| Ludlow | More | → | → | → | → | → | → | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt | → | → | → | → |
| Newport | Bickersteth | → | Kenyon-Slaney | Kenyon-Slaney | Kenyon-Slaney | Kenyon-Slaney | Kenyon-Slaney | Kenyon-Slaney | Kenyon-Slaney | Kenyon-Slaney | Stanier | Stanier | Stanier | Stanier | Stanier | Stanier | Stanier |
| Oswestry | Leighton | Leighton | Leighton | Leighton | Leighton | Leighton | Ormsby-Gore | Ormsby-Gore | Bright | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman |
| Shrewsbury | Watson | Watson | Watson | Greene | Greene | Greene | Greene | Greene | Greene | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Hill | Lloyd | Lloyd | Lloyd |
| Wellington (Salop) | Brown | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | Henry | Henry | Henry | Henry | Henry | Henry | Henry | Henry |

### 1918 to 1945

Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)  Conservative  Independent Conservative  Labour  Liberal
| Constituency | 1918 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 1922 | 23 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 41 |
| Ludlow | Stanier | Stanier | Stanier | I. Windsor-Clive | I. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive | G. Windsor-Clive |
| Oswestry | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Bridgeman | Leighton | Leighton | Leighton | Leighton |
| Shrewsbury | Lloyd | Lloyd | Lloyd | Lloyd | Ryder | Ryder | Sunlight | Ryder | Duckworth | Duckworth | Duckworth | Duckworth |
| The Wrekin | Henry | Palmer | Townshend | Townshend | Button | Button | Nixon | Oakley | Picton-Turbervill | Baldwin-Webb | Baldwin-Webb | Colegate |

### 1945 to 1983

Conservative  Labour
| Constituency | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 60 | 61 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 74 | Oct 74 | 1979 |
| Ludlow | Corbett | Corbett | Holland-Martin | Holland-Martin | Holland-Martin | More | More | More | More | More | More | More | Cockeram |
| Oswestry | Poole | Ormsby-Gore | Ormsby-Gore | Ormsby-Gore | Ormsby-Gore | Ormsby-Gore | Biffen | Biffen | Biffen | Biffen | Biffen | Biffen | Biffen |
| Shrewsbury | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt | Langford-Holt |
| The Wrekin | Thomas | Thomas | Thomas | Yates | Yates | Yates | Yates | Yates | Fowler | Trafford | Fowler | Fowler | Hawksley |

### 1983 to present

Conservative  Labour  Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 01 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 21 | 24 | 2024 |
| Ludlow / South Shropshire (2024) | Cockeram | Gill | Gill | Gill | Green | Green | Dunne | Dunne | Dunne | Dunne | Dunne | Dunne | Dunne | Anderson |
| North Shropshire | Biffen | Biffen | Biffen | Paterson | Paterson | Paterson | Paterson | Paterson | Paterson | Paterson | Paterson | Morgan | Morgan | Morgan |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham / Shrewsbury (2024) | Conway | Conway | Conway | Marsden | Marsden | → | Kawczynski | Kawczynski | Kawczynski | Kawczynski | Kawczynski | Kawczynski | Kawczynski | Buckley |
| The Wrekin | Hawksley | Grocott | Grocott | Bradley | Bradley | Bradley | Pritchard | Pritchard | Pritchard | Pritchard | Pritchard | Pritchard | Pritchard | Pritchard |
| Telford | | | | Grocott | Wright | Wright | Wright | Wright | Allan | Allan | Allan | Allan | → | Davies |