North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

North Shropshire is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in the county of Shropshire in England.

North Shropshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of North Shropshire in Shropshire
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Location of Shropshire within England
CountyShropshire
Electorate77,673 (December 2010)
Major settlementsWem, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry and Market Drayton
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentHelen Morgan (Liberal Democrats)
Number of membersOne
Created fromOswestry and Wrekin[1]
1832–1885
Number of membersTwo
Replaced byOswestry
Wellington
Newport

Election results change

2021 North Shropshire by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 17,957 47.2 +37.2
Conservative Neil Shastri-Hurst 12,032 31.6 -31.1
Labour Ben Wood 3,686 9.7 -12.4
Green Duncan Kerr 1,738 4.6 +1.4
Reform UK Kirsty Walmsley 1,427 3.8 N/A
UKIP Andrea Allen 378 1.0 N/A
Reclaim Party Martin Daubney 375 1.0 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Alan "Howling Laud" Hope 118 0.3 N/A
Independent Suzie Akers-Smith 95 0.2 N/A
Heritage James Elliot 79 0.2 N/A
Rejoin EU Boris Been Bunged 58 0.2 N/A
Freedom Alliance Earl Jesse 57 0.1 N/A
Party Party Russell Dean 19 0.1 N/A
No description Yolande Kenward 3 0.0 N/A
Majority 5,925 15.6
Turnout 38,022 46.3 - 21.6
Rejected ballots 74 0.2
Registered electors 82,314
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +34.2
General election 2019: North Shropshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Owen Paterson 35,444 62.7 +2.2
Labour Graeme Currie 12,495 22.1 -9.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 5,643 10.0 +4.7
Green John Adams 1,790 3.2 +0.1
Shropshire Party Robert Jones 1,141 2.0 N/A
Majority 22,949 40.6 +11.2
Turnout 56,513 67.9 -1.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.2

References change

  1. "'Shropshire North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3648/election/403 [bare URL]
  3. "Shropshire North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 15 December 2019.