South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Shropshire | |
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County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
County | West Midlands county |
Major settlements | Bridgnorth,Ludlow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Stuart Anderson(Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
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1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | Bishop's CastleandShropshire |
Replaced by | LudlowandWellington |
South Shropshireis acounty constituencyinShropshire.It was first created in 1832 and was represented by twoKnights of the Shire.
The constituency was abolished, along withNorth Shropshire,under theRedistribution of Seats Act 1885,with effect from the1885 general election.The county was then split into four single-member constituencies:Ludlow,Newport,OswestryandWellington.
Further to the completion of the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,the seat was re-established for the2024 general election,formed from the current constituency of Ludlow with only minor boundary changes.[1]
Boundaries
[edit]19th century
[edit]1832–1885:The Hundreds of Brimstey, Chirbury, Condover, Ford,Munslow,Overs, Purslow (including Clun) and Stoddesdon, and the Franchise of Wenlock.[2]
21st century
[edit]2024–present:The re-established constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The County of Shropshire electoral divisions of: Alveley and Claverley; Bishop’s Castle; Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts; Bridgnorth West and Tasley; Broseley; Brown Clee; Burnell; Chirbury and Worthen; Church Stretton and Craven Arms; Clee; Cleobury Mortimer; Clun; Corvedale; Highley; Ludlow East; Ludlow North; Ludlow South; Much Wenlock; Severn Valley; Worfield.[3]
- It will comprise the existing constituency ofLudlow(to be abolished), with the addition of the Burnell and Severn Valley wards fromShrewsbury and Atcham(to be re-established asShrewsbury).
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1832–1885
[edit]Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1832 | The Earl of Darlington | Tory[4] | Hon. Robert Clive | Tory[4] | ||
1834 | Conservative[4] | Conservative[4] | ||||
1842 by-election | Viscount Newport | Conservative[4] | ||||
1854 by-election | Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive | Conservative | ||||
1859 by-election | Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bt | Conservative | ||||
April 1865 by-election | Hon. Sir Percy Egerton Herbert | Conservative | ||||
July 1865 | Jasper More | Liberal | ||||
1868 | Edward Corbett | Conservative | ||||
1876 by-election | John Edmund Severne | Conservative | ||||
1877 by-election | Sir Baldwyn Leighton, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
MPs since 2024
[edit]Ludlowprior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Stuart Anderson | Conservative |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Anderson | 17,628 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Green | 16,004 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Charles Shackerley-Bennett | 9,171 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Simon Thomson | 6,939 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Green | Hilary Wendt | 1,911 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,624 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,653 | 67.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 76,723 | ||||
Conservativewin(new seat) |
To assess impact of the boundary changes various organisation calculated results of the2019 electionif it was conducted under boundaries established by 2023 Periodic review. Below is such assessment from theBBCfor South Shropshire:
Notional result of 2019 election under new (2023) boundaries
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For more information seeNotional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency.
Elections 1832–1885
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Baldwyn Leighton | 2,491 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Edmund Severne | 2,216 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Jasper More | 2,149 | 25.3 | New | |
Liberal | John William Handley Davenport[8] | 1,634 | 19.2 | New | |
Majority | 67 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,245 (est) | 74.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,690 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservativehold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Baldwyn Leighton | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Edmund Severne | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Corbett resigned, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Corbett | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,710 | ||||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Herbert's death triggered a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | 2,703 | 36.6 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Corbett | 2,514 | 34.1 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Jasper More | 2,161 | 29.3 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 353 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,770 (est) | 81.6 (est) | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,847 | ||||
Conservativehold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
ConservativegainfromLiberal | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jasper More | 1,819 | 37.3 | New | |
Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | 1,669 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Baldwin Leighton | 1,388 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 431 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,348 (est) | 80.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,170 | ||||
LiberalgainfromConservative | |||||
Conservativehold |
Herbert was appointedTreasurer of the Household,triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Baldwin Leighton | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Bridgeman succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Bradford, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,380 | ||||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Windsor-Clive's death triggered a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,183 | ||||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Bridgeman was appointedVice-Chamberlain of the Household,triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Windsor Clive | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,571 | ||||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Clive's death triggered a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,678 | ||||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Bridgeman was appointedVice-Chamberlain of the Household,triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservativehold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Vane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,831 | ||||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Vane succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2ndDuke of Cleveland,triggering a by-election.
Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Henry Vane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,240 | ||||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Vane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,852 | ||||
Conservativehold | |||||
Conservativehold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Henry Vane | 642 | 52.0 | ||
Tory | Robert Clive | 573 | 46.4 | ||
Tory | Thomas Whitmore | 20 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 553 | 44.8 | |||
Turnout | 661 | 23.7 | |||
Registered electors | 2,791 | ||||
Torywin(new seat) | |||||
Torywin(new seat) |
- Whitmore retired in favour of Clive before the poll concluded.
See also
[edit]- Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
- List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
References
[edit]- ^"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England".boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.Retrieved3 August2023.
- ^"The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament".London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383.Retrieved27 July2017.
- ^"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023".Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
- ^abcdefghijStooks Smith, Henry (1845).The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive.London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 16.Retrieved27 May2019– viaGoogle Books.
- ^"UK parliamentary election - 4 July 2024".Shropshire Council.Retrieved7 July2024.
- ^"Results spreadsheet (download)".BBC.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuCraig, F. W. S.,ed. (1977).British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885(e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 448–449.ISBN978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^"South Shropshire Election".Shrewsbury Chronicle.16 April 1880. p. 8.Retrieved22 December2017– viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
Sources
[edit]- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- Craig, F. W. S.(1989) [1977].British parliamentary election results 1832–1885(2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 448–449.ISBN0-900178-26-4.
External links
[edit]- South Shropshire UK Parliament constituency(boundaries from June 2024) atMapIt UK