North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| North Shropshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of North Shropshire in Shropshire | |
Location of Shropshire within England | |
| County | Shropshire |
| Electorate | 77,673 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Wem, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry and Market Drayton |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrats) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Oswestry and Wrekin[1] |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | Oswestry Wellington Newport |
North Shropshire is a constituency of the United Kingdom. It is in the county of Shropshire in England.
Election results
| 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
- ↑ "'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.
- ↑ "Election result for North Shropshire (Constituency) - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
- ↑ "Shropshire North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 15 December 2019.