North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Shropshire
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	Owen Paterson (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Oswestry and Wrekin[1]
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Oswestry; Wellington; Newport

North Shropshire[n 1] is a constituency[n 2] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Owen Paterson, a Conservative.[n 3]

History

From its first creation in 1832 to the abolition of the first creation in 1885 it covered approximately half of the county and elected two members, formally Knights of the Shire. In 1885 the county was (together with South Shropshire) - divided between four constituencies: Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington.

In 1983 the constituency was revived in a smaller form and elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Owen Paterson was appointed to be the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in May 2010 and from the September 2012 Cabinet reshuffle, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,[2] until another reshuffle in June 2014.

Boundaries

Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the central, doubly blue area.

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Oswestry, Pimhill, North Bradford and South Bradford, and the Liberty of Shrewsbury.[3]

1983–1997: The District of North Shropshire, the Borough of Oswestry, and the District of The Wrekin wards of Church Aston, Edgmond, Ercall Magna, Newport East, Newport North, and Newport West.

1997–2009: The District of North Shropshire, and the Borough of Oswestry.

2009–present: The North Area Committee of Shropshire Council.

The area is rural and north of Shrewsbury, west of Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Stoke conurbation and south of Cheshire, having five small towns.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–85

Constituency created in 1832

	First member[4]	First party	Second member[4]	Second party
1832	Sir Rowland Hill, Bt	Tory[5][6][7]	John Cotes	Whig[5][6][7]
1834		Conservative[5]	John Cotes	Whig[5][6][7]
1835		Conservative[5]	William Ormsby-Gore	Conservative[5]
1843 by-election	Viscount Clive	Conservative[5]
1848 by-election	John Whitehall Dod	Conservative
1857	John Whitehall Dod	Conservative	Hon. Rowland Hill	Conservative
1859	John Ormsby-Gore	Conservative	Hon. Rowland Hill	Conservative
1865			Hon. Charles Cust	Conservative
1866 by-election			Hon. Adelbert Brownlow-Cust	Conservative
1867 by-election			Viscount Newport	Conservative
1876 by-election	Stanley Leighton	Conservative	Viscount Newport	Conservative
1885	Constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election		Member[4]	Party
	1983	John Biffen	Conservative
	1997	Owen Paterson	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North Shropshire[8]
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

General election 2017: North Shropshire[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Paterson	33,642	60.5	9.0
	Labour	Graeme Currie	17,287	31.1	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Thornhill	2,948	5.3	0.7
	Green	Duncan Kerr	1,722	3.1	1.8
Majority			16,355	29.4	2.4
Turnout			55,599	69.0	1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

General election 2015: North Shropshire[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Paterson	27,041	51.5
	Labour	Graeme Currie	10,457	19.9	1.8
	UKIP	Andrea Allen[11]	9,262	17.6	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Thornhill	3,184	6.0	14.9
	Green	Duncan Kerr[12]	2,575	4.9	3.3
Majority			16,584	31.6	1.0
Turnout			52,483	67.6	0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Class War originally selected Al Derby as a candidate here, but he changed to Wolverhampton North East.[13]

General election 2010: North Shropshire[14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Paterson	26,692	51.5	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Croll	10,864	20.9	1.2
	Labour	Ian McLaughlan	9,406	18.1	7.8
	UKIP	Sandra List	2,432	4.7	0.1
	BNP	Phil Reddall	1,667	3.2	3.2
	Green	Steve Boulding	808	1.6	1.6
Majority			15,828	30.6	6.9
Turnout			51,869	65.7	2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North Shropshire[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Paterson	23,061	49.6	+1.0
	Labour	Sandra Samuels	12,041	25.9	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Bourne	9,175	19.7	+6.9
	UKIP	Ian Smith	2,233	4.8	+2.3
Majority			11,020	23.7
Turnout			46,510	61.4	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.1

General election 2001: North Shropshire[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Paterson	22,631	48.6	+8.4
	Labour	Mike Ion	16,390	35.2	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Jephcott	5,945	12.8	-7.6
	UKIP	David Trevanion	1,165	2.5
	Independent	Russell Maxfield	389	0.8
Majority			6,241	13.4
Turnout			46,520	63.1	-9.5

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Shropshire North[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Owen Paterson	20,730	40.24
	Labour	Ian Lucas	18,535	35.98
	Liberal Democrats	John Stevens	10,489	20.36
	Referendum	Denis Allen	1,764	3.42
Majority			2,195	4.26
Turnout				72.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1992: Shropshire North[19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Biffen	32,443	50.5	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Stevens	16,232	25.3	−2.2
	Labour	Bob Hawkins	15,550	24.2	+3.8
Majority			16,211	25.2	+0.5
Turnout			64,225	77.7	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Shropshire North[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Biffen	30,385	52.19
	Liberal	Gordon Smith	15,970	27.43
	Labour	Bob Hawkins	11,866	20.38
Majority			14,415	24.76
Turnout				75.49
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Shropshire North[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Biffen	28,496	53.44
	Liberal	David Evans	16,829	31.56
	Labour	Helen Jones	7,860	14.74
	Independent For Referendum	JL Phillimore	135	0.25
Majority			11,667	21.88
Turnout				72.71
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stanley Leighton	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Bridgeman	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,729
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

1876 North Shropshire by-election (1 seat)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Leighton	2,737	50.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring[24]	2,700	49.7	N/A
Majority			37	0.7	N/A
Turnout			5,437	74.1	N/A
Registered electors			7,342
	Conservative hold

Caused by Gore's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Harlech.

General election 1874: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Bridgeman	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,557
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ormsby-Gore	3,602	38.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Bridgeman	3,403	36.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Richard George Jebb[25]	2,412	25.6	N/A
Majority			991	10.5	N/A
Turnout			5,915 (est)	77.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			7,611
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

1867 North Shropshire by-election[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Bridgeman	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Brownlow-Cust's elevation to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl Brownlow.

1866 North Shropshire by-election[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adelbert Brownlow-Cust	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Cust's resignation.

General election 1865: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
	Conservative	Charles Cust	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,315
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
	Conservative	Rowland Hill	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,110
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Whitehall Dod	Unopposed
	Conservative	Rowland Hill	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,227
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Whitehall Dod	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,685
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

By-election, 16 February 1848: Shropshire North[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Whitehall Dod	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Herbert's succession to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Powis

General election 1847: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Herbert	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,876
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election, 16 January 1843: Shropshire North[23][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Herbert	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,876
	Conservative hold

Caused by Hill's succession to the peerage, becoming 2nd Viscount Hill

General election 1841: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rowland Hill	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,075
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rowland Hill	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,910
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1835: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rowland Hill	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Ormsby-Gore	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,653
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1832: Shropshire North (2 seats)[23][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Rowland Hill	2,981	41.7
	Whig	John Cotes	2,117	29.6
	Tory	William Ormsby-Gore	2,045	28.6
Turnout			4,296	91.8
Registered electors			4,682
Majority			864	12.1
	Tory win (new seat)
Majority			72	1.0
	Whig win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

(Historically also Shropshire North and The Northern Division of Shropshire)
A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

"'Shropshire North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
"David Cameron's right turn in cabinet reshuffle". The Guardian. 4 September 2012.
"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. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
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"Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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"Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
"Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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[2] (Historically also Shropshire North and The Northern Division of Shropshire)

[3] A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[4] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[ElectionWeb83-1] "'Shropshire North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[5] "David Cameron's right turn in cabinet reshuffle". The Guardian. 4 September 2012.

[6] "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. Retrieved 2017-07-27.

[rayment-7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)

[stookssmith-8] Stooks 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. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via Google Books.

[yorkherald1832-9] "York Herald". 22 December 1832. p. 2. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[morningpost1832-10] "Result of the Elections in Shropshire". Morning Post. 24 December 1832. p. 2. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[11] "Shropshire North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 2019-12-15.

[12] "Shrewsbury & Atcham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News.

[electoralcalculus-13] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[14] "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.

[15] "Candidates announced". shrewsburynorthshropshire.greenparty.org.uk.

[16] "Al Derby". Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club.

[electoralcalculus2010-17] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[18] web.manager@shropshire.gov.uk. "Democracy – Shropshire Council" (PDF). www.shropshire.gov.uk.

[electoralcalculus2005-19] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-20] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-21] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-22] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[23] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

[electoralcalculus1987-24] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-25] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[craig1832-26] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 446–447. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[27] "North Shropshire". York Herald. 7 January 1876. p. 6. Retrieved 19 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[28] "North Shropshire Election". Wellington Journal. 14 November 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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