Telford (UK Parliament constituency)

Telford is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Lucy Allan, a Conservative, who defeated David Wright, the former Labour Party MP for the seat.[n 2]

Telford
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Telford in Shropshire
Location of Shropshire within England
CountyShropshire
Electorate65,938 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentLucy Allan (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created fromThe Wrekin

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[2] Party
1997 Bruce Grocott Labour
2001 David Wright Labour
2015 Lucy Allan Conservative

Constituency profile

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 3.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]

Boundaries

Telford is made up of several old industrial towns to the north of the River Severn and on the eastern flanks of the Wrekin (including Madeley, Dawley and the small townships in the Ironbridge Gorge) and numerous New Town developments including Woodside. However, not all of the Telford New Town developments are in the constituency; the northern parts and some western areas (including the town of Wellington) which pre-dates Telford, are in The Wrekin constituency.

All of the constituency is covered by Telford and Wrekin Borough Council.

2010–present: The Borough of Telford and Wrekin wards of Brookside, Cuckoo Oak, Dawley Magna, Horsehay and Lightmoor, Ironbridge Gorge, Ketley and Oakengates, Lawley and Overdale, Madeley, Malinslee, Priorslee, St George's, The Nedge, Woodside, Wrockwardine Wood, and Trench.

1997–2010: The District of The Wrekin wards of Brookside, Cuckoo Oak, Dawley Magna, Hollinswood/Randlay, Ironbridge (The Gorge), Ketley Bank, Langley, Lawley, Madeley, Malinslee, Priorslee, Stirchley, Wombridge, Woodside, and Wrockwardine Wood.

Boundary changes to realign the constituency boundaries to fit with the borough's most recent ward revisions resulted in the addition of Ketley (from the constituency of The Wrekin) for the 2010 general election.

Future proposals: Under constituency boundary changes announced in September 2016, ahead of the next general election, it is proposed to extend the constituency to include the wards of Donnington and Hadley and Leegomery, to be taken from The Wrekin constituency.[4]

History

Created from the more rural Wrekin constituency for the 1997 general election, Telford was continuously held by the Labour Party, with a change in candidate in 2001, until the 2015 general election when the Conservatives took the seat from David Wright. Bruce Grocott was its first-ever MP, serving for the first four years. In 2010 Wright's majority fell to a marginal figure of 981 votes, and he lost in 2015 by 730 votes[5] - one of the small number of Conservative gains from Labour in that election, which in turn helped to give the Conservatives an overall parliamentary majority. The seat was retained by Lucy Allan in 2017 with an almost identical majority of 720, and again by Ms Allan in December 2019 with a majority of 10,941, one of the most significant Conservative marginal seat holds in that election. [6]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Telford[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lucy Allan 25,546 59.7 11.0
Labour Katrina Gilman 14,605 34.1 13.0
Liberal Democrats Shana Roberts 2,674 6.2 4.1
Majority 10,941 25.6 25.0
Turnout 42,825 62.1 4.2
Conservative hold Swing 12.0
Results of UK House of Commons seat Telford, created in 1997, since 2005.
General election 2017: Telford[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lucy Allan 21,777 48.7 9.1
Labour Kuldip Sahota 21,057 47.1 9.3
Liberal Democrats Susan King 954 2.1 0.2
Green Luke Shirley 898 2.0 0.3
Majority 720 1.6 0.2
Turnout 44,686 66.3 4.9
Conservative hold Swing 0.1
General election 2015: Telford[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lucy Allan 16,094 39.6 3.3
Labour David Wright 15,364 37.8 0.9
UKIP Denis Allen 7,330 18.0 12.1
Green Peter Hawkins 930 2.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ian Croll 927 2.3 13.2
Majority 730 1.8 N/A
Turnout 40,645 61.4 2.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 2.1
General election 2010: Telford[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Wright 15,977 38.7 9.5
Conservative Tom Biggins 14,996 36.3 3.2
Liberal Democrats Phillip Bennion 6,399 15.5 1.4
UKIP Denis Allen 2,428 5.9 1.2
BNP Phil Spencer 1,513 3.7 N/A
Majority 981 2.4 13.4
Turnout 41,313 63.5 4.8
Labour hold Swing 6.3

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2005: Telford[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Wright 16,506 48.3 6.3
Conservative Stella Kyriazis 11,100 32.5 5.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Jenkins 4,941 14.4 1.5
UKIP Tom McCartney 1,659 4.9 1.3
Majority 5,406 15.8 11.6
Turnout 34,206 57.7 5.7
Labour hold Swing 5.7
General election 2001: Telford[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Wright 16,854 54.6 3.2
Conservative Andrew Henderson 8,471 27.4
Liberal Democrats Sallyann Wiggin 3,983 12.9 1.1
UKIP Nicola Brookes 1,098 3.6 N/A
Socialist Alliance Michael Jeffries 469 1.5 N/A
Majority 8,383 27.2 3.2
Turnout 30,875 52.0 13.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1997: Telford[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bruce Grocott 21,456 57.8 N/A
Conservative Bernard Gentry 10,166 27.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nathaniel Green 4,371 11.8 N/A
Referendum Christopher Morris 1,119 3.0 N/A
Majority 11,290 30.4 N/A
Turnout 37,112 65.6 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references
Notes
  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. 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
  1. "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
  3. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. "It's All Change for MPs, Political map to be transformed". Shropshire Star. 13 September 2016. p. 1.Report by Mark Andrews.
  5. "Surprise result as Labour stalwart Wright loses out to Conservative candidate Allan". Shropshire Star. 8 May 2015. p. 5.Election 2015 report.
  6. "Conservatives hold Shropshire seats". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. "Telford Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. "Shrewsbury & Atcham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  9. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. "BBC NEWS – Election 2015 – Telford". BBC News.
  11. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Telford". BBC News.
  13. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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