Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Shrewsbury is a parliamentary constituency in England, centred on the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024 by Julia Buckley.^[2]

Shrewsbury
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Shrewsbury in West Midlands region
County	Shropshire
Electorate	75,139 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Shrewsbury
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Julia Buckley (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Shrewsbury and Atcham
1918–1983
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Shrewsbury and Atcham
1295–1918
Seats	1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

A constituency for the town has existed since the 13th century. It was nominally abolished for the 1983 general election, being replaced by Shrewsbury and Atcham. The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies re‑established a constituency with the name of "Shrewsbury", with this taking effect from the 2024 general election.^[3]

Boundaries

Since 2024

2024–present: The re-established constituency is composed of the following:

• The County of Shropshire electoral divisions of: Abbey; Bagley; Battlefield; Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton; Belle Vue; Bowbrook; Castlefields and Ditherington; Copthorne; Harlescott; Longden; Loton; Meole; Monkmoor; Porthill; Quarry and Coton Hill; Radbrook; Rea Valley; Sundorne; Tern; Underdale.^[4]

It comprises the wards of its predecessor Shrewsbury and Atcham, with the exception of the Burnell and Severn Valley wards which were transferred to the re-established constituency of South Shropshire.

Until 1983

1918–1950: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural Districts of Atcham and Chirbury.

1950–1974: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural District of Atcham.

1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

History

Shrewsbury was founded in 1295 as parliamentary borough, returning two members to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

Famous MPs have included Sir Philip Sidney in 1581, Robert Clive (known as 'Clive of India') from 1761 to his death in 1774, and Benjamin Disraeli (later Prime Minister) in 1841–47. By the mid eighteenth century Shrewsbury was known as an independent constituency. The right of election was vested in resident burgesses paying scot and lot. By 1722 the number of voters exceeded 1300 but Parliament sharply reduced the number by excluding parts of Shrewsbury from the parliamentary borough.^[5]

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one Member of Parliament (MP). The parliamentary borough was abolished with effect from the 1918 general election, and the name transferred to a new county constituency. The constituency was renamed Shrewsbury and Atcham, but continued with the exact same boundaries as had been in effect from 1974-1983.

The seat was re-established from wards that had comprised Shrewsbury and Atcham as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. This took effect from the 2024 United Kingdom general election. The constituency was won by Julia Buckley, who became the first Labour Party MP to represent the constituency under its name of Shrewsbury, as well as the first woman to represent the seat under either of its names.^[2][6]

Members of Parliament

MPs since 2024

Constituency re-established from Shrewsbury and Atcham in 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Julia Buckley	Labour

MPs 1295-1983

Borough of Shrewsbury

MPs 1295–1660

Constituency created in 1295

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Robert Grafton	Hugh Wigan[7]
1388 (Feb)	Hugh Wigan	Robert Thornes[7]
1388 (Sep)	Robert Grafton	Hugh Wigan[7]
1390 (Jan)	Robert Grafton	Thomas Pride[7]
1390 (Nov)
1391	Hugh Wigan	Thomas Pride[7]
1393	Thomas Pride	Thomas Game [7]
1394	Thomas Pride	Hugh Wigan[7]
1395	Richard Aldescote	Roger Thornes[7]
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Skinner	John Geoffrey[7]
1397 (Sep)
1399	Nicholas Gerard	Thomas Berwick[7]
1401
1402	Thomas Pride	Roger Thornes[7]
1404 (Jan)	Thomas Pride	Simon Tour[7]
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Perle	Robert Thornes[7]
1407	Thomas Pride	John Scriven[7]
1410	Robert Thornes	Roger Thornes[7]
1411	Thomas Pride	John Whithiford [7]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	David Holbache	Urian St Pierre[7]
1414 (Apr)	Thomas Pride	? [7]
1414 (Nov)	Robert Horseley	William Horde[7]
1415	William Horde	John Shotton[7]
1416 (Mar)	William Horde	John Beget[7]
1416 (Oct)	William Horde	Robert Horseley[7]
1417	William Horde	David Holbache[7]
1419	Roger Corbet (died 1430)	David Rathbone[7]
1420	Robert Whitcombe	Richard Bentley[7]
1421 (May)	Urian St Pierre	Robert Whitcombe[7]
1421 (Dec)	William Horde	Robert Whitcombe[7]
1510	Roger Thornes	Thomas Knight[8]
1512	Thomas Kynaston	Thomas Trentham[8]
1515	Sir Thomas Kynaston	Thomas Trentham[8]
1523	Edmund Cole	Adam Mytton[8]
1529	Robert Dudley alias Sutton	Adam Mytton[8]
1536	Robert Dudley alias Sutton	Adam Mytton[8]
1539	Nicholas Purcell	Robert Thornes[8]
1542	Adam Mytton	Richard Mytton[8]
1545	Nicholas Purcell	Edward Hosier[8]
1547	Reginald Corbet	John Evans[8]
1553 (Mar)	Nicholas Purcell	George Leigh[8]
1553 (Oct)	Reginald Corbet	Nicholas Purcell[8]
1554 (Apr)	Richard Mytton	Nicholas Purcell[8]
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Mytton	George Leigh[8]
1555	Reginald Corbet	Nicholas Purcell[8]
1558	Nicholas Purcell	George Leigh[8]
1558–9	Robert Ireland	George Leigh[9]
1562–3	Robert Ireland	Richard Purcell[9]
1571	George Leigh	Robert Ireland[9]
1572 (Apr)	Richard Purcell	George Leigh, died and replaced January 1581 by Philip Sidney[9]
1584 (Nov)	Thomas Owen	Richard Barker[9]
1586 (Oct)	Reginald Scriven	Thomas Harris[9]
1588 (Oct)	Reginald Scriven	Andrew Newport[9]
1593	Reginald Scriven	Robert Wright[9]
1597	Reginald Scriven	Roger Owen[9]
1601 (Oct)	Reginald Scriven	John Barker[9]
1604	Richard Barker	Francis Tate
1614	Lewis Prowde	Francis Berkeley
1621	Sir Richard Newport	Francis Berkeley
1624	Francis Berkeley	Thomas Owen
1625	Sir William Owen	Thomas Owen
1626	Sir William Owen	Thomas Owen
1628	Sir William Owen	Thomas Owen
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	Francis Newport	Thomas Owen
1640 (Nov)	Francis Newport	William Spurstow
1645	Thomas Hunt	William Massam
1648	Thomas Hunt	William Massam
1653	Shrewsbury not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Richard Cheshire	Humphrey Mackworth
1656	Samuel Jones	Humphrey Mackworth
1658	William Jones	Humphrey Mackworth

MPs 1660–1885

Election			First member[10]	First party	Second member[10]	Second party
		1660	Samuel Jones		Thomas Jones
		1661	Robert Leighton[11]
		1677			Sir Richard Corbet
		1679	Edward Kynaston
		1685			Sir Francis Edwardes, 1st Baronet
		1689	Hon. Andrew Newport	Tory
		1690			Richard Mytton
		1694			John Kynaston
		1698	Richard Mytton
		1709	vacant		Sir Edward Leighton
		January 1710	Thomas Jones
		October 1710	Edward Cressett		Richard Mytton
		1713			Thomas Jones
		1714			Corbet Kynaston
		February 1715	Thomas Jones
		November 1715	Andrew Corbet
		1722	Richard Lyster
		1723	Sir Richard Corbet		Orlando Bridgeman
		1727	Richard Lyster		Sir John Astley
		1734	William Kinaston		Sir Richard Corbet
		1749 by-election	Thomas Hill
		1754			Robert More
		1761			Robert Clive	Tory[12]
		1768	Noel Hill
		1774[13]	Charlton Leighton	Tory[12]
		March 8, 1775[13]	William Pulteney	Whig[12]
		March 17, 1775			John Corbet	Tory[12]
		1780			Sir Charlton Leighton	Tory[12]
		1784 by-election			John Hill	Tory[12]
		1796			William Hill	Tory[12]
		1805 by-election	John Hill	Tory[12]
		1806	Henry Grey Bennet	Whig[12]
		1807	Thomas Jones	Tory[12]
		1811 by-election	Henry Grey Bennet	Whig[12]
		1812			Sir Rowland Hill	Tory[12]
		1814 by-election			Richard Lyster	Tory[12]
		1819 by-election			John Mytton	Tory[12]
		1820			Panton Corbett	Tory[12]
		1826	Robert Aglionby Slaney	Whig[12][14][15][16]
		1830			Richard Jenkins	Tory[12]
		1832			Sir John Hanmer	Tory[12]
		1834				Conservative[12]
		1835	John Cressett-Pelham	Conservative[12]
		1837	Richard Jenkins	Conservative[12]	Robert Aglionby Slaney	Whig[12][14][15][16]
		1841	George Tomline	Conservative[12]	Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative[12]
		1847	Edward Holmes Baldock	Conservative	Robert Aglionby Slaney	Whig[12][14][15][16]
		1852			George Tomline	Peelite[17][18][19]
		1857	Robert Aglionby Slaney	Whig[14][15][16]
		1859		Liberal		Liberal
		1862 by-election	Henry Robertson	Liberal
		1865	William James Clement	Liberal
		1868			James Figgins	Conservative
		1870 by-election	Douglas Straight	Conservative
		1874	Charles Cecil Cotes	Liberal	Henry Robertson	Liberal
		1885	Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1885–1918

Election		Member	Party
	1885	James Watson	Conservative
	1892	Henry David Greene	Conservative
	1906	Sir Clement Lloyd Hill	Conservative
	1913 by-election	George Butler Lloyd	Conservative
	1918	Borough abolished, name transferred to new county division

Shrewsbury division of Shropshire

MPs 1918–1983

Election		Member	Party
	1918	George Butler Lloyd	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Dudley Ryder	Conservative
	1923	Joseph Sunlight	Liberal
	1924	Dudley Ryder	Conservative
	1929	Arthur Duckworth	Conservative
	1945	Sir John Langford-Holt	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished: see Shrewsbury and Atcham

Election results

Election Results Graph

The letters "b-e" represent where a by-election has taken place.

Election results 2024–present

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Shrewsbury^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Buckley	22,932	44.3	+9.0
	Conservative	Daniel Kawczynski	11,577	22.4	−26.9
	Reform UK	Victor Applegate	7,524	14.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Wagner	6,722	13.0	+2.2
	Green	Julian Dean	2,387	4.6	+1.4
	English Democrat	Chris Bovill	241	0.5	N/A
	Independent	James Gollins	177	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,355	22.0
Turnout			51,765	67.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.0

• Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) ― Incumbent MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham

Election results 1830–1983

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[12][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Richard Jenkins	754	42.8
	Whig	Robert Aglionby Slaney	563	32.0
	Tory	Panton Corbett	445	25.3
Turnout			974	c. 81.2
Registered electors			c. 1,200
Majority			191	10.8
	Tory hold		Swing
Majority			118	6.7
	Whig hold		Swing

General election 1831: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[12][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Robert Aglionby Slaney	178	30.7	−1.3
	Tory	Richard Jenkins	175	30.2	−12.6
	Tory	Thomas Boycott	124	21.4	−3.9
	Radical	Richard Potter	103	17.8	New
Turnout			309	c. 25.8	c. −55.4
Registered electors			c. 1,200
Majority			3	0.5	−6.2
	Whig hold		Swing	+3.5
Majority			51	8.8	−2.0
	Tory hold		Swing	−5.7

General election 1832: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[12][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Hanmer	808	36.1	+5.9
	Whig	Robert Aglionby Slaney	797	35.6	+4.9
	Tory	John Cressett-Pelham	634	28.3	+6.9
Turnout			1,314	76.7	c. +50.9
Registered electors			1,714
Majority			11	0.5	−8.3
	Tory hold		Swing	+1.7
Majority			163	7.3	+6.8
	Whig hold		Swing	−4.0

General election 1835: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[12][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hanmer	761	38.7	+2.6
	Conservative	John Cressett-Pelham	629	32.0	+3.7
	Whig	Robert Aglionby Slaney	578	29.4	−6.2
Majority			51	2.6	+2.1
Turnout			c. 984	c. 77.5	c. +0.8
Registered electors			1,270
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.9
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+3.4

General election 1837: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[12][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Jenkins	700	27.0	−11.7
	Whig	Robert Aglionby Slaney	697	26.9	+12.2
	Conservative	John Cressett-Pelham	655	25.3	−6.7
	Whig	Francis Dashwood	537	20.7	+6.0
Turnout			1,312	89.1	c. +11.6
Registered electors			1,473
Majority			3	0.1	−2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−10.4
Majority			42	1.6	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.7

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[12][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Tomline	793	28.7	+1.7
	Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli	785	28.4	+3.1
	Whig	Love Jones-Parry	605	21.9	−5.0
	Whig	Christopher Temple	578	20.9	+0.2
Majority			180	6.5	+6.4
Turnout			1,384	88.5	−0.6
Registered electors			1,666
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+2.8

General election 1847: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Holmes Baldock	769	34.3	−22.8
	Whig	Robert Aglionby Slaney	743	33.1	−9.7
	Peelite	George Tomline	732	32.6	+3.9
Turnout			1,122 (est)	62.2 (est)	−26.3
Registered electors			1,805
Majority			26	1.2	−5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.4
Majority			11	0.5	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	−5.8

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	George Tomline	1,159	49.7	+17.1
	Conservative	Edward Holmes Baldock	736	31.5	−2.8
	Radical	Augustus Robinson[23]	438	18.8	−14.3
Turnout			1,167 (est)	70.0 (est)	+7.8
Registered electors			1,666
Majority			423	18.2	N/A
	Peelite gain from Whig		Swing	+12.1
Majority			298	12.7	+11.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

General election 1857: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[22][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	George Tomline	706	29.0	−20.7
	Whig	Robert Aglionby Slaney	695	28.6	N/A
	Conservative	John Walter Huddleston	548	22.5	+13.1
	Conservative	Richard Phibbs	484	19.9	+10.5
Turnout			1,217 (est)	75.2 (est)	+5.2
Registered electors			1,617
Majority			11	0.4	−17.8
	Peelite hold		Swing	−16.3
Majority			147	6.1	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1859: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Aglionby Slaney	Unopposed
	Liberal	George Tomline	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,635
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Slaney's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 2 June 1862: Shrewsbury (1 seat)^[22][25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Robertson	671	64.4	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Banner Oakeley	361	34.6	New
	Ind. Conservative	Henry Atkins[26]	10	1.0	New
Majority			310	29.8	N/A
Turnout			1,042	69.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,506
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1865: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William James Clement	Unopposed
	Liberal	George Tomline	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,533
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William James Clement	1,840	43.0	N/A
	Conservative	James Figgins	1,751	40.9	New
	Liberal	Robert Crawford[27]	685	16.0	N/A
Turnout			3,014 (est)	89.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,620
Majority			89	2.1	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			1,066	24.9	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1870s

Clement's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 21 Sep 1870: Shrewsbury (1 seat)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Straight	1,291	50.7	+9.8
	Liberal	Charles Cecil Cotes	1,253	49.3	−9.7
Majority			38	1.4	−23.5
Turnout			2,544	75.2	−13.9
Registered electors			3,381
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.8

General election 1874: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Cecil Cotes	1,672	28.1	−14.9
	Liberal	Henry Robertson	1,561	26.2	+10.2
	Conservative	James Figgins	1,388	23.3	+2.8
	Conservative	Douglas Straight	1,328	22.3	+1.8
Majority			173	2.9	+0.8
Turnout			2,975 (est)	82.2 (est)	−6.9
Registered electors			3,620
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Shrewsbury (2 seats)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Cecil Cotes	1,945	27.7	−0.4
	Liberal	Henry Robertson	1,884	26.8	+0.6
	Conservative	Andrew Scoble[28]	1,622	23.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Francis Needham	1,568	22.3	0.0
Majority			262	3.7	+0.8
Turnout			3,510 (est)	91.3 (est)	+9.1
Registered electors			3,846
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Cotes was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 10 May 1880: Shrewsbury (1 seat)^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Cecil Cotes	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Representation reduced to one Member

General election 1885: Shrewsbury ^[29][30][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Watson	2,244	59.7	+14.1
	Liberal	Charles Waring	1,512	40.3	−14.2
Majority			732	19.4	N/A
Turnout			3,756	90.9	−0.4 (est)
Registered electors			4,131
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.2

General election 1886: Shrewsbury ^[29][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Watson	1,826	59.0	−0.7
	Liberal	Maurice Jones[32]	1,269	41.0	+0.7
Majority			557	18.0	−1.4
Turnout			3,095	74.9	−16.0
Registered electors			4,131
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Shrewsbury ^[29][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry David Greene	1,979	55.7	−3.3
	Liberal	James Brend Batten	1,573	44.3	+3.3
Majority			406	11.4	−6.6
Turnout			3,552	83.4	+8.5
Registered electors			4,258
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 1895: Shrewsbury ^[29][30][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry David Greene	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Shrewsbury ^[29][30][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry David Greene	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Hemmerde

General election 1906: Shrewsbury ^[29][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clement Lloyd Hill	2,395	55.1	N/A
	Liberal	Edward Hemmerde	1,955	44.9	New
Majority			440	10.2	N/A
Turnout			4,350	92.4	N/A
Registered electors			4,709
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Shrewsbury ^[29][34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clement Lloyd Hill	2,596	56.6	+1.5
	Liberal	John Haworth Whitworth	1,994	43.4	−1.5
Majority			602	13.2	+3.0
Turnout			4,590	94.0	+1.6
Registered electors			4,882
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.5

General election December 1910: Shrewsbury ^[29][34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clement Lloyd Hill	2,423	56.6	0.0
	Lib-Lab	Thomas Pace	1,855	43.4	0.0
Majority			568	13.2	0.0
Turnout			4,278	87.6	−6.4
Registered electors			4,882
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.0

1913 Shrewsbury by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Butler Lloyd	2,412	58.3	+1.7
	Independent	James Robert Morris	1,727	41.7	New
Majority			685	16.6	+3.4
Turnout			4,139	81.0	−6.6
Registered electors			5,107
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: George Lloyd^[35][36]
• Liberal:

General election 1918: Shrewsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	George Butler Lloyd	9,826	63.9	+7.3
	Labour	Arthur Taylor	5,542	36.1	New
Majority			4,284	27.8	+14.6
Turnout			15,368	60.4	−27.2
Registered electors			25,459
	Unionist hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Shrewsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Dudley Ryder	10,999	53.9	−10.0
	Liberal	Joseph Sunlight	9,401	46.1	New
Majority			1,598	7.8	−20.0
Turnout			20,400
	Unionist hold		Swing

General election 1923: Shrewsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Sunlight	11,097	51.3	+5.2
	Unionist	Dudley Ryder	10,548	48.7	−5.2
Majority			549	2.6	N/A
Turnout			21,645
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+5.2

General election 1924: Shrewsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Dudley Ryder	13,220	55.6	+6.9
	Liberal	Joseph Sunlight	8,945	37.6	−13.7
	Labour	David Baxter Lawley	1,614	6.8	New
Majority			4,275	18.0	N/A
Turnout			23,779
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.3

General election 1929: Shrewsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Arthur Duckworth	14,586	48.6	−7.0
	Liberal	Joseph Sunlight	11,794	39.3	+1.7
	Labour	A A Beach	3,662	12.2	+5.4
Majority			2,792	9.3	−8.7
Turnout			30,042
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Shrewsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Duckworth	18,505	60.8	+12.2
	Liberal	Elizabeth Morgan	9,358	30.8	−8.5
	Labour	Edward Porter	2,567	8.4	−3.8
Majority			9,147	30.0	+20.7
Turnout			30,430	82.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1935: Shrewsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Duckworth	18,401	65.7	+4.9
	Labour	Cecil Poole	9,606	34.3	+25.9
Majority			8,795	31.4	+1.4
Turnout			28,007	74.2	−8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Arthur Duckworth
• Liberal: John Share Jones^[37]
• Labour: Stanley Norman Chapman^[38]

The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 caused general elections to be suspended until 1945.

General election 1945: Shrewsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	15,174	44.4	−21.3
	Labour	Stanley Norman Chapman	10,580	31.0	−3.3
	Liberal	Arthur Comyns Carr	8,412	24.6	New
Majority			4,594	13.4	−18.0
Turnout			34,166	73.0	−1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Shrewsbury^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	18,470	49.7	+5.3
	Labour	Robert Cant	12,542	33.8	+2.8
	Liberal	Norman Elliott	6,126	16.5	−8.1
Majority			5,928	15.9	+2.5
Turnout			37,138	83.9	+11.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Shrewsbury^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	21,503	59.3	+9.6
	Labour	Robert Cant	14,735	40.7	+6.9
Majority			6,768	18.6	+2.7
Turnout			36,238	80.7	−3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Shrewsbury^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	21,319	60.8	+1.5
	Labour	Geoffrey Allen	13,726	39.2	–1.5
Majority			7,593	21.6	+3.0
Turnout			35,045	77.5	−3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Shrewsbury^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	19,970	53.0	–7.8
	Labour	Kenneth V Russell	11,338	30.1	–9.1
	Liberal	Harold Shaw	6,387	16.9	New
Majority			8,632	22.9	+1.3
Turnout			37,695	80.5	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Shrewsbury^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	18,517	48.3	–4.7
	Labour	James O Murphy	12,658	33.0	+2.9
	Liberal	Geoffrey Keith Roberts	7,180	18.7	+1.8
Majority			5,859	15.3	−7.6
Turnout			38,355	78.2	−2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Shrewsbury^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	17,569	45.2	–3.1
	Labour	Thomas S Pritchard	14,603	37.6	+4.6
	Liberal	William Marsh	6,660	17.2	–1.5
Majority			2,966	7.6	−7.7
Turnout			38,832	76.5	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Shrewsbury^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	22,619	53.9	+8.7
	Labour	Peter A Kent	13,413	31.9	–5.7
	Liberal	Ian R Brodie	5,960	14.2	–3.0
Majority			9,206	22.0	+14.4
Turnout			41,992	73.1	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Shrewsbury^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	21,095	44.4	–9.5
	Liberal	William Marsh	14,914	31.4	+17.2
	Labour	D.W. Woodvine	11,536	24.3	–7.6
Majority			6,181	13.0	−9.0
Turnout			47,545	79.8	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Shrewsbury^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	19,064	43.1	–1.3
	Liberal	William Marsh	13,642	30.9	–0.5
	Labour	D.W. Woodvine	11,504	26.0	+1.7
Majority			5,422	12.2	−0.8
Turnout			44,210	73.4	−6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: Shrewsbury^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Langford-Holt	23,548	48.6	+5.5
	Liberal	A. Laurie	13,364	27.6	–3.3
	Labour	J. Bishton	11,558	23.9	–2.1
Majority			10,184	21.0	+8.8
Turnout			48,470	76.7	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)
• Unreformed House of Commons

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• The History of Parliament: the House of Commons - Shrewsbury, Borough, 1386 to 1831

External links

• Shrewsbury UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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