From its first creation in 1832 to the abolition of the first creation in 1885 the constituency 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 December 2023, the Labour Party included the seat in its published list of 211 non-battleground seats, suggesting they did not see it as winnable.[6]
Boundariesedit
Map of current 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, as well as the Liberty of Shrewsbury.[7]
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–present: The District of North Shropshire and the Borough of Oswestry.
The district councils of North Shropshire and Oswestry were abolished in 2009, but the constituency boundaries remained unaltered.
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Sourcesedit
UK Polling Report
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 446–447. ISBN0-900178-26-4.
February 16, 2024
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North Shropshire is a constituency in the county of Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Helen Morgan of the Liberal Democrats after a by election on 16 December 2021 The former MP Owen Paterson of the Conservatives resigned his seat on 5 November 2021 when faced with suspension from the Commons for a breach of advocacy rules and the consequent possibility of a recall petition The seat had previously been a safe seat for the Conservatives North ShropshireCounty constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of North Shropshire in ShropshireLocation of Shropshire within EnglandCountyShropshireElectorate77 673 December 2010 Major settlementsWem Whitchurch Ellesmere Oswestry and Market DraytonCurrent constituencyCreated1983Member of ParliamentHelen Morgan Liberal Democrats SeatsOneCreated fromOswestry and Wrekin 1 1832 1885SeatsTwoReplaced byOswestryWellingtonNewport Contents 1 Constituency profile 2 History 3 Boundaries 4 Members of Parliament 4 1 MPs 1832 1885 4 2 MPs since 1983 5 Elections 5 1 Elections in the 2020s 5 2 Elections in the 2010s 5 3 Elections in the 2000s 5 4 Elections in the 1990s 5 5 Elections in the 1980s 5 6 Elections in the 1880s 5 7 Elections in the 1870s 5 8 Elections in the 1860s 5 9 Elections in the 1850s 5 10 Elections in the 1840s 5 11 Elections in the 1830s 6 See also 7 References 8 SourcesConstituency profile editThe area is rural and north of Shrewsbury west of Newcastle under Lyme in the Stoke on Trent conurbation south of Cheshire and Wrexham having five small towns in size order Oswestry Market Drayton Whitchurch Wem and Ellesmere Residents health and wealth are similar to UK averages 2 History editFrom its first creation in 1832 to the abolition of the first creation in 1885 the constituency 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 3 until another reshuffle in June 2014 Paterson resigned in November 2021 for breaching Commons lobbying rules while working for two firms as a consultant 4 A by election was held on 16 December 2021 triggered by the resignation and was won by Helen Morgan for the Liberal Democrats with a 34 swing The swing was seventh largest in United Kingdom by election history 5 In December 2023 the Labour Party included the seat in its published list of 211 non battleground seats suggesting they did not see it as winnable 6 Boundaries edit nbsp Map of current boundaries nbsp nbsp Context 1832 1868 Extract from 1837 result the central doubly blue area 1832 1885 The Hundreds of Oswestry Pimhill North Bradford and South Bradford as well as the Liberty of Shrewsbury 7 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 present The District of North Shropshire and the Borough of Oswestry The district councils of North Shropshire and Oswestry were abolished in 2009 but the constituency boundaries remained unaltered Members of Parliament editMPs 1832 1885 edit Constituency created in 1832Election First member 8 First party Second member 8 Second party1832 Sir Rowland Hill Bt Tory 9 10 11 John Cotes Whig 9 10 11 1834 Conservative 9 1835 William Ormsby Gore Conservative 9 1843 by election Viscount Clive Conservative 9 1848 by election John Whitehall Dod Conservative1857 Hon Rowland Hill Conservative1859 John Ormsby Gore Conservative1865 Hon Charles Cust Conservative1866 by election Hon Adelbert Brownlow Cust Conservative1867 by election Viscount Newport Conservative1876 by election Stanley Leighton Conservative1885 Constituency abolishedMPs since 1983 edit Election Member 8 Party1983 John Biffen Conservative1997 Owen Paterson Conservative2021 by election Helen Morgan Liberal DemocratsElections editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Results over time Elections in the 2020s edit Next general election North Shropshire Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 12 Conservative Simon Baynes 13 2021 North Shropshire by election 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 17 957 47 2 37 2Conservative Neil Shastri Hurst 12 032 31 6 31 1Labour Ben Wood 3 686 9 7 12 4Green Duncan Kerr 1 738 4 6 1 4Reform UK Kirsty Walmsley 1 427 3 8 NewUKIP Andrea Allen 378 1 0 NewReclaim Party Martin Daubney 375 1 0 NewMonster Raving Loony Alan Howling Laud Hope 118 0 3 N AIndependent Suzie Akers Smith 95 0 2 NewHeritage James Elliot 79 0 2 NewRejoin EU Boris Been Bunged 58 0 2 NewFreedom Alliance Earl Jesse 57 0 1 NewParty Party Russell Dean 19 0 1 NewNo description Yolande Kenward 3 0 0 NewMajority 5 925 15 6 N ATurnout 38 022 46 3 21 6Rejected ballots 74 0 2Registered electors 82 314Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 34 2Elections in the 2010s edit General election 2019 North Shropshire 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Owen Paterson 35 444 62 7 2 2Labour Graeme Currie 12 495 22 1 9 0Liberal Democrats Helen Morgan 5 643 10 0 4 7Green John Adams 1 790 3 2 0 1Shropshire Party Robert Jones 1 141 2 0 NewMajority 22 949 40 6 11 2Turnout 56 513 67 9 1 1Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 2017 North Shropshire 16 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Owen Paterson 33 642 60 5 9 0Labour Graeme Currie 17 287 31 1 11 2Liberal Democrats Tom Thornhill 2 948 5 3 0 7Green Duncan Kerr 1 722 3 1 1 8Majority 16 355 29 4 2 2Turnout 55 599 69 0 1 4Conservative hold Swing 1 1General election 2015 North Shropshire 17 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Owen Paterson 27 041 51 5 0 0Labour Graeme Currie 10 457 19 9 1 8UKIP Andrea Allen 18 9 262 17 6 12 9Liberal Democrats Tom Thornhill 3 184 6 0 14 9Green Duncan Kerr 2 575 4 9 3 3Majority 16 584 31 6 1 0Turnout 52 483 67 6 0 9Conservative hold Swing 0 9Class War originally selected Al Derby as a candidate here but he changed to Wolverhampton North East 19 General election 2010 North Shropshire 20 21 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Owen Paterson 26 692 51 5 1 9Liberal Democrats Ian Croll 10 864 20 9 1 2Labour Ian McLaughlan 9 406 18 1 7 8UKIP Sandra List 2 432 4 7 0 1BNP Phil Reddall 1 667 3 2 NewGreen Steve Boulding 808 1 6 NewMajority 15 828 30 6 6 9Turnout 51 869 65 7 4 3Conservative hold Swing 0 3Elections in the 2000s edit General election 2005 North Shropshire 22 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Owen Paterson 23 061 49 6 1 0Labour Sandra Samuels 12 041 25 9 9 3Liberal Democrats Steve Bourne 9 175 19 7 6 9UKIP Ian Smith 2 233 4 8 2 3Majority 11 020 23 7 10 3Turnout 46 510 61 4 1 7Conservative hold Swing 5 1General election 2001 North Shropshire 23 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Owen Paterson 22 631 48 6 8 4Labour Mike Ion 16 390 35 2 0 8Liberal Democrats Ben Jephcott 5 945 12 8 7 6UKIP David Trevanion 1 165 2 5 NewIndependent Russell Maxfield 389 0 8 NewMajority 6 241 13 4 9 2Turnout 46 520 63 1 9 5Conservative hold SwingElections in the 1990s edit General election 1997 North Shropshire 24 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Owen Paterson 20 730 40 2Labour Ian Lucas 18 535 36 0Liberal Democrats John Stevens 10 489 20 4Referendum Denis Allen 1 764 3 4 NewMajority 2 195 4 2Turnout 51 518 72 6Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1992 Shropshire North 25 26 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 32 443 50 5 1 7Liberal Democrats John Stevens 16 232 25 3 2 1Labour Bob Hawkins 15 550 24 2 3 8Majority 16 211 25 2 0 4Turnout 64 225 77 7 2 2Conservative hold Swing 0 2Elections in the 1980s edit General election 1987 Shropshire North 27 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 30 385 52 2 1 2Liberal Gordon Smith 15 970 27 4 4 2Labour Bob Hawkins 11 866 20 4 5 7Majority 14 415 24 8 3 0Turnout 58 221 75 5 2 8Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1983 Shropshire North 28 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Biffen 28 496 53 4Liberal David Evans 16 829 31 6Labour Helen Jones 7 860 14 7Independent For Referendum JL Phillimore 135 0 3Majority 11 667 21 8Turnout 53 320 72 7Conservative win new seat Elections in the 1880s edit General election 1880 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Stanley Leighton UnopposedConservative George Bridgeman UnopposedRegistered electors 7 729Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1870s edit 1876 North Shropshire by election 1 seat 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Stanley Leighton 2 737 50 3 N AConservative Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring 30 2 700 49 7 N AMajority 37 0 6 N ATurnout 5 437 74 1 N ARegistered electors 7 342Conservative holdCaused by Gore s elevation to the peerage becoming Lord Harlech General election 1874 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Ormsby Gore UnopposedConservative George Bridgeman UnopposedRegistered electors 7 557Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1860s edit General election 1868 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Ormsby Gore 3 602 38 2 N AConservative George Bridgeman 3 403 36 1 N ALiberal Richard George Jebb 31 2 412 25 6 N AMajority 991 10 5 N ATurnout 5 915 est 77 7 est N ARegistered electors 7 611Conservative holdConservative hold1867 North Shropshire by election 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Bridgeman UnopposedConservative holdCaused by Brownlow Cust s elevation to the peerage becoming 3rd Earl Brownlow 1866 North Shropshire by election 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Adelbert Brownlow Cust UnopposedConservative holdCaused by Cust s resignation General election 1865 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Ormsby Gore UnopposedConservative Charles Cust UnopposedRegistered electors 5 315Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1850s edit General election 1859 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Ormsby Gore UnopposedConservative Rowland Hill UnopposedRegistered electors 4 110Conservative holdConservative holdGeneral election 1857 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Whitehall Dod UnopposedConservative Rowland Hill UnopposedRegistered electors 4 227Conservative holdConservative holdGeneral election 1852 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Whitehall Dod UnopposedConservative William Ormsby Gore UnopposedRegistered electors 4 685Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1840s edit By election 16 February 1848 Shropshire North 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Whitehall Dod UnopposedConservative holdCaused by Herbert s succession to the peerage becoming 3rd Earl of PowisGeneral election 1847 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Herbert UnopposedConservative William Ormsby Gore UnopposedRegistered electors 4 876Conservative holdConservative holdBy election 16 January 1843 Shropshire North 29 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Herbert UnopposedRegistered electors 4 876Conservative holdCaused by Hill s succession to the peerage becoming 2nd Viscount HillGeneral election 1841 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rowland Hill UnopposedConservative William Ormsby Gore UnopposedRegistered electors 5 075Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1830s edit General election 1837 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rowland Hill UnopposedConservative William Ormsby Gore UnopposedRegistered electors 4 910Conservative holdConservative holdGeneral election 1835 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rowland Hill UnopposedConservative William Ormsby Gore UnopposedRegistered electors 4 653Conservative holdConservative gain from WhigGeneral election 1832 Shropshire North 2 seats 29 9 Party Candidate Votes Tory Rowland Hill 2 981 41 7Whig John Cotes 1799 1874 2 117 29 6Tory William Ormsby Gore 2 045 28 6Turnout 4 296 91 8Registered electors 4 682Majority 864 12 1Tory win new seat Majority 72 1 0Whig win new seat See also editNorth Shropshire by election disambiguation Parliamentary constituencies in ShropshireReferences edit Shropshire North June 1983 up to May 1997 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Retrieved 14 March 2016 Shropshire North Seat Details Electoral Calculus Retrieved 18 December 2021 David Cameron s right turn in cabinet reshuffle The Guardian 4 September 2012 Tory MP Owen Paterson resigns amid standards row BBC News BBC 4 November 2021 Retrieved 4 November 2021 McGuinness Alan 17 December 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