- North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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NorthShropshire County constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of NorthShropshire in Shropshire.
Location of Shropshire within England.County Shropshire Electorate 77,673 (December 2010) Current constituency Created 1983 Member of Parliament Owen Paterson (Conservative) Number of members One Created from Oswestry 1832–1885 Number of members Two Replaced by Oswestry Overlaps European Parliament constituency West Midlands North Shropshire (or Shropshire North) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From its first creation in 1832 to the abolition of the first creation in 1885 it elected two Knights of the Shire. In 1885 it was - together with the constituency of South Shropshire - divided between four constituencies (Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington).
In 1983 it was revived. It now elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The present MP is Owen Paterson, who has held the seat since 1997, and was appointed to be the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in May 2010.
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Boundaries
The constituency is coextensive with that of the North area of Shropshire Council, which is the same as the former districts of North Shropshire and Oswestry.
The constituency is rural and is north of Shrewsbury, west of Newcastle-under-Lyme and south of Cheshire. The towns of Wem, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry, and Market Drayton are present.
No boundary changes occurred to this constituency with the latest review of boundaries in England, despite the large population (estimated at 100,400 for mid-2007).
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1885
- Constituency created in 1832
Election First member[1] First party Second member[1] Second party 1832 Sir Rowland Hill, Bt Tory John Cotes Whig 1834 Conservative 1835 William Ormsby-Gore Conservative 1843 by-election Viscount Clive Conservative 1848 by-election John Whitehall Dod Conservative 1857 Hon. Rowland Hill Conservative 1859 John Ormsby-Gore 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 1885 Constituency abolished MPs since 1983
Election Member[1] Party 1983 John Biffen Conservative 1997 Owen Paterson Conservative Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010: North Shropshire[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Owen Paterson 26,692 51.5 +1.9 Liberal Democrat 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 30.5 Turnout 51,869 65.7 +2.4 Conservative hold Swing +0.3 Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: North Shropshire Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Owen Paterson 23,061 49.6 +1.0 Labour Sandra Samuels 12,041 25.9 −9.3 Liberal Democrat 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 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Owen Paterson 22,631 48.6 +8.4 Labour Mike Ion 16,390 35.2 -0.8 Liberal Democrat Ben Jephcott 5,945 12.8 -7.6 UKIP David Trevanion 1,165 2.5 Independent (politician) Russell Maxfield 389 0.8 Majority 6,241 13.4 Turnout 46,520 63.1 -9.5 Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Shropshire North[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Biffen 32,443 50.5 −1.7 Liberal Democrat HJ Stevens 16,232 25.3 −2.2 Labour RJ 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 See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
Notes and references
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- ^ http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/democracy.nsf/viewAttachments/NBIP-84QFBJ/$file/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20-%20North%20Shropshire.pdf
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Sources
- UK Polling Report
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 446–447. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
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