Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Shrewsbury
Borough constituency
Created: 1290
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons

Shrewsbury was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was founded in 1290 as borough constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire until 1885, when it was reduced to one Member of Parliament, reorganized and became a county constituency. It was abolished in 1983 and renamed Shrewsbury and Atcham.

Shrewsbury
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons

Contents

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] until 1885

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  • Constituency created (1290)
Year First member First party Second member Second party
1660 Samuel Jones Thomas Jones
1661 Robert Leighton
1677 Sir Richard Corbet
1679 Edward Kynaston
1685 Sir Francis Edwards
1689 Andrew Newport
1690 Richard Mytton
1694 John Kynaston
1698 Richard Mytton
1709 Sir Edward Leighton
Jan. 1710 Thomas Jones
Oct. 1710 Edward Cressett Richard Mytton
1713 Thomas Jones
1714 Corbet Kynaston
Febr. 1715 Thomas Jones
Nov. 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 Thomas Hill
1754 Robert More
1761 Robert Clive
1768 Noel Hill
1774 Charlton Leighton
March 8, 1775 William Pulteney
March 17, 1775 John Corbet
1780 Sir Charlton Leighton
1784 John Hill
1796 Walter Hill
1805 John Hill
1806 Henry Grey Bennet
1807 Thomas Jones
1811 Henry Grey Bennet
1812 Sir Rowland Hill
1814 Richard Lyster
1819 John Mytton
1820 Panton Corbett
1826 Robert Aglionby Slaney
1830 Richard Jenkins
1832 Sir John Hanmer
1835 John Cressett-Pelham
1837 Richard Jenkins Robert Aglionby Slaney
1841 George Tomline Benjamin Disraeli
1847 Edward Holmes Baldock Robert Aglionby Slaney
1852 George Tomline
1857 Robert Aglionby Slaney
1862 Henry Robertson
1865 William James Clement
1868 James Figgins
1870 Douglas Straight
1874 Charles Cecil Cotes Henry Robertson
  • Constituency reduced to one Member (1885)

[edit] 1885-1983

  • Constituency reorganized (1885)


Year Member Party
1885 James Watson
1892 Henry David Greene
1906 Sir Clement Lloyd Hill
1913 George Butler Lloyd
1922 Dudley Ryder
1923 Joseph Sunlight Liberal
1924 Dudley Ryder
1929 George Arthur Victor Duckworth Conservative
1945 Sir John Langford-Holt Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Shrewsbury and Atcham

[edit] Election results

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