Telford (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Telford Borough constituency |
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| Telford shown within Shropshire, and Shropshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | David Wright |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Shropshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Telford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Telford is made up of several old industrial towns near 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 (although not all of the Telford New Town developments are in the constituency; the northern parts of the New Town are in the Wrekin constituency) including Woodside. It also includes the commuter town of Priorslee. All of the constituency is covered by Telford and Wrekin Borough Council.
Boundary changes for the next election realign the constituency boundaries to fit with the Borough's new wards and as a result Telford will gain Ketley from The Wrekin.
[edit] History
Telford was created in 1997 from the core of the old Wrekin constituency and has been held by the Labour Party since its creation. Despite it's reputation, not all of Telford is solidly working class and there is a sizeable Tory vote in middle class areas like Priorslee.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 – 2001: Bruce Grocott, Labour
- 2001 – present: David Wright, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Telford | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | Tom McCartney | 1,659 | 4.9 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 5,406 | 15.8 | |||
| Turnout | 34,206 | 57.7 | +5.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −5.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: Telford | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Wright | 16,854 | 54.6 | -3.2 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Henderson | 8,471 | 27.4 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Wiggin | 3,983 | 12.9 | +1.1 | |
| UK Independence | Nicola Brookes | 1,098 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Mike Jeffries | 469 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,383 | 27.2 | |||
| Turnout | 30,875 | 52.0 | -13.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Telford | |||||
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| 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 Party | C. Morris | 1,119 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,290 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 65.6 | N/A | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
