North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North Shropshire County constituency |
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| North Shropshire shown within Shropshire, and Shropshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1832, 1983 |
| MP: | Owen Paterson |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Shropshire |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
North Shropshire 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the district of North Shropshire and the borough of Oswestry in Shropshire.
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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1832-1885
- Constituency created in 1832
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1832 | Hon. Sir Rowland Hill | John Cotes | ||||
| 1835 | William Ormsby-Gore | |||||
| 1843 | Viscount Clive | |||||
| 1848 | John Whitehall Dod | |||||
| 1857 | Hon. Rowland Clegg Hill | |||||
| 1859 | John Ralph Ormsby-Gore | |||||
| 1865 | Charles Henry Cust | |||||
| 1866 | Adelbert Wellington Cust | |||||
| 1867 | Viscount Newport | |||||
| 1876 | Stanley Leighton | |||||
- Constituency abolished in 1885
[edit] from 1983
- Constituency revived in 1983
- 1983 – 1997: John Biffen, Conservative
- 1997 – present: Owen Paterson, Conservative
- Constituency still existing
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: North Shropshire | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | ||
