Telford (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°40′41″N 2°26′56″W / 52.678°N 2.449°W / 52.678; -2.449

Telford is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by David Wright, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

Created from the more rural Wrekin constituency for the 1997 general election, Telford has been continuously held by the Labour Party, with a change in candidate in 2001. Bruce Grocott was its first-ever MP, serving for the first four years. In 2010 Wright's majority fell to a marginal figure of 981 votes, the narrowest result to date.

Boundaries

Telford is made up of several old industrial towns to the north of 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 including Woodside. However, not all of the Telford New Town developments are in the constituency; the northern parts and some western areas (including the town of Wellington) which pre-dates Telford, are in The Wrekin constituency.

All of the constituency is covered by Telford and Wrekin Borough Council.

Boundary changes to realign the constituency boundaries to fit with the borough's most recent ward revisions resulted in the addition of Ketley (from the constituency of The Wrekin) for the 2010 general election.

Constituency profile

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 3.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

Notes and references

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