South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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South Shropshire is a county constituency in Shropshire. It was first created in 1832 and was represented by two Knights of the Shire.
| South Shropshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of South Shropshire in West Midlands region | |
| County | Shropshire |
| Major settlements | Bridgnorth, Ludlow |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Stuart Anderson (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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| 1832–1885 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Created from | Bishop's Castle and Shropshire |
| Replaced by | Ludlow and Wellington |
The constituency was abolished, along with North Shropshire, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election. The county was then split into four single-member constituencies: Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, formed from the current constituency of Ludlow with only minor boundary changes.[1]
1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern doubly blue area. The cumbersome enclaves (belonging to Herefordshire) of "Farlow" etc. were deemed inclusions, and formally united with Shropshire in 1844.
1832–1885: The Hundreds of Brimstey, Chirbury, Condover, Ford, Munslow, Overs, Purslow (including Clun) and Stoddesdon, and the Franchise of Wenlock.[2]
2024–present: The re-established constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The County of Shropshire electoral divisions of: Alveley and Claverley; Bishop’s Castle; Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts; Bridgnorth West and Tasley; Broseley; Brown Clee; Burnell; Chirbury and Worthen; Church Stretton and Craven Arms; Clee; Cleobury Mortimer; Clun; Corvedale; Highley; Ludlow East; Ludlow North; Ludlow South; Much Wenlock; Severn Valley; Worfield.[3]
- It will comprise the existing constituency of Ludlow (to be abolished), with the addition of the Burnell and Severn Valley wards from Shrewsbury and Atcham (to be re-established as Shrewsbury).
Members of Parliament
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | The Earl of Darlington | Tory[4] | Hon. Robert Clive | Tory[4] | ||
| 1834 | Conservative[4] | Conservative[4] | ||||
| 1842 by-election | Viscount Newport | Conservative[4] | ||||
| 1854 by-election | Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive | Conservative | ||||
| 1859 by-election | Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| April 1865 by-election | Hon. Sir Percy Egerton Herbert | Conservative | ||||
| July 1865 | Jasper More | Liberal | ||||
| 1868 | Edward Corbett | Conservative | ||||
| 1876 by-election | John Edmund Severne | Conservative | ||||
| 1877 by-election | Sir Baldwyn Leighton, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||||
Ludlow prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Stuart Anderson | Conservative | |
Elections in the 2020s
To assess impact of the boundary changes various organisation calculated results of the 2019 election if it was conducted under boundaries established by 2023 Periodic review. Below is such assessment from the BBC for South Shropshire:
For more information see Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency.
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1870s
Corbett resigned, triggering a by-election.
Herbert's death triggered a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Herbert was appointed Treasurer of the Household, triggering a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Bridgeman succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Bradford, triggering a by-election.
Windsor-Clive's death triggered a by-election.
Bridgeman was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, triggering a by-election.
Clive's death triggered a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Bridgeman was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, triggering a by-election.
Vane succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Duke of Cleveland, triggering a by-election.
Elections in the 1830s
- Whitmore retired in favour of Clive before the poll concluded.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 16. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "UK parliamentary election - 4 July 2024". Shropshire Council. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Results spreadsheet (download)". BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 448–449. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "South Shropshire Election". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 16 April 1880. p. 8. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 448–449. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- South Shropshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK