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Shrewsbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Shrewsbury is a parliamentary constituency in England, centred on the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire.

A constituency for the town has existed since the 13th century. It was nominally abolished for the 1983 general election, being replaced by Shrewsbury and Atcham. The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies re‑established a constituency with the name of "Shrewsbury", with this taking effect from the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

Until 1983

1918–1950: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural Districts of Atcham and Chirbury.

1950–1974: The Borough of Shrewsbury, and the Rural District of Atcham.

1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

Since 2024

2024–: The re-established constituency is composed of the following:

  • The County of Shropshire electoral divisions of: Abbey; Bagley; Battlefield; Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton; Belle Vue; Bowbrook; Castlefields and Ditherington; Copthorne; Harlescott; Longden; Loton; Meole; Monkmoor; Porthill; Quarry and Coton Hill; Radbrook; Rea Valley; Sundorne; Tern; Underdale.

It will comprise the existing constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham (to be abolished), with the exception of the Burnell and Severn Valley wards which will be transferred to the re-established constituency of South Shropshire.

History

Shrewsbury was founded in 1290 as parliamentary borough, returning two members to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

Famous MPs have included Sir Philip Sidney in 1581, Robert Clive (known as 'Clive of India') from 1761 to his death in 1774, and Benjamin Disraeli (later Prime Minister) in 1841–47. By the mid eighteenth century Shrewsbury was known as an independent constituency. The right of election was vested in resident burgesses paying scot and lot. By 1722 the number of voters exceeded 1300 but Parliament sharply reduced the number by excluding parts of Shrewsbury from the parliamentary borough.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one Member of Parliament (MP). The parliamentary borough was abolished with effect from the 1918 general election, and the name transferred to a new county constituency. The constituency was renamed Shrewsbury and Atcham, but continued with the exact same boundaries as had been in effect from 1974-1983.

Members of Parliament

Borough of Shrewsbury

  • Constituency created (1290)

MPs 1290–1660

Parliament First member Second member
1386 Robert Grafton Hugh Wigan
1388 (Feb) Hugh Wigan Robert Thornes
1388 (Sep) Robert Grafton Hugh Wigan
1390 (Jan) Robert Grafton Thomas Pride
1390 (Nov)
1391 Hugh Wigan Thomas Pride
1393 Thomas Pride Thomas Game
1394 Thomas Pride Hugh Wigan
1395 Richard Aldescote Roger Thornes
1397 (Jan) Thomas Skinner John Geoffrey
1397 (Sep)
1399 Nicholas Gerard Thomas Berwick
1401
1402 Thomas Pride Roger Thornes
1404 (Jan) Thomas Pride Simon Tour
1404 (Oct)
1406 John Perle Robert Thornes
1407 Thomas Pride John Scriven
1410 Robert Thornes Roger Thornes
1411 Thomas Pride John Whithiford
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) David Holbache Urian St Pierre
1414 (Apr) Thomas Pride ?
1414 (Nov) Robert Horseley William Horde
1415 William Horde John Shotton
1416 (Mar) William Horde John Beget
1416 (Oct) William Horde Robert Horseley
1417 William Horde David Holbache
1419 Roger Corbet (died 1430) David Rathbone
1420 Robert Whitcombe Richard Bentley
1421 (May) Urian St Pierre Robert Whitcombe
1421 (Dec) William Horde Robert Whitcombe
1510 Roger Thornes Thomas Knight
1512 Thomas Kynaston Thomas Trentham
1515 Sir Thomas Kynaston Thomas Trentham
1523 Edmund Cole Adam Mytton
1529 Robert Dudley alias Sutton Adam Mytton
1536 Robert Dudley alias Sutton Adam Mytton
1539 Nicholas Purcell Robert Thornes
1542 Adam Mytton Richard Mytton
1545 Nicholas Purcell Edward Hosier
1547 Reginald Corbet John Evans
1553 (Mar) Nicholas Purcell George Leigh
1553 (Oct) Reginald Corbet Nicholas Purcell
1554 (Apr) Richard Mytton Nicholas Purcell
1554 (Nov) Thomas Mytton George Leigh
1555 Reginald Corbet Nicholas Purcell
1558 Nicholas Purcell George Leigh
1558–9 Robert Ireland George Leigh
1562–3 Robert Ireland Richard Purcell
1571 George Leigh Robert Ireland
1572 (Apr) Richard Purcell George Leigh, died
and replaced January 1581 by Philip Sidney
1584 (Nov) Thomas Owen Richard Barker
1586 (Oct) Reginald Scriven Thomas Harris
1588 (Oct) Reginald Scriven Andrew Newport
1593 Reginald Scriven Robert Wright
1597 Reginald Scriven Roger Owen
1601 (Oct) Reginald Scriven John Barker
1604 Richard Barker Francis Tate
1614 Lewis Prowde Francis Berkeley
1621 Sir Richard Newport Francis Berkeley
1624 Francis Berkeley Thomas Owen
1625 Sir William Owen Thomas Owen
1626 Sir William Owen Thomas Owen
1628 Sir William Owen Thomas Owen
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) Francis Newport Thomas Owen
1640 (Nov) Francis Newport William Spurstow
1645 Thomas Hunt William Massam
1648 Thomas Hunt William Massam
1653 Shrewsbury not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 Richard Cheshire Humphrey Mackworth
1656 Samuel Jones Humphrey Mackworth
1658 William Jones Humphrey Mackworth

MPs 1660–1885

Election 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 Edwardes, 1st Baronet
1689 Hon. Andrew Newport Tory
1690 Richard Mytton
1694 John Kynaston
1698 Richard Mytton
1709 vacant Sir Edward Leighton
January 1710 Thomas Jones
October 1710 Edward Cressett Richard Mytton
1713 Thomas Jones
1714 Corbet Kynaston
February 1715 Thomas Jones
November 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 by-election Thomas Hill
1754 Robert More
1761 Robert Clive Tory
1768 Noel Hill
1774 Charlton Leighton Tory
March 8, 1775 William Pulteney Whig
March 17, 1775 John Corbet Tory
1780 Sir Charlton Leighton Tory
1784 by-election John Hill Tory
1796 William Hill Tory
1805 by-election John Hill Tory
1806 Henry Grey Bennet Whig
1807 Thomas Jones Tory
1811 by-election Henry Grey Bennet Whig
1812 Sir Rowland Hill Tory
1814 by-election Richard Lyster Tory
1819 by-election John Mytton Tory
1820 Panton Corbett Tory
1826 Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig
1830 Richard Jenkins Tory
1832 Sir John Hanmer Tory
1834 Conservative
1835 John Cressett-Pelham Conservative
1837 Richard Jenkins Conservative Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig
1841 George Tomline Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Conservative
1847 Edward Holmes Baldock Conservative Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig
1852 George Tomline Peelite
1857 Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig
1859 Liberal Liberal
1862 by-election Henry Robertson Liberal
1865 William James Clement Liberal
1868 James Figgins Conservative
1870 by-election Douglas Straight Conservative
1874 Charles Cecil Cotes Liberal Henry Robertson Liberal
1885 Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1885–1918

Election Member Party
1885 James Watson Conservative
1892 Henry David Greene Conservative
1906 Sir Clement Lloyd Hill Conservative
1913 by-election George Butler Lloyd Conservative
1918 Borough abolished, name transferred to new county division

Shrewsbury division of Shropshire

MPs 1918–1983

Election Member Party
1918 George Butler Lloyd Coalition Conservative
1922 Dudley Ryder Conservative
1923 Joseph Sunlight Liberal
1924 Dudley Ryder Conservative
1929 Arthur Duckworth Conservative
1945 Sir John Langford-Holt Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Shrewsbury and Atcham

MPs since 2024

Shrewsbury and Atcham prior to 2024

Election Member Party
2024 TBC TBC

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform UK Victor Applegate
English Democrat Chris Bovill
Labour Julia Buckley
Green Julian Dean
Independent James Gollins
Conservative Daniel Kawczynski
Liberal Democrats Alex Wagner
Majority
Turnout

Election results 1830–1983

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Richard Jenkins 754 42.8
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 563 32.0
Tory Panton Corbett 445 25.3
Turnout 974 c. 81.2
Registered electors c. 1,200
Majority 191 10.8
Tory hold Swing
Majority 118 6.7
Whig hold Swing
General election 1831: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 178 30.7 −1.3
Tory Richard Jenkins 175 30.2 −12.6
Tory Thomas Boycott 124 21.4 −3.9
Radical Richard Potter 103 17.8 New
Turnout 309 c. 25.8 c. −55.4
Registered electors c. 1,200
Majority 3 0.5 −6.2
Whig hold Swing +3.5
Majority 51 8.8 −2.0
Tory hold Swing −5.7
General election 1832: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory John Hanmer 808 36.1 +5.9
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 797 35.6 +4.9
Tory John Cressett-Pelham 634 28.3 +6.9
Turnout 1,314 76.7 c. +50.9
Registered electors 1,714
Majority 11 0.5 −8.3
Tory hold Swing +1.7
Majority 163 7.3 +6.8
Whig hold Swing −4.0
General election 1835: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hanmer 761 38.7 +2.6
Conservative John Cressett-Pelham 629 32.0 +3.7
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 578 29.4 −6.2
Majority 51 2.6 +2.1
Turnout c. 984 c. 77.5 c. +0.8
Registered electors 1,270
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +3.4
General election 1837: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Jenkins 700 27.0 −11.7
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 697 26.9 +12.2
Conservative John Cressett-Pelham 655 25.3 −6.7
Whig Francis Dashwood 537 20.7 +6.0
Turnout 1,312 89.1 c. +11.6
Registered electors 1,473
Majority 3 0.1 −2.5
Conservative hold Swing −10.4
Majority 42 1.6 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +10.7

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Tomline 793 28.7 +1.7
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli 785 28.4 +3.1
Whig Love Jones-Parry 605 21.9 −5.0
Whig Christopher Temple 578 20.9 +0.2
Majority 180 6.5 +6.4
Turnout 1,384 88.5 −0.6
Registered electors 1,666
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +2.8
General election 1847: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Holmes Baldock 769 34.3 −22.8
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 743 33.1 −9.7
Peelite George Tomline 732 32.6 +3.9
Turnout 1,122 (est) 62.2 (est) −26.3
Registered electors 1,805
Majority 26 1.2 −5.3
Conservative hold Swing −12.4
Majority 11 0.5 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing −5.8

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite George Tomline 1,159 49.7 +17.1
Conservative Edward Holmes Baldock 736 31.5 −2.8
Radical Augustus Robinson 438 18.8 −14.3
Turnout 1,167 (est) 70.0 (est) +7.8
Registered electors 1,666
Majority 423 18.2 N/A
Peelite gain from Whig Swing +12.1
Majority 298 12.7 +11.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.2
General election 1857: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite George Tomline 706 29.0 −20.7
Whig Robert Aglionby Slaney 695 28.6 N/A
Conservative John Walter Huddleston 548 22.5 +13.1
Conservative Richard Phibbs 484 19.9 +10.5
Turnout 1,217 (est) 75.2 (est) +5.2
Registered electors 1,617
Majority 11 0.4 −17.8
Peelite hold Swing −16.3
Majority 147 6.1 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1859: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Aglionby Slaney Unopposed
Liberal George Tomline Unopposed
Registered electors 1,635
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Slaney's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 2 June 1862: Shrewsbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Robertson 671 64.4 N/A
Conservative Richard Banner Oakeley 361 34.6 New
Ind. Conservative Henry Atkins 10 1.0 New
Majority 310 29.8 N/A
Turnout 1,042 69.2 N/A
Registered electors 1,506
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1865: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William James Clement Unopposed
Liberal George Tomline Unopposed
Registered electors 1,533
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William James Clement 1,840 43.0 N/A
Conservative James Figgins 1,751 40.9 New
Liberal Robert Crawford 685 16.0 N/A
Turnout 3,014 (est) 89.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,620
Majority 89 2.1 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority 1,066 24.9 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

Clement's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 21 Sep 1870: Shrewsbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Straight 1,291 50.7 +9.8
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes 1,253 49.3 −9.7
Majority 38 1.4 −23.5
Turnout 2,544 75.2 −13.9
Registered electors 3,381
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.8
General election 1874: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes 1,672 28.1 −14.9
Liberal Henry Robertson 1,561 26.2 +10.2
Conservative James Figgins 1,388 23.3 +2.8
Conservative Douglas Straight 1,328 22.3 +1.8
Majority 173 2.9 +0.8
Turnout 2,975 (est) 82.2 (est) −6.9
Registered electors 3,620
Liberal hold Swing −8.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Shrewsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes 1,945 27.7 −0.4
Liberal Henry Robertson 1,884 26.8 +0.6
Conservative Andrew Scoble 1,622 23.1 −0.2
Conservative Francis Needham 1,568 22.3 0.0
Majority 262 3.7 +0.8
Turnout 3,510 (est) 91.3 (est) +9.1
Registered electors 3,846
Liberal hold Swing −0.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.3

Cotes was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 10 May 1880: Shrewsbury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Cecil Cotes Unopposed
Liberal hold

Representation reduced to one Member

General election 1885: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Watson 2,244 59.7 +14.1
Liberal Charles Waring 1,512 40.3 −14.2
Majority 732 19.4 N/A
Turnout 3,756 90.9 −0.4 (est)
Registered electors 4,131
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.2
General election 1886: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Watson 1,826 59.0 −0.7
Liberal Maurice Jones 1,269 41.0 +0.7
Majority 557 18.0 −1.4
Turnout 3,095 74.9 −16.0
Registered electors 4,131
Conservative hold Swing −0.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry David Greene 1,979 55.7 −3.3
Liberal James Brend Batten 1,573 44.3 +3.3
Majority 406 11.4 −6.6
Turnout 3,552 83.4 +8.5
Registered electors 4,258
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
General election 1895: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry David Greene Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry David Greene Unopposed
Conservative hold
Hemmerde
General election 1906: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clement Lloyd Hill 2,395 55.1 N/A
Liberal Edward Hemmerde 1,955 44.9 New
Majority 440 10.2 N/A
Turnout 4,350 92.4 N/A
Registered electors 4,709
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clement Lloyd Hill 2,596 56.6 +1.5
Liberal John Haworth Whitworth 1,994 43.4 −1.5
Majority 602 13.2 +3.0
Turnout 4,590 94.0 +1.6
Registered electors 4,882
Conservative hold Swing +1.5
General election December 1910: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clement Lloyd Hill 2,423 56.6 0.0
Lib-Lab Thomas Pace 1,855 43.4 0.0
Majority 568 13.2 0.0
Turnout 4,278 87.6 −6.4
Registered electors 4,882
Conservative hold Swing +0.0
1913 Shrewsbury by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Butler Lloyd 2,412 58.3 +1.7
Independent James Robert Morris 1,727 41.7 New
Majority 685 16.6 +3.4
Turnout 4,139 81.0 −6.6
Registered electors 5,107
Unionist hold Swing

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist George Butler Lloyd 9,826 63.9 +7.3
Labour Arthur Taylor 5,542 36.1 New
Majority 4,284 27.8 +14.6
Turnout 15,368 60.4 −27.2
Registered electors 25,459
Unionist hold Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Dudley Ryder 10,999 53.9 -10.0
Liberal Joseph Sunlight 9,401 46.1 New
Majority 1,598 7.8 -20.0
Turnout 20,400
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Sunlight 11,097 51.3 +5.2
Unionist Dudley Ryder 10,548 48.7 −5.2
Majority 549 2.6 N/A
Turnout 21,645
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +5.2
General election 1924: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Dudley Ryder 13,220 55.6 +6.9
Liberal Joseph Sunlight 8,945 37.6 −13.7
Labour David Baxter Lawley 1,614 6.8 New
Majority 4,275 18.0 N/A
Turnout 23,779
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +10.3
General election 1929: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Arthur Duckworth 14,586 48.6 −7.0
Liberal Joseph Sunlight 11,794 39.3 +1.7
Labour A A Beach 3,662 12.2 +5.4
Majority 2,792 9.3 -8.7
Turnout 30,042
Unionist hold Swing −4.4

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Duckworth 18,505 60.8 +12.2
Liberal Elizabeth Morgan 9,358 30.8 -8.5
Labour Edward Porter 2,567 8.4 -3.8
Majority 9,147 30.0 +20.7
Turnout 30,430 82.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Duckworth 18,401 65.7 +4.9
Labour Cecil Poole 9,606 34.3 +25.9
Majority 8,795 31.4 +1.4
Turnout 28,007 74.2 -8.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

The outbreak of World War II in September 1939 caused general elections to be suspended until 1945.

General election 1945: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 15,174 44.4 -21.3
Labour Stanley Norman Chapman 10,580 31.0 -3.3
Liberal Arthur Comyns Carr 8,412 24.6 New
Majority 4,594 13.4 -18.0
Turnout 34,166 73.0 -1.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 18,470 49.7 +5.3
Labour Robert Cant 12,542 33.8 +2.8
Liberal Norman Elliott 6,126 16.5 -8.1
Majority 5,928 15.9 +2.5
Turnout 37,138 83.9 +11.9
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 21,503 59.3 +9.6
Labour Robert Cant 14,735 40.7 +6.9
Majority 6,768 18.6 +2.7
Turnout 36,238 80.7 -3.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 21,319 60.8 +1.5
Labour Geoffrey Allen 13,726 39.2 –1.5
Majority 7,593 21.6 +3.0
Turnout 35,045 77.5 -3.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 19,970 53.0 –7.8
Labour Kenneth V Russell 11,338 30.1 –9.1
Liberal Harold Shaw 6,387 16.9 New
Majority 8,632 22.9 +1.3
Turnout 37,695 80.5 +3.0
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 18,517 48.3 –4.7
Labour James O Murphy 12,658 33.0 +2.9
Liberal Geoffrey Keith Roberts 7,180 18.7 +1.8
Majority 5,859 15.3 -7.6
Turnout 38,355 78.2 -2.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 17,569 45.2 –3.1
Labour Thomas S Pritchard 14,603 37.6 +4.6
Liberal William Marsh 6,660 17.2 –1.5
Majority 2,966 7.6 -7.7
Turnout 38,832 76.5 -1.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 22,619 53.9 +8.7
Labour Peter A Kent 13,413 31.9 –5.7
Liberal Ian R Brodie 5,960 14.2 –3.0
Majority 9,206 22.0 +14.4
Turnout 41,992 73.1 -3.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 21,095 44.4 –9.5
Liberal William Marsh 14,914 31.4 +17.2
Labour D.W. Woodvine 11,536 24.3 –7.6
Majority 6,181 13.0 -9.0
Turnout 47,545 79.8 +6.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 19,064 43.1 –1.3
Liberal William Marsh 13,642 30.9 –0.5
Labour D.W. Woodvine 11,504 26.0 +1.7
Majority 5,422 12.2 -0.8
Turnout 44,210 73.4 -6.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Shrewsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Langford-Holt 23,548 48.6 +5.5
Liberal A. Laurie 13,364 27.6 –3.3
Labour J. Bishton 11,558 23.9 –2.1
Majority 10,184 21.0 +8.8
Turnout 48,470 76.7 +3.3
Conservative hold Swing

See also