Parliamentary Constituencies in Shropshire - Recent Members of Parliament History

Recent Members of Parliament History

Members of Parliament elected at each general election since 1992 for each constituency in the county. The present-day incumbent MPs are shown in bold.

Constituency 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010
Ludlow CON Christopher Gill LD Matthew Green CON Philip Dunne
North Shropshire CON John Biffen CON Owen Paterson
Shrewsbury & Atcham CON Derek Conway LAB Paul Marsden LD Paul Marsden† CON Daniel Kawczynski
Telford‡ LAB Bruce Grocott LAB Bruce Grocott LAB David Wright
The Wrekin‡ LAB Peter Bradley CON Mark Pritchard

Paul Marsden won the 2001 election as a Labour Party candidate but defected to the Liberal Democrats and remained with that party for much of the following Parliament.
The Wrekin (historic UK Parliament constituency) was split at the 1997 election, into The Wrekin and Telford constituencies.

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