Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°39′54″N 2°46′08″W / 52.665°N 2.769°W / 52.665; -2.769

Shrewsbury and Atcham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Shrewsbury and Atcham in Shropshire.
Location of Shropshire within England.
County	Shropshire
Electorate	73,978 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Shrewsbury
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Shrewsbury
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Shrewsbury and Atcham is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Daniel Kawczynski, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Geography

The constituency lies at the centre of Shropshire, a large inland county of England, bordering Wales.

The constituency was established in 1983, replacing the Shrewsbury constituency, although this change was only in name not in its boundaries.

Component settlements and landscape

At its heart lies the town of Shrewsbury (population 70,000), which is the county town of Shropshire. It is otherwise a rural constituency. Villages such as Bayston Hill, Ford, Dorrington, Condover, Minsterley, Pontesbury, Bomere Heath, Wroxeter and Atcham are included. Its southern edge is the northern side of the Shropshire Hills AONB. The landscape of the constituency features many small rivers which drain the fields and coppices into the upper plain of the River Severn, cutting straight through the area. The main roads through the area are the A5 and A49.

Local government

The constituency is coextensive with that of the Central area of Shropshire Council (the same area as the former Shrewsbury and Atcham borough, which the constituency was originally named after).

Proposed constituency changes

Under constituency boundary proposals announced in September 2016 ahead of the next general election, the seat will take from the Ludlow constituency the wards of Chirbury and Worthen. The constituency would also simply be titled Shrewsbury, dropping the "and Atcham" in reflection of the abolition in 2009 of the Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council.^[1] ^[2]

History

On 10 December 2001, following his demand for a parliamentary debate before military intervention in Afghanistan, the incumbent Labour member, Paul Marsden, left the government's benches and remained with the Liberal Democrats until 5 April 2005 when he sought to show strong solidarity with Labour stop the war MPs by returning to his old party, the first politician to cross the floor twice since Winston Churchill. During much of his time with the Liberal Democrats, Marsden was a senior health spokesman, shadowing the Secretary of State for Health and ministers.

Shrewsbury and Atcham is the only British constituency to be profiled on the "Better Know a District" segment of the American television show The Colbert Report.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1983	Derek Conway	Conservative
1997	Paul Marsden	Labour
10 December 2001		Liberal Democrats
4 April 2005		Labour
2005	Daniel Kawczynski	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Shrewsbury and Atcham^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Daniel Kawczynski	24,628	45.5	+1.6
	Labour	Dr Laura Davies	15,063	27.8	+7.3
	UKIP	Suzanne Evans	7,813	14.4	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Tinker	4,268	7.9	-21.1
	Green	Emma Bullard	2,247	4.2	+3.1
	Children of the Atom	Stirling McNeillie	83	0.2	N/A
Majority			9,565	17.7
Turnout			54,102	70.8	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Shrewsbury and Atcham^[7]^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Daniel Kawczynski	23,313	43.9	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Charles West	15,369	29.0	+6.1
	Labour	Jon Tandy	10,915	20.6	-13.5
	UKIP	Peter Lewis	1,627	3.1	+0.4
	BNP	James Whittall	1,168	2.2	N/A
	Green	Alan Whittaker	565	1.1	-1.2
	Impact	James Gollins	88	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,944	15.0
Turnout			53,045	70.3	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Shrewsbury and Atcham^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Daniel Kawczynski	18,960	37.7	+0.3
	Labour	Michael Ion	17,152	34.1	−10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Burt	11,487	22.8	+10.4
	UKIP	Peter Lewis	1,349	2.7	−0.5
	Green	Emma Bullard	1,138	2.3	+0.4
	Independent	James Gollins	126	0.3	−0.2
	World	Nigel Harris	84	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,808	3.6
Turnout			50,296	68.7	+17.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.4

General Election 2001: Shrewsbury and Atcham^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Marsden	22,253	44.6	+7.6
	Conservative	Anthea McIntyre	18,674	37.4	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Rule	6,173	12.4	−12.6
	UKIP	Henry Curteis	1,620	3.2	+2.4
	Green	Emma Bullard	931	1.9	N/A
	Independent	James Gollins	258	0.5	+0.1
Majority			3,579	7.2
Turnout			49,909	66.6	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Shrewsbury and Atcham^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Marsden	20,484	37.0	+11.0
	Conservative	Derek Conway	18,814	34.0	−11.8
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Woolland	13,838	25.0	−2.0
	Referendum	Dylan Barker	1,346	2.4	N/A
	UKIP	David Rowlands	477	0.9	N/A
	Country, Field and Shooting Sports	Alan Dignan	257	0.5	N/A
	People's Party	Alan Williams	128	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,670	3.0
Turnout			55,344	75.3	−7.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.4

General Election 1992: Shrewsbury and Atcham^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Conway	26,681	45.8	−2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Hemsley	15,716	27.0	−4.1
	Labour	Liz Owen	15,157	26.0	+6.2
	Green	Geoff Hardy	677	1.2	+0.0
Majority			10,965	18.8	+2.1
Turnout			58,231	82.5	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Shrewsbury and Atcham^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Conway	26,027	47.8	−1.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Robert Hutchison	16,963	31.1	−0.9
	Labour	Liz Owen	10,797	19.8	+1.4
	Green	Geoff Hardy	660	1.2	N/A
Majority			9,064	16.7
Turnout			54,447	77.0	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.6

General Election 1983: Shrewsbury and Atcham^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Conway	24,397	49.5	+0.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A Bowen	15,773	32.0	+4.4
	Labour	Alan Mosley	9,080	18.4	−5.5
Majority			8,624	17.5
Turnout			49,250	74.0	−2.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "It's All Change For MPs, Political map to be transformed". Shropshire Star. 13 September 2016. p. 1. Report by Mark Andrews.
↑ "A radical shake-up of the constituency". Shropshire Star. 13 September 2016. p. 10. Report by Mark Andrews.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Shrewsbury & Atcham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
↑ "UK parliamentary election 2015 results". Shropshire Council.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ General election results 2010 Shropshire Council
↑ Election 2010 – Shrewsbury & Atcham BBC News
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

Shrewsbury and Atcham – Election results since 1992 The Guardian
Shrewsbury and Atcham UK Polling Report

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