Wellington (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)

Wellington (Shropshire)
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one

Wellington (Shropshire) is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, formally known as The Mid (or Wellington) Division of Shropshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Alexander Brown	Liberal
	1886	Alexander Brown	Liberal Unionist
	1906	Charles Solomon Henry	Liberal
	1918	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

A.H. Brown

General Election 1885: Wellington^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alexander Hargreaves Brown	4,801	65.1	n/a
	Conservative	William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney	2,571	34.9	n/a
Majority			2,230	30.2	n/a
Turnout				85.2	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Wellington^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Alexander Hargreaves Brown	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Wellington^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Alexander Hargreaves Brown	3,963	59.7	n/a
	Liberal	James Harris Sanders	2,680	40.3	n/a
Majority			1,283	19.4	n/a
Turnout				79.1	n/a
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1895: Wellington^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Alexander Hargreaves Brown	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Wellington^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Alexander Hargreaves Brown	3,480	60.0	n/a
	Liberal	Robert Varty	2,318	40.0	n/a
Majority			1,162	20.0	n/a
Turnout				68.8	n/a
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

C.S. Henry

General Election 1906: Wellington^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles Solomon Henry	4,806	60.7
	Liberal Unionist	Hildebrand Aubrey Harmsworth	3,114	39.4
Majority			1,692	21.4
Turnout				89.2
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Wellington^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles Solomon Henry	4,673	57.3	-3.4
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Peevor Boileau Wood	3,484	42.7	+3.4
Majority			1,189	14.6	-6.8
Turnout				93.2	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

General Election December 1910: Wellington^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles Solomon Henry	4,404	57.3
	Conservative	Hon. George Cecil Beaumont Weld-Forester	3,286	42.7
Majority			1,118	14.6
Turnout				87.9
	Liberal 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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Sir Charles Solomon Henry
• Unionist:

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
3. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
4. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
5. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
6. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
7. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies
• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons