Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Shrewsbury Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1290 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Shrewsbury was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was founded in 1290 as borough constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1983. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire until 1885, when it was reduced to one Member of Parliament, reorganized and became a county constituency. It was abolished in 1983 and renamed Shrewsbury and Atcham.
| Shrewsbury County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Contents |
[edit] Boundaries
[edit] Members of Parliament
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
[edit] until 1885
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- Constituency created (1290)
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1660 | Samuel Jones | Thomas Jones | ||||
| 1661 | Robert Leighton | |||||
| 1677 | Sir Richard Corbet | |||||
| 1679 | Edward Kynaston | |||||
| 1685 | Sir Francis Edwards | |||||
| 1689 | Andrew Newport | |||||
| 1690 | Richard Mytton | |||||
| 1694 | John Kynaston | |||||
| 1698 | Richard Mytton | |||||
| 1709 | Sir Edward Leighton | |||||
| Jan. 1710 | Thomas Jones | |||||
| Oct. 1710 | Edward Cressett | Richard Mytton | ||||
| 1713 | Thomas Jones | |||||
| 1714 | Corbet Kynaston | |||||
| Febr. 1715 | Thomas Jones | |||||
| Nov. 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 | Thomas Hill | |||||
| 1754 | Robert More | |||||
| 1761 | Robert Clive | |||||
| 1768 | Noel Hill | |||||
| 1774 | Charlton Leighton | |||||
| March 8, 1775 | William Pulteney | |||||
| March 17, 1775 | John Corbet | |||||
| 1780 | Sir Charlton Leighton | |||||
| 1784 | John Hill | |||||
| 1796 | Walter Hill | |||||
| 1805 | John Hill | |||||
| 1806 | Henry Grey Bennet | |||||
| 1807 | Thomas Jones | |||||
| 1811 | Henry Grey Bennet | |||||
| 1812 | Sir Rowland Hill | |||||
| 1814 | Richard Lyster | |||||
| 1819 | John Mytton | |||||
| 1820 | Panton Corbett | |||||
| 1826 | Robert Aglionby Slaney | |||||
| 1830 | Richard Jenkins | |||||
| 1832 | Sir John Hanmer | |||||
| 1835 | John Cressett-Pelham | |||||
| 1837 | Richard Jenkins | Robert Aglionby Slaney | ||||
| 1841 | George Tomline | Benjamin Disraeli | ||||
| 1847 | Edward Holmes Baldock | Robert Aglionby Slaney | ||||
| 1852 | George Tomline | |||||
| 1857 | Robert Aglionby Slaney | |||||
| 1862 | Henry Robertson | |||||
| 1865 | William James Clement | |||||
| 1868 | James Figgins | |||||
| 1870 | Douglas Straight | |||||
| 1874 | Charles Cecil Cotes | Henry Robertson | ||||
- Constituency reduced to one Member (1885)
[edit] 1885-1983
- Constituency reorganized (1885)
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | James Watson | ||
| 1892 | Henry David Greene | ||
| 1906 | Sir Clement Lloyd Hill | ||
| 1913 | George Butler Lloyd | ||
| 1922 | Dudley Ryder | ||
| 1923 | Joseph Sunlight | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Dudley Ryder | ||
| 1929 | George Arthur Victor Duckworth | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Sir John Langford-Holt | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Shrewsbury and Atcham | ||
[edit] Election results
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