Telford (UK Parliament constituency)
| Telford | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Telford in West Midlands region | |
| County | Shropshire |
| Electorate | 65,938 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Shaun Davies (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | The Wrekin |
Telford is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Shaun Davies of the Labour Party[n 2].
Boundaries
[edit]Telford is made up of several old industrial towns to the north of the River Severn and on the eastern flanks of the Wrekin (including Madeley, Dawley and the small townships in the Ironbridge Gorge) and numerous New Town developments including Woodside. However, not all of the Telford New Town developments are in the constituency; the northern parts and some western areas (including the town of Wellington) which pre-dates Telford, are in The Wrekin constituency.
All of the constituency is covered by Telford and Wrekin Council.
2024-present: The Borough of Telford and Wrekin wards of: Brookside; Dawley & Aqueduct; Horsehay & Lightmoor; Ironbridge Gorge; Ketley; Lawley (most); Madeley & Sutton Hill; Malinslee & Dawley Bank; Oakengates & Ketley Bank; Overdale & The Rock; Priorslee; St. Georges; The Nedge; Woodside; Wrockwardine Wood & Trench; and a very small part of Donnington.[2]
2010–2024: The Borough of Telford and Wrekin wards of Brookside, Cuckoo Oak, Dawley Magna, Horsehay and Lightmoor, Ironbridge Gorge, Ketley and Oakengates, Lawley and Overdale, Madeley, Malinslee, Priorslee, St George's, The Nedge, Woodside, Wrockwardine Wood, and Trench.
1997–2010: The District of The Wrekin wards of Brookside, Cuckoo Oak, Dawley Magna, Hollinswood/Randlay, Ironbridge (The Gorge), Ketley Bank, Langley, Lawley, Madeley, Malinslee, Priorslee, Stirchley, Wombridge, Woodside, and Wrockwardine Wood.
Boundary changes to realign the constituency boundaries to fit with the borough's most recent ward revisions resulted in the addition of Ketley (from the constituency of The Wrekin) for the 2010 general election.
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies resulted in slight boundary adjustment to accommodate changes in ward boundaries:
- Minor change to align the boundaries with those of revised wards and to bring the electorate within the permitted range.
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency is generally urban and covers Telford New Town. There is a significant technology sector.[3] Residents are slightly poorer than the UK average.[4]
History
[edit]Created from the more rural Wrekin constituency for the 1997 general election, Telford was continuously held by the Labour Party, with a change in candidate in 2001, until the 2015 general election when the Conservatives took the seat from David Wright. Bruce Grocott was its first-ever MP, serving for the first four years. In 2010 Wright's majority fell to a marginal figure of 981 votes, and he lost in 2015 by 730 votes[5] – one of the small number of Conservative gains from Labour in that election, which in turn helped to give the Conservatives an overall parliamentary majority. The seat was retained by Lucy Allan in 2017 with an almost identical majority of 720, and again by Allan in 2019 with a majority of 10,941, one of the most significant Conservative marginal seat holds in that election.[6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Bruce Grocott | Labour | |
| 2001 | David Wright | Labour | |
| 2015 | Lucy Allan | Conservative | |
| May 2024 | Independent | ||
| 2024 | Shaun Davies | Labour | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shaun Davies | 18,212 | 44.7 | +10.4 | |
| Reform UK | Alan Adams | 10,110 | 24.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Hannah Campbell | 8,728 | 21.4 | –38.0 | |
| Green | John Adams | 2,120 | 5.2 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jo McKenna | 1,560 | 3.8 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 8,102 | 19.9 | −5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 40,730 | 55.4 | –6.7 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lucy Allan | 25,546 | 59.7 | +11.0 | |
| Labour | Katrina Gilman | 14,605 | 34.1 | –13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Shana Roberts | 2,674 | 6.2 | +4.1 | |
| Majority | 10,941 | 25.6 | +25.0 | ||
| Turnout | 42,825 | 62.1 | –4.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +12.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lucy Allan | 21,777 | 48.7 | +9.1 | |
| Labour | Kuldip Sahota | 21,057 | 47.1 | +9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan King | 954 | 2.1 | −0.2 | |
| Green | Luke Shirley | 898 | 2.0 | –0.3 | |
| Majority | 720 | 1.6 | –0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 44,686 | 66.3 | +4.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –0.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lucy Allan | 16,094 | 39.6 | +3.3 | |
| Labour | David Wright | 15,364 | 37.8 | –0.9 | |
| UKIP | Denis Allen | 7,330 | 18.0 | +12.1 | |
| Green | Peter Hawkins | 930 | 2.3 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Croll | 927 | 2.3 | –13.2 | |
| Majority | 730 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 40,645 | 61.4 | –2.1 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Wright | 15,974 | 38.7 | –9.5 | |
| Conservative | Tom Biggins | 14,996 | 36.3 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phillip Bennion | 6,399 | 15.5 | +1.4 | |
| UKIP | Denis Allen | 2,428 | 5.9 | +1.2 | |
| BNP | Phil Spencer | 1,513 | 3.7 | New | |
| Majority | 978 | 2.4 | –13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 41,313 | 63.5 | +4.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –6.3 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Wright | 16,506 | 48.3 | –6.3 | |
| Conservative | Stella Kyriazis | 11,100 | 32.5 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Jenkins | 4,941 | 14.4 | +1.5 | |
| UKIP | Tom McCartney | 1,659 | 4.9 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 5,406 | 15.8 | –11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 34,206 | 57.7 | +5.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –5.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Wright | 16,854 | 54.6 | –3.2 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Henderson | 8,471 | 27.4 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sallyann Wiggin | 3,983 | 12.9 | +1.1 | |
| UKIP | Nicola Brookes | 1,098 | 3.6 | New | |
| Socialist Alliance | Michael Jeffries | 469 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 8,383 | 27.2 | –3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 30,875 | 52.0 | –13.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bruce Grocott | 21,456 | 57.8 | ||
| Conservative | Bernard Gentry | 10,166 | 27.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nathaniel Green | 4,371 | 11.8 | ||
| Referendum | Christopher Morris | 1,119 | 3.0 | ||
| Majority | 11,290 | 30.4 | |||
| Turnout | 37,112 | 65.6 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]- Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough 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
[edit]- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Telford". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ UK Polling Report http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/telford/
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Telford
- ^ "Surprise result as Labour stalwart Wright loses out to Conservative candidate Allan". Shropshire Star. 8 May 2015. p. 5.Election 2015 report.
- ^ "Conservatives hold Shropshire seats". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ^ "Telford". BBC News. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Telford Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Shrewsbury & Atcham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2015 – Telford". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Telford". 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.
External links
[edit]- Telford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Telford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Telford UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
