South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Shropshire
South Shropshire
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern doubly blue area. The cumbersome enclaves (belonging to Herefordshire) of "Farlow" etc. were deemed inclusions, and formally united with Shropshire in 1844.
1832–1885
Seats	two
Created from	Bishop's Castle and Shropshire
Replaced by	Ludlow and Wellington

South Shropshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire.

The constituency was abolished, along with North Shropshire, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election. The county was then split into single-member constituencies: Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election, formed from the current constituency of Ludlow with only minor boundary changes.[1]

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Brimstey, Chirbury, Condover, Ford, Munslow, Overs, Purslow (including Clun) and Stoddesdon, and the Franchise of Wenlock.[2]

Members of Parliament

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1832	The Earl of Darlington	Tory[3]	Hon. Robert Clive	Tory[3]
1834	The Earl of Darlington	Conservative[3]		Conservative[3]
1842 by-election	Viscount Newport	Conservative[3]		Conservative[3]
1854 by-election			Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive	Conservative
1859 by-election			Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bt	Conservative
April 1865 by-election	Hon. Sir Percy Egerton Herbert	Conservative	Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bt	Conservative
July 1865			Jasper More	Liberal
1868			Edward Corbett	Conservative
1876 by-election	John Edmund Severne	Conservative	Edward Corbett	Conservative
1877 by-election	John Edmund Severne	Conservative	Sir Baldwyn Leighton, Bt	Conservative
1885	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: South Shropshire[4][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Henry Vane	642	52.0
	Tory	Robert Clive	573	46.4
	Tory	Thomas Whitmore	20	1.6
Majority			553	44.8
Turnout			661	23.7
Registered electors			2,791
	Tory win (new seat)
	Tory win (new seat)

Whitmore retired before the poll concluded in favour of Clive

General election 1835: South Shropshire[4][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Vane	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Clive	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,852
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1837: South Shropshire[4][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Vane	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Clive	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,240
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: South Shropshire[4][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Vane	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Clive	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,831
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Vane succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Duke of Cleveland and causing a by-election.

By-election, 3 March 1842: South Shropshire[4][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Orlando Bridgeman	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Orlando Bridgeman	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Clive	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,678
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

Bridgeman was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 23 March 1852: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Orlando Bridgeman	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Orlando Bridgeman	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Clive	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,571
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Clive's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 8 February 1854: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Windsor Clive	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Orlando Bridgeman	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Windsor-Clive	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,183
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bridgeman was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 March 1858: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Orlando Bridgeman	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Orlando Bridgeman	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Windsor-Clive	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,380
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Windsor-Clive's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 14 September 1859: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Baldwin Leighton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

Bridgeman succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Bradford, causing a by-election.

By-election, 12 April 1865: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy Egerton Herbert	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1865: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jasper More	1,819	37.3	*New*
	Conservative	Percy Egerton Herbert	1,669	34.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Baldwin Leighton	1,388	28.5	N/A
Majority			150	3.1	N/A
Turnout			3,348 (est)	80.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,170
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Herbert was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 8 March 1867: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy Egerton Herbert	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy Egerton Herbert	2,703	36.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Edward Corbett	2,514	34.1	+5.6
	Liberal	Jasper More	2,161	29.3	−8.0
Majority			353	4.8	N/A
Turnout			4,770 (est)	81.6 (est)	+1.3
Registered electors			5,847
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.8

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Corbett	Unopposed
	Conservative	Percy Egerton Herbert	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,710
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Herbert's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 3 Nov 1876: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edmund Severne	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Corbett resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 10 Aug 1877: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Baldwyn Leighton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: South Shropshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Baldwyn Leighton	2,491	29.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Edmund Severne	2,216	26.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Jasper More	2,149	25.3	New
	Liberal	John William Handley Davenport[5]	1,634	19.2	New
Majority			67	0.8	N/A
Turnout			4,245 (est)	74.6 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			5,690
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
"The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 16. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via Google Books.
Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 448–449. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
"South Shropshire Election". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 16 April 1880. p. 8. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 448–449. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

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[1] "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

[2] "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[stookssmith-3] Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 16. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via Google Books.

[craig1832-4] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 448–449. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)

[5] "South Shropshire Election". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 16 April 1880. p. 8. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.