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Shrewsbury — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Shrewsbury was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 11,355 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Shrewsbury from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 John Hanmer (Conservative); Robert Aglionby Slaney (Whig) 797 36.1% (top seat) John Cressett-Pelham (Conservative) 163 (7.3 pts) 65.3%
1835 John Hanmer (Conservative); John Cressett-Pelham (Conservative) 629 38.7% (top seat) Robert Aglionby Slaney (Whig) 51 (2.6 pts) 77.5%
1837 Richard Jenkins (Conservative); Robert Aglionby Slaney (Whig) 697 27.0% (top seat) John Cressett-Pelham (Conservative) 42 (1.6 pts) 87.9%
1841 George Tomline (Conservative); Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) 785 28.7% (top seat) Love Parry Jones-Parry (Whig) 180 (6.5 pts) 82.9%
1847 Edward Holmes Baldock (Conservative); Robert Aglionby Slaney (Whig) 743 34.3% (top seat) George Tomline (Peelite) 11 (0.5 pts) 62.2%
1852 George Tomline (Peelite); Edward Holmes Baldock (Conservative) 736 49.7% (top seat) Augustus Robinson (Radical) 298 (12.8 pts) 70.0%
1857 George Tomline (Peelite); Robert Aglionby Slaney (Whig) 695 29.0% (top seat) John Walter Huddleston (Conservative) 147 (6.0 pts) 75.2%
1859 Robert Aglionby Slaney (Liberal); George Tomline (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 William James Clement (Liberal); George Tomline (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 William James Clement (Liberal); James Figgins (Conservative) 1,751 43.0% (top seat) Robert Crawford (Liberal) 1,066 (24.9 pts) 59.1%
1874 Charles Cecil Cotes (Liberal); Henry Robertson (Liberal) 1,561 28.1% (top seat) James Figgins (Conservative) 173 (2.9 pts) 82.2%
1880 Charles Cecil Cotes (Liberal); Henry Robertson (Liberal) 1,884 27.7% (top seat) Andrew Richard Scoble (Conservative) 262 (3.7 pts) 91.3%
1885 James Watson (Conservative) 2,244 59.7% Charles Waring (Liberal) 732 (19.5 pts) 90.9%
1886 James Watson (Conservative) 1,826 59.0% Maurice Jones (Liberal) 557 (18.0 pts) 74.9%
1892 Henry David Greene (Conservative) 1,979 55.7% James Brend Batten (Liberal) 406 (11.4 pts) 83.4%
1895 Henry David Greene (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Henry David Greene (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Clement Lloyd Hill (Conservative) 2,395 55.1% Edward George Hemmerde (Liberal) 440 (10.1 pts) 92.4%
Jan 1910 Clement Lloyd Hill (Conservative) 2,596 56.6% John Harworth Whitworth (Liberal) 602 (13.1 pts) 94.0%
Dec 1910 Clement Lloyd Hill (Conservative) 2,423 56.6% Thomas Pace (Liberal-Labour) 568 (13.3 pts) 87.6%
1918 George Butler Lloyd (Unionist) 9,826 63.9% Arthur Taylor (Labour) 4,284 (27.9 pts) 60.4%
1922 Dudley Ryder (Unionist) 10,999 53.9% Joseph Sunlight (Liberal) 1,598 (7.8 pts) 78.8%
1923 Joseph Sunlight (Liberal) 11,097 51.3% Dudley Ryder (Unionist) 549 (2.5 pts) 81.8%
1924 Dudley Ryder (Unionist) 13,220 55.6% Joseph Sunlight (Liberal) 4,275 (18.0 pts) 86.5%
1929 George Arthur Victor Duckworth (Unionist) 14,586 48.6% Joseph Sunlight (Liberal) 2,792 (9.3 pts) 82.7%
1931 George Arthur Victor Duckworth (Conservative) 18,505 60.8% Elizabeth Trebelle Morgan (Liberal) 9,147 (30.1 pts) 82.7%
1935 George Arthur Victor Duckworth (Conservative) 18,401 65.7% Cecil Charles Poole (Labour) 8,795 (31.4 pts) 74.2%
1945 John Anthony Langford-Holt (Conservative) 15,174 44.4% Stanley Norman Chapman (Labour) 4,594 (13.5 pts) 72.9%
1950 John Anthony Langford-Holt (Conservative) 18,470 49.7% Robert Bowen Cant (Labour) 5,928 (16.0 pts) 83.9%
1951 John Anthony Langford-Holt (Conservative) 21,503 59.3% Robert Bowen Cant (Labour) 6,768 (18.7 pts) 80.7%
1955 John Anthony Langford-Holt (Conservative) 21,319 60.8% Geoffrey Allen (Labour) 7,593 (21.7 pts) 77.5%
1959 John Anthony Langford-Holt (Conservative) 19,970 53.0% Kenneth V Russell (Labour) 8,632 (22.9 pts) 80.5%
1964 Sir John Anthony Langford-Holt (Conservative) 18,517 48.3% James O Murphy (Labour) 5,859 (15.3 pts) 78.2%
1966 Sir John Langford-Holt (Conservative) 17,569 45.2% Thomas Pritchard (Labour) 2,966 (7.6 pts) 76.9%
1970 Sir John Langford-Holt (Conservative) 22,619 53.9% Peter Kent (Labour) 9,206 (21.9 pts) 73.1%
Feb 1974 Sir John Langford-Holt (Conservative) 21,095 44.4% William Marsh (Liberal) 6,181 (13.0 pts) 79.7%
Oct 1974 Sir John Langford-Holt (Conservative) 19,064 43.1% William Marsh (Liberal) 5,422 (12.3 pts) 73.4%
1979 John Langford-Holt (Conservative) 23,548 48.6% Alan Walker Laurie (Liberal) 10,184 (21.0 pts) 76.6%
2024 Julia Buckley (Labour) 22,932 44.5% Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) 11,355 (22.0 pts) 67.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hanmer Conservative 80836.1% Yes
Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig 79735.6% Yes
John Cressett-Pelham Conservative 63428.3% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hanmer Conservative 76138.7% Yes
John Cressett-Pelham Conservative 62932.0% Yes
Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig 57829.4% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Jenkins Conservative 70027.0% Yes
Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig 69726.9% Yes
John Cressett-Pelham Conservative 65525.3% No
Francis Dashwood Whig 53720.7% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Tomline Conservative 79328.7% Yes
Benjamin Disraeli Conservative 78528.4% Yes
Love Parry Jones-Parry Whig 60521.9% No
Christopher Temple Whig 57820.9% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Holmes Baldock Conservative 76934.3% Yes
Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig 74333.1% Yes
George Tomline Peelite 73232.6% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Tomline Peelite 1,15949.7% Yes
Edward Holmes Baldock Conservative 73631.5% Yes
Augustus Robinson Radical 43818.8% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Tomline Peelite 70629.0% Yes
Robert Aglionby Slaney Whig 69528.6% Yes
John Walter Huddleston Conservative 54822.5% No
Richard Phibbs Conservative 48419.9% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Aglionby Slaney Liberal Unopposed Yes
George Tomline Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Clement Liberal Unopposed Yes
George Tomline Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Clement Liberal 1,84043.0% Yes
James Figgins Conservative 1,75140.9% Yes
Robert Crawford Liberal 68516.0% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Cecil Cotes Liberal 1,67228.1% Yes
Henry Robertson Liberal 1,56126.2% Yes
James Figgins Conservative 1,38823.3% No
Douglas Straight Conservative 1,32822.3% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Cecil Cotes Liberal 1,94527.7% Yes
Henry Robertson Liberal 1,88426.8% Yes
Andrew Richard Scoble Conservative 1,62223.1% No
Francis Charles Needham Conservative 1,56822.3% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Watson Conservative 2,24459.7% Yes
Charles Waring Liberal 1,51240.3% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Watson Conservative 1,82659.0% Yes
Maurice Jones Liberal 1,26941.0% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry David Greene Conservative 1,97955.7% Yes
James Brend Batten Liberal 1,57344.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry David Greene Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry David Greene Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clement Lloyd Hill Conservative 2,39555.1% Yes
Edward George Hemmerde Liberal 1,95544.9% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clement Lloyd Hill Conservative 2,59656.6% Yes
John Harworth Whitworth Liberal 1,99443.4% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clement Lloyd Hill Conservative 2,42356.6% Yes
Thomas Pace Liberal-Labour 1,85543.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Butler Lloyd Unionist 9,82663.9% Yes
Arthur Taylor Labour 5,54236.1% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dudley Ryder Unionist 10,99953.9% Yes
Joseph Sunlight Liberal 9,40146.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Sunlight Liberal 11,09751.3% Yes
Dudley Ryder Unionist 10,54848.7% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dudley Ryder Unionist 13,22055.6% Yes
Joseph Sunlight Liberal 8,94537.6% No
David Baxter Lawley Labour 1,6146.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Arthur Victor Duckworth Unionist 14,58648.6% Yes
Joseph Sunlight Liberal 11,79439.3% No
Albert Abraham Beach Labour 3,66212.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Arthur Victor Duckworth Conservative 18,50560.8% Yes
Elizabeth Trebelle Morgan Liberal 9,35830.8% No
Edward Porter Labour 2,5678.4% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Arthur Victor Duckworth Conservative 18,40165.7% Yes
Cecil Charles Poole Labour 9,60634.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Anthony Langford-Holt Conservative 15,17444.4% Yes
Stanley Norman Chapman Labour 10,58031.0% No
Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr Liberal 8,41224.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Anthony Langford-Holt Conservative 18,47049.7% Yes
Robert Bowen Cant Labour 12,54233.8% No
Norman Elliott Liberal 6,12616.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Anthony Langford-Holt Conservative 21,50359.3% Yes
Robert Bowen Cant Labour 14,73540.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Anthony Langford-Holt Conservative 21,31960.8% Yes
Geoffrey Allen Labour 13,72639.2% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Anthony Langford-Holt Conservative 19,97053.0% Yes
Kenneth V Russell Labour 11,33830.1% No
Harold Shaw Liberal 6,38716.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Anthony Langford-Holt Conservative 18,51748.3% Yes
James O Murphy Labour 12,65833.0% No
Geoffrey K Roberts Liberal 7,18018.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Langford-Holt Conservative 17,56945.2% Yes
Thomas Pritchard Labour 14,60337.6% No
William Marsh Liberal 6,66017.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Langford-Holt Conservative 22,61953.9% Yes
Peter Kent Labour 13,41331.9% No
Ian Brodie Liberal 5,96014.2% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Langford-Holt Conservative 21,09544.4% Yes
William Marsh Liberal 14,91431.4% No
Derek William Woodvine Labour 11,53624.3% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir John Langford-Holt Conservative 19,06443.1% Yes
William Marsh Liberal 13,64230.9% No
Derek William Woodvine Labour 11,50426.0% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Langford-Holt Conservative 23,54848.6% Yes
Alan Walker Laurie Liberal 13,36427.6% No
John Bishton Labour 11,55823.8% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Julia Buckley Labour 22,93244.5% Yes
Daniel Kawczynski Conservative 11,57722.5% No
Victor Applegate Reform UK 7,52414.6% No
Alex Wagner Liberal Democrat 6,72213.0% No
Julian Dean Green 2,3874.6% No
Chris Bovill English Democrats 2410.5% No
James Gollins Independent 1770.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Conservative margin 7.3 pts 1835: Conservative margin 2.6 pts 1837: Conservative margin 1.6 pts 1841: Conservative margin 6.5 pts 1847: Conservative margin 0.5 pts 1852: Peelite margin 12.8 pts 1857: Peelite margin 6.0 pts 1868: Liberal margin 24.9 pts 1874: Liberal margin 2.9 pts 1880: Liberal margin 3.7 pts 1885: Conservative margin 19.5 pts 1886: Conservative margin 18.0 pts 1892: Conservative margin 11.4 pts 1906: Conservative margin 10.1 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 13.1 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1918: Unionist margin 27.9 pts 1922: Unionist margin 7.8 pts 1923: Liberal margin 2.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 18.0 pts 1929: Unionist margin 9.3 pts 1931: Conservative margin 30.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 31.4 pts 1945: Conservative margin 13.5 pts 1950: Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1951: Conservative margin 18.7 pts 1955: Conservative margin 21.7 pts 1959: Conservative margin 22.9 pts 1964: Conservative margin 15.3 pts 1966: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1970: Conservative margin 21.9 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 13.0 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 12.3 pts 1979: Conservative margin 21.0 pts 2024: Labour margin 22.0 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 2024

Trend

Shrewsbury has been contested at 39 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig, Peelite, Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Shrewsbury in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Shrewsbury in 2024 with 22,932 votes (44.5%), a majority of 11,355 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Shrewsbury since 1832?

Since 1832, Shrewsbury has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Peelite, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Shrewsbury?

The closest result on record for Shrewsbury was 1847, when Conservative beat Peelite by just 11 votes (0.5 percentage points).

Did Shrewsbury ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Shrewsbury elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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