Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
South Shropshire was won by Conservative at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 1,624 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in South Shropshire 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
Henry Vane (Conservative); Robert Henry Clive (Conservative)
573
52.0% (top seat)
Thomas Whitmore (Conservative)
553 (44.8 pts)
22.1%
1835
Henry Vane (Conservative); Robert Henry Clive (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1837
Henry Vane (Conservative); Robert Henry Clive (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1841
Henry Vane (Conservative); Robert Henry Clive (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1847
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman (Conservative); Robert Henry Clive (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman (Conservative); Robert Henry Clive (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman (Conservative); Robert Windsor-Clive (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1859
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman (Conservative); Robert Windsor-Clive (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Robert Jasper More (Liberal); Percy Egerton Herbert (Conservative)
1,669
37.3% (top seat)
Baldwin Leighton (Conservative)
281 (5.8 pts)
58.5%
1868
Percy Egerton Herbert (Conservative); Edward Corbett (Conservative)
2,514
36.6% (top seat)
Robert Jasper More (Liberal)
353 (4.8 pts)
63.1%
1874
Edward Corbett (Conservative); Percy Egerton Herbert (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1880
Baldwyn Leighton (Conservative); John Edmund Severne (Conservative)
2,216
29.3% (top seat)
Robert Jasper More (Liberal)
67 (0.8 pts)
74.6%
2024
Stuart Anderson (Conservative)
17,628
34.1%
Matthew Green (Liberal Democrat)
1,624 (3.1 pts)
67.6%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Vane
Conservative
642
52.0%
Yes
Robert Henry Clive
Conservative
573
46.4%
Yes
Thomas Whitmore
Conservative
20
1.6%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Vane
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Henry Clive
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Vane
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Henry Clive
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Vane
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Henry Clive
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Henry Clive
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Henry Clive
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Windsor-Clive
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Windsor-Clive
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Robert Jasper More
Liberal
1,819
37.3%
Yes
Percy Egerton Herbert
Conservative
1,669
34.2%
Yes
Baldwin Leighton
Conservative
1,388
28.5%
No
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Percy Egerton Herbert
Conservative
2,703
36.6%
Yes
Edward Corbett
Conservative
2,514
34.1%
Yes
Robert Jasper More
Liberal
2,161
29.3%
No
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Corbett
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Percy Egerton Herbert
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Baldwyn Leighton
Conservative
2,491
29.3%
Yes
John Edmund Severne
Conservative
2,216
26.1%
Yes
Robert Jasper More
Liberal
2,149
25.3%
No
John William Handley Davenport
Liberal
1,634
19.2%
No
2024
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Stuart Anderson
Conservative
17,628
34.1%
Yes
Matthew Green
Liberal Democrat
16,004
31.0%
No
Charles Shackerley-Bennett
Reform UK
9,171
17.8%
No
Simon Thomson
Labour
6,939
13.4%
No
Hilary Wendt
Green
1,911
3.7%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
South Shropshire has been contested at 13 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won South Shropshire in the 2024 general election?
Conservative won South Shropshire in 2024 with 17,628 votes (34.1%), a majority of 1,624 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.
Which parties have won South Shropshire since 1832?
Since 1832, South Shropshire has been won by: Conservative, Liberal.
What was the closest result in South Shropshire?
The closest result on record for South Shropshire was 1880, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 67 votes (0.8 percentage points).
Did South Shropshire ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, South Shropshire 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.