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The Wrekin — UK General Election Results

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

The Wrekin was won by Conservative at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 883 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in The Wrekin from 1918 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1918–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Charles Solomon Henry (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 Howard Stransom Button (Unionist) 11,652 52.4% Richard Edward Jones (Labour) 1,049 (4.7 pts) 67.8%
1923 Henry Nixon (Labour) 11,657 53.2% Arthur Nicholas Fielden (Unionist) 1,383 (6.3 pts) 66.0%
1924 Thomas Oakley (Unionist) 14,003 55.7% Henry Nixon (Labour) 2,871 (11.4 pts) 74.2%
1929 Edith Picton-Turbervill (Labour) 14,569 44.3% Thomas Oakley (Unionist) 2,862 (8.7 pts) 76.7%
1931 James Baldwin-Webb (Conservative) 22,258 61.1% Edith Picton-Turbervill (Labour) 8,096 (22.2 pts) 83.2%
1935 James Baldwin-Webb (Conservative) 20,665 57.9% Geoffrey Theodore Garratt (Labour) 5,625 (15.8 pts) 79.1%
1945 Ivor Owen Thomas (Labour) 22,453 56.3% William Arthur Colegate (Conservative) 5,031 (12.6 pts) 72.3%
1950 Ivor Owen Thomas (Labour) 19,730 53.7% Francis George Bibbings (Conservative) 2,691 (7.3 pts) 81.3%
1951 Ivor Owen Thomas (Labour) 20,109 52.3% John Howard Cordle (Conservative) 1,804 (4.7 pts) 83.1%
1955 William Yates (Conservative) 19,019 50.6% Ivor Owen Thomas (Labour) 478 (1.3 pts) 80.1%
1959 William Yates (Conservative) 22,030 53.6% Donald William Trevor Bruce (Labour) 2,978 (7.2 pts) 84.2%
1964 William Yates (Conservative) 21,765 48.7% Donald William Trevor Bruce (Labour) 2,687 (6.0 pts) 82.0%
1966 Gerald Fowler (Labour) 23,692 50.9% William Yates (Conservative) 846 (1.8 pts) 81.3%
1970 Anthony Trafford (Conservative) 26,282 50.5% Gerald Fowler (Labour) 518 (1.0 pts) 78.9%
Feb 1974 Gerald Fowler (Labour) 30,642 46.3% Anthony Trafford (Conservative) 6,521 (9.8 pts) 80.8%
Oct 1974 Gerald Fowler (Labour) 30,385 48.7% Philip Banks (Conservative) 6,838 (11.0 pts) 75.5%
1979 Warren Hawksley (Conservative) 32,672 45.6% Gerald Fowler (Labour) 965 (1.4 pts) 77.4%
1983 Warren Hawksley (Conservative) 22,710 39.0% Bruce Grocott (Labour) 1,331 (2.3 pts) 75.5%
1987 Bruce Grocott (Labour) 27,681 42.8% Warren Hawksley (Conservative) 1,456 (2.2 pts) 78.3%
1992 Bruce Grocott (Labour) 33,865 48.3% Elizabeth Holt (Conservative) 6,648 (9.5 pts) 77.1%
1997 Peter Bradley (Labour) 21,242 46.9% Peter Bruinvels (Conservative) 3,024 (6.7 pts) 76.6%
2001 Peter Bradley (Labour) 19,532 47.1% Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) 3,587 (8.6 pts) 63.0%
2005 Mark Pritchard (Conservative) 18,899 41.9% Peter Bradley (Labour) 942 (2.1 pts) 67.0%
2010 Mark Pritchard (Conservative) 21,922 47.7% Paul Kalinauckas (Labour) 9,450 (20.6 pts) 70.3%
2015 Mark Pritchard (Conservative) 22,579 49.7% Katrina Gilman (Labour) 10,743 (23.6 pts) 69.2%
2017 Mark Pritchard (Conservative) 27,451 55.4% Dylan Harrison (Labour) 9,564 (19.3 pts) 72.4%
2019 Mark Pritchard (Conservative) 31,029 63.5% Dylan Harrison (Labour) 18,726 (38.3 pts) 69.4%
2024 Mark Pritchard (Conservative) 16,320 32.6% Roh Yakobi (Labour) 883 (1.8 pts) 63.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Solomon Henry Liberal Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Howard Stransom Button Unionist 11,65252.4% Yes
Richard Edward Jones Labour 10,60347.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Nixon Labour 11,65753.2% Yes
Arthur Nicholas Fielden Unionist 10,27446.8% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Oakley Unionist 14,00355.7% Yes
Henry Nixon Labour 11,13244.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edith Picton-Turbervill Labour 14,56944.3% Yes
Thomas Oakley Unionist 11,70735.6% No
William Edward Boyes Liberal 6,57620.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Baldwin-Webb Conservative 22,25861.1% Yes
Edith Picton-Turbervill Labour 14,16238.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Baldwin-Webb Conservative 20,66557.9% Yes
Geoffrey Theodore Garratt Labour 15,04042.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ivor Owen Thomas Labour 22,45356.3% Yes
William Arthur Colegate Conservative 17,42243.7% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ivor Owen Thomas Labour 19,73053.7% Yes
Francis George Bibbings Conservative 17,03946.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ivor Owen Thomas Labour 20,10952.3% Yes
John Howard Cordle Conservative 18,30547.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Yates Conservative 19,01950.6% Yes
Ivor Owen Thomas Labour 18,54149.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Yates Conservative 22,03053.6% Yes
Donald William Trevor Bruce Labour 19,05246.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Yates Conservative 21,76548.7% Yes
Donald William Trevor Bruce Labour 19,07842.7% No
John N Davies Liberal 3,8398.6% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald Fowler Labour 23,69250.9% Yes
William Yates Conservative 22,84649.1% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Trafford Conservative 26,28250.5% Yes
Gerald Fowler Labour 25,76449.5% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald Fowler Labour 30,64246.3% Yes
Anthony Trafford Conservative 24,12136.4% No
Ian Powney Liberal 11,48717.3% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald Fowler Labour 30,38548.7% Yes
Philip Banks Conservative 23,54737.8% No
Wally Dewsnip Liberal 8,44213.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Warren Hawksley Conservative 32,67245.6% Yes
Gerald Fowler Labour 31,70744.2% No
Raymond Charles Yarnell Liberal 7,33110.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Warren Hawksley Conservative 22,71039.0% Yes
Bruce Grocott Labour 21,37936.7% No
Mark Biltcliffe Social Democratic Party 14,20824.4% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bruce Grocott Labour 27,68142.8% Yes
Warren Hawksley Conservative 26,22540.6% No
George Cook Social Democratic Party 10,73716.6% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bruce Grocott Labour 33,86548.3% Yes
Elizabeth Holt Conservative 27,21738.8% No
Anthony West Liberal Democrat 8,03211.5% No
Robert Thomas Couper Saunders Green 1,0081.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Bradley Labour 21,24246.9% Yes
Peter Bruinvels Conservative 18,21840.2% No
Ian Jenkins Liberal Democrat 5,80712.8% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Bradley Labour 19,53247.1% Yes
Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative 15,94538.4% No
Ian Jenkins Liberal Democrat 4,73811.4% No
Denis Brookes UKIP 1,2753.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pritchard Conservative 18,89941.9% Yes
Peter Bradley Labour 17,95739.9% No
Bill Tomlinson Liberal Democrat 6,60814.7% No
Bruce Lawson UKIP 1,5903.5% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pritchard Conservative 21,92247.7% Yes
Paul Kalinauckas Labour 12,47227.1% No
Alyson Cameron-Daw Liberal Democrat 8,01917.4% No
Malcolm Hurst UKIP 2,0504.5% No
Susan Harwood BNP 1,5053.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pritchard Conservative 22,57949.7% Yes
Katrina Gilman Labour 11,83626.0% No
Jill Seymour UKIP 7,62016.8% No
Rod Keyes Liberal Democrat 1,9594.3% No
Cath Edwards Green 1,4433.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pritchard Conservative 27,45155.4% Yes
Dylan Harrison Labour 17,88736.1% No
Denis Allen UKIP 1,6563.3% No
Rod Keyes Liberal Democrat 1,3452.7% No
Pat McCarthy Green 8041.6% No
Fay Easton Independent 3800.8% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pritchard Conservative 31,02963.5% Yes
Dylan Harrison Labour 12,30325.2% No
Thomas Janke Liberal Democrat 4,0678.3% No
Tim Dawes Green 1,4913.0% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pritchard Conservative 16,32032.6% Yes
Roh Yakobi Labour 15,43730.9% No
Richard Leppington Reform UK 9,92019.8% No
Anthony Lowe Liberal Democrat 4,7579.5% No
Pat McCarthy Green 3,0286.1% No
Chris Shipley Independent 5581.1% No

Margin Over Time

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

1922: Unionist margin 4.7 pts 1923: Labour margin 6.3 pts 1924: Unionist margin 11.4 pts 1929: Labour margin 8.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 22.2 pts 1935: Conservative margin 15.8 pts 1945: Labour margin 12.6 pts 1950: Labour margin 7.3 pts 1951: Labour margin 4.7 pts 1955: Conservative margin 1.3 pts 1959: Conservative margin 7.2 pts 1964: Conservative margin 6.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 1.8 pts 1970: Conservative margin 1.0 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 9.8 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 11.0 pts 1979: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1983: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 1987: Labour margin 2.2 pts 1992: Labour margin 9.5 pts 1997: Labour margin 6.7 pts 2001: Labour margin 8.6 pts 2005: Conservative margin 2.1 pts 2010: Conservative margin 20.6 pts 2015: Conservative margin 23.6 pts 2017: Conservative margin 19.3 pts 2019: Conservative margin 38.3 pts 2024: Conservative margin 1.8 pts 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

The Wrekin has been contested at 29 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Unionist, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won The Wrekin in the 2024 general election?

Conservative won The Wrekin in 2024 with 16,320 votes (32.6%), a majority of 883 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won The Wrekin since 1918?

Since 1918, The Wrekin has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in The Wrekin?

The closest result on record for The Wrekin was 1970, when Conservative beat Labour by just 518 votes (1.0 percentage points).

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