Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)




Coordinates: 52°29′17″N 2°44′46″W / 52.488°N 2.746°W / 52.488; -2.746


























































Ludlow

County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Ludlow in Shropshire.


Outline map
Location of Shropshire within England.

County Shropshire
Electorate 66,199 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements
Ludlow, Bridgnorth, Broseley, Clun, Bishop's Castle, Cleobury Mortimer, Much Wenlock, Craven Arms and Church Stretton
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of parliament
Philip Dunne (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Ludlow, Bridgnorth and South Shropshire
1473–1885
Number of members 1473–1868: Two
1868–1885: One
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Replaced by Ludlow
Created from Shropshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

Ludlow is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Philip Dunne, a Conservative.[n 2]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Boundaries and profile


  • 3 Members of Parliament


    • 3.1 MPs 1473–1660


    • 3.2 MPs 1660–1868


    • 3.3 MPs 1868–1885


    • 3.4 MPs since 1885




  • 4 Elections


    • 4.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 4.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 4.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 4.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 4.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 4.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 4.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 4.8 Elections in the 1940s


    • 4.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 4.10 Elections in the 1920s


    • 4.11 Elections in the 1910s




  • 5 Election results 1868-1918


    • 5.1 Elections in the 1860s


    • 5.2 Elections in the 1870s


    • 5.3 Elections in the 1880s


    • 5.4 Elections in the 1890s


    • 5.5 Elections in the 1900s


    • 5.6 Elections in the 1910s




  • 6 Election results 1832-1868


    • 6.1 Elections in the 1840s


    • 6.2 Elections in the 1850s


    • 6.3 Elections in the 1860s




  • 7 See also


  • 8 Notes and references


  • 9 Sources





History


From its 1473 creation until 1885, Ludlow was a parliamentary borough.[n 3] It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one member.


The parliamentary borough was abolished in 1885, and the name transferred to the new county "division" (with lower electoral candidates' expenses and a different returning officer) whose boundaries were expanded greatly to become similar to (and a replacement to) the Southern division of Shropshire.[n 4]


The seat was long considered safe for the Conservatives with the party winning by large majorities from the 1920s until 1997 when the majority was reduced to under 6,000. When the sitting Conservative MP stood down in 2001 it was won by a Liberal Democrat. Ludlow was regained by a Conservative in the 2005 general election, held with a greatly increased majority five years later which was almost doubled in 2015.


In the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, Shropshire, which contains most of the constituency, voted to leave the European Union by 56.9%.[2]



Boundaries and profile


1885-1918: Parts of the Boroughs of Ludlow, Bridgnorth, and Wenlock, the Sessional Divisions of Bishop's Castle, Brinstree South and Stottesden Chelmarsh, Burford, Clun and Purslow, Munslow Lower and Upper, and Stottesden Cleobury, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Ovens and Stottesden.


1918-1950: The Boroughs of Ludlow, Bridgnorth, and Bishop's Castle, the Urban District of Church Stretton, and the Rural Districts of Bridgnorth, Burford, Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Clun, Ludlow, and Teme.


1950-1974: The Boroughs of Ludlow, Bridgnorth, Bishop's Castle, and Wenlock, the Urban District of Church Stretton, and the Rural Districts of Bridgnorth, Clun, and Ludlow.


1974-1983: The Rural Districts of Bridgnorth, Clun and Bishop's Castle, and Ludlow.


1983-1997: The District of South Shropshire, and the District of Bridgnorth.


1997-2010: The District of South Shropshire, and the District of Bridgnorth wards of Alveley, Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth East, Bridgnorth Morfe, Bridgnorth West, Broseley, Claverley, Ditton Priors, Glazeley, Harrington, Highley, Kinlet, Much Wenlock, Morville, Stottesdon, and Worfield.


2010–present: The District of South Shropshire, and the District of Bridgnorth wards of Alveley, Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth East, Bridgnorth Morfe, Bridgnorth West, Broseley East, Broseley West, Claverley, Ditton Priors, Glazeley, Harrington, Highley, Much Wenlock, Morville, Stottesdon, and Worfield.


nb. in April 2009 the districts of South Shropshire and Bridgnorth (together with their wards) were abolished; the constituency's extent however is still constituted by reference to them, and will be until the next completed review of constituencies in England.


The Ludlow constituency is situated entirely within the county of Shropshire in England.


It covers a large, rural area dotted with market towns, the largest of which are Ludlow and Bridgnorth (which was a borough constituency until 1885), each having a population of just over 10,000. The other towns — all with a population of under 5,000 — are Broseley, Clun, Bishop's Castle (a 'rotten borough' constituency until 1832), Cleobury Mortimer, Much Wenlock (former seat of the borough constituency of Wenlock until 1885 and notable for its part in the history of the modern Olympic Games movement), Craven Arms and Church Stretton.


On its northeast border (just beyond Broseley) is the Ironbridge Gorge (notable for its part in the Industrial Revolution), just to the south of the large new town of Telford. The Guardian encapsulates the seat in a nutshell as "Big, rural, hills and small towns, increasingly middle class."[3] Other than the Telford borough constituency, Ludlow borders onto similarly rural county constituencies, including Montgomery on the other side of the border with Wales.


The constituency covers most of the south area of Shropshire Council (without Shifnal and Albrighton).[n 5]


The most recent boundary changes took place at the 1997 general election, when a part of the Bridgnorth district was removed to The Wrekin constituency.


Proposed changes: Under constituency boundary proposals announced in September 2016, ahead of the next general election, the Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock and Broseley areas of the seat will merge into a new constituency called Telford, Wellington and The Wrekin, and the ward of Chirbury and Worthen into the Shrewsbury constituency, while the remainder will amalgamate with the North Herefordshire constituency to form a new seat called Ludlow & Leominster.[4][5]



Members of Parliament



MPs 1473–1660




  • Constituency created (1473)












































































































































































































Parliament First member Second member
1510-1515
No names known[6]
1523 ?William Foxe
?John Cother[6]
1529 William Foxe
John Cother[6]
1536 William Foxe ?John Cother[6]
1539 Charles Foxe
Thomas Wheeler[6]
1542 Charles Foxe
Edmund Foxe[6]
1545 John Bradshaw
Thomas Wheeler[6]
1547 Robert Blount
Charles Foxe[6]
1553 (Mar) Thomas Wheeler
Charles Foxe[6]
1553 (Oct) Thomas Wheeler
John Passey[6]
1554 (Apr) Sir John Price
Thomas Blashefield[6]
1554 (Nov) James Warnecombe
John Allsop[6]
1555 William Heath
Thomas Croft[6]
1558 Richard Prince
Robert Mason[6]
1559 William Poughmill
Robert Mason I[7]
1562/3 Richard Langford
William Poughmill[7]
1571 William Poughmill
Robert Mason I[7]
1572 William Poughmill
Robert Mason II, died
and replaced Jan 1581 by
Philip Sidney
who sat for Shrewsbury
and was replaced by
Robert Berry[7]
1584 Robert Berry
Richard Farr[7]
1586 Robert Berry
Thomas Canland[7]
1588 Robert Berry
Thomas Canland[7]
1593 Robert Berry
Thomas Canland[7]
1597
Hugh Sanford, election declared void
and was repl. 1597 by
Robert Berry

Thomas Canland[7]
1601 Thomas Canland
Robert Berry[7]
1604 Robert Berry
Richard Benson
1614 Sir Henry Townshend
Robert Berry
1621 Henry Spencer, Lord Compton
Richard Tomlins
1624 Richard Tomlins
Ralph Goodwin
1625 Richard Tomlins
Ralph Goodwin
1626 Richard Tomlins
Ralph Goodwin
1628 Richard Tomlins
Ralph Goodwin
1629–1640
No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) Charles Baldwin
Ralph Goodwin
1640 (Nov) Charles Baldwin
Ralph Goodwin
1645 Thomas Mackworth
Thomas Moor
1648 Thomas Mackworth
Thomas Moor
1653
Ludlow not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 John Aston
(one seat only)
1656 John Aston
(one seat only)
1659 Job Charlton
Samuel Baldwyn


MPs 1660–1868































































































































































































































































































































































Year First member[8]
First party Second member[8]
Second party

1660
Timothy Littleton
Job Charlton

1670
Somerset Fox

Febr. 1679
Francis Charlton

Sept. 1679
Thomas Walcot

1681
Charles Baldwyn

Apr. 1685
Sir Edward Herbert
William Charlton

Jn. 1685
Sir Josiah Child

Nov. 1685
Sir Edward Lutwyche

1689
Francis Herbert
Charles Baldwyn

1690
Thomas Hanmer
William Gower

1691
Silius Titus
Francis Lloyd

1695
Thomas Newport
Charles Baldwyn

1698
Francis Herbert
William Gower

1699
Thomas Newport

Jan. 1701
Sir Thomas Powys

William Gower

Dec. 1701
Francis Herbert

1705
Acton Baldwyn

1713
Humphrey Walcot

1715
Francis Herbert

1719
Sir Robert Raymond

1722
Abel Ketelby
Acton Baldwyn

Febr. 1727
Richard Herbert

Sept. 1727
Henry Herbert

1741
Sir William Corbet, Bt

1743
Richard Herbert

1748
Henry Bridgeman

1754
Edward Herbert

1768
William Fellowes

1770
Thomas Herbert

1774
George Mason-Villiers
Tory[9]
Edward Clive
Tory[9]

1780
Frederick Cornewall
Tory[9]

1783
Somerset Davies
Tory[9]

1784
Richard Payne Knight
Whig[9]

1794
Robert Clive
Tory[9]

1806
Edward Herbert
Tory[9]

1807
Henry Clive
Tory[9]

1818
Robert Clive
Tory[9]

1832
Edward Romilly
Whig[9]


1834

Conservative[9]

1835
Edmund Charlton
Conservative[9]

1837
Henry Salwey
Whig[10][11][12][13][14][9]

1839
Thomas Alcock
Whig[9][15][16]

1840
Beriah Botfield
Conservative[9]

1841
James Ackers
Conservative[9]

1847
Henry Bayley Clive
Conservative
Henry Salwey
Whig[10][11][12][13][14]

1852
Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive
Conservative
Lord William Powlett
Conservative

1854
Percy Egerton Herbert
Conservative

1857
Beriah Botfield
Conservative

1860
George Windsor-Clive
Conservative

1863
Sir William Fraser
Conservative

1865
John Edmund Severne
Conservative


MPs 1868–1885




  • Constituency reduced to one Member (1868)

  • 1868-1885 George Windsor-Clive,


  • Constituency reorganized (1885)



MPs since 1885































































































Year Member[8]
Whip


1885

Robert Jasper More

Liberal


1886

Liberal Unionist


1903

Rowland Hunt

Liberal Unionist


1917

National Party


1918

Unionist

1918 Sir Beville Stanier

Unionist

1922 Ivor Windsor-Clive
Unionist

1923 George Windsor-Clive
Unionist

1945 Uvedale Corbett
Conservative

1951 Christopher Holland-Martin
Conservative

1960 Jasper More
Conservative

1979 Eric Cockeram
Conservative

1987 Christopher Gill
Conservative

2001 Matthew Green
Liberal Democrat

2005 Philip Dunne
Conservative


Elections



Elections in the 2010s

































































General Election 2017: Ludlow[17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Philip Dunne

31,433

62.9

Increase 8.6


Labour
Julia Buckley
12,147
24.3

Increase 12.0


Liberal Democrat
Heather Kidd
5,336
10.7

Decrease 2.8


Green
Hilary Wendt
1,054
2.1

Decrease 3.0
Majority
19,286
38.6

Decrease 0.8

Turnout
49,970
73.4

Increase 1.0


Conservative hold

Swing

Decrease 1.7









































































General Election 2015: Ludlow[18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Philip Dunne

26,093

54.3

Increase 1.5


UKIP
David Kelly
7,164
14.9

Increase 10.5


Liberal Democrat
Charlotte Barnes
6,469
13.5

Decrease 19.3


Labour
Simon Slater
5,902
12.3

Increase 5.6


Green
Janet Phillips
2,435
5.1

Increase 4.1
Majority
18,929
39.4


Turnout
48,063
72.4



Conservative hold

Swing

Decrease 4.5

























































































General Election 2010: Ludlow[19][20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Philip Dunne

25,720

52.8

Increase 7.7


Liberal Democrat
Heather Kidd
15,971
32.8

Decrease 7.9


Labour
Tony Hunt
3,272
6.7

Decrease 4.0


UKIP

Christopher Gill
2,127
4.4

Increase 2.7


BNP
Christina Evans
1,016
2.1

Increase 2.1


Green
Jacqui Morrish
447
0.9

Decrease 0.9


Monster Raving Loony
Alan Powell
179
0.4

Increase 0.4
Majority
9,749
20.0


Turnout
48,732
73.1

Increase 1.1


Conservative hold

Swing

Increase 7.8



Elections in the 2000s









































































General Election 2005: Ludlow[21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Philip Dunne
20,979
45.1
+5.7


Liberal Democrat

Matthew Green
18,952
40.7
−2.5


Labour
Nigel Knowles
4,974
10.7
−2.7


Green
Jim Gaffney
852
1.8
−0.2


UKIP
Michael Zuckerman
783
1.7
−0.3
Majority
2,027
4.4


Turnout
46,540
72.1
+4.2


Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Swing
4.1









































































General Election 2001: Ludlow[22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Matthew Green
18,620
43.2
+13.5


Conservative
Martin Taylor-Smith
16,990
39.4
−3.0


Labour
Nigel Knowles
5,785
13.4
−12.0


Green
Jim Gaffney
871
2.0
+0.3


UKIP
Phil Gutteridge
858
2.0
+1.2
Majority
1,630
3.8


Turnout
43,124
67.9
−7.6


Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Swing




Elections in the 1990s









































































General Election 1997: Ludlow[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Gill

19,633

42.4

Decrease 9.1


Liberal Democrat
Ian Huffer
13,724
29.7

Increase 3.6


Labour
Nuala O'Kane
11,745
25.4

Increase 4.4


Green
Tim Andrewes
798
1.7

Increase 0.3


UKIP
Eric Freeman-Keel
385
0.8
+0.0
Majority
5,909
12.8


Turnout
46,285
75.5



Conservative hold

Swing


































































General Election 1992: Ludlow[24][25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Gill

28,719

51.5

-2.4


Liberal Democrat
David Phillips
14,567
26.1
-4.8


Labour
Beryl O. Mason
11,709
21.0
+5.9


Green
Nick H. Appleton-Fox
758
1.4
+1.4
Majority
14,152
25.4
+2.5

Turnout
55,753
80.9
+3.8


Conservative hold

Swing
+1.2



Elections in the 1980s

























































General Election 1987: Ludlow[26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Gill
27,499
53.90



Liberal
Ivor Phillips
15,800
30.97



Labour
Keith Harrison
7,724
15.14

Majority
11,699
22.93


Turnout

77.09



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election 1983: Ludlow[27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Eric Cockeram
26,278
55.67



Social Democratic
D Lane
14,975
31.73



Labour
PM Davis
5,949
12.60

Majority
11,303
23.95


Turnout

74.62



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1970s









































































General Election 1979: Ludlow
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Eric Cockeram
20,906
52.78



Liberal
E Robinson
12,524
31.62



Labour
IK Wymer
5,717
14.43



National Front
RJ Adshead
354
0.89


Independent
F Turner
106
0.27

Majority
8,382
21.16


Turnout

78.57



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election October 1974: Ludlow
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jasper More
17,124
47.09



Liberal
E Robinson
10,888
29.94



Labour

John Marek
8,353
22.97

Majority
6,236
17.15


Turnout

74.79



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election February 1974: Ludlow
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jasper More
18,674
48.64



Liberal
E Robinson
10,687
27.83



Labour
TG Martin
9,035
23.53

Majority
7,987
20.80


Turnout

79.55



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election 1970: Ludlow
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jasper More
22,104
54.78



Labour
David Nagington
12,800
31.72



Liberal
Christopher R Oddie
5,444
13.49

Majority
9,304
23.06


Turnout

73.27



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1960s

















































General Election 1966: Ludlow
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jasper More
19,603
54.87



Labour

John Gilbert
16,123
45.13

Majority
3,480
9.74


Turnout

73.86



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election 1964: Ludlow [28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jasper More
17,290
47.0
-13.3


Labour
Michael K Prendergast
10,763
29.2
-10.5


Liberal

John Griffiths
8,768
23.8
+23.8
Majority
6,527
17.7
-2.9

Turnout
36,821
77.55



Conservative hold

Swing


























































Ludlow by-election, 1960 [28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Jasper More
13,777
46.4
-13.9


Liberal

Denis G Rees
8,127
27.3
+27.3


Labour
John Garwell
7,812
26.3
-13.4
Majority
5,650
19.0
-1.6

Turnout
29,716
63.7



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1950s

















































General Election 1959: Ludlow [28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Holland-Martin
21,464
60.3



Labour
John Garwell
14,138
39.7

Majority
7,326
20.6


Turnout
35,602
76.2



Conservative hold

Swing


















































General Election 1955: Ludlow
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Holland-Martin
20,816
61.67



Labour
Reginald J Barker
12,937
38.33

Majority
7,879
23.34


Turnout

71.75



Conservative hold

Swing


















































General Election 1951: Ludlow
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Christopher Holland-Martin
22,073
60.20



Labour
Reginald J Barker
14,596
39.80

Majority
7,477
20.39


Turnout

77.74



Conservative hold

Swing


















































General Election 1950: Ludlow
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Uvedale Corbett
22,340
60.52



Labour
J Williams
14,573
39.48

Majority
7,767
21.04


Turnout

79.92



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1940s

































































General Election 1945: Ludlow [29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Uvedale Corbett
13,928
54.4



Labour
Aneurin Glanmor Parry-Jones
6,358
24.8



Liberal
C Grant Cameron
4,307
16.8


Agriculturalist
Charles E Edwards
989
3.9

Majority
7,570
29.6


Turnout

71.1



Conservative hold

Swing



General Election 1939/40:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;




  • Conservative: George Windsor-Clive


  • Liberal:


  • Labour:



Elections in the 1930s

















































General Election 1935: Ludlow [29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Windsor-Clive
16,355
72.7



Labour
T Hardwick
6,151
27.3

Majority
10,204
45.4


Turnout
22,501
67.9



Conservative hold

Swing


















































General Election 1931: Ludlow [29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Windsor-Clive
19,700
80.8



Labour
T Hardwick
4,683
19.2

Majority
15,017
61.6


Turnout

74.4



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1920s

























































General Election 1929: Ludlow [29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

George Windsor-Clive
14,066
57.1
n/a


Labour
T. Hardwick
5,323
21.6
n/a


Liberal
Arthur Alan Hanbury-Sparrow
5,259
21.3
n/a
Majority
8,743
35.5
n/a

Turnout

76.5
n/a


Unionist hold

Swing
n/a





























General Election 1924: Ludlow [29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

George Windsor-Clive
unopposed
n/a
n/a


Unionist hold

Swing
n/a




























1923 General Election: Ludlow [30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

George Windsor-Clive
unopposed
n/a
n/a


Unionist hold

Swing
n/a

























































Ludlow by-election, 1923 [30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

George Windsor-Clive
9,956
55.0
-11.4


Liberal

Edward Calcott Pryce
6,740
37.2
+3.5


Labour
Percy Frederick Pollard
1,420
7.8
n/a
Majority

17.8
-14.8

Turnout

73.0
+1.4


Unionist hold

Swing
-7.5
















































1922 General Election: Ludlow [30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Ivor Windsor-Clive
11,785
66.4



National Liberal

Edward Calcott Pryce
5,979
33.7

Majority
5,808
32.6


Turnout

71.6



Unionist hold

Swing


























Ludlow by-election, 1922 [30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Unionist

Ivor Windsor-Clive

Unopposed


Unionist hold

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.


Elections in the 1910s

























General Election 1918: Ludlow [29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Unionist

Beville Stanier

Unopposed


Unionist hold

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.


Election results 1868-1918



Elections in the 1860s























































General Election 1868: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Windsor-Clive
428
71.6
−4.8


Liberal
William Yardley
170
28.4
+4.9
Majority
258
43.1
+30.7

Turnout
598
75.8
−14.1

Registered electors
789




Conservative hold

Swing
−4.9



Elections in the 1870s






























General Election 1874: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Windsor-Clive

Unopposed

Registered electors
840




Conservative hold


Elections in the 1880s























































General Election 1880: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Windsor-Clive
525
60.5

N/A


Liberal
Lewis E Glyn[32]
343
39.5

N/A
Majority
182
21.0

N/A

Turnout
868
87.8

N/A

Registered electors
989




Conservative hold

Swing
























































General Election 1885: Ludlow [33][34][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Robert Jasper More
4,642
53.2
+13.7


Conservative

Bryan Leighton
4,078
46.8
−13.7
Majority
564
6.4

N/A

Turnout
8,720
81.2
−6.6

Registered electors
10,735




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+13.7
























General Election 1886: Ludlow [33][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Robert Jasper More

Unopposed


Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal


Elections in the 1890s




More























































General Election 1892: Ludlow [33][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Robert Jasper More
5,965
73.5

N/A


Liberal
Frederick Sydney Morris[36]
2,146
26.5

N/A
Majority
3,819
47.0

N/A

Turnout
8,111
71.9

N/A

Registered electors
11,276




Liberal Unionist hold

Swing

N/A
























General Election 1895: Ludlow [33][37][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Robert Jasper More

Unopposed


Liberal Unionist hold


Elections in the 1900s
























General Election 1900: Ludlow [35][37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Robert Jasper More

Unopposed


Liberal Unionist hold






















































Ludlow by-election, 1903 [35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Rowland Hunt
4,393
56.2

N/A


Liberal

Frederic Horne
3,423
43.8

N/A
Majority
970
12.4

N/A

Turnout
7,816
75.3

N/A

Registered electors
10,382




Liberal Unionist hold

Swing

N/A























































General Election 1906: Ludlow [35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Rowland Hunt
4,978
54.1

N/A


Liberal

Frederic Horne
4,218
45.9

N/A
Majority
760
8.2

N/A

Turnout
9,196
85.4

N/A

Registered electors
10,765




Liberal Unionist hold

Swing

N/A



Elections in the 1910s























































General Election January 1910: Ludlow [38][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Rowland Hunt
5,769
63.2
+9.1


Liberal
George Frederic Forsdike
3,365
36.8
−9.1
Majority
2,404
26.4
+18.2

Turnout
9,134
86.7
+1.3

Registered electors
10,530




Liberal Unionist hold

Swing
+9.1
























General Election December 1910: Ludlow [38][35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Rowland Hunt

Unopposed


Liberal Unionist hold

General Election 1914/15:


Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;




  • Unionist: Rowland Hunt


  • Liberal:



Election results 1832-1868



Elections in the 1840s


Alcock's election was declared void on petition, due to treating, on 12 May 1840, causing a by-election.[39]























































By-election, 23 May 1840: Ludlow[31][9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Beriah Botfield
194
54.8



Whig

George Larpent
160
45.2

Majority
34
9.6


Turnout
354
83.9


Registered electors
422




Conservative hold

Swing







































































General Election 1841: Ludlow[31][9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Beriah Botfield
222
37.2



Conservative

James Ackers
219
36.7



Whig

Henry Salwey
156
26.1

Majority
63
10.6


Turnout
372
89.6


Registered electors
415




Conservative hold

Swing




Conservative gain from Whig

Swing













































































General Election 1847: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Bayley Clive
207
34.7
−2.0


Whig

Henry Salwey
206
34.6
+8.5


Conservative

Beriah Botfield
183
30.7
−6.5

Turnout
390 (est)
86.2 (est)
−3.4

Registered electors
452


Majority
1
0.2
−10.4


Conservative hold

Swing
−3.1

Majority
23
3.9

N/A


Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
+8.5



Elections in the 1850s






































































General Election 1852: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Robert Clive
250
40.3
+5.6


Conservative

William Powlett
214
34.5
+3.8


Whig

Henry Salwey
157
25.3
−9.3
Majority
57
9.2
+9.0

Turnout
389 (est)
86.4 (est)
+0.2

Registered electors
450




Conservative hold

Swing
+5.1



Conservative gain from Whig

Swing
+4.2


Clive resigned to contest the 1854 by-election in South Shropshire, causing a by-election.
























By-election, 7 February 1854: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Percy Egerton Herbert

Unopposed


Conservative hold







































General Election 1857: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Percy Egerton Herbert

Unopposed


Conservative

Beriah Botfield

Unopposed

Registered electors
407




Conservative hold


Conservative hold







































General Election 1859: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Percy Egerton Herbert

Unopposed


Conservative

Beriah Botfield

Unopposed

Registered electors
394




Conservative hold


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1860s


Herbert resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
























By-election, 4 September 1860: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Windsor-Clive

Unopposed


Conservative hold

Botfield's death caused a by-election.
























By-election, 28 August 1863: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William Fraser

Unopposed


Conservative hold





































































General Election 1865: Ludlow[31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Windsor-Clive
236
40.5

N/A


Conservative

John Edmund Severne
209
35.9

N/A


Liberal
William Yardley[40]
137
23.5

N/A
Majority
72
12.4

N/A

Turnout
360 (est)
89.9 (est)

N/A

Registered electors
400




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A



Conservative hold

Swing

N/A



See also


  • Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire


Notes and references


Notes




  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).


  2. ^ As with all UK Parliament constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.


  3. ^ From 1473 to 1707 of the House of Commons of England, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801.


  4. ^ A separate seat from 1832 to 1885.


  5. ^ Prior to the 2009 re-organisation of local government in Shropshire, it comprised the former South Shropshire district together with the southern part of the former Bridgnorth district.



References




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Sources




  • UK Polling Report Ludlow constituency


  • The Guardian Ludlow constituency profile and election results


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