| South Shropshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Year2: | 1832 |
| Abolished2: | 1885 |
| Elects Howmany2: | Two |
| Previous2: | Bishop's Castle and Shropshire |
| Next2: | Ludlow and Wellington |
| Region: | England |
| County: | West Midlands county |
| Towns: | Bridgnorth, Ludlow |
| Mp: | Stuart Anderson |
South Shropshire is a county constituency in Shropshire. It was first created in 1832 and 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 four single-member constituencies: Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, formed from the current constituency of Ludlow with only minor boundary changes.[1]
1832–1885: The Hundreds of Brimstey, Chirbury, Condover, Ford, Munslow, Overs, Purslow (including Clun) and Stoddesdon, and the Franchise of Wenlock.[2]
2024–present: The re-established constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the existing constituency of Ludlow (to be abolished), with the addition of the Burnell and Severn Valley wards from Shrewsbury and Atcham (to be re-established as Shrewsbury).
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Tory[4] | Tory | |||||
| 1834 | Conservative | Conservative | |||||
| 1842 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| 1854 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| 1859 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| April 1865 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| July 1865 | Liberal | ||||||
| 1868 | Conservative | ||||||
| 1876 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| 1877 by-election | Conservative | ||||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | ||||||
Ludlow prior to 2024
To assess impact of the boundary changes various organisation calculated results of the 2019 election if it was conducted under boundaries established by 2023 Periodic review. Below is such assessment from the BBC for South Shropshire:For more information see Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency.
Corbett resigned, triggering a by-election.
Herbert's death triggered a by-election.
Herbert was appointed Treasurer of the Household, triggering a by-election.
Bridgeman succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Bradford, triggering a by-election.
Windsor-Clive's death triggered a by-election.
Bridgeman was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, triggering a by-election.
Clive's death triggered a by-election.
Bridgeman was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, triggering a by-election.
Vane succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Duke of Cleveland, triggering a by-election.