Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)

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]

Ludlow
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ludlow in Shropshire
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

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

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• 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 unseated on petition- replaced by Robert Lloyd
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 Lechmere Charlton	Conservative[9]
		1837			Henry Salwey	Whig[9][10][11][12][13][14]
		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	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 2019: Ludlow[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Dunne	32,185	64.1	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Kidd	8,537	17.0	6.3
	Labour	Kuldip Sahota	7,591	15.1	9.2
	Green	Hilary Wendt	1,912	3.8	1.7
Majority			23,648	47.1	8.5
Turnout			50,225	72.3	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

General election 2017: Ludlow[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Dunne	31,433	62.9	8.6
	Labour	Julia Buckley	12,147	24.3	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Kidd	5,336	10.7	2.8
	Green	Hilary Wendt	1,054	2.1	3.0
Majority			19,286	38.6	0.8
Turnout			49,970	73.4	1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

General election 2015: Ludlow[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Dunne	26,093	54.3	1.5
	UKIP	David Kelly	7,164	14.9	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Barnes	6,469	13.5	19.3
	Labour	Simon Slater	5,902	12.3	5.6
	Green	Janet Phillips	2,435	5.1	4.1
Majority			18,929	39.4	19.4
Turnout			48,063	72.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.5

General election 2010: Ludlow[20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Dunne	25,720	52.8	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Kidd	15,971	32.8	7.9
	Labour	Tony Hunt	3,272	6.7	4.0
	UKIP	Christopher Gill	2,127	4.4	2.7
	BNP	Christina Evans	1,016	2.1	2.1
	Green	Jacqui Morrish	447	0.9	0.9
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan Powell	179	0.4	0.4
Majority			9,749	20.0	15.6
Turnout			48,732	73.1	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Ludlow[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Dunne	20,979	45.1	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats		Swing	4.1

General election 2001: Ludlow[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Ludlow[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Gill	19,633	42.4	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Huffer	13,724	29.7	3.6
	Labour	Nuala O'Kane	11,745	25.4	4.4
	Green	Tim Andrewes	798	1.7	0.3
	UKIP	Eric Freeman-Keel	385	0.8	+0.0
Majority			5,909	12.7
Turnout			46,285	75.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1992: Ludlow[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Gill	28,719	51.5	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	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[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Gill	27,499	53.9
	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[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Eric Cockeram	26,278	55.67
	SDP	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 [29]

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

1960 Ludlow by-election [29]

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 [29]

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 [30]

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 [30]

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 [30]

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 [30]

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 [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Windsor-Clive	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

1923 general election: Ludlow [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Windsor-Clive	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

1923 Ludlow by-election [31]

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 F. 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 [31]

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

1922 Ludlow by-election [31]

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 [30]

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[32]

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[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Windsor-Clive	Unopposed
Registered electors			840
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Ludlow[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Windsor-Clive	525	60.5	N/A
	Liberal	Lewis E Glyn[33]	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 [34][35][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	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 [34][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Jasper More	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s

More

General election 1892: Ludlow [34][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Jasper More	5,965	73.5	N/A
	Liberal	Frederick Sydney Morris[37]	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 [34][36] [38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Jasper More	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Ludlow [36][38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Jasper More	Unopposed
	Liberal Unionist hold

1903 Ludlow by-election [36]

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 [36]

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 [36][39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Unionist	Rowland Hunt	5,769	63.2	+9.1
	Liberal	George Frederick 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 [36][39]

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 1830s

General election 1832: Ludlow[9][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Edward Herbert	198	29.7
	Whig	Edward Romilly	185	27.7
	Tory	Robert Clive	169	25.3
	Whig	William Davies	115	17.2
Turnout			339	94.4
Registered electors			359
Majority			13	1.9
	Tory hold
Majority			16	2.4
	Whig gain from Tory

General election 1835: Ludlow[9][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Herbert	234	42.8	+13.1
	Conservative	Edmund Lechmere Charlton	159	29.1	+3.8
	Whig	Edward Romilly	154	28.2	−16.7
Majority			5	0.9	−1.0
Turnout			332	92.2	−2.2
Registered electors			360
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.7
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+6.1

General election 1837: Ludlow[9][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Herbert	193	35.8	−36.1
	Whig	Henry Salwey	188	34.9	+20.8
	Whig	Thomas Alcock	158	29.3	+15.2
Majority			5	0.9	±0.0
Turnout			351	93.6	+1.4
Registered electors			375
	Conservative hold		Swing	−36.1
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.4

Clive succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Powis and causing a by-election.

By-election, 6 June 1839: Ludlow[9][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Thomas Alcock	186	50.5	−13.7
	Conservative	Henry Clive	182	49.5	+13.7
Majority			4	1.1	N/A
Turnout			368	91.1	−2.5
Registered electors			404
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	−13.7

Elections in the 1840s

Alcock's election was declared void on petition, due to treating, on 12 May 1840, causing a by-election.[40]

By-election, 23 May 1840: Ludlow[9][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beriah Botfield	194	54.8	+19.0
	Whig	George Larpent	160	45.2	−19.0
Majority			34	9.6	+8.7
Turnout			354	83.9	−9.7
Registered electors			422
	Conservative hold		Swing	+19.0

General election 1841: Ludlow[9][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Beriah Botfield	222	37.2	+19.3
	Conservative	James Ackers	219	36.7	+18.8
	Whig	Henry Salwey	156	26.1	−38.1
Majority			63	10.6	+9.7
Turnout			372	89.6	−4.0
Registered electors			415
	Conservative hold		Swing	+19.2
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+18.9

General election 1847: Ludlow[32]

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[32]

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[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Percy Egerton Herbert	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Ludlow[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Percy Egerton Herbert	Unopposed
	Conservative	Beriah Botfield	Unopposed
Registered electors			407
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Ludlow[32]

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[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Windsor-Clive	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Botfield's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 28 August 1863: Ludlow[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Fraser	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1865: Ludlow[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Windsor-Clive	236	40.5	N/A
	Conservative	John Edmund Severne	209	35.9	N/A
	Liberal	William Yardley[41]	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

Elections before 1832

General election 1831: Ludlow[9][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Edward Herbert	Unopposed
	Tory	Robert Clive	Unopposed
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1830: Ludlow[9][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Edward Herbert	Unopposed
	Tory	Robert Clive	Unopposed
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

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.

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