Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox Shrewsbury and Atcham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The constituency lies at the centre of Shropshire, a large inland county of England, bordering Wales. It is the only British constituency to be profiled on the "Better Know a District" segment of the popular American television show The Colbert Report.

Geography

The constituency is coextensive with that of the Central area of Shropshire Council, which is the same as the former Shrewsbury and Atcham borough. At its heart lies the town of Shrewsbury (population 70,000), which is the county town of Shropshire. It is otherwise a rural constituency. Villages such as Bayston Hill, Ford, Dorrington, Condover, Minsterley, Pontesbury, Bomere Heath and of course Atcham are included.

No boundary changes occurred to this constituency with the latest review of boundaries in England, despite the large population (estimated at 96,200 for mid-2007).

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1983	Derek Conway	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Paul Marsden	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" |	2001		Liberal Democrat
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2005		Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2005	Daniel Kawczynski	Conservative

Election results

General Election 2010:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	James Whittall
	Conservative	Daniel Kawczynski
	Green	Alan Whittaker
	Labour	Jon Tandy
	Liberal Democrats	Charles West
Majority
Turnout

General Election 2005: Shrewsbury and Atcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Kawczynski	18,960	37.7	+0.3
	Labour	Michael Ion	17,152	34.1	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Burt	11,487	22.8	+10.4
	UKIP	Peter Lewis	1,349	2.7	−0.5
	Green	Emma Bullard	1,138	2.3	+0.4
	Independent	James Gollins	126	0.3	−0.2
	World - Seeks Worldwide Online Participatory Democracy	Nigel Harris	84	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,808	3.6
Turnout			50,296	68.7	+17.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.4

General Election 2001: Shrewsbury and Atcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Marsden	22,253	44.6	+7.6
	Conservative	Anthea McIntyre	18,674	37.4	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Rule	6,173	12.4	-12.6
	UKIP	Henry Curteis	1,620	3.2	+2.4
	Green	Emma Bullard	931	1.9	N/A
	Independent	James Gollins	258	0.5	+0.1
Majority			3,579	7.2
Turnout			49,909	66.6	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire
• Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency) - pre-1983

External links

• Election results since 1992 (Guardian)