Shropshire continues to be covered by five Conservative MPs following yesterday’s general election.
Only Lucy Allan came close to losing her Telford seat with just a 720 vote lead over Kuldip Sahota who stood for Labour.
Mark Pritchard, Owen Patterson, Daniel Kawczynski, and Philip Dunne all had a comfortable majority.
Lucy Allan is re-elected as MP for Telford with 16,094 votes.
Mark Pritchard is re-elected as MP for the Wrekin constituency with 22,579 votes.
Owen Patterson is re-elected in north Shropshire with 27,041 votes.
Daniel Kawczynski is re-elected with 24,628 votes in Shrewsbury and Atcham.
Philip Dunne is re-elected for Ludlow with 26,093 votes.
Turnout:
Telford Constituency – 65.83 per cent
The Wrekin Constituency – 72.35 per cent
North Shropshire constituency – 69.2 per cent
Shrewsbury and Atcham Constituency – 73.8 per cent
Ludlow – 73.7 per cent
Whilst Conservatives hold in Shropshire and remain the biggest party, Britain has a hung parliament after they lost their majority.
The Tories have 318 seats at the time of writing, Labour have 261 – with 326 required for a majority and just one seat left to be called.
| Telford Constituency | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Lucy Allan | Conservatives | 21,777 |
| Susan King | Liberal Democrat | 954 |
| Kuldip Sahota | Labour | 21,057 |
| Luke Shirley | Green Party | 898 |
| Wrekin Constituency | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Denis Allen | UKIP | 1,656 |
| Fay Easton | Independant | 380 |
| Dylan Harrison | Labour | 17,887 |
| Rod Keyes | Liberal Democrat | 1,345 |
| Pat McCarthy | Green Party | 804 |
| Mark Pritchard | Conservatives | 27,452 |
| Shrewsbury & Atcham Constituency | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Catherine Mary Bullard | Green Party | 1,067 |
| Laura Louisa Davies | Labour | 22,446 |
| Hannah Fraser | Liberal Democrat | 4,254 |
| Edward Arthur Higginbottom | UKIP | 1,363 |
| Daniel Robert Kawczynski | Conservatives | 29,073 |
| North Shropshire Constituency | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Graeme Roger Currie | Labour | 17,287 |
| Duncan Alistair Kerr | Green Party | 1,722 |
| Owen William Paterson | Conservatives | 33,642 |
| Tom Thornhill | Liberal Democrat | 2,948 |
| Ludlow Constituency | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Buckley | Labour Party | 12,147 |
| Philip Martin Dunne (ELECTED) | Conservatives | 31,433 |
| Heather Mary Kidd | Liberal Democrat | 5,336 |
| Hilary Raborg Houchin Wendt | Green Party | 1,054 |
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