Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Shrewsbury and Atcham County constituency

Shrewsbury and Atcham shown within Shropshire, and Shropshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Daniel Kawczynski
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Shropshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Shrewsbury and Atcham is a constituency (and a borough - see Shrewsbury and Atcham) 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 county of England.

1 Geography
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Geography

The constituency exactly mirrors that of the Shrewsbury and Atcham borough. At its heart lies the town of Shrewsbury. It is a generally rural constituency.

[edit] Member of Parliament

	Member	Party
1983	Derek Conway	Conservative
1997	Paul Marsden	Labour
2005	Daniel Kawczynski	Conservative

[edit] Election results

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
	UK Independence	Peter Lewis	1,349	2.7	−0.5
	Green	Emma Bullard	1,138	2.3	+0.4
	Independent (politician)	James Gollins	126	0.3	−0.2
	Seeks A Worldwide Online Participatory Directory	Nigel Harris	84	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,808	3.6
Turnout			50,296	84.2	+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
	UK Independence	Henry Curteis	1,620	3.2	+2.4
	Green	Emma Bullard	931	1.9	N/A
	Independent (politician)	James Gollins	258	0.5	+0.1
Majority			3,579	7.2
Turnout			49,909	66.6	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston \| Birmingham, Erdington \| Birmingham Hall Green \| \|Birmingham Hodge Hill \| Birmingham Northfield \| Birmingham Perry Barr \| Birmingham Selly Oak \| Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath \| Burton \| Cannock Chase \| Coventry North East \| Coventry North West \| Coventry South \| Dudley North \| Dudley South \| Halesowen and Rowley Regis \| Newcastle-under-Lyme \| North Warwickshire \| Nuneaton \| Redditch \| Stafford \| Staffordshire Moorlands \| Stoke-on-Trent Central \| Stoke-on-Trent North \| Stoke-on-Trent South \| Stourbridge \| Tamworth \| Telford \| Walsall North \| Walsall South \| Warley \| Warwick and Leamington \| West Bromwich East \| West Bromwich West \| Wolverhampton North East \| Wolverhampton South East \| Wolverhampton South West \| Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills \| Bromsgrove \| Leominster \| Lichfield \| Ludlow \| Meriden \| Mid Worcestershire \| North Shropshire \| Rugby and Kenilworth \| Shrewsbury and Atcham \| South Staffordshire \| Stone \| Stratford-on-Avon \| Sutton Coldfield \| The Wrekin \| West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley \| Hereford \| Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (2) \| UKIP (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)