Wellington (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)
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Wellington (Shropshire) | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | North Shropshire |
Replaced by | The Wrekin |
Wellington (Shropshire) is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, formally known as The Mid (or Wellington) Division of Shropshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Alexander Brown | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1906 | Charles Henry | Liberal | |
1918 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alexander Brown | 4,801 | 65.1 | ||
Conservative | William Kenyon-Slaney | 2,571 | 34.9 | ||
Majority | 2,230 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,372 | 85.2 | |||
Registered electors | 8,648 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Alexander Brown | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Alexander Brown | 3,963 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Harris Sanders | 2,680 | 40.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,283 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,643 | 79.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,398 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Alexander Brown | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Alexander Brown | 3,480 | 60.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Robert Varty | 2,318 | 40.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,162 | 20.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,798 | 68.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,427 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Henry | 4,806 | 60.7 | +20.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Hildebrand Harmsworth | 3,114 | 39.3 | −20.7 | |
Majority | 1,692 | 21.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,920 | 89.2 | +20.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,881 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +20.7 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Henry | 4,673 | 57.3 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Peevor Boileau Wood | 3,484 | 42.7 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 1,189 | 14.6 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,157 | 93.2 | +4.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Henry | 4,404 | 57.3 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | George Weld-Forester, 8th Baron Forester | 3,286 | 42.7 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 1,118 | 14.6 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,690 | 87.9 | −5.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Charles Henry
- Unionist: