About Ludlow
The Ludlow constituency covers most of the southern half of the county of Shropshire.
The largest towns being Bridgnorth and Ludlow. The area extends almost to Ironbridge - the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution - in the north, to the Welsh border in the west and to Ludlow in the south.
The area includes the Shropshire Hills and is noted as being one of the most beautiful areas in England.
Constituency Map
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Political Landscape
The Ludlow constituency is the [120th] most marginal seat in the House of Commons, having been won by Philip Dunne (Conservative) with a majority of 2,017 from the Liberal Democrats, who took the seat in 2001 from the Conservatives with a majority of 1,650. Prior to that the Conservatives had held the seat for over 100 yerars.
The results of the parliamentary elections in May 2005 and 2010 were:
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Conservative |
20,979 |
45.1% |
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25,720 |
52.8% |
+4,741 |
+7.7% |
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Liberal Democrat |
18,952 |
40.7% |
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15,971 |
32.8% |
-2,981 |
-7.9% |
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Labour |
4,974 |
10.7% |
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3,272 |
6.7% |
-1,702 |
-4.0% |
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UKIP |
783 |
1.7% |
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2,127 |
4.4% |
+1,344 |
+2.7% |
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BNP |
n/a |
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1,016 |
2.1% |
+1,016 |
+2.1% |
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Green |
852 |
1.8% |
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447 |
0.9% |
-405 |
-0.9% |
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Monster Raving |
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+0.4% |
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46,540 |
100.0% |
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48,732 |
100.0% |
+2,192 |
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Majority |
2,027 |
4.4% |
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9,749 |
20.0% |
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Electorate |
64,571 |
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66,561 |
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Swing: |
7.8% |
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Turnout |
72.1% |
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73.2% |
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LibDem to Cons |
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In May 2009 the local government structure in Shropshire was reorganised from a two-tier system with a county council and five district/borough councils, to a unitary authority, Shropshire Council.
The political composition of the new Shropshire Council is now :
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| Conservative | 53 | 14 |
| LibDem | 12 | 6 |
| Labour | 7 | 1 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 74 | 22 |
