The Ludlow Constituency

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.


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Ludlow   (Credit: Magdanatka / Shutterstock.com)

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Bridgnorth   (Credit: Russell Drye / Shutterstock.com)

General Election 2019: Ludlow
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Philip Dunne 32,185 64.1 1.2
    Liberal Democrat Heather Kidd 8,537 17.0 6.3
    Labour Kuldip Sahota 7,591 15.1 -9.2
    Green Hilary Wendt 1,912 3.8 1.7
        Majority 23,648        
   
General Election 2017: Ludlow
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Philip Dunne 31,433 62.9 8.6
    Labour Julia Buckley 12,147 24.3 12.0
    Liberal Democrat Heather Kidd 5,336 10.7 -2.8
    Green Hilary Wendt 1,054 2.1 -3.0
        Majority 19,286        
   
General Election 2015: Ludlow
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Philip Dunne 26,093 54.3 1.5
    UKIP David Kelly 7,164 14.9 10.5
    Liberal Democrat Charlotte Barnes 6,469 13.5 -19.3
    Labour Simon Slater 5,902 12.3 5.6
    Green Janet Phillips 2,435 5.1 1.5
        Majority 18,929        
   
General Election 2010: Ludlow
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Philip Dunne 25,720 52.8 7.7
    Liberal Democrat Heather Kidd 15,971 32.8 -7.9
    Labour Tony Hunt 3,272 6.7 -4.0
    UKIP Christopher Gill 2,127 4.4 2.7
    BNP Christina Evans 1,016 2.1 2.1
    Green Jacqui Morrish 447 0.9 -0.9
    Monster Raving Loony Alan Powell 179 0.4 0.4
        Majority 9,749        
   
General Election 2005: Ludlow
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Philip Dunne 20,979 45.1 5.7
    Liberal Democrat Matthew Green 18,952 40.7 -2.5
    Labour Nigel Knowles 4,974 10.7 -2.7
    Green Jim Gaffney 852 1.8 -0.2
    UKIP Michael Zuckerman 783 1.7 -0.3
        Majority 2,027        
 
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 Shropshire Council is currently:
 
  County Ludlow Constituency
Conservative 46 13
LibDem 13 6
Labour 9 1
Green 1 0
Independent 5 2
TOTAL 74 22