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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918}}
{{distinguish|Wellington (Somerset) (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{distinguish|Wellington (Somerset) (UK Parliament constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{UK former constituency infobox|
{{Infobox UK constituency
| Name = Wellington (Shropshire)
|name = Wellington (Shropshire)
| Type = County
|type = County
| Year = 1885
| Abolition = 1918
|parliament = uk
|year = 1885
| members = one
|abolished = 1918
}}
|elects_howmany = one

|previous = [[North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Shropshire]]
'''Wellington (Shropshire)''' is a former [[United Kingdom]] [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliamentary]] [[constituency]], formally known as '''The Mid (or Wellington) Division of Shropshire'''. It was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1885 to 1918. It elected one [[Member of Parliament]].
|next = [[The Wrekin (UK Parliament constituency)|The Wrekin]]
|}}


'''Wellington (Shropshire)''' is a former [[United Kingdom]] [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliamentary]] [[constituency]], formally known as '''The Mid (or Wellington) Division of Shropshire'''. It was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1885 to 1918. It elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]].
== Boundaries ==
{{Empty section|date=June 2008}}


== Members of Parliament ==
== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet|Alexander Brown]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
| [[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886]]
| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]
| [[Sir Charles Henry, 1st Baronet|Charles Henry]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|
| [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]
|colspan="2"| ''Constituency abolished''
|}


==Elections==
* ''Constituency created'' (1885)
=== Elections in the 1880s ===
[[Image:Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet.jpg|right|thumb|120px|A.H. Brown]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Wellington<ref name="craig1885">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=376}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet|Alexander Brown]]
|votes = 4,801
|percentage = 65.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Kenyon-Slaney]]
|votes =2,571
|percentage = 34.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,230
|percentage = 30.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,372
|percentage = 85.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,648
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Wellington<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet|Alexander Brown]]
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}


=== Elections in the 1890s ===
* 1885-1906: [[Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet|Alexander Brown]], [[Liberal Unionist]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Wellington<ref name="craig1885"/>
* 1906-1918: [[Sir Charles Solomon Henry, 1st Baronet|Sir Charles Solomon Henry]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet|Alexander Brown]]
|votes =3,963
|percentage = 59.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Harris Sanders
|votes = 2,680
|percentage = 40.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,283
|percentage = 19.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,643
|percentage = 79.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,398
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Wellington<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet|Alexander Brown]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
}}
{{Election box end}}


=== Elections in the 1900s ===
*''Constituency abolished'' (1918)
{{Election box begin | title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Wellington<ref name="craig1885"/>

}}
==Election results==
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Unionist Party
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1906|1906 General Election]]: Wellington (Shropshire)}}
|candidate = [[Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet|Alexander Brown]]
|votes =3,480
|percentage = 60.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Varty
|candidate = [[Sir Charles Solomon Henry, 1st Baronet|Charles Solomon Henry]]
|votes = 2,318
|percentage = 40.0
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,162
|percentage = 20.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,798
|percentage = 68.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,427
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
[[File:Charles_Henry.jpg|thumb|120px|C.S. Henry]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Wellington<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Charles Henry, 1st Baronet|Charles Henry]]
|votes = 4,806
|votes = 4,806
|percentage = 60.68
|percentage = 60.7
|change =
|change = +20.7
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Hildebrand Harmsworth]]{{dn|date=November 2011}}
|candidate = [[Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet|Hildebrand Harmsworth]]
|votes = 3,114
|votes = 3,114
|percentage = 39.32
|percentage = 39.3
|change =
|change =&minus;20.7
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,692
|votes = 1,692
|percentage =
|percentage = 21.4
|change =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,920
|percentage = 89.2
|change = +20.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 8,881
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing =
|swing = +20.7
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1910s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Wellington<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Charles Henry, 1st Baronet|Charles Henry]]
|votes = 4,673
|percentage = 57.3
|change = -3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = Charles Peevor Boileau Wood
|votes =3,484
|percentage = 42.7
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,189
|percentage = 14.6
|change = -6.8
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|votes = 8,157
|percentage =
|percentage = 93.2
|change =
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = -3.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Wellington<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Charles Henry, 1st Baronet|Charles Henry]]
|votes = 4,404
|percentage = 57.3
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Weld-Forester, 8th Baron Forester|George Weld-Forester
|votes = 3,286
|percentage = 42.7
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,118
|percentage = 14.6
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,690
|percentage = 87.9
|change = -5.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
'''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;
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
*'''Liberal''': [[Sir Charles Henry, 1st Baronet|Charles Henry]]
*'''Unionist''':


== References ==
== References ==
*{{Rayment-hc|w|2}}
{{reflist|2}}
*{{Rayment-hc|w|2|date=March 2012}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies]]
*{{section link|Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire|Historical constituencies}}
*[[List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies]]
*[[List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies]]
*[[Unreformed House of Commons]]
*[[Unreformed House of Commons]]


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[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885]]
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[[Category:Wellington, Shropshire]]


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Latest revision as of 09:47, 15 August 2024

Not to be confused with Wellington (Somerset) (UK Parliament constituency).

Wellington (Shropshire)
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromNorth Shropshire
Replaced byThe 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

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Election Member Party
1885 Alexander Brown Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1906 Charles Henry Liberal
1918 Constituency abolished

Elections

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Elections in the 1880s

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A.H. Brown
General election 1885: Wellington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)
General election 1886: Wellington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Brown Unopposed
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Wellington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
General election 1895: Wellington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Alexander Brown Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

Elections in the 1900s

[edit]
General election 1900: Wellington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
C.S. Henry
General election 1906: Wellington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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]
General election January 1910: Wellington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
General election December 1910: Wellington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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;

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 376. ISBN 9781349022984.

See also

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