Election 97

Telford
Result 97 Lab gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Bruce Grocott
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 10,166 (27.4%)
Labour 97 21,456 (57.8%)
LibDem 97 4,371 (11.8%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 1,119 ( 3.0%)
Elected party 97 Lab
Electorate 97 56,558
Turnout 97 37,112 (65.6%)



1992 MP Bruce Grocott
Old constituency name Wrekin,The
Majority 92 7,927 (19.5%)
Conservative 92 13,546 (33.3%)
Labour 92 21,473 (52.8%)
LibDem 92 5,049 (12.4%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 634 ( 1.6%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 57,194
Turnout 92 40,702 (71.2%)
Telford



Tory change -5.9%
Labour change +5.1%
Lib Dem change -0.6%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +1.5%
Electorate change -1.1%
Turnout Change -5.5%
Robert Waller wrote

Shropshire was one of the many English shire counties to receive an extra seat in the redistribution recommended by the latest Boundary Commission. Its population growth had been centred on Telford New Town, which forms the main growth point of the whole of the West Midlands region.

Telford formed the core of the old Wrekin seat, where electors from rural Shropshire were included with industrial communities. This has been split into two with much of the New Town area included in the brand new Telford constituency with the effect of concentrating the Labour vote there.

Telford may be the extra seat the country has earned, but the corralling of Labour support in Telford effectively gives the newly drawn Wrekin back to the Tories. Thus it is the Conservatives who can expect a net gain in Shropshire next time.

Bruce Grocott won The Wrekin from the Conservative right-winger Warren Hawksley in 1987.


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