• Source: Oswestry (UK Parliament constituency)

Oswestry was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983, when it was renamed North Shropshire. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post method of election.




Boundaries


1885–1918: The Borough of Oswestry, the Sessional Divisions of Chirbury, Condover, Ford, Oswestry, and Pimhill (except Myddle), and the parish of Fitz.
1918–1949: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Drayton, Ellesmere, Oswestry, Wem, and Whitchurch.
1950–1966: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Drayton, Ellesmere, Oswestry, and Wem.
1966–1967: The Borough of Oswestry, the Urban Districts of Ellesmere, Wem, and Whitchurch, and the Rural Districts of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Oswestry, and Wem.
1967–1974: The Rural Districts of Market Drayton, North Shropshire and Oswestry.
1974–1983: The District of North Shropshire and the Borough of Oswestry.




Members of Parliament






Election results






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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;

Unionist: William Bridgeman
Liberal:




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General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Bertie Leighton
Liberal:




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References



Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"




See also


Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies
List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
Unreformed House of Commons

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Oswestry (UK Parliament constituency)
• North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
• Oswestry (disambiguation)
• South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1955–1974)
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1918–1945) by region
• List of MPs elected in the 1885 United Kingdom general election
• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1974–1983)
• George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock
• North Shropshire