Oswestry was a
United Kingdom
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Parliamentary
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constituency
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. It was a
constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1885 to 1983, when it was renamed
North Shropshire
North Shropshire was a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Shropshire, England from 1974 to 2009. The district council was based at Edinburgh House in Wem. Other settlements included the towns of Ellesmere, Shropshire, Elles ...
. It elected one
Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post
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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
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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:
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
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:
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
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See also
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Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies
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List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
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Unreformed House of Commons
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Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983