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Ludlow (uk Parliament Constituency)




  Map1 Ludlow
  Map2 Shropshire
  Type County
  Year 1473
  Entity Shropshire
  County Shropshire
  EP West Midlands
  MP Philip Dunne
  Party Conservative


Ludlow is a Constituency represented in the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom . It elects one Member Of Parliament (MP) by the First Past The Post system of election.


BOUNDARIES

This constituency covers the towns of Ludlow , Clun , Bishop's Castle , Bridgnorth , Cleobury Mortimer , Much Wenlock , Craven Arms and Church Stretton in the county of Shropshire , England .

It corresponds roughly to the South Shropshire and the southern part of the Bridgnorth local government districts.

It is a very rural area.


MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT




ELECTION RESULTS


  title General Election 2005 : Ludlow


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Philip Dunne
  votes 20,979
  percentage 451
  change +57


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Matthew Green
  votes 18,952
  percentage 407
  change &minus25


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Nigel Knowles
  votes 4,974
  percentage 107
  change &minus27


  party Green Party of England and Wales
  candidate Jim Gaffney
  votes 852
  percentage 18
  change &minus02


  party United Kingdom Independence Party
  candidate Michael Zuckerman
  votes 783
  percentage 17
  change &minus03


  votes 2,027
  percentage 44


  votes 46,540
  percentage 721
  change +42


  winner Conservative Party (UK)
  loser Liberal Democrats (UK)
  swing 41


  title General Election 2001 : Ludlow


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Matthew Green
  votes 18,620
  percentage 432
  change +135


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Martin Taylor-Smith
  votes 16,990
  percentage 394
  change &minus30


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Nigel Knowles
  votes 5,785
  percentage 134
  change &minus120


  party Green Party of England and Wales
  candidate Jim Gaffney
  votes 871
  percentage 20
  change +03


  party United Kingdom Independence Party
  candidate Phil Gutteridge
  votes 858
  percentage 20
  change +12


  votes 1,630
  percentage 38


  votes 43,124
  percentage 679
  change &minus76


  winner Liberal Democrats (UK)
  loser Conservative Party (UK)



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