John Cotes (1799-1874) was Whig MP for

North Shropshire North Shropshire was a 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, Market Drayton, Wem and Whitchurch, as w ...

, at the time a two-member constituency, from the general election of 1832 to 1835. His father was

John Cotes (died 1821) John Cotes (1749-1821) was MP for two constituencies. He sat for Wigan from 1782 to 1802 as a Tory, and for Shropshire from 1806 until his death as a Whig. His son also named John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given ...

, also an MP, and his son was

Charles Cecil Cotes Charles Cecil Cotes (7 April 1846 – 9 August 1898) was a British landowner and Liberal politician. Cotes was born in 1846, eldest surviving son of John Cotes of Woodcote Hall near Newport, Shropshire (himself a former MP) and his wife Lady L ...

, who also became an MP. He is significant as the last non-Conservative MP for the constituency until the

2021 North Shropshire by-election A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of North Shropshire was held on 16 December 2021. It was triggered by the resignation of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Owen Paterson on 5 November 2021. The by-election ...

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brief mention in biography of his father
1799 births 1874 deaths Politicians from Shropshire Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire {{England-UK-MP-stub