Shropshire ( ''Salop'') was a constituency of the

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of the

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, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the

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from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two

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. It was split into North Shropshire and South Shropshire in 1832.

Boundaries

The county limits.

History

Shropshire by the mid eighteenth century was seen as an independent county seat, controlled by the rank and file of the country gentry and tended to return

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MPs despite the borough seats within Shropshire, and the dominant local

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and

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families, being Whig.Pages 238 to 240,

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, ''

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'' (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957) From 1753 onwards there was a compromise by which the Tory country gentlemen chose the County MPs while the Herberts chose for

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'S ...

Members of Parliament

* ''Constituency created'' (1290)

MPs 1290–1653

MPs 1654–1660

MPS 1660–1832

*''Constituency abolished'' (1832)

Elections

Notes

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shropshire (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1290 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832