Newport (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)

Newport
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	North Shropshire

Newport is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency for the town of Newport, Shropshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Robert Bickersteth	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1886	William Kenyon-Slaney	Conservative
	1908 b-e	Beville Stanier	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Newport (Shropshire) [1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Bickersteth	4,694	52.0
	Conservative	George Bridgeman, Viscount Newport	4,333	48.0
Majority			361	4.0
Turnout			9,027	84.9
Registered electors			10,636
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: Newport (Shropshire) [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kenyon-Slaney	4,460	60.7	+12.7
	Liberal	Clement Higgins	2,884	39.3	−12.7
Majority			1,576	21.4	N/A
Turnout			7,344	69.0	−15.9
Registered electors			10,636
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Newport (Shropshire) [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kenyon-Slaney	4,815	57.7	−3.0
	Liberal	William Heath Lander[4]	3,530	42.3	+3.0
Majority			1,285	15.4	−6.0
Turnout			8,345	73.6	+4.6
Registered electors			11,337
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.0

General election 1895: Newport (Shropshire) [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kenyon-Slaney	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Newport (Shropshire) [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kenyon-Slaney	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Kenyon-Slaney

General election 1906: Newport (Shropshire) [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kenyon-Slaney	4,853	50.9	N/A
	Liberal	Francis Neilson	4,677	49.1	New
Majority			176	1.8	N/A
Turnout			9,530	88.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,777
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

1908 Newport by-election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beville Stanier	5,328	54.9	+4.0
	Liberal	Francis Neilson	4,377	45.1	−4.0
Majority			951	9.8	+8.0
Turnout			9,705	89.9	+1.5
Registered electors			10,791
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Newport (Shropshire) [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beville Stanier	5,570	56.3	+5.4
	Liberal	William Edward Moulsdale	4,324	43.7	−5.4
Majority			1,246	12.6	+10.8
Turnout			9,894	90.9	+2.5
Registered electors			10,886
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

General election December 1910: Newport (Shropshire) [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beville Stanier	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

See also

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

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
3. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
4. "To the electors of the Newport Division". Wellington Journal. 18 June 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
5. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
6. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
7. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
9. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
10. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)