North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency) This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "North_Shropshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)".
North Shropshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From its first creation in 1832 to the abolition of the first creation in 1885 it elected two Knights of the Shire. In 1885 it was - together with the constituency of South Shropshire - divided between four constituencies (Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington). In 1983 it was revived. It now elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency covers the district of North Shropshire and the borough of Oswestry in Shropshire.
The constituency is rural and is north of Shrewsbury, west of Newcastle-under-Lyme and south of Cheshire. The towns of Wem, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry, and Market Drayton are present.
