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Shrewsbury

West Midlands, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Julia Buckley

Labour

Female

Previous MP: Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) - defeated 2024

Majority11,355

Turnout67.3%

Electorate76,599

Valid votes51,560

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour22,932 - 44.5%

Conservative11,577 - 22.5%

Reform7,524 - 14.6%

Lib Dem6,722 - 13.0%

Green2,387 - 4.6%

Other418 - 0.8%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£174,153,365

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£1,671 total benefits bill per resident · 26% below average

Shrewsbury: £1,671
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 409 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£174,153,365	403/575
Change over 2 years	+16.1%
Median local wage (2025)	£31,765	+1.1%

Universal Credit£92,633,526
£889 per resident · 8,136 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 3,162 · 1 in 20 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£44,281,197
£425 per resident · 5,687 claimants (+11.8% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,297 · 40% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,366
Housing Benefit£13,984,967
£134 per resident · 1,835 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£10,531,994
£101 per resident · 1,748 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£7,747,415
£74 per resident · 1,222 claimants
Carer's Allowance£4,974,266
£48 per resident · 1,151 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 95.6%White British 91.5%Asian 2.0%Black, African or Caribbean 0.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.5%Other 0.5%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 97.4%White British 94.6%Asian 1.4%Black, African or Caribbean 0.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.9%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 98.6%White British 96.9%Asian 0.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.5%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 99.0%White British N/AAsian 0.6%Black, African or Caribbean 0.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.2%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Shrewsbury (2021)

UK 92.6%Other EU 3.7%Other countries 3.7%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Shrewsbury (2011)

UK 94.5%Other EU 2.2%Other countries 3.3%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Shrewsbury (2001)

UK 96.3%Other EU 1.1%Other countries 2.7%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Shrewsbury (1991)

UK 96.7%Other EU 1.5%Other countries 1.8%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Shrewsbury

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Shrewsbury	National	Difference	Rank
% White	95.6%	83.0%	+12.6pp	208/650
% White British	91.5%	74.4%	+17.1pp	168/632
% Asian	2.0%	8.6%	-6.6pp	424/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	0.4%	3.7%	-3.3pp	516/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1.5%	2.7%	-1.2pp	426/650
% Other ethnic group	0.5%	2.0%	-1.5pp	464/650
% UK-born	92.6%	84.0%	+8.7pp	227/650
% Non-UK-born	7.4%	16.0%	-8.7pp	424/650
% Other EU-born	3.7%	6.0%	-2.3pp	399/650
% Other countries-born	3.7%	10.1%	-6.4pp	432/650
% Christian	51.0%	46.7%	+4.3pp	168/575
% Muslim	0.7%	6.3%	-5.7pp	417/575
% Hindu	0.3%	1.6%	-1.4pp	402/575
% Sikh	0.2%	0.9%	-0.7pp	299/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	361/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.1pp	319/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1pp	290/575
% No religion	40.9%	37.0%	+3.9pp	216/575
% Religion not stated	6.2%	6.0%	+0.2pp	196/575
% Has any religion	52.9%	57.0%	-4.1pp	366/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Shrewsbury

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.