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Telford

2010 Results:
Conservative: 14996 (36.3%)
Labour: 15974 (38.67%)
Liberal Democrat: 6399 (15.49%)
BNP: 1513 (3.66%)
UKIP: 2428 (5.88%)
Majority: 978 (2.37%)

Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 17854 (48%)
Conservative: 12338 (33.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 5244 (14.1%)
Other: 1751 (4.7%)
Majority: 5516 (14.8%)

Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 11100 (32.5%)
Labour: 16506 (48.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 4941 (14.4%)
UKIP: 1659 (4.9%)
Majority: 5406 (15.8%)

2001 Result
Conservative: 8471 (27.4%)
Labour: 16854 (54.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 3983 (12.9%)
UKIP: 1098 (3.6%)
Other: 469 (1.5%)
Majority: 8383 (27.2%)

1997 Result
Conservative: 10166 (27.4%)
Labour: 21456 (57.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 4371 (11.8%)
Referendum: 1119 (3%)
Majority: 11290 (30.4%)

Boundary changes:

Profile:

portraitCurrent MP: David Wright(Labour) born 1966, Telford. Educated at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. Local government officer. Wrekin councillor 1989-1997. First elected as MP for Telford 2001. PPS to Jane Kennedy (more information at They work for you)

2010 election candidates:
portraitTom Biggins (Conservative) Educated at Shrewsbury school. Company Director. Shropshire County councillor 1997-2000. Contested Clwyd South in 2001 & 2005.
portraitDavid Wright(Labour) born 1966, Telford. Educated at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. Local government officer. Wrekin councillor 1989-1997. First elected as MP for Telford 2001. PPS to Jane Kennedy (more information at They work for you)
portraitPhillip Bennion (Liberal Democrat)
portraitDenis Allen (UKIP)
portraitPhil Spencer (BNP)

2001 Census Demographics

Total 2001 Population: 88155
Male: 49%
Female: 51%
Under 18: 26%
Over 60: 15.4%
Born outside UK: 4.6%
White: 95%
Black: 0.6%
Asian: 2.4%
Mixed: 1.2%
Other: 0.8%
Christian: 72.6%
Sikh: 1.3%
Full time students: 2.4%
Graduates 16-74: 12.1%
No Qualifications 16-74: 34.1%
Owner-Occupied: 66.9%
Social Housing: 24.3% (Council: 10.1%, Housing Ass.: 14.1%)
Privately Rented: 6%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 4.9%

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63 Responses to “Telford”

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  1. Barnaby JL Marder

    good call there Marder. :)

    May 8th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
  2. Galloglass

    Self praise is no praise Barnaby ;)

    May 8th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
  3. Andy JS

    The Labour majority is 981 not 978.

    June 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 pm
  4. Andrea

    The MP here won’t like the early BC proposals. Teford has been split in 2 Conservatives constituencies with a more than 10% majority.

    I wonder what would have been the result in 2005 for the proposed Telford North and The Wrekin CC?

    September 19th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
  5. John Chanin

    There’s a limit to what notionals can do, but my estimate is that Labour would have won by a few hundred votes. There was a large swing here, as in all the towns surrounding the West Midlands conurbation.

    October 12th, 2011 at 6:20 pm
  6. Shaun Bennett

    Another fairly pointless proposal in the Tory submission here with a proposed name change from Telford North and the Wrekin to become The Wrkein and Telford North.

    Does this really matter??? It’ll be called Telford North and the Wrekin by everybody that refers to it anyway!

    March 19th, 2012 at 10:16 am
  7. Doktorb

    The first tranche of target seats from the Conservatives in 2013…..include some seats they’ve already called for, which tells its own story I think :)

    Anyway, the ten seats in the latest update (including some they’ve already mentioned) are

    Birmingham Northfield
    Bolton West
    Brecon and Radnorshire
    Chippenham
    Chorley
    Eastbourne
    Mid Dorset and North Poole
    Middlesborough South and East Cleveland
    Morley and Outwood
    North Devon
    Somerton and Frome
    Telford
    Torbay
    Vale of Clwyd

    January 9th, 2013 at 8:57 pm
  8. Mike Homfray

    A new town with typically violent swings – but really, are Labour likely to lose this one next time?

    January 9th, 2013 at 11:53 pm
  9. Barnaby Marder

    Their chance was 2010 – next time they’re unlikely to enjoy as strong a national lead (if any, of course) or see Dave Wright give them as much ammunition.

    January 10th, 2013 at 5:23 am
  10. Tim Jones

    I think Telford is stretching things – as is Birmingham Northfield – the only won it once in 1983 – their best year – with the bizarre social conservative Warren Hawksley

    Amd why isn’t Solihull on that list, or any of the South West :London commuter belt seats that the Lib Dems unexpectedly took in 1997?

    January 10th, 2013 at 8:27 am
  11. THE RESULTS

    Hate to correct you Tim but the Tories actually held Northfield in 1987.

    January 10th, 2013 at 9:10 am
  12. Tim Jones

    ‘Hate to correct you Tim but the Tories actually held Northfield in 1987.’

    I never said they didn’t – i was agreeing with Barnaby and Mike about Telford – but like Telford, I do think Northfield is an unrealistic target

    January 10th, 2013 at 10:23 am
  13. THE RESULTS

    Apologies Tim- It was just the way it read to me obviously.

    January 10th, 2013 at 10:27 am
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