Telford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Telford in Shropshire.
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Location of Shropshire within England.
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| County | Shropshire |
| Electorate | 65,938 (December 2010) |
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| Created | 1997 |
| Member of parliament | Lucy Allan (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | The Wrekin |
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| European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
Coordinates: 52°40′41″N 2°26′56″W / 52.678°N 2.449°W
Telford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Lucy Allan, a Conservative, who defeated David Wright, the former Labour Party MP for the seat.
Created from the more rural Wrekin constituency for the 1997 general election, Telford was continuously held by the Labour Party, with a change in candidate in 2001, until the 2015 general election when the Conservatives took the seat from David Wright. Bruce Grocott was its first-ever MP, serving for the first four years. In 2010 Wright's majority fell to a marginal figure of 981 votes, and he lost in 2015 by 730 votes, the narrowest result to date.
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