2021 North Shropshire by-election

2021 North Shropshire by-election
16 December 2021 (2021-12-16)
North Shropshire constituency
Registered82,314
Turnout46.2% ( 21.7 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Candidate Helen Morgan Neil Shastri-Hurst Ben Wood
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Popular vote 17,957 12,032 3,686
Percentage 47.2% 31.6% 9.7%
Swing 37.2 pp 31.1 pp 12.4 pp
MP before election

Owen Paterson
Conservative

Elected MP

Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrats

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of North Shropshire was held on 16 December 2021, triggered by the resignation of the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Owen Paterson. It was won by Helen Morgan of the Liberal Democrats, with a large swing of 34%.

It was the party's second gain from the Conservatives since the 2019 general election following their victory at Chesham and Amersham in June 2021.

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