UK Explained

Shrewsbury

Represented in Parliament by Julia Buckley (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Julia Buckley, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Shrewsbury compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 425 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £717£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 177 areas and lower than 471.

UK 3.9%This area 2.5%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Shrewsbury£7172.5%
Hinckley and Bosworth£7152.5%
Frome and East Somerset£7172.4%
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber£7242.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Shrewsbury

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people100,11459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over23%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher34%34%about the same
Households that own their home68%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately18%20%3 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Julia Buckley

Labour

MAJORITY
11,355

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Julia Buckley won with 44% of the votes, and Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Labour44% · 22,932
Conservative22% · 11,577
Reform UK15% · 7,524
Liberal Democrat13% · 6,722
Green Party5% · 2,387
English Democrats0% · 241
Everyone else0% · 177
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Julia BuckleyLabour22,93244.5%
Daniel KawczynskiConservative11,57722.5%
Victor ApplegateReform UK7,52414.6%
Alex WagnerLiberal Democrat6,72213.0%
Julian DeanGreen Party2,3874.6%
Chris BovillEnglish Democrats2410.5%
James GollinsIndependent1770.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£717 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026