title: Newport (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)
text: # Newport (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)
  
  Newport (Shropshire) is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency for the town of Newport, Shropshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1885 | Robert Bickersteth | Liberal |
  | | 1886 | Robert Bickersteth | Liberal Unionist |
  | | 1886 | William Kenyon-Slaney | Conservative |
  | | 1908 b-e | Beville Stanier | Conservative |
  | 1918 | 1918 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |
  
  ## Elections
  
  ### Elections in the 1880s
  
  General election 1885: Newport (Shropshire) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Robert Bickersteth | 4,694 | 52.0 | |
  | | Conservative | George Bridgeman | 4,333 | 48.0 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 4.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,027 | 84.9 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,636 | | |
  | | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
  
  General election 1886: Newport (Shropshire) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | William Kenyon-Slaney | 4,460 | 60.7 | +12.7 |
  | | Liberal | Clement Higgins | 2,884 | 39.3 | -12.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,576 | 21.4 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,344 | 69.0 | −15.9 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,636 | | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.7 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  General election 1892: Newport (Shropshire) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | William Kenyon-Slaney | 4,815 | 57.7 | −3.0 |
  | | Liberal | William Heath Lander | 3,530 | 42.3 | +3.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,285 | 15.4 | −6.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,345 | 73.6 | +4.6 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,337 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −3.0 | |
  
  General election 1895: Newport (Shropshire) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | William Kenyon-Slaney | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  General election 1900: Newport (Shropshire) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | William Kenyon-Slaney | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  
  General election 1906: Newport (Shropshire) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | William Kenyon-Slaney | 4,853 | 50.9 | N/A |
  | | Liberal | Francis Neilson | 4,677 | 49.1 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 176 | 1.8 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,530 | 88.4 | N/A |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,777 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1908 Newport by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Beville Stanier | 5,328 | 54.9 | +4.0 |
  | | Liberal | Francis Neilson | 4,377 | 45.1 | -4.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 951 | 9.8 | +8.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,705 | 89.9 | +1.5 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,791 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  General election January 1910: Newport (Shropshire) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Beville Stanier | 5,570 | 56.3 | +5.4 |
  | | Liberal | William Edward Moulsdale | 4,324 | 43.7 | −5.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,246 | 12.6 | +10.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,894 | 90.9 | +2.5 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,886 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
  
  General election December 1910: Newport (Shropshire) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Beville Stanier | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
  