to Telford constituency, while the remainder would be merged into a new seat called Bridgnorth, Wellington and the Wrekin. In June 2021 the boundary commission put forward a new name for the constituency of "Wellington and Newport" and that the wards of Hodnet and Cheswardine would be added from the North Shropshire constituency. The suggested name change has met with opposition locally. Constituency profile The constituency is in the east of Shropshire, specifically, around The Wrekin hill and therefore in undulating country within fast road access (and some rail access) commuter's reach to the West Midlands, Stafford and Stoke on Trent. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 3.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Note: although The Wrekin was a Labour-held seat in the previous Parliament, boundary changes removed many Labour-leaning areas that now fall in the neighbouring seat of Telford, which Bruce Grocott decided to contest in 1997 instead of the new Wrekin seat. These changes made it notionally a Conservative seat, hence this is a gain rather than a hold. Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1940s Elections in the 1930s General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: James Baldwin-Webb Labour: Ivor Owen Thomas Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1910s See also Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire Notes References Wrekin Telford and Wrekin Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918