the District of Bridgnorth wards of Alveley, Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth East, Bridgnorth Morfe, Bridgnorth West, Broseley East, Broseley West, Claverley, Ditton Priors, Glazeley, Harrington, Highley, Much Wenlock, Morville, Stottesdon, and Worfield. nb. in April 2009 the districts of South Shropshire and Bridgnorth (together with their wards) were abolished; the constituency's extent however is still constituted by reference to them, and will be until the next completed review of constituencies in England. The Ludlow constituency is situated entirely within the county of Shropshire in England. It covers a large, rural area dotted with market towns, the largest of which are Ludlow and Bridgnorth (which was a borough constituency until 1885), each having a population of just over 10,000. The other towns — all with a population of under 5,000 — are Broseley, Clun, Bishop's Castle (a 'rotten borough' constituency until 1832), Cleobury Mortimer, Much Wenlock (former seat of the borough constituency of Wenlock until 1885 and notable for its part in the history of the modern Olympic Games movement), Craven Arms and Church Stretton. On its northeast border (just beyond Broseley) is the Ironbridge Gorge (notable for its part in the Industrial Revolution), just to the south of the large new town of Telford. The Guardian encapsulates the seat in a nutshell as "Big, rural, hills and small towns, increasingly middle class." Other than the Telford borough constituency, Ludlow borders onto similarly rural county constituencies, including Montgomery on the other side of the border with Wales. The constituency covers most of the south area of Shropshire Council (without Shifnal and Albrighton). The most recent boundary changes took place at the 1997 general election, when a part of the Bridgnorth district was removed to The Wrekin constituency. Proposed changes: Under constituency boundary proposals announced in September 2016, ahead of the next general election, the Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock and Broseley areas of the seat were to merge into a new constituency called Telford, Wellington and The Wrekin, and the ward of Chirbury and Worthen into the Shrewsbury constituency, while the remainder will amalgamate with the North Herefordshire constituency to form a new seat called Ludlow & Leominster. Members of Parliament MPs 1473–1660 Constituency created (1473) MPs 1660–1868 MPs 1868–1885 Constituency reduced to one Member (1868) 1868-1885 George Windsor-Clive, Constituency reorganized (1885) MPs since 1885 Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 1980s Elections in