Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency)

Shrewsbury and Atcham
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Shrewsbury and Atcham in Shropshire.
Location of Shropshire within England.
County	Shropshire
Electorate	73,978 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Shrewsbury
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Shrewsbury
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Coordinates: 52°39′54″N 2°46′08″W / 52.665°N 2.769°W / 52.665; -2.769

Shrewsbury and Atcham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Daniel Kawczynski, a Conservative.

The constituency lies at the centre of Shropshire, a large inland county of England, bordering Wales.

The constituency was established in 1983, replacing the Shrewsbury constituency, although this change was only in name not in its boundaries.

At its heart lies the town of Shrewsbury (population 70,000), which is the county town of Shropshire. It is otherwise a rural constituency. Villages such as Bayston Hill, Ford, Dorrington, Condover, Minsterley, Pontesbury, Bomere Heath, Wroxeter and Atcham are included. Its southern edge is the northern side of the Shropshire Hills AONB. The landscape of the constituency features many small rivers which drain the fields and coppices into the upper plain of the River Severn, cutting straight through the area. The main roads through the area are the A5 and A49.