A look at North Shropshire as the constituency prepares for the polls

Voters in North Shropshire are to elect a new MP for the first time in 24 years.

A by-election is being held following the resignation of Conservative MP Owen Patterson who was found to have breached parliamentary rules on lobbying.

The rural seat has existed in some form since the 1830s and for the past 115 years has always had a Conservative MP.

Political Editor Elizabeth Glinka takes a look at one of the largest seats in the West Midlands.

Correction 17th February 2022: This article originally reported that the Conservative Party held the North Shropshire seat for nearly 200 years. In fact the seat was held by a Liberal MP, under its old name of Oswestry from 1904-1906 following a by-election and so we have amended the article to make clear that the seat was held by the Conservative Party for 115 years.