Ludlow was regained by a Conservative in the 2005 general election, held with a greatly increased majority five years later which was almost doubled in 2015.

in April 2009 the districts of South Shropshire and Bridgnorth (together with their wards) were abolished; the constituency's extent was still constituted by reference to them.

It covered 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.

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.

[n 5] 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.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Clive succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Powis and causing a by-election.