Simon Baynes MP won the backing of the membership at a meeting earlier today.

Mr Baynes, the current Clwyd South MP, is set to see his constituency abolished as part of boundary changes.

The North Shropshire membership had been given the choice of two candidates – Mr Baynes, and Shropshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing and Assets, Councillor Dean Carroll.

Mr Baynes will be tasked with winning the constituency back from the Liberal Democrats, who wrenched the seat from Conservative control in December 2021, with a by-election victory