Shropshire MPs are odds on with bookies to keep their seats in the General Election

All five Shropshire MPs, and Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies, are odds on with the bookies to retain their seats following May's General Election.

The odds-makers have Owen Paterson, Philip Dunne and Daniel Kawczynski down as certainties to keep their seats in the House of Commons, but Mr Davies and David Wright look to have more of a battle on their hands.

With odds of 1/100 Owen Paterson looks nailed on to sail through unscathed, along with Ludlow MP Mr Dunne who is 1/50.

Shrewsbury & Atcham MP Mr Kawczynski is almost as likely to hold on at 1/20, with the Wrekin's Mark Pritchard at 1/10.

If there is to be a shake-up of the local political landscape, it could come in Telford, where Labour's David Wright is 2/7 to win, the same price as Mr Davies.

Mr Wright's main opposition, according to Ladbrokes, is the Conservative's Lucy Allan, who is priced up as 7/2 to become the first person to knock out Labour from the constituency since its creation in 1997.

Mr Davies also looks set to have a tussle on his hands with Liberal Democrat Jane Dodds, who Paddy Power have made 9/4 to be victorious.

Montgomeryshire was traditionally a Lib Dem stronghold until Mr Davies took the seat from Lembit Opik at the last election for the Tories with a 13.8 per cent swing.

Mr Davies said: "I don't think I have ever been odds-on to win anything before – indeed I was 8/1 when I won the seat five years ago and my wife cashed in by having £50 on me to win.

"It is nice to hear the bookies have me down as favourite at the moment and I will do all I can to prove them correct, but a lot can happen in four months and I won't be taking anything for granted."

In Telford, Mr Wright held his seat in 2010 with a majority of 981 – making the seat one of the most marginal in the country. It was his third general election victory.

Mr Wright said: "It is not something I will particularly take too much notice of, it is nice to hear, but I won't take anything for granted.

"I will be working hard to hold the Telford seat and will work hard in the run up to the election."

Mr Dunne has been MP for Ludlow for 10 years, regaining the seat for the Conservatives in 2005 from the Lib Dems.

He said: "While it is entertaining to see what odds the bookies are quoting on political outcomes, it is not bookmakers who decide elections. I firmly believe that as MP for the Ludlow Constituency I have a duty to work hard and act in the best interests of local residents."

Mr Pritchard became the Conservative MP for The Wrekin in May 2005 and his main opponent is seen as Ukip candidate Jill Seymour who is priced at 5/1 with Paddy Power.

He said: "I do not take anything in life for granted. I will continue to work hard for my constituents every single day. I think the people of The Wrekin want a strong and independent minded and Conservative MP, not some non-descript MP with no backbone or real life experience representing them. I hope they will re-elect me again."

In Shrewsbury, Mr Kawczynski has held the seat for the Conservatives since 2005, when he took it from Labour. He faces his strongest competition from Ukip's Suzanne Evans who is 10/1.

He said: "The bookies can have their say but I am certainly not resting on my laurels. I am looking for a good, clean battle in the run-up to May and I will do all I can to secure every vote possible."

Meanwhile, Mr Paterson is defending a seat which has been held by the Conservatives since it was created in 1832. He has held the seat since 1997 and according to the Electoral Reform Society the seat, which covers Wem, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry and Market Drayton, is considered to be the safest seat in the country.

He said: "I have never been complacent ever since winning by a narrow margin in 1997."

But Mr Paterson has faced some struggles over the past year, including a cabinet re-shuffle that saw him lose position of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.