List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
Encyclopedia
The county
of Surrey
is divided into 11 Parliamentary constituencies
- 4 Borough constituencies
and 7 County constituencies.
Guilford and South West Surrey
The net effect is to reduce the size of the Guildford seat.
Reigate and Epsom & Ewell
This increases the size of the Reigate seat. Overall the disparity across the county is reduced from 11,000 to 8,000.
, Busbridge
and Hascombe
into South West Surrey and a public review meeting was called which was dominated by this. The objections centred on the argument that the area had stronger links, including transport services, to Guildford than to Farnham
and Godalming
. Some noted that the previous Boundary Commission rejected a proposal to move Bramley after public objection. However this would have been to Mole Valley and the petitioners, including Bramley Parish Council, had stated that whilst they preferred to stay in Guildford, if they had to move they would prefer to be moved to South West Surrey. Also Bramley was not the entirety of the ward and the Commission was deeply reluctant to divide wards. The review upheld the proposals.
Objections were also made to the names of Guildford, Surrey Heath and Reigate. In general the objections were limited by a desire to avoid name changes unless majority boundary changes were made.
The objection to Guildford was lodged by a non resident who proposed "Guildford and Cranleigh
" to take into account the large village in the seat. This was rejected, with the citation that there was no local support.
Reigate was objected to by those who proposed "Reigate and Banstead", the name of the district. Amongst those objecting were both Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Crispin Blunt
, the local MP. However the seat covers only 70% of the district, with Reigate at its centre, whilst Banstead (in the north east corner) has a history of being moved between seats. The present name was retained.
Surrey Heath received objections, in part because of the 20% of the constituency that is outside the Surrey Heath
district. Alternative suggested included "North West Surrey" (the pre 1997 name), "Camberley
and Ash
" and "West Surrey". However this proposal was opposed by many, including the Surrey Heath borough council. The objection was rejection as the identity was clear and the alternatives were divided and even more imprecise.
The proposed changes to Reigate, Epsom & Ewell and Mole Valley did not meet objections.
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of subdivisions of England used for the purposes of local government outside Greater London. As originally constituted, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties each consisted of multiple districts, had a county council and...
of Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
is divided into 11 Parliamentary constituencies
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
- 4 Borough constituencies
and 7 County constituencies.
Constituencies
| ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency. | Electorate | MajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival. | Member of Parliament Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,... |
Nearest opposition | Map | ||
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| East Surrey CC East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency) East Surrey is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.... |
74,786 | 16,874 | Sam Gyimah Sam Gyimah Samuel Phillip Gyimah is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for East Surrey at the 2010 general election.-Education:... |
David Lee | |||
| Epsom and Ewell BC Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency) Epsom and Ewell is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :... |
72,866 | 16,134 | Chris Grayling Chris Grayling Christopher Stephen "Chris" Grayling, PC, MP , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Shadow Cabinet from 2005 to 2010 and was the party's Shadow Home Secretary from 2009 to 2010. Following the 2010 general election, he was appointed a Minister of State in the... |
Jonathan Lees | |||
| Esher and Walton BC | 74,052 | 18,593 | Dominic Raab Dominic Raab Dominic Rennie Raab is a British Conservative politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Esher and Walton in Surrey and is a former international business lawyer.-Biography:... |
Lionel Blackman Lionel Blackman Lionel Blackman is an English solicitor advocate and senior partner of a criminal litigation practice. He has an interest in human rights, and is the current chairman of the Solicitors' International Human Rights Group , a group he co-founded in 2005.... |
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| Guildford CC Guildford (UK Parliament constituency) Guildford is a county constituency in Surrey which returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.... |
74,987 | 7,782 | Anne Milton Anne Milton Anne Frances Milton is a British Conservative Party politician and former nurse who has been the Member of Parliament for Guildford since 2005. After service on the Health Select Committee, in November 2006 she was appointed Shadow Minister for Tourism. In July 2007 she was appointed Shadow... |
Sue Doughty Sue Doughty Susan Kathleen Doughty, known as Sue Doughty, is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Guildford .-Early life:... |
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| Mole Valley CC Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Mole Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... |
69,093 | 15,653 | Sir Paul Beresford Paul Beresford Sir Alexander Paul Beresford is a British Conservative Party politician, practising dentist and the Member of Parliament for Mole Valley.-Early life:... |
Alice Humphreys | |||
| Reigate BC Reigate (UK Parliament constituency) Reigate is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... |
67,432 | 13,591 | Crispin Blunt Crispin Blunt Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the Reigate constituency in Surrey, and since May 2010 he has been the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice.He first entered... |
Jane Kulka | |||
| Runnymede and Weybridge CC | 73,357 | 16,509 | Philip Hammond Philip Hammond Philip Hammond MP is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the current Defence Secretary in the Coalition government led by David Cameron, having succeeded Liam Fox on 14 October 2011... |
Andrew Falconer | |||
| South West Surrey CC | 75,107 | 16,318 | Jeremy Hunt | Mike Simpson | |||
| Spelthorne BC Spelthorne (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:-Elections in the 1980s:-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1960s:... |
69,291 | 10,019 | Kwasi Kwarteng Kwasi Kwarteng Dr Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng is a British Conservative Party politician. After the retirement of Conservative MP David Wilshire, Kwarteng was elected as Member of Parliament for Spelthorne in Surrey in the 2010 general election, winning the seat with 22,261 votes and a majority of 10,019.-Early... |
Mark Chapman | |||
| Surrey Heath CC Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency) Surrey Heath is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. Since the 2005 general election the MP has been Michael Gove, a senior figure in the Conservative Party... |
75,454 | 17,289 | Michael Gove Michael Gove Michael Andrew Gove, MP is a British politician, who currently serves as the Secretary of State for Education and as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the Surrey Heath constituency. He is also a published author and former journalist.Born in Edinburgh, Gove was raised in Aberdeen... |
Alan Hillar | |||
| Woking CC Woking (UK Parliament constituency) Woking is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election... |
71,260 | 6,807 | Jonathan Lord Jonathan Lord Jonathan George Caladine Lord is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament for Woking at the 2010 general election... |
Rosie Sharpley | |||
General Election 2010 results
The following table shows the results for all Surrey constituencies in the General Election in 2010. The results are given as percentages.| Con | Lib Dem | Lab | UKIP | Others | |
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| East Surrey | 56.7 | 25.9 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 56.2 | 26.8 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
| Esher and Walton | 58.9 | 24.8 | 10.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| Guildford | 53.3 | 39.3 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| Mole Valley | 57.5 | 28.7 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 |
| Reigate | 53.4 | 26.2 | 11.3 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Runnymede and Weybridge | 55.9 | 21.6 | 13.4 | 6.5 | 2.5 |
| South West Surrey | 58.7 | 30.2 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Spelthorne | 47.1 | 25.9 | 16.5 | 8.5 | 2.2 |
| Surrey Heath | 57.6 | 25.8 | 10.2 | 6.3 | -- |
| Woking | 50.3 | 37.4 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| Average | 55.1 | 28.4 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
Initial proposals
The initial proposals envisaged no changes at all for the seats of East Surrey, Esher and Walton, Runnymede and Weybridge, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath and Woking seats, whilst the only changes proposed for Mole Valley involved realignment of largely rural ward boundaries with Epsom & Ewell that did not move any voters. However there was a disparity of over 11,000 voters between the Guildford and Reigate seats and the Commission proposed to make the following amendments:Guilford and South West Surrey
- Move the entire WaverleyWaverley, SurreyWaverley is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. The borough's headquarters are in the town of Godalming, with Farnham and Haslemere being the other large notable towns....
ward of Bramley, Bushridge and Hascombe into South West Surrey - Move the entire Waverley ward of Alford, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green into Guildford.
The net effect is to reduce the size of the Guildford seat.
Reigate and Epsom & Ewell
- Move the Reigate and BansteadReigate and BansteadReigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey England. It covers the towns of Reigate, Banstead, Redhill and Horley....
ward of Preston from Epsom & Ewell into Reigate.
This increases the size of the Reigate seat. Overall the disparity across the county is reduced from 11,000 to 8,000.
History
Surrey has always been a strong Conservative supporting county. Indeed, at the 2005 general election, all eleven constituencies returned Conservative MPs.Consultation and final recommendations
The main objections focused upon the moving of BramleyBramley, Surrey
Bramley is a village and civil parish about three miles south of Guildford in the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, south east England. With a population of c.3,300 most of the parish lies in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is evidence of iron age settlement in the area,...
, Busbridge
Busbridge
Busbridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Waverley in Surrey. It has a population of 758. It forms part of the Waverley ward of Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe....
and Hascombe
Hascombe
Hascombe is a village in Surrey, England. It contains a cluster of cottages and country estates, St Peter's church, the village green and The White Horse pub, all nestling between wooded hillsides in Surrey, England....
into South West Surrey and a public review meeting was called which was dominated by this. The objections centred on the argument that the area had stronger links, including transport services, to Guildford than to Farnham
Farnham
Farnham is a town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. The town is situated some 42 miles southwest of London in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire...
and Godalming
Godalming
Godalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France...
. Some noted that the previous Boundary Commission rejected a proposal to move Bramley after public objection. However this would have been to Mole Valley and the petitioners, including Bramley Parish Council, had stated that whilst they preferred to stay in Guildford, if they had to move they would prefer to be moved to South West Surrey. Also Bramley was not the entirety of the ward and the Commission was deeply reluctant to divide wards. The review upheld the proposals.
Objections were also made to the names of Guildford, Surrey Heath and Reigate. In general the objections were limited by a desire to avoid name changes unless majority boundary changes were made.
The objection to Guildford was lodged by a non resident who proposed "Guildford and Cranleigh
Cranleigh
Cranleigh is a large village, self-proclaimed the largest in England, and is situated 8 miles south east of Godalming in Surrey. It lies to the east of the A281 which links Guildford with Horsham; neighbouring villages include: Ewhurst, Alfold and Hascombe....
" to take into account the large village in the seat. This was rejected, with the citation that there was no local support.
Reigate was objected to by those who proposed "Reigate and Banstead", the name of the district. Amongst those objecting were both Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and Crispin Blunt
Crispin Blunt
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the Reigate constituency in Surrey, and since May 2010 he has been the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice.He first entered...
, the local MP. However the seat covers only 70% of the district, with Reigate at its centre, whilst Banstead (in the north east corner) has a history of being moved between seats. The present name was retained.
Surrey Heath received objections, in part because of the 20% of the constituency that is outside the Surrey Heath
Surrey Heath
Surrey Heath is a local government district with Borough status in Surrey, England. Its Council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt....
district. Alternative suggested included "North West Surrey" (the pre 1997 name), "Camberley
Camberley
Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...
and Ash
Ash, Surrey
Ash is a village and civil parish in the borough of Guildford, Surrey, with a population of 17,549 according to the 2001 census. It is at the far west of the Guildford borough, and the urban development in the parish runs directly into Aldershot, which is on the western side of the River...
" and "West Surrey". However this proposal was opposed by many, including the Surrey Heath borough council. The objection was rejection as the identity was clear and the alternatives were divided and even more imprecise.
The proposed changes to Reigate, Epsom & Ewell and Mole Valley did not meet objections.
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Used from 1983 to 1997
- Chertsey and WaltonChertsey and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)Chertsey and Walton was a parliamentary constituency in Surrey which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....
- East SurreyEast Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)East Surrey is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
- Epsom and EwellEpsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)Epsom and Ewell is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
- EsherEsher (UK Parliament constituency)Esher was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Members of Parliament:- Elections in the 1990s :...
- Mole ValleyMole Valley (UK Parliament constituency)Mole Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
- GuildfordGuildford (UK Parliament constituency)Guildford is a county constituency in Surrey which returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....
- North West Surrey
- ReigateReigate (UK Parliament constituency)Reigate is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
- South West Surrey
- SpelthorneSpelthorne (UK Parliament constituency)-Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:-Elections in the 1980s:-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1960s:...
- WokingWoking (UK Parliament constituency)Woking is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
Used from 1974 to 1983
- Chertsey and WaltonChertsey and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)Chertsey and Walton was a parliamentary constituency in Surrey which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....
- DorkingDorking (UK Parliament constituency)Dorking was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Dorking in Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the 1950 general election until it was abolished for the 1983 general election and replaced by the Mole Valley...
- East SurreyEast Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)East Surrey is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
- Epsom and EwellEpsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)Epsom and Ewell is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
- EsherEsher (UK Parliament constituency)Esher was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Members of Parliament:- Elections in the 1990s :...
- FarnhamFarnham (UK Parliament constituency)Farnham was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Surrey, in south east England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, until it was abolished for the 1983 general election...
- GuildfordGuildford (UK Parliament constituency)Guildford is a county constituency in Surrey which returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....
- North West Surrey
- ReigateReigate (UK Parliament constituency)Reigate is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
- SpelthorneSpelthorne (UK Parliament constituency)-Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:-Elections in the 1980s:-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1960s:...
- WokingWoking (UK Parliament constituency)Woking is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
Results
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