List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
The county of Surrey is divided into 11 Parliamentary constituencies (sub-classified into four of borough type and seven of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). The county saw the vast bulk of its population and seats removed on the creation of the County of London in 1889 and its wider replacement the county of Greater London in 1965. Reflecting its mainly suburban and rural nature, all seats covering the present definition of Surrey have been held by Conservative MPs at each general election since 1885, with the exception of two Liberals in 1906 and 1 Liberal Democrat in 2001.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Surrey | 83,148 | 24,040 | Claire Coutinho† | Alex Ehmann¤ | |||
Epsom and Ewell | 81,138 | 17,873 | Chris Grayling† | Stephen Gee¤ | |||
Esher and Walton | 81,184 | 2,743 | Dominic Raab† | Monica Harding¤ | |||
Guildford | 77,729 | 3,337 | Angela Richardson† | Zöe Franklin¤ | |||
Mole Valley | 74,665 | 12,011 | Sir Paul Beresford† | Paul Kennedy¤ | |||
Reigate | 74,242 | 18,310 | Crispin Blunt† | Susan Gregory‡ | |||
Runnymede and Weybridge | 77,196 | 18,270 | Ben Spencer† | Robert King‡ | |||
South West Surrey | 79,096 | 8,817 | Jeremy Hunt† | Paul Follows¤ | |||
Spelthorne | 70,929 | 18,393 | Kwasi Kwarteng† | Pavitar Mann‡ | |||
Surrey Heath | 81,349 | 18,349 | Michael Gove† | Alasdair Pinkerton¤ | |||
Woking | 75,424 | 9,767 | Jonathan Lord† | Will Forster¤ | |||
Historic List of Constituencies in Surrey
Used from 1950 to 1974
- Chertsey
- Dorking
- Epsom
- Esher
- Farnham
- Guildford
- Reigate
- East Surrey
- Spelthorne (previous county: Middlesex abolished in 1965)
- Woking
Eleven other seats fell within the north-east of Surrey until 1965, forming the metropolitan part closest to London and the majority of the population (shown in the Historical Representation tables below). These were moved into Greater London leaving a predominantly suburban and rural content.
Used from 1974 to 1983
Used from 1983 to 1997
Boundary review (2010)
Initial proposals
The initial proposals at the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which reported prior to 2010 envisaged no changes for the seats of East Surrey, Esher and Walton, Runnymede and Weybridge, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath and Woking seats. Changes for Mole Valley would realign rural ward boundaries with Epsom & Ewell not moving any voters. A disparity of around 11,000 electors exists between Guildford and Reigate seats. These amendments are envisaged, reducing it to 8,000 of patent malapportionment due to population change:
Guildford and South West Surrey, move:
- Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe ward into South West Surrey, from Guildford
- Alford, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green ward into Guildford, from S.W. Surrey
Reigate and Epsom & Ewell
- Move Preston (near Tadworth) from Epsom & Ewell into Reigate.
Consultation and final recommendations
The main objections focused upon the moving of Bramley, 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.
Name | Current boundaries | Proposed revision |
---|---|---|
Proposed boundary changes
The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[3] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[4] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.
The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[5] See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Surrey in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 336,561 | 53.7% | 4.9% | 11 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 179,581 | 28.6% | 15.3% | 0 | 0 |
Labour | 79,895 | 12.7% | 8.5% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 17,165 | 2.7% | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 13,670 | 2.3% | 2.3% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 626,872 | 100.0 | 11 |
Percentage votes
Note that before 1974 Surrey included a considerable part of what is now London.
Election year | 1924 | 1929 | 1935 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 71.8 | 53.8 | 69.8 | 49.9 | 55.8 | 61.0 | 62.4 | 59.9 | 51.6 | 50.1 | 55.6 | 50.2 | 50.5 | 59.3 | 59.4 | 60.6 | 59.9 | 46.2 | 47.6 | 50.5 | 55.2 | 58.1 | 58.6 | 53.7 |
Labour | 4.6 | 20.5 | 26.3 | 40.7 | 34.4 | 36.8 | 34.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 33.3 | 30.3 | 20.1 | 23.5 | 20.2 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 22.3 | 21.8 | 16.7 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 21.2 | 12.7 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 23.6 | 25.7 | 3.9 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 29.3 | 25.6 | 19.8 | 28.6 | 27.6 | 25.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 28.4 | 28.5 | 9.8 | 13.3 | 28.6 |
Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 4.8 | 12.9 | 2.0 | * |
Other | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.03 | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1pre-1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Accurate vote percentages cannot be obtained for the elections of 1918, 1922, 1923 and 1931 because at least one candidate stood unopposed.
Seats
Election year | 1974
(Feb) |
1974
(Oct) |
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
General Election 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010 results
The following tables show the results for all Surrey constituencies in the General Elections in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010. The results are given as percentages.
2019 | Con | Lib
Dem |
Lab | Green | UKIP | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Surrey | 59.7 | 19.4 | 13.8 | 3.9 | - | 3.2 |
Epsom and Ewell | 53.5 | 23.5 | 17.2 | 3.4 | - | 2.4 |
Esher and Walton | 49.4 | 45.0 | 4.5 | - | - | 1.2 |
Guildford | 44.9 | 39.2 | 7.7 | - | - | 8.2 |
Mole Valley | 55.4 | 34.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Reigate | 53.9 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 6.0 | 1.2 | - |
Runnymede and Weybridge | 54.9 | 17.3 | 20.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
South West Surrey | 53.3 | 38.7 | 7.9 | - | - | - |
Spelthorne | 58.9 | 15.1 | 21.7 | 4.3 | - | - |
Surrey Heath | 58.6 | 27.3 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 1.1 | - |
Woking | 48.9 | 30.8 | 16.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | - |
Average | 53.8 | 28.6 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
2017 | Con | Lab | Lib Dem | UKIP | Green | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Surrey | 59.6 | 19.2 | 10.5 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
Epsom and Ewell | 59.6 | 25.0 | 12.5 | - | 2.9 | - |
Esher and Walton | 58.6 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
Guildford | 54.6 | 19.0 | 23.9 | - | 2.1 | 0.5 |
Mole Valley | 61.9 | 13.9 | 19.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | - |
Reigate | 57.4 | 24.7 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | - |
Runnymede and Weybridge | 60.9 | 25.9 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | - |
South West Surrey | 55.7 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 1.8 | - | 20.0 |
Spelthorne | 57.3 | 30.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 2.2 | - |
Surrey Heath | 64.2 | 21.1 | 10.8 | - | 3.9 | - |
Woking | 54.1 | 23.9 | 17.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
Average | 58.5 | 21.9 | 12.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
2015 | Con | Lab | UKIP | Lib Dem | Green | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Surrey | 57.4 | 11.8 | 17.0 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
Epsom and Ewell | 58.3 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 1.3 |
Esher and Walton | 62.9 | 12.7 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 1.1 |
Guildford | 57.1 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 15.5 | 4.7 | 1.8 |
Mole Valley | 60.6 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 14.5 | 5.4 | -- |
Reigate | 56.8 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 6.7 | -- |
Runnymede and Weybridge | 59.7 | 15.5 | 13.9 | 6.7 | 4.1 | -- |
South West Surrey | 59.9 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 9.1 |
Spelthorne | 49.7 | 18.6 | 20.9 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
Surrey Heath | 59.9 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 1.2 |
Woking | 56.2 | 16.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
Average | 58.0 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
2010 | Con | Lib Dem | Lab | UKIP | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Maps
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist National Party
Constituency | 1885 | 86 | 1886 | 92 | 1892 | 95 | 1895 | 97 | 99 | 1900 | 03 | 04 | 1906 | 07 | 09 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 12 | 16 | 17 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chertsey | Hankey | Combe | Leigh-Bennett | Fyler | Bingham | Marnham | Macmaster | |||||||||||||
Croydon | Grantham | Herbert | Ritchie | Arnold-Forster | Hermon-Hodge | Malcolm | ||||||||||||||
Epsom | Cubitt | Bucknill | W. Keswick | H. Keswick | ||||||||||||||||
Guildford | Brodrick | Cowan | Horne | |||||||||||||||||
Kingston upon Thames | Ellis | Temple | Skewes-Cox | Cave | ||||||||||||||||
Reigate | Lawrence | Cubitt | Brodie | Rawson | → | |||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Bonsor | Hambro | Chaplin | Coats |
Note the 15 other seats of Surrey created in 1885 which primarily or wholly lay in the 1889-created County of London are not included in this list.
1918 to 1950 (12, then 14 MPs)
Conservative Independent Conservative Labour
Constituency | 1918 | 19 | 22 | 1922 | 23 | 1923 | 1924 | 28 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 32 | 1935 | 37 | 40 | 1945 | 47 | 48 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carshalton† | Head | |||||||||||||||||
Chertsey | Macmaster | Richardson | Boyd-Carpenter | Marsden | ||||||||||||||
Croydon North† | Borwick | Mason | Willink | Harris | ||||||||||||||
Croydon South† | Malcolm | Smith | Mitchell-Thomson | Williams | Rees-Williams | |||||||||||||
Epsom | Blades | Southby | McCorquodale | |||||||||||||||
Farnham | Samuel | Nicholson | ||||||||||||||||
Guildford | Horne | Buckingham | Rhys | Jarvis | ||||||||||||||
Kingston upon Thames† | Campbell | Penny | Royds | Boyd-Carpenter | ||||||||||||||
Mitcham† | Worsfold | Chuter Ede | Meller | Robertson | Braddock | |||||||||||||
Reigate | Cockerill | Touche | ||||||||||||||||
Richmond (Surrey)† | Edgar | Becker | → | Moore | Ray | Harvie-Watt | ||||||||||||
Surrey East† | Coats | Galbraith | Emmott | Astor | ||||||||||||||
Sutton and Cheam† | Marshall | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon† | Hood | Power | Palmer |
† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London.
1950 to 1974 (19, then 20 MPs)
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 54 | 1955 | 1959 | 60 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 72 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carshalton† | Head | Elliot | ||||||||
Chertsey | Heald | Grylls | ||||||||
Croydon East / Croydon NE (from 1955)† | Williams | Hughes-Hallett | Weatherill | |||||||
Croydon North / Croydon NW (from 1955)† | Harris | Taylor | ||||||||
Croydon West / Croydon S (from 1955)† | Thompson | Winnick | Thompson | |||||||
Dorking | Touche | Sinclair | ||||||||
Epsom | McCorquodale | Rawlinson | ||||||||
Esher | Robson-Brown | Mather | ||||||||
Farnham | Nicholson | Macmillan | ||||||||
Guildford | Nugent | Howell | ||||||||
Kingston upon Thames† | Boyd-Carpenter | |||||||||
Merton and Morden† | Ryder | Atkins | Fookes | |||||||
Mitcham† | Carr | |||||||||
Reigate | Vaughan-Morgan | Howe | ||||||||
Richmond (Surrey)† | Harvie-Watt | Royle | ||||||||
Surbiton† | N/A | Fisher | ||||||||
Surrey East† | Astor | Doughty | Clark | |||||||
Sutton and Cheam† | Marshall | Sharples | Tope | |||||||
Wimbledon† | Black | Havers | ||||||||
Woking | Watkinson | Onslow | ||||||||
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 54 | 1955 | 1959 | 60 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 72 |
† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London
1974 to present (11 MPs)
In 1965 half (ten) of Surrey's constituencies were moved to the new county of Greater London, but constituencies based on the old boundaries continued to be used until 1974, when Surrey gained one constituency from the abolished administrative county of Middlesex.
Liberal Democrat MP Sue Doughty, who won Guildford in 2001 with a winning margin of 1.2%, was the first candidate to take a seat from the Conservatives in the area covered by the present county of Surrey in 56 years.
Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats Referendum Party
Constituency | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 78 | 1979 | 1983 | 84 | 1987 | 1992 | 97 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chertsey & Walton / Runnymede & Weybridge (1997) | Pattie | Hammond | → | Spencer | |||||||||||||
Dorking (1974–83) / Mole Valley (1983-) | Sinclair | Wickenden | Baker | Beresford | |||||||||||||
Epsom and Ewell | Rawlinson | Hamilton | Grayling | ||||||||||||||
Esher (1974–97) / Esher and Walton (1997-) | Mather | Taylor | Raab | ||||||||||||||
Farnham (1974–83) / SW Surrey (1983-) | Macmillan | Bottomley | Hunt | ||||||||||||||
Guildford | Howell | St Aubyn | Doughty | Milton | → | Richardson | |||||||||||
Reigate | Gardiner | → | Blunt | ||||||||||||||
Spelthorne | Atkins | Wilshire | Kwarteng | ||||||||||||||
Surrey East | Howe | Ainsworth | Gyimah | → | Coutinho | ||||||||||||
Surrey NW (1974–97) / Surrey Heath (1997-) | Grylls | Hawkins | Gove | ||||||||||||||
Woking | Onslow | Malins | Lord |
Notes
- BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
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