List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

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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[]

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † 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†   ¤
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[]

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[]

2010 boundary changes[]

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the existing 11 constituencies in Surrey, with only very minor changes to four of them.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010–present
  1. East Surrey CC
  2. Epsom and Ewell BC
  3. Esher and Walton BC
  4. Guildford CC
  5. Mole Valley CC
  6. Reigate BC
  7. Runnymede and Weybridge CC
  8. South West Surrey CC
  9. Spelthorne BC
  10. Surrey Heath CC
  11. Woking CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes[]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.[3]

The Commission has proposed that Surrey be combined with Berkshire and Hampshire as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, the majority of the abolished constituency of South West Surrey would be combined with parts of the current constituency of East Hampshire to form a new cross-county boundary constituency named Farnham and Bordon. The remainder of South West Surrey would be combined with parts of Guildford, Mole Valley and Surrey Heath to form the new constituency of Godalming and Ash. The town of Egham in the borough of Runnymede would be included in the Berkshire constituency of Windsor, resulting in the proposal to rename Runneymede and Weybridge to Weybridge and Chertsey. Following changes to Mole Valley, it is proposed that this constituency is renamed Dorking and Horley.[4][5][6]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Elmbridge

Containing electoral wards from Epsom and Ewell

Containing electoral wards from Guildford

Containing electoral wards from Mole Valley

  • (part)
  • Epsom and Ewell BC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Reigate and Banstead

Containing electoral wards from Runnymede

  • Weybridge and Chertsey CC (part)
  • Windsor CC (parts also in the boroughs of Slough, and Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire)

Containing electoral wards from Spelthorne

Containing electoral wards from Surrey Heath

  • Surrey Heath CC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Tandridge

  • East Surrey CC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Waverley

  • (part)
  • Godalming and Ash CC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Woking

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history[]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]

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% Decrease4.9% 11 0
Liberal Democrats 179,581 28.6% Increase15.3% 0 0
Labour 79,895 12.7% Decrease8.5% 0 0
Greens 17,165 2.7% Increase0.4% 0 0
Others 13,670 2.3% Decrease2.3% 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
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
Wimbledon† Hood Power Palmer
Carshalton† Head
Sutton and Cheam† Marshall

† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London.

1950 to 1974 (19, then 20 MPs)[]

  Conservative

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
Surrey East† Astor Doughty Clark
Sutton and Cheam† Marshall Sharples Tope
Wimbledon† Black Havers
Woking Watkinson Onslow
Surbiton† Fisher
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 (Spelthorne) 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

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Constituency Boundary changes on the way for 'Your Waverley' and Guildford". Waverley Web. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ "South West Surrey could be split in two". InYourArea.co.uk. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South East region | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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