North West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
North West Surrey | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Surrey |
February 1974–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Surrey Heath (part) Runnymede and Weybridge (remainder) |
Created from | Chertsey |
North West Surrey was a county constituency in the county of Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
History[]
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Boundaries[]
1974–1997: The Urban Districts of (1) Egham, and (2) Frimley and Camberley (and the Rural District of Bagshot). In later 1974 these became respectively: (1) the Borough of Runnymede wards of Egham, Englefield Green East, Englefield Green West, Hythe, Thorpe, and Virginia Water; (2) the Borough of Surrey Heath.[1]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Sir Michael Grylls | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Surrey Heath, Runnymede and Weybridge |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Grylls | 28,841 | 52.63 | ||
Liberal | LE Sims | 13,892 | 25.35 | ||
Labour | AA Clifton | 11,608 | 21.18 | ||
National Coalition | DB Foster | 463 | 0.84 | New | |
Majority | 14,949 | 27.28 | |||
Turnout | 54,804 | 80.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Grylls | 25,524 | 52.28 | ||
Labour | PF Whitely | 11,943 | 24.46 | ||
Liberal | LE Sims | 11,356 | 23.26 | ||
Majority | 13,581 | 27.82 | |||
Turnout | 48,823 | 70.83 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Grylls | 36,219 | 63.75 | ||
Labour | R Sharpe | 10,763 | 18.94 | ||
Liberal | D Simpson | 9,037 | 15.91 | ||
National Front | R Heath | 796 | 1.40 | New | |
Majority | 25,456 | 44.81 | |||
Turnout | 56,815 | 75.55 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Grylls | 35,297 | 64.14 | ||
Liberal | J Weedon | 14,279 | 25.95 | ||
Labour | J Burrow | 5,452 | 9.91 | ||
Majority | 21,018 | 38.19 | |||
Turnout | 55,028 | 70.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Grylls | 38,535 | 64.00 | ||
Liberal | Chic Brodie | 14,960 | 24.80 | ||
Labour | John Cooper | 6,751 | 11.21 | ||
Majority | 23,575 | 39.80 | |||
Turnout | 60,246 | 72.51 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Grylls | 41,772 | 63.8 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris M. Clark | 13,378 | 20.4 | −4.4 | |
Labour | Mark Hayhurst | 8,886 | 13.6 | +2.4 | |
Green | Yvonne Hockey | 1,441 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 28,394 | 43.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 65,477 | 78.3 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Notes and references[]
- ^ Local Government Act 1972
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1974
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997
- Politics of Surrey