Woking (UK Parliament constituency)

Woking
Woking
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Woking in Surrey
	Location of Surrey within England
County	Surrey
Electorate	74,328 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Brookwood, Byfleet, Woking
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of Parliament	Jonathan Lord (Conservative)
Created from	Chertsey and Farnham

Woking is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jonathan Lord, a Conservative. Since it was first created for the 1950 general election, it has returned solely Conservative Party candidates.

Constituency profile[]

The seat includes Woking itself, and a substantial Armed Forces presence at Pirbright Camp and Ash Ranges. Voters are wealthier than the UK average.^[1]

History[]

It was created in 1950 from the county constituencies of Chertsey and lightly populated parts of Farnham.^{[n 1]}

With exceptions in 1974 (February election), 1997, 2005 and 2010, when the majority was less, Woking has returned a Conservative candidate whose majority has exceeded 15% of the votes cast, with a Liberal Democrat the runner-up in the five general elections until 2015 when a Labour candidate polled second place. Its MP since 2010 is Jonathan Lord. The narrowest margin of victory was 11.2% of the vote, in 1997, its most marginal result. The 2015 result made the seat the 41st-safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.^[2]

There are a number of Liberal Democrat councillors locally and one Labour-voting ward (Canalside), but the Conservatives usually hold the majority of the wards comfortably.

Boundaries[]

1950–74: The Urban Districts of Frimley and Camberley, and Woking, and in the Rural District of Guildford the parishes of Ash, Normandy, and Pirbright.
1974–83: as above less Frimley and Camberley. Note in 1974 the areas became parts of Woking (borough) and Guildford (borough).
1983–97: unchanged (i.e. The Borough of Woking, and the Borough of Guildford wards of Ash, Ash Vale, Normandy, and Pirbright.)
1997–present: as above less Ash and Ash Vale

The 1974-recipient seat of Frimley and Camberley was North West Surrey (abolished in 1997). The 1997-recipient of Ash and Ash Vale was Surrey Heath. The constituency is based around the town of Woking in Surrey. The Boundary Commission for England made no boundary changes for Woking in the review before the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament[]

	Member^[3]	Party
1950	Harold Watkinson	Conservative
1964	Sir Cranley Onslow	Conservative
1997	Humfrey Malins	Conservative
2010	Jonathan Lord	Conservative

Elections[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

General election 2019: Woking^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Lord	26,396	48.9	–5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Will Forster	16,629	30.8	+13.2
	Labour	Gerry Mitchell	8,827	16.4	–7.5
	Green	Ella Walding	1,485	2.8	+0.8
	UKIP	Troy de Leon	600	1.1	–1.0
Majority			9,767	18.1	–12.1
Turnout			53,933	71.5	–1.0
Registered electors			75,455
	Conservative hold		Swing	–9.3

General election 2017: Woking^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Lord	29,903	54.1	-2.1
	Labour	Fiona Colley	13,179	23.9	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Will Forster	9,711	17.6	+6.0
	UKIP	Troy de Leon	1,161	2.1	-9.2
	Green	James Brierley	1,092	2.0	-2.1
	Independent	Hassan Akberali	200	0.4	New
Majority			16,724	30.2	-9.8
Turnout			55,246	72.5	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.9

General election 2015: Woking^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Lord	29,199	56.2	+5.9
	Labour	Jill Rawling	8,389	16.1	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Took	6,047	11.6	−25.8
	UKIP	Rob Burberry	5,873	11.3	+7.5
	Green	Martin Robson	2,109	4.1	New
	CISTA	Declan Wade	229	0.4	New
	Magna Carta Conservation Party Great Britain	Ruth Temple	77	0.1	New
	The Evolution Party	Angela Woolford	41	0.1	New
Majority			20,810	40.0	+27.1
Turnout			51,964	70.0	−1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.1

On 9 June 2015, it was announced that the 2015 election result had been challenged by the Magna Carta Conservation Party candidate, Ruth Temple. Temple claimed in her petition that Jonathan Lord had been ineligible to stand^[why?] and was thus not duly elected.^[9]^[10]

General election 2010: Woking^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Lord	26,551	50.3	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rosie Sharpley	19,744	37.4	+4.3
	Labour	Tom Miller	4,246	8.0	−8.3
	UKIP	Rob Burberry	1,997	3.8	+0.9
	Peace	Julie Roxburgh	204	0.4	New
	Magna Carta Conservation Party Great Britain	Ruth Temple	44	0.1	New
Majority			6,807	12.9	−1.5
Turnout			52,786	71.5	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

Elections in the 2000s[]

General election 2005: Woking^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Humfrey Malins	21,838	47.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Lee	15,226	33.1	+2.8
	Labour	Ellie Blagbrough	7,507	16.3	−4.0
	UKIP	Matthew Davies	1,324	2.9	−0.5
		Michael Osman	150	0.3	New
Majority			6,612	14.4	-1.3
Turnout			46,045	63.4	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

General election 2001: Woking^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Humfrey Malins	19,747	46.0	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hilliar	12,988	30.3	+3.0
	Labour	Sabir Hussain	8,714	20.3	−0.7
	UKIP	Michael Harvey	1,461	3.4	+2.4
Majority			6,759	15.7	+4.6
Turnout			42,910	60.2	−12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1990s[]

General election 1997: Woking^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Humfrey Malins	19,553	38.4	−20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Goldenberg	13,875	27.3	+0.2
	Labour	Katie Hanson	10,695	21.0	+7.6
	Ind. Conservative	Hugh Bell	3,933	7.7	New
	Referendum	Christopher Skeate	2,209	4.3	New
	UKIP	Michael Harvey	512	1.0	New
	Natural Law	Deirdre Sleeman	137	0.3	-0.2
Majority			5,678	11.1	-19.9
Turnout			50,914	72.7	-6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.3

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General election 1992: Woking^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	37,744	58.9	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy A. Buckrell	17,902	28.0	−3.4
	Labour	James M. Dalgleish	8,080	12.6	+2.1
	Natural Law	Teresa A. Macintyre	302	0.5	New
Majority			19,842	31.0	+4.3
Turnout			64,028	79.2	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1980s[]

General election 1987: Woking^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	35,990	58.1	−0.2
	Alliance (Liberal)	Philip Goldenberg	19,446	31.4	+2.0
	Labour	Anita Pollack	6,537	10.5	−1.2
Majority			16,544	26.7	−2.2
Turnout			61,973	75.1	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.1

General election 1983: Woking^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	32,748	58.3	+1.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	Philip Goldenberg	16,511	29.4	+11.4
	Labour	Barbara Broer	6,566	11.7	-6.3
	Party of Associates with Licensees	D. M. Comens	368	0.6	New
Majority			16,237	28.9	-4.2
Turnout			56,193	71.7	-4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.1

Elections in the 1970s[]

General election 1979: Woking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	31,719	57.05	+11.01
	Labour	Nigel Beard	13,327	23.97	+0.27
	Liberal	George H. Dunk	9,991	17.97	-10.43
	National Front	P. A. Gleave	564	1.01	-0.85
Majority			18,392	33.08	+15.44
Turnout			55,601	76.51	+3.58
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

General election October 1974: Woking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	22,804	46.04	-0.29
	Liberal	P. Wade	14,069	28.40	-4.01
	Labour	J. W. Tattersall	11,737	23.70	+2.44
	National Front	R. Vaughan-Smith	921	1.86	New
Majority			8,735	17.64	+3.72
Turnout			49,531	72.93	-7.94
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

General election February 1974: Woking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	25,243	46.33	-10.38
	Liberal	P. Wade	17,660	32.41	+17.54
	Labour	J. W. Tattersall	11,583	21.26	-7.16
Majority			7,583	13.92	-14.37
Turnout			54,486	80.87	+10.99
	Conservative hold		Swing	-14.0

General election 1970: Woking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	37,220	56.71	+5.31
	Labour	R. M. Taylor	18,652	28.42	-2.38
	Liberal	P. Wade	9,763	14.87	-2.93
Majority			18,568	28.29	+7.69
Turnout			65,635	69.88	-7.23
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1960s[]

General election 1966: Woking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	32,057	51.40	-0.30
	Labour	Michael Downing	19,210	30.80	+1.22
	Liberal	Agnes H. Scott	11,104	17.80	-0.92
Majority			12,847	20.60	-1.52
Turnout			62,371	77.11	-0.98
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.8

General election 1964: Woking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cranley Onslow	31,170	51.70	-15.70
	Labour	H. G. N. Clother	17,834	29.58	-3.02
	Liberal	Agnes H. Scott	11,285	18.72	New
Majority			13,336	22.12	-12.68
Turnout			60,289	78.09	+0.74
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.3

Elections in the 1950s[]

General election 1959: Woking^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Watkinson	33,521	67.40	+2.99
	Labour	R David Vaughan Williams	16,210	32.60	-2.99
Majority			17,311	34.80	+5.98
Turnout			49,731	77.35	+1.63
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

General election 1955: Woking^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Watkinson	27,860	64.41	-0.54
	Labour	R David Vaughan Williams	15,393	35.59	+0.54
Majority			12,467	28.82	-1.08
Turnout			43,253	75.72	-3.01
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.5

General election 1951: Woking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Watkinson	26,522	64.95	+6.97
	Labour	W. Eric Wolff	14,313	35.05	+3.86
Majority			12,209	29.90	+3.11
Turnout			40,835	78.73	-4.51
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

General election 1950: Woking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harold Watkinson	24,454	57.98
	Labour	T. Davies	13,157	31.19
	Liberal	Michael Fernley Turner-Bridger	4,567	10.83
Majority			11,297	26.79
Turnout			42,178	83.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references[]

References

^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Woking
^ List of Conservative MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ "Woking Parliamentary constituency". BBC News Online. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ "Known candidates for Woking in the 2017 general election". . 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "UK 2015 general election results in full". The Guardian. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ "Election Petition Public Notice" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ Pack, Mark. "Three election petitions against constituency results". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "1959 general election data, marked up". tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt.
^ "1955 general election data, marked up". tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt.

Notes

^ All extant UK seats elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, as from the outset in Woking in 1950

Sources[]

"Election result, 2015". BBC News Online.
"Election result, 2010". BBC News Online.
"Election result, 2005". BBC News Online.
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Coordinates: 51°18′N 0°36′W / 51.3°N 0.6°W / 51.3; -0.6

[1] Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Woking

[3] List of Conservative MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29

[4] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)

[SoPN_2019-5] "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

[6] "Woking Parliamentary constituency". BBC News Online. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[Democracy_Club_2017-7] "Known candidates for Woking in the 2017 general election". . 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[electoralcalculus-8] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[9] "UK 2015 general election results in full". The Guardian. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[10] "Election Petition Public Notice" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[11] Pack, Mark. "Three election petitions against constituency results". Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-12] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2005-13] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-14] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-15] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-16] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[17] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

[electoralcalculus1987-18] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-19] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[20] "1959 general election data, marked up". tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt.

[21] "1955 general election data, marked up". tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt.

[2] All extant UK seats elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, as from the outset in Woking in 1950

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