Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)

Kingston and Surbiton
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kingston and Surbiton in Greater London.
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	James Berry (Conservative)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Kingston and Surbiton /ˈkɪŋɡstᵿn ənd ˈsɜːr.bᵻˌtᵿn/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by James Berry of the Conservatives.

Boundaries

The constituency covers most of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, covering the south of Kingston itself and the town of Surbiton, as well as Chessington, New Malden and Tolworth. The remainder of the borough lies in the Richmond Park constituency.

The electoral wards forming the constituency are:

• Alexandra, Berrylands, Beverley, Chessington North & Hook, Chessington South, Grove, Norbiton, Old Malden, St James, St Mark’s, Surbiton Hill, and Tolworth & Hook Rise.

Latest boundary reviews

As part of its Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission made minor changes to re-align the constituency boundaries with the boundaries of the local government wards. This involved moving the entirety of the Beverley ward into Kingston and Surbiton. It had been split between Richmond Park and Kingston and Surbiton after ward boundaries were changed in 2002. The public consultation on proposed changes across the boroughs of Kingston and Richmond received 11 submissions, of which ten were in support. The new boundaries came into effect at the 2010 general election, and remained in place for 2015.

History

The constituency was created in 1997, when the number of seats covering the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames was reduced from four to three. It replaced the former Surbiton constituency completely and also covers the south of the former Kingston constituency. Being largely middle-class, suburban areas, both Kingston and Surbiton were traditionally strongholds for the Conservatives, with Norbiton being the sole Labour-majority ward.

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont represented Kingston from a by-election in 1972 until the 1997 general election, when he was not selected as the Conservative candidate for either of its replacements. Instead, the incumbent Surbiton MP Richard Tracey was selected, while Lamont unsuccessfully contested Harrogate and Knaresborough in North Yorkshire. In the event, Tracey was defeated by the Liberal Democrat candidate Edward Davey by the very narrow margin of 56 votes.

Davey held on to the seat until the general election of 2015, when he was defeated by the Conservative James Berry.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Ed Davey	Liberal Democrats
	2015	James Berry	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Kingston and Surbiton

General Election 2015: Kingston and Surbiton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Berry	23,249	39.2	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Davey	20,415	34.5	-15.3
	Labour	Lee Godfrey	8,574	14.5	+5.1
	UKIP	Ben Roberts	4,321	7.3	+4.8
	Green	Clare Keogh	2,322	3.9	+2.9
	Christian Peoples	Daniel Gill	198	0.3	-0.1
	TUSC	Laurel Fogarty	174	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,834	4.8
Turnout			59,253	72.9	+2.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+9.0

General Election 2010: Kingston and Surbiton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Davey	28,428	49.8	−1.3
	Conservative	Helen Whately	20,868	36.5	+3.5
	Labour	Max Freedman	5,337	9.3	−3.8
	UKIP	Jonathan Greensted	1,450	2.5	+1.2
	Green	Chris Walker	555	1.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Monkey The Drummer	247	0.4	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Tony May	226	0.4	N/A
Majority			7,560	13.2
Turnout			57,111	70.4	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−2.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Kingston and Surbiton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Davey	25,397	51.0	−9.2
	Conservative	Kevin Davis	16,431	33.0	+4.8
	Labour	Nick Parrott	6,553	13.2	+4.4
	UKIP	Barry Thornton	657	1.3	+0.4
	Socialist Labour	John Hayball	366	0.7	+0.1
	Veritas	David Henson	200	0.4	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	George Weiss	146	0.3	N/A
Majority			8,966	18.0
Turnout			49,750	68.5	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−7.0

General Election 2001: Kingston and Surbiton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Davey	29,542	60.2	+23.5
	Conservative	David Shaw	13,866	28.2	−8.3
	Labour	Philip Woodford	4,302	8.8	−14.3
	Green	Christopher Spruce	572	1.2	N/A
	UKIP	Patricia Burns	438	0.9	+0.1
	Socialist Labour	John Hayball	319	0.6	N/A
	Unrepresented People's Party	Jeremy Middleton	54	0.1	N/A
Majority			15,676	32.0
Turnout			49,093	67.5	7.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Kingston and Surbiton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Davey	20,411	36.7	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Tracey	20,355	36.6	N/A
	Labour	Sheila Griffin	12,811	23.0	N/A
	Referendum	Gail Tchiprout	1,470	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Amy Burns	418	0.8	N/A
	Natural Law	Mark Leighton	100	0.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Clifford Port	100	0.2	N/A
Majority			56	0.1	N/A
Turnout			55,665	75.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

• Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
• Kingston and Surbiton MP - Edward Davey TheyWorkForYou.com