East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
East Surrey | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of East Surrey in Surrey.
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Location of Surrey within England.
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County | Surrey |
Electorate | 77,145 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Caterham, Whyteleafe, Woldingham, Godstone, Horley, Oxted, Limpsfield |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | Sam Gyimah (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1832–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Battersea, Chertsey, Clapham, Croydon, Epsom, Kingston, Reigate, Wandsworth and Wimbledon |
Created from | Bletchingley, Gatton and Surrey |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
East Surrey is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Sam Gyimah of the Conservative Party.[n 2] It is a Tory safe seat, having voted for a Conservative Party MP since its establishment in 1918.
Contents
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Caterham, and Coulsdon and Purley, and the Rural District of Godstone.
1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Caterham and Warlingham, and Coulsdon and Purley.
1974-1983: The Urban District of Caterham and Warlingham, and the Rural District of Godstone.
1983-1997: The District of Tandridge.
1997-2010: The District of Tandridge, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Horley East and Horley West.
2010-present: The District of Tandridge (the wards of Bletchingley and Nutfield; Burstow, Horne and Outwood; Chaldon; Dormansland and Felcourt; Felbridge; Godstone; Harestone; Limpsfield; Lingfield and Crowhurst; Oxted North and Tandridge; Oxted South; Portley; Queens Park; Tatsfield and Titsey; Valley; Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh; Warlingham West; Westway; Whyteleafe; and Woldingham), and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Horley Central, Horley East, and Horley West.
The constituency covers the easternmost part of the county of Surrey and includes the former borough constituency of Bletchingley which was abolished as a 'rotten borough' by the Great Reform Act, 1832.
History
An earlier constituency of the same name existed from 1832 to 1885. Formally and often known as the "Eastern Division of Surrey" or "Surrey Eastern", it elected two MPs by the bloc vote system. It was created in the 1832 Reform Acts and covered an area stretching from Peckham and southern Brixton to Lingfield[2] and from Capel to Kingston upon Thames.
Central parts of Surrey, a county which then extended far into today's Greater London, were selected for[clarification needed] two MPs under the Second Reform Act, starting from the 1868 general election. Surrey benefited under this Reform Act 1867, which ensured a modest level of representation was had[clarification needed] as[clarification needed] it included all of South London with the exceptions of Lambeth and Southwark.
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 went much further than the Reform Act 1832 towards equal representation around the country, and also reflected growth in the county's population. Thus for elections from 1885 onwards, Mid Surrey and Surrey Eastern were split into Chertsey, Croydon, Epsom, Kingston, Reigate and Wimbledon constituencies (seats formerly included in Surrey Eastern are in bold).
In 1918 the constituency was re-established as East Surrey, taking rural and at most small suburban parts of Reigate and Croydon, and for the first time electing only one MP. It covered a smaller area, from the south of Croydon to the Kent and West Sussex borders. It included Lingfield, Oxted, Limpsfield, Godstone, Caterham and Woldingham.
In 1950 East Surrey lost Addington parish on the eastern fringe of Croydon to the newly formed Croydon South constituency, and its southern half to the Reigate constituency. In 1974 much of the north of constituency became part of Croydon South, reflecting the 1965 transfer of Purley and Coulsdon to the London Borough of Croydon in the new Greater London which then replaced the London County Council. Surrey East took in much of the area to the south that had been in Reigate since 1950. Its MP until 1974, William Clark, won the new Croydon South in that year's February election. Clark's successor, Sir Geoffrey Howe, later became Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1885
Election | First member[3] | 1st Party[4] | Second member[3] | 2nd Party[4] | ||
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1832 | John Ivatt Briscoe | Liberal | Aubrey Beauclerk | Liberal | ||
1835 | Richard Alsager | Conservative | ||||
1837 | Henry Kemble | Conservative | ||||
1841 by-election | Edmund Antrobus | Conservative | ||||
1847 | Peter John Locke King | Liberal | Thomas Alcock | Liberal | ||
1865 | Charles Buxton | Liberal | ||||
1871 by-election | James Watney | Conservative | ||||
1874 | William Grantham | Conservative | ||||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
MPs since 1918
Election | Member[3] | Party | Notes | |
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1918 | Sir Stuart Coats, Bt | Conservative | ||
1922 | James Galbraith | Conservative | ||
1935 | Charles Emmott | Conservative | ||
1945 | Michael Astor | Conservative | ||
1951 | Charles Doughty | Conservative | ||
1970 | William Clark | Conservative | ||
Feb 1974[5] | Geoffrey Howe | Conservative | Later Lord Howe of Aberavon; Cabinet minister 1979-1990 | |
1992 | Peter Ainsworth | Conservative | ||
2010 | Sam Gyimah | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sam Gyimah | 32,211 | 57.4 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | Helena Windsor | 9,553 | 17.0 | +10.1 | |
Labour | Matt Wilson | 6,627 | 11.8 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Lee | 5,189 | 9.2 | -16.6 | |
Green | Nicola Dodgson | 2,159 | 3.8 | 'N/A' | |
Independent | Sandy Pratt | 364 | 0.6 | 'N/A' | |
Majority | 22,658 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 56,103 | 70.4 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sam Gyimah | 31,007 | 56.7 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Lee | 14,133 | 25.9 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Mathew Rodda | 4,925 | 9.0 | -5.8 | |
UKIP | Helena Windsor | 3,770 | 6.9 | +2.5 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Martin Hogbin | 422 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Sandy Pratt | 383 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,874 | 30.9 | |||
Turnout | 54,640 | 71.1 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 27,659 | 56.2 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Pursehouse | 11,738 | 23.8 | -0.6 | |
Labour | James Bridge | 7,288 | 14.8 | -4.3 | |
UKIP | Tony Stone | 2,158 | 4.4 | +0.5 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Winston Matthews | 410 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 15,921 | 32.3 | |||
Turnout | 49,253 | 66.6 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 24,706 | 52.5 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Pursehouse | 11,503 | 24.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Jo Tanner | 8,994 | 19.1 | -2.1 | |
UKIP | Tony Stone | 1,846 | 3.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 13,203 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 47,049 | 63.3 | -11.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 27,389 | 50.1 | -10.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Belinda Ford | 12,296 | 22.5 | -4.4 | |
Labour | David Ross | 11,573 | 21.2 | +10.7 | |
Referendum | Michael Sydney | 2,656 | 4.9 | ||
UKIP | Tony Stone | 569 | 1.0 | ||
Natural Law | Susan Bartrum | 173 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 15,093 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 54,656 | 74.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 29,767 | 62.3 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert L. Tomlin | 12,111 | 25.4 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Mrs Gill M. Roles | 5,075 | 10.6 | +0.2 | |
Green | Ian T. Kilpatrick | 819 | 1.7 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 17,656 | 37.0 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,772 | 82.3 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe | 29,126 | 63.4 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Michael Alexander John Anderson | 11,000 | 23.9 | −3.4 | |
Labour | Michael John Davis | 4,779 | 10.4 | +0.6 | |
Green | David Richard Newell | 1,044 | 2.3 | ||
Majority | 18,126 | 39.5 | |||
Turnout | 45,949 | 77.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe | 27,272 | 62.9 | ||
Liberal | Mrs. Susan Mary Liddell | 11,836 | 27.3 | ||
Labour | Hugh Pincott | 4,249 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 15,436 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,357 | 74.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe | 28,266 | 62.84 | ||
Liberal | Mrs. Susan Mary Liddell | 8,866 | 19.71 | ||
Labour | WG Harries | 7,398 | 16.45 | ||
National Front | D Smith | 452 | 1.00 | ||
Majority | 19,400 | 43.13 | |||
Turnout | 78.42 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe | 22,227 | 52.41 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth S Vaus | 12,382 | 29.20 | ||
Labour | DL Allonby | 7,797 | 18.39 | ||
Majority | 9,845 | 23.22 | |||
Turnout | 76.17 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe | 23,563 | 51.16 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth S Vaus | 15,544 | 33.75 | ||
Labour | DL Allonby | 6,946 | 15.08 | ||
Majority | 8,019 | 17.41 | |||
Turnout | 83.58 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Gibson Haig Clark | 35,773 | 61.99 | ||
Liberal | Percy W Meyer | 11,749 | 20.36 | ||
Labour | Michael D Simmons | 10,186 | 17.65 | ||
Majority | 24,024 | 41.63 | |||
Turnout | 73.08 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles John Joseph Addison Doughty | 30,900 | 54.54 | ||
Liberal | Michael R Lane | 16,407 | 28.96 | ||
Labour | Cyril Shaw | 9,347 | 16.50 | ||
Majority | 14,493 | 25.58 | |||
Turnout | 79.33 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles John Joseph Addison Doughty | 31,827 | 55.94 | ||
Liberal | Michael R Lane | 16,049 | 28.21 | ||
Labour | James Stewart Cook | 9,020 | 15.85 | ||
Majority | 15,778 | 27.73 | |||
Turnout | 79.22 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles John Joseph Addison Doughty | 36,310 | 63.94 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth S Vaus | 10,376 | 18.27 | ||
Labour | James C Hunt | 10,102 | 17.79 | ||
Majority | 25,934 | 45.67 | |||
Turnout | 81.13 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles John Joseph Addison Doughty | 37,276 | 74.79 | ||
Labour | Jean Graham Hall | 12,567 | 25.21 | ||
Majority | 24,709 | 49.57 | |||
Turnout | 76.47 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles John Joseph Addison Doughty | 37,966 | 72.98 | ||
Labour | Nathan Whine | 14,056 | 27.02 | ||
Majority | 23,910 | 45.96 | |||
Turnout | 81.30 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Langhorne Astor | 32,711 | 60.92 | ||
Labour | Nathan Whine | 12,499 | 23.28 | ||
Liberal | Wendy Wills | 8,484 | 15.80 | ||
Majority | 20,212 | 37.64 | |||
Turnout | 87.17 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Langhorne Astor | 31,117 | 53.36 | ||
Labour | Henry Edward Weaver | 17,708 | 30.36 | ||
Liberal | Donald Phillip Owen | 9,495 | 16.28 | ||
Majority | 13,409 | 22.99 | |||
Turnout | 74.50 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Ernest George Campbell Emmott | 33,776 | 78.91 | ||
Labour | Henry Edward Weaver | 9,025 | 21.09 | ||
Majority | 24,751 | 57.83 | |||
Turnout | 66.54 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Francis Wallace Galbraith | 33,771 | 88.85 | ||
Labour | Montefiore Follick | 4,236 | 11.15 | ||
Majority | 29,535 | 77.71 | |||
Turnout | 71.40 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Francis Wallace Galbraith | 19,578 | 60.9 | ||
Liberal | Miss Ida Swinburne | 7,435 | 23.1 | ||
Labour | Robert Oscar Mennell | 5,152 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 12,143 | 37.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
See also
- 2005 United Kingdom general election result in Surrey
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
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Sources
- Election result, 2010 BBC News
- Election result, 2005 BBC News
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 BBC News
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 Election Demon
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 Election Demon
- Election results, 1992 - 2010 The Guardian
- Election results, 1945 - 1979 Politics Resources
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by Blaby |
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Wikipedia articles needing clarification from March 2014
- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England
- Politics of Croydon
- Politics of Surrey
- Politics of Merton
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918