East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
East Surrey | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of East Surrey in Surrey. | |
Location of Surrey within England. | |
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.
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, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Horley Central, Horley East, and Horley West.
Constituency Profile
The present Surrey East Constituency is an archetypal Home Counties seat, combining commuter towns with more rural territory and delivering substantial Conservative majorities at every election, even in years such as 1997 and 2001 when the party is doing badly nationally. It covers the easternmost chunk of the county of Surrey, bordering the London Borough of Croydon to the North, the county of Kent to the East, and the county of West Sussex to the South. The territory includes the former borough constituency of Bletchingley which was abolished as a 'rotten borough' by the Great Reform Act, 1832.
The Northern part of the seat lies within the M25 motorway, with Caterham, Whyteleafe and Warlingham serving as prime commuter belt, with good road and rail connections to Croydon and Central London. Elsewhere the seat is more rural and includes part of the North Downs and a number of prominent golf courses.
As well as the entirety of the borough of Tandridge, the constituency takes in the small town of Horley, part of Reigate and Banstead borough. Almost all wards are won by the Conservatives at local level, with the Liberal Democrats occasionally picking up a council seat in Whyteleafe or Caterham Valley. As is typical in seats of this kind, the Labour vote is typically very low. In recent years there has been a stronger UKIP presence, pushing the Lib Dems into third place in some wards. The area voted in favour of Brexit in the 2016 Referendum.
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 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 as 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 Sydney 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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | James Francis Wallace Galbraith | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
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
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Commissioners on Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs (1832). Parliamentary representation: further return to an address to His Majesty, dated 12 December, 1831; for copies of instructions given by the Secretary of State for the Home department with reference to Parliamentary representation; likewise copies of letters of reports received by the Secretary of state for the Home department in answer to such instructions. London. pp. 125–126.
- 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 465–466. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ Major boundary changes to the constituency took place for this election
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000681
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. 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.
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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 Leeds East |
Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by Blaby |