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List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

The ceremonial county of Surrey is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies which are wholly within the county boundaries. In addition, there are two constituencies which cross the county boundary - one with Hampshire (Farnham and Bordon) and one with Berkshire (Windsor). These are sub-classified into three of borough type and ten of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of the returning officer.

The county saw the vast bulk of its population and seats removed on the creation of the County of London in 1889 and its wider replacement the county of Greater London in 1965.

Reflecting its mainly suburban and rural nature, all seats covering the present definition of Surrey have been held by Conservative MPs at each general election since 1885, with the exception of two Liberals in 1906, one Liberal Democrat in 2001 and six Liberal Democrats in 2024.

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[1][nb 2] Member of Parliament[1] Nearest opposition[1] Map
Dorking and Horley 71,300 5,391   Chris Coghlan¤   Marisa Heath†
 
East Surrey 73,307 7,450   Claire Coutinho†   Tom Bowell‡
 
Epsom and Ewell 77,530 3,686   Helen Maguire¤   Mhairi Fraser†
 
Esher and Walton 74,042 12,003   Monica Harding¤   John Cope†
 
Farnham and Bordon (Part) 75,918 1,349   Greg Stafford†   Khalil Yousuf¤
 
Godalming and Ash 74,168 891   Jeremy Hunt† Paul Follows¤
 
Guildford 70,734 8,429   Zöe Franklin¤   Angela Richardson†
 
Reigate 77,101 3,187   Rebecca Paul†   Stuart Brady‡
 
Runnymede and Weybridge 73,610 7,627   Ben Spencer†   Ellen Nicholson¤
 
Spelthorne 73,782 1,590   Lincoln Jopp†   Claire Tighe‡
 
Surrey Heath 71,934 5,640   Alasdair Pinkerton¤   Ed McGuinness†
 
Windsor (Part) 73,334 6,457   Jack Rankin †   Pavitar Mann ‡
 
Woking 72,977 11,246   Will Forster¤   Jonathan Lord†
 

Historic list of constituencies in Surrey

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Used from 1950 to 1974

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Eleven other seats fell within the north-east of Surrey until 1965, forming the metropolitan part closest to London and the majority of the population (shown in the Historical Representation tables below). These were moved into Greater London leaving a predominantly suburban and rural content.

Used from 1974 to 1983

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Used from 1983 to 1997

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2010 boundary changes

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Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the existing 11 constituencies in Surrey, with only very minor changes to four of them.

Name Boundaries 1997–2010 Boundaries 2010–present
  1. East Surrey CC
  2. Epsom and Ewell BC
  3. Esher and Walton BC
  4. Guildford CC
  5. Mole Valley CC
  6. Reigate BC
  7. Runnymede and Weybridge CC
  8. South West Surrey CC
  9. Spelthorne BC
  10. Surrey Heath CC
  11. Woking CC
 
Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
 
Proposed Revision

2024 boundary changes

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–present
  1. East Surrey CC
  2. Epsom and Ewell BC
  3. Esher and Walton BC
  4. Guildford CC
  5. Mole Valley CC
  6. Reigate BC
  7. Runnymede and Weybridge CC
  8. South West Surrey CC
  9. Spelthorne BC
  10. Surrey Heath CC
  11. Woking CC
 
Proposed Revision
  1. Dorking and Horley CC
  2. East Surrey CC
  3. Epsom and Ewell BC
  4. Esher and Walton BC
  5. Farnham and Borden CC
  6. Godalming and Ash CC
  7. Guildford CC
  8. Reigate CC
  9. Runnymede and Weybridge CC
  10. Spelthorne BC
  11. Surrey Heath CC
  12. Windsor CC
  13. Woking CC
 

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Surrey with Berkshire and Hampshire as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, the majority of the abolished constituency of South West Surrey was combined with parts of the current constituency of East Hampshire to form a new cross-county boundary constituency named Farnham and Bordon. The remainder of South West Surrey was combined with parts of Guildford, Mole Valley and Surrey Heath to form the new constituency of Godalming and Ash. The communities of Englefield Green and Virginia Water in the borough of Runnymede were included in the Berkshire constituency of Windsor. Following changes to Mole Valley, this constituency was renamed Dorking and Horley.[2][3][4]

The following constituencies were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Elmbridge

Containing electoral wards from Epsom and Ewell

Containing electoral wards from Guildford

Containing electoral wards from Mole Valley

Containing electoral wards from Reigate and Banstead

Containing electoral wards from Runnymede

Containing electoral wards from Spelthorne

Containing electoral wards from Surrey Heath

  • Surrey Heath (part)

Containing electoral wards from Tandridge

  • East Surrey (part)

Containing electoral wards from Waverley

  • Dorking and Horley (part)

Containing electoral wards from Woking

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Surrey in the 2019 general election were as follows:[nb 3]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Liberal Democrats 213,388 35.1%  4.8% 6  6
Conservative 202,906 33.4%  20.3% 6  5
Labour 84,921 14.0%  1.3% 0 0
Reform 74,360 12.2% New 0 0
Greens 26,741 4.4%  1.7% 0 0
Others 4,768 0.8%  1.5% 0 0
Total 607,084 100.0 12

Percentage votes

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Note that before 1974 Surrey included a considerable part of what is now London.

Election year 1924 1929 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Liberal Democrat1 23.6 25.7 3.9 9.0 9.8 2.3 2.7 10.3 18.4 16.5 13.8 29.3 25.6 19.8 28.6 27.6 25.5 24.5 27.0 28.4 28.5 9.8 13.3 28.6 35.1
Conservative 71.8 53.8 69.8 49.9 55.8 61.0 62.4 59.9 51.6 50.1 55.6 50.2 50.5 59.3 59.4 60.6 59.9 46.2 47.6 50.5 55.2 58.1 58.6 53.7 33.4
Labour 4.6 20.5 26.3 40.7 34.4 36.8 34.9 29.9 29.9 33.3 30.3 20.1 23.5 20.2 11.0 11.4 13.6 22.3 21.8 16.7 9.8 13.0 21.2 12.7 14.0
Reform – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - - - - - - - 12.2
Green Party – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – * * * * * 0.6 4.6 2.3 2.7 4.4
UKIP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – * * * 4.8 12.9 2.0 * *
Other – – – 0.4 0.03 – – – 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.4 1.1 7.0 3.6 4.4 1.1 1.6 2.6 2.2 0.8

1pre-1979 – Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Accurate vote percentages cannot be obtained for the elections of 1918, 1922, 1923 and 1931 because at least one candidate stood unopposed.

Seats

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Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 6
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Total 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12

11974 & 1979 – Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

General Election 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010 results

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The following tables show the results for all Surrey constituencies in the General Elections in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010. The results are given as percentages.

2019 Con Lib

Dem

Lab Green UKIP Other
East Surrey 59.7 19.4 13.8 3.9 – 3.2
Epsom and Ewell 53.5 23.5 17.2 3.4 – 2.4
Esher and Walton 49.4 45.0 4.5 – – 1.2
Guildford 44.9 39.2 7.7 – – 8.2
Mole Valley 55.4 34.3 5.2 3.3 0.8 0.9
Reigate 53.9 19.4 19.5 6.0 1.2 –
Runnymede and Weybridge 54.9 17.3 20.6 3.5 0.9 2.8
South West Surrey 53.3 38.7 7.9 – – –
Spelthorne 58.9 15.1 21.7 4.3 – –
Surrey Heath 58.6 27.3 9.2 3.8 1.1 –
Woking 48.9 30.8 16.4 2.8 1.1 –
Average 53.8 28.6 12.7 2.7 0.5 1.7
2017 Con Lab Lib Dem UKIP Green Others
East Surrey 59.6 19.2 10.5 3.8 1.9 5.0
Epsom and Ewell 59.6 25.0 12.5 – 2.9 –
Esher and Walton 58.6 19.7 17.3 1.7 1.8 0.8
Guildford 54.6 19.0 23.9 – 2.1 0.5
Mole Valley 61.9 13.9 19.3 2.4 2.6 –
Reigate 57.4 24.7 10.9 2.9 4.1 –
Runnymede and Weybridge 60.9 25.9 7.3 3.2 2.6 –
South West Surrey 55.7 12.6 9.9 1.8 – 20.0
Spelthorne 57.3 30.5 5.5 4.6 2.2 –
Surrey Heath 64.2 21.1 10.8 – 3.9 –
Woking 54.1 23.9 17.6 2.1 2.0 0.4
Average 58.5 21.9 12.8 2.5 2.4 2.4
2015 Con Lab UKIP Lib Dem Green Others
East Surrey 57.4 11.8 17.0 9.2 3.8 0.6
Epsom and Ewell 58.3 15.5 12.5 8.8 3.7 1.3
Esher and Walton 62.9 12.7 9.7 9.4 4.1 1.1
Guildford 57.1 12.1 8.8 15.5 4.7 1.8
Mole Valley 60.6 8.3 11.2 14.5 5.4 –
Reigate 56.8 12.8 13.3 10.5 6.7 –
Runnymede and Weybridge 59.7 15.5 13.9 6.7 4.1 –
South West Surrey 59.9 9.5 9.9 6.3 5.4 9.1
Spelthorne 49.7 18.6 20.9 6.4 3.5 1.0
Surrey Heath 59.9 11.2 14.3 9.1 4.4 1.2
Woking 56.2 16.1 11.3 11.6 4.1 0.6
Average 58.0 13.1 13.0 9.8 4.5 1.5
2010 Con Lib Dem Lab UKIP Others
East Surrey 56.7 25.9 9.0 6.9 1.5
Epsom and Ewell 56.2 26.8 11.9 4.6 0.5
Esher and Walton 58.9 24.8 10.7 3.3 2.3
Guildford 53.3 39.3 5.1 1.8 0.5
Mole Valley 57.5 28.7 7.0 5.1 1.6
Reigate 53.4 26.2 11.3 4.2 5.4
Runnymede and Weybridge 55.9 21.6 13.4 6.5 2.5
South West Surrey 58.7 30.2 6.0 2.6 2.6
Spelthorne 47.1 25.9 16.5 8.5 2.2
Surrey Heath 57.6 25.8 10.2 6.3 –
Woking 50.3 37.4 8.0 3.8 0.5
Average 55.1 28.4 9.9 4.9 1.8

Maps

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1885–1910

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1918–1945

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1950–1970

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1974–2019

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2024-present (including constituencies partly in Berkshire and Hampshire)

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Historical representation by party

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A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

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  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal Unionist   National Party

Constituency 1885 86 1886 92 1892 95 1895 97 99 1900 03 04 1906 07 09 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12 16 17
Chertsey Hankey Combe Leigh-Bennett Fyler Bingham Marnham Macmaster
Croydon Grantham Herbert Ritchie Arnold-Forster Hermon-Hodge Malcolm
Epsom Cubitt Bucknill W. Keswick H. Keswick
Guildford Brodrick Cowan Horne
Kingston upon Thames Ellis Temple Skewes-Cox Cave
Reigate Lawrence Cubitt Brodie Rawson →
Wimbledon Bonsor Hambro Chaplin Coats

Note the 15 other seats of Surrey created in 1885 which primarily or wholly lay in the 1889-created County of London are not included in this list.

1918 to 1950 (12, then 14 MPs)

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  Conservative   Independent Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1918 19 22 1922 23 1923 1924 28 1929 31 1931 32 1935 37 40 1945 47 48
Chertsey Macmaster Richardson Boyd-Carpenter Marsden
Croydon North† Borwick Mason Willink Harris
Croydon South† Malcolm Smith Mitchell-Thomson Williams Rees-Williams
Epsom Blades Southby McCorquodale
Farnham Samuel Nicholson
Guildford Horne Buckingham Rhys Jarvis
Kingston upon Thames† Campbell Penny Royds Boyd-Carpenter
Mitcham† Worsfold Chuter Ede Meller Robertson Braddock
Reigate Cockerill Touche
Richmond (Surrey)† Edgar Becker → Moore Ray Harvie-Watt
Surrey East† Coats Galbraith Emmott Astor
Wimbledon† Hood Power Palmer
Carshalton† Head
Sutton and Cheam† Marshall

† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London.

1950 to 1974 (19, then 20 MPs)

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  Conservative

Constituency 1950 1951 54 1955 1959 60 1964 1966 1970 72
Carshalton† Head Elliot
Chertsey Heald Grylls
Croydon East / Croydon NE (from 1955)† Williams Hughes-Hallett Weatherill
Croydon North / Croydon NW (from 1955)† Harris Taylor
Croydon West / Croydon S (from 1955)† Thompson Winnick Thompson
Dorking Touche Sinclair
Epsom McCorquodale Rawlinson
Esher Robson-Brown Mather
Farnham Nicholson Macmillan
Guildford Nugent Howell
Kingston upon Thames† Boyd-Carpenter
Merton and Morden† Ryder Atkins Fookes
Mitcham† Carr
Reigate Vaughan-Morgan Howe
Richmond (Surrey)† Harvie-Watt Royle
Surrey East† Astor Doughty Clark
Sutton and Cheam† Marshall Sharples Tope
Wimbledon† Black Havers
Woking Watkinson Onslow
Surbiton† Fisher
Constituency 1950 1951 54 1955 1959 60 1964 1966 1970 72

† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London

1974 to 1997 (11 MPs)

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In 1965 half (ten) of Surrey's constituencies were moved to the new county of Greater London, but constituencies based on the old boundaries continued to be used until 1974, when Surrey gained one constituency (Spelthorne) from the abolished administrative county of Middlesex.

  Conservative   Referendum Party

Constituency Feb 1974 Oct 1974 78 1979 1983 84 1987 1992 97
Chertsey & Walton Pattie
Dorking (1974–83) / Mole Valley (1983–) Sinclair Wickenden Baker
Epsom and Ewell Rawlinson Hamilton
Esher Mather Taylor
Farnham (1974–83) / SW Surrey (1983–) Macmillan Bottomley
Guildford Howell
Reigate Gardiner →
Spelthorne Atkins Wilshire
Surrey East Howe Ainsworth
Surrey NW Grylls
Woking Onslow

1997 to present (11, then 12 MPs)

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Liberal Democrat MP Sue Doughty, who won Guildford in 2001 with a winning margin of 1.2%, was the first candidate to take a seat from the Conservatives in any part of the area covered by the present county of Surrey in 56 years.

  Conservative   Independent   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 19 2019 23 2024
East Surrey Ainsworth Gyimah → Coutinho Coutinho
Epsom and Ewell Hamilton Grayling Maguire
Esher and Walton Taylor Raab Harding
Guildford St Aubyn Doughty Milton → Richardson Franklin
Mole Valley / Dorking and Horley ('24) Beresford Coghlan
Reigate Blunt → Paul
Runnymede & Weybridge Hammond → Spencer
SW Surrey / Farnham & Bordon ('24)1 Bottomley Hunt Stafford
Spelthorne Wilshire Kwarteng Jopp
Surrey Heath Hawkins Gove Pinkerton
Woking Malins Lord Forster
Godalming and Ash Hunt

1contains some parts of Hampshire

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. ^ Vote shares include the cross-county constituency of Farnham and Bordon which has a majority Surrey electorate, and excludes the cross-county constituency of Windsor which has a majority Berkshire electorate.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Constituency Boundary changes on the way for 'Your Waverley' and Guildford". Waverley Web. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. ^ "South West Surrey could be split in two". InYourArea.co.uk. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 916–940. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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