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Guildford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers Guildford and the surrounding area; in the county of Surrey.
The Boundary Commission has made its final recommendations for proposed boundary changes in Surrey. Guildford's electorate is the largest of the county and the review aims to reduce it. Proposed changes would see the relignment of the boundary with South West Surrey in order to bring it in line with the recent adjustment of local government wards. Two wards are currently split between the two constituencies: Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe, which will be placed entirely in South West Surrey; and Alfold, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green which will be placed entirely in Guildford. The net effect is to increase the number of voters in South West Surrey and reduce the number in Guildford.
A public review was called, dealing primarily with objections to transferring Bramley to South West Surrey. Many petitioned to argue that the village's links, especially transport, are mainly with Guildford rather than the towns of Godalming and Farnham. The precedent of the previous review was cited, when a proposal to move Bramley out of Guildford and into Mole Valley was rejected after local opposition. However the review felt that this did not justify splitting the ward (something the Boundary Commission seeks to avoid completely) and that the other parts of the ward had strong links to Godalming. Furthermore it cited the point that in the previous review Bramley Parish Council had stated that if it were to be moved it would prefer to be moved to South West Surrey and thus argued that the previous objection was not strong enough.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1818 – 1819: William Draper Best, Tory
- 1874 – 1885: Denzil Roberts Onslow
- 1885 – 1906: St John Brodrick, Conservative
- 1906 – 1910: William Henry Cowan, Liberal
- 1910 – 1922: William Edgar Horne, Conservative
- 1922 – 1931: Henry Cecil Buckingham, Conservative
- 1931 – 1935: Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys, Conservative
- 1935 – 1950: John Jarvis, Conservative
- 1950 – 1966: George Richard Hodges Nugent, Conservative
- 1966 – 1997: David Howell, Conservative
- 1997 – 2001: Nick St Aubyn, Conservative
- 2001 – 2005: Sue Doughty, Liberal Democrat
- 2005 – present: Anne Milton, Conservative
[edit] Elections
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.
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