Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mole Valley County constituency

Mole Valley shown within Surrey, and Surrey shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Sir Paul Beresford
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Surrey
EP constituency:	South East England

Mole Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers much the same area as that covered by the Mole Valley district in Surrey, though it includes five wards in the east of the Borough of Guildford. The largest town in the constituency is Dorking, and the constituency also contains the town of Leatherhead, as well as many rural and satellite villages.

The Boundary Commission has made its final recommendations for boundary changes in Surrey. Proposed changes to Mole Valley would see the relignment of the boundary with Epsom and Ewell in the Ashtead and Leatherhead area to bring the border line with the recent adjustment of local government wards, although these proposed changes do not move any voters.

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1983; much of the same area was covered by the Dorking constituency which preceded it. It is a safe Conservative seat, and has a reputation as being one of the safest places to live in Britain, with its affluent middle-class commuter towns and villages for the vast London metropolis, returning a Tory with over a 10,000 majority even in the 1997 Labour landslide.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 1997: Kenneth Baker, Conservative
1997 — present: Sir Paul Beresford, Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Paul Beresford	27,060	54.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nasser Butt	15,063	30.5	+1.5
	Labour	Farmida Bi	5,310	10.7	-5.9
	UK Independence	David Payne	1,475	3.0	+0.2
	Veritas	Roger Meekins	507	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,997	24.3
Turnout			49,415	72.5	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Paul Beresford	23,790	50.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Savage	13,637	29.0	-0.3
	Labour	Dan Redford	7,837	16.6	+1.9
	UK Independence	Ron Walters	1,333	2.8	+2.0
	ProLife Alliance	William Newton	475	1.0	N/A
Majority			10,153	21.5
Turnout			47,072	68.9	-9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

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.

General Election 1997: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Paul Beresford	26,178	48.0	-13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cooksey	15,957	29.3	+0.6
	Labour	Christopher Payne	8,057	14.8	+5.4
	Referendum Party	Nick Taber	2,424	4.4	N/A
	Independent Conservative	Richard Burley	1,276	2.3	N/A
	UK Independence	Ian Cameron	435	0.8	N/A
	Natural Law	Judith Thomas	197	0.4	-0.4
Majority			10,221	18.7
Turnout			54,524	78.4	-3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.9

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	32,549	59.3	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Watson	16,599	30.3	+0.4
	Labour	Dr Tim Walsh	5,291	9.6	+0.3
	Natural Law	Judith Thomas	442	0.8	N/A
Majority			15,950	29.0
Turnout			54,881	82.0	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.9

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	31,689	60.8	0.0
	Liberal	S. P. Thomas	15,613	29.9	-0.8
	Labour	C. M. B. King	4,846	9.3	+0.8
Majority			16,076	30.9
Turnout			52,148	77.0	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Mole Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Baker	29,691	60.8
	Liberal	S. P. Thomas	14,973	30.7
	Labour	F. Lines	4,147	8.5
Majority			14,718	30.1
Turnout			48,811	75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)