East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Surrey
County constituency

East Surrey shown within Surrey, and Surrey shown within England
Created: 1832, 1918
MP: Peter Ainsworth
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Surrey
EP constituency: South East England

East Surrey is a county 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. It has been a Conservative Party stronghold for decades.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the eastern section of the county of Surrey, including the entirety of the Tandridge district and the town of Horley, which is located in the Reigate and Banstead district.

The Boundary Commission has proposed no boundary changes for this constituency in the boundary review due before the next election.

[edit] History

The constituency was first created in the 1832 Reform Acts with two MPs, however, along with the Mid Surrey constituency, it was split up into various divisions in 1885 - Chertsey, Croydon, Epsom, Kingston, Reigate and Wimbledon. In 1918 the constituency was re-established, but this time with only one MP, covering a smaller area to the south of Croydon along the Kent border down to Sussex.

In 1950, East Surrey lost Addington parish on the fringe of Croydon into the newly-formed Croydon South seat and its southern half to Reigate constituency. In 1974, much of the constituency became the seat of Croydon South when Purley and Coulsdon became part of the London Borough of Croydon, with Surrey East taking 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.

In all its incarnations, the seat has been Conservative-held since its creation.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1832-1885

  • Constituency created (1832)
Year First Member Second Member
1832 John Ivatt Briscoe Aubrey William Beauclerk
1835 Richard Alsager
1837 Henry Kemble
1841 Edmund Antrobus
1847 Peter John Locke King Thomas Alcock
1865 Charles Buxton
1871 James Watney
1874 William Grantham
  • Constituency abolished (1885)

[edit] MPs 1918-present

Election Member Party
1918 constituency created
1918 Sir Stuart Coats Conservative
1922 James Francis Wallace Galbraith Conservative
1935 Charles Campbell Emmott Conservative
1945 Michael Astor Conservative
1951 Charles Doughty Conservative
1970 William Clark Conservative
1974 Major boundary changes
1974 Geoffrey Howe Conservative
1992 Peter Ainsworth Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
UK Independence 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
General Election 2001: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 24,706 52.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Pursehouse 11,503 24.4 +1.9
Labour David Ross 8,994 19.1 -2.1
UK Independence Tony Stone 1,846 3.9 +2.9
Majority 13,203 28.1
Turnout 47,049 63.3 -11.4
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1997: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Party Michael Sydney 2,656 4.9
UK Independence 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.

General Election 1992: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 29,767 62.3 -1.1
Liberal Democrat Robert Tomlin 12,111 25.4 +1.5
Labour G Roles 5,075 10.6 +0.2
Green Ian Kilpatrick 819 1.7
Majority 17,656 36.9
Turnout 47,772 82.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1987: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 29,126 63.4 +0.5
Liberal MAJ Anderson 11,000 23.9 -3.4
Labour MJ Davis 4,779 10.4 +0.6
Green DR Newell 1,044 2.3
Majority 18,126 39.5
Turnout 45,949 77.2
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 27,272 62.9
Liberal SM Liddell 11,836 27.3
Labour H Pincott 4,249 9.8
Majority 15,436 35.6
Turnout 43,357 74.1
Conservative hold Swing

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[edit] See also

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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
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Liberal Democrat
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