Epsom (UK Parliament constituency)

Epsom
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Location of Surrey within England.
County	Surrey
Major settlements	Epsom, Ewell and Ashtead
1885–1974 (1974)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Epsom and Ewell
Created from	East Surrey

Epsom was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. From its creation in 1885 until its abolition in 1974, it was always held by the Conservative Party.

History

The constituency was established for the 1885 general election from part of the East Surrey constituency. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election and largely replaced by the new Epsom and Ewell constituency.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1885	constituency created
1885	George Cubitt	Conservative
1892	Thomas Bucknill	Conservative
1899 by-election	William Keswick	Conservative
1912 by-election	Henry Keswick	Conservative
1918	George Blades	Conservative
1928 by-election	Sir Archibald Southby	Conservative
1947 by-election	Malcolm McCorquodale	Conservative
1955	Peter Rawlinson	Conservative
Feb 1974	constituency abolished. See Epsom and Ewell

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Epsom ^[2] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Cubitt			n/a
	Liberal				n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Epsom ^[3] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Cubitt
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Epsom ^[4] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Thomas Townsend Bucknill
	Liberal	Thomas Allnutt Brassey
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Epsom ^[5] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Thomas Townsend Bucknill
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

William Keswick

Epsom by-election, 1899^[6] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Keswick
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Epsom ^[7] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Keswick
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Epsom ^[8] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Keswick
	Liberal	Alfred Withall Aston
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Epsom ^[9] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Keswick
	Liberal	Sir Albert Kaye Rollit
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Epsom ^[10] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Keswick	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Henry Keswick

Epsom by-election, 1912^[11] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Keswick
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Henry Keswick
Liberal:

General Election 1918: Epsom ^[12] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Rowland Blades
	Labour	Sgt. James Chuter Ede
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Epsom ^[13] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir George Rowland Blades
	Labour	Dr Somerville Hastings
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Epsom ^[14] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir George Rowland Blades
	Labour	John Eric Langdon-Davies
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

1924 General Election: Epsom Electorate 37,515^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir George Rowland Blades	20,017	79.5
	Labour	Philip Butler	5,149	20.5
Majority			14,868	59.0
Turnout				67.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

Epsom by-election, 1928 Electorate 43,292^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Archibald Richard James Southby	13,364	60.3	-19.2
	Liberal	S Parnell Kerr	5,095	23.0	n/a
	Labour	Miss Helen M Keynes	3,719	16.8	-3.7
Majority			8,269	37.2	-21.8
Turnout				51.2	-5.9
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

1929 General Election: Epsom Electorate 63,268^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Archibald Richard James Southby	24,720	57.8	-2.5
	Liberal	S Parnell Kerr	10,422	24.3	+1.3
	Labour	Rev. Stanley James W Morgan	7,662	17.9	+1.1
Majority			14,298	33.5	-3.7
Turnout				67.7	+16.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-1.9

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Epsom ^[18] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archibald Richard James Southby
	Labour	Rev. Stanley James W Morgan
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Epsom ^[19] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archibald Richard James Southby
	Labour	Rev. Stanley James W Morgan
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Sir Archibald Richard James Southby
Labour: C Hackforth-Jones^[20]

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Epsom ^[21] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Archibald Richard James Southby
	Labour	Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton
	Liberal	James Morgan Fowler
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Epsom by-election, 1947^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Malcolm Stewart McCorquodale	33,633	61.0	+11.1
	Labour	R Bishop	17,339	31.5	-6.3
	Liberal	David Arnold Scott Cairns	4,121	7.5	-4.7
Majority			16,447	33.0
Turnout			16,294
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Epsom ^[23] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Malcolm Stewart McCorquodale
	Labour	Frank M Hardie
	Liberal	N G Hudson
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Epsom ^[24] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Malcolm Stewart McCorquodale
	Labour	Frank M Hardie
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Epsom ^[25] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson
	Labour	Arthur B Spencer Soper
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Epsom ^[26] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson
	Labour	D Eric Heather
	Liberal	Robert WM Walsh
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Epsom ^[27] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson
	Liberal	Robert WM Walsh
	Labour	Alan Lee Williams
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Epsom ^[28] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson
	Labour	Cyril Carter
	Liberal	Robert W M Walsh
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Epsom ^[29] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Sir Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson
	Labour	E Guy Wilson
	Liberal	Peter H Billenness
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

Coordinates: 51°20′N 0°16′W / 51.33°N 0.27°W / 51.33; -0.27