Chertsey (UK Parliament constituency)
Chertsey | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Surrey |
1885–1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
Esher (part in 1950) Chertsey & Walton (part in 1974) North West Surrey (part in 1974) |
Created from |
West Surrey (part) Mid Surrey (small parts) |
Chertsey occasionally recorded as Surrey North Western or the North Western Division of Surrey was one of six county constituencies in Surrey for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament created in 1885. The seat underwent many boundary reforms and variously included and excluded growing suburban settlements including Egham, Walton-on-Thames and Woking.
History
It was formed by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election from part of the Mid Surrey constituency, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. Chertsey was twice substantially reduced and was initially among a total of 22 seats for the county in 1885 including the bulk of south London an increase of 11 seats on 1868. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP). The creation of the County of London in 1889 meant that the majority of the 22 seats of the county changed county at that date.[2]
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Sessional Division of Chertsey, a northernmost part of the Sessional Division of Guildford, and the civil parish of Frimley. The first Magistrates sessional division was chiefly Godley Hundred which contained the modern Borough Runnymede. The second mentioned area resembled the modern boroughs Woking combined with Surrey Heath.
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Chertsey, East and West Molesey, Egham, Esher and the Dittons, Walton-upon-Thames, and Weybridge, and the Rural District of Chertsey.
1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Chertsey and Egham, and the Rural District of Bagshot.
This seat thus first stretched from Egham in the north via Thorpe, Chertsey, Virginia Water, Longcross, Lyne, Windlesham, Bagshot, Chobham, Addlestone, Weybridge and Byfleet to Woking and Ripley in the south. To the south-west it stretched to Frimley Green and included the inchoate makings of Camberley a town established in the late 20th century. The second form of the seat shed the areas to the south-west, Woking to the south and new urban district containing small former parishes adjoining — instead Hersham and Walton-on-Thames joined the seat from the Epsom division to the east. The final form of the seat became nearly as compact as the early 21st century seat of Runnymede and Weybridge substituting Weybridge with Bagshot, Windlesham, Chobham, West End and Lightwater.[3]
To the north and other directions, forming a large bend, lay the River Thames, at all times in the seat's history.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Hankey | 4,540 | 63.9 | n/a | |
Liberal | Henry Le Marchant | 2,560 | 36.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,980 | 27.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 77.0 | n/a | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Hankey | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Combe | 4,589 | 62.5 | n/a | |
Liberal | Lawrence Baker | 2,751 | 37.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,838 | 25.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 71.7 | n/a | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Combe | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Combe | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Leigh-Bennett | 4,845 | 54.9 | n/a | |
Liberal | Lawrence Baker | 3,977 | 45.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 888 | 9.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Leigh-Bennett | 5,367 | 63.5 | +8.6 | |
Liberal | Hubert Longman | 3,080 | 36.5 | -8.6 | |
Majority | 2,287 | 27.0 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 68.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Arthur Fyler | 5,700 | 55.7 | ||
Liberal | Hubert Harry Longman | 4,529 | 44.3 | ||
Majority | 1,171 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 78.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bingham | 5,425 | 52.7 | -3.0 | |
Liberal | I T Sadler | 4,876 | 47.3 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 549 | 5.4 | -6.0 | ||
Turnout | 74.0 | -4.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Marnham | 6,365 | 50.4 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | George Bingham | 6,266 | 49.6 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 99 | 0.8 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 81.9 | +7.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Macmaster | 9,672 | 65.7 | ||
Liberal | Francis George Newbolt | 5,059 | 34.3 | ||
Majority | 31.4 | ||||
Turnout | 88.1 | +6.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Macmaster | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
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: Donald Macmaster
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 13,531 | 80.7 | |||
Labour | Thomas T Linsey | 3,232 | 19.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 10,299 | 61.4 | |||
Turnout | 48.0 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Richardson | 11,811 | 55.4 | -25.2 | |
Liberal | Hubert Gough | 9,490 | 45.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,321 | 10.8 | - | ||
Turnout | 55.4 | +7.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Richardson | 14,081 | 60.4 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Henry Samson Clark | 9,228 | 39.6 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 4,853 | 20.8 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 58.2 | +2.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Richardson | 13,333 | 55.5 | -4.9 | |
Liberal | Reginald John Marnham | 10,694 | 44.5 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 2,639 | 11.0 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 60.1 | +1.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -4.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Richardson | 18,310 | 71.0 | +15.5 | |
Liberal | Walter Crawford Smith | 7,471 | 29.0 | -15.5 | |
Majority | 42.0 | +31.0 | |||
Turnout | 62.7 | +2.6 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +15.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Richardson | 21,433 | 55.6 | -15.4 | |
Liberal | Martin Bernard Browne | 17,145 | 44.4 | +15.4 | |
Majority | 4,288 | 11.2 | -30.8 | ||
Turnout | 63.5 | +0.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -15.4 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 35,371 | 79.6 | ||
Liberal | Ifor Bowen Lloyd | 9,063 | 20.4 | ||
Majority | 26,308 | 59.2 | |||
Turnout | 68.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archibald Boyd-Carpenter | 31,484 | 71.4 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | Martin Bernard Browne | 12,607 | 28.6 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 18,877 | 42.8 | -16.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,091 | 60.2 | -8.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Marsden | 19,767 | 64.8 | ||
Liberal | 10,722 | 35.2 | |||
Majority | 9,045 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 39.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- Also described as a Liberal-Progressive
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: Arthur Marsden
- Liberal:
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Marsden | 37,456 | 52.32 | ||
Labour | Brian Barker | 25,194 | 35.19 | n/a | |
Liberal | William Ridgeway | 8,940 | 12.49 | ||
Majority | 12,262 | 17.13 | |||
Turnout | 69.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lionel Heald | 19,326 | 51.69 | ||
Labour Co-op | Dennis Gordon | 14,090 | 37.69 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Edward Owen | 3,969 | 10.62 | ||
Majority | 5,236 | 14.01 | |||
Turnout | 82.74 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lionel Heald | 20,539 | 53.56 | ||
Labour Co-op | Dennis Gordon | 14,849 | 38.72 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Edward Owen | 2,961 | 7.72 | ||
Majority | 5,690 | 14.84 | |||
Turnout | 81.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lionel Heald | 23,021 | 61.10 | ||
Labour | Richard H Edwards | 14,656 | 38.90 | ||
Majority | 8,365 | 22.20 | |||
Turnout | 77.19 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lionel Heald | 24,836 | 56.28 | ||
Labour | John Stuart Barr | 14,150 | 32.06 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Russell Mayne | 5,146 | 11.66 | ||
Majority | 10,686 | 24.21 | |||
Turnout | 79.36 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lionel Heald | 22,497 | 49.06 | ||
Labour | Anthony J Edwards | 14,513 | 31.65 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Michael John Lee | 8,844 | 19.29 | ||
Majority | 7,984 | 17.41 | |||
Turnout | 77.77 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lionel Heald | 22,584 | 48.39 | ||
Labour | Anthony J Edwards | 16,231 | 34.78 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Michael John Lee | 7,852 | 16.83 | ||
Majority | 6,353 | 13.61 | |||
Turnout | 77.98 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Grylls | 27,239 | 56.59 | ||
Labour | Christopher P Slater | 15,653 | 32.52 | ||
Liberal | R Alfred F Cook | 5,239 | 10.88 | ||
Majority | 11,586 | 25.07 | |||
Turnout | 71.01 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ From the taken parts of which, approximately, the seat of Woking was formed in 1950
- ↑ Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.(1979) pp. 764-766
- ↑ "Bagshot U.D. - units covering this place" Vision of Britain - University of Portsmouth and others. Accessed 2017-06-04
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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- ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
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