Dorking and Horley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dorking and Horley
County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Surrey
Major settlements Dorking and Horley
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from Mole Valley

Dorking and Horley is a new constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested in the 2024 general election. [2]

Contents

The constituency is named for the towns of Dorking and Horley in Surrey.

Boundaries

Dorking and Horley (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It will comprise the following areas of Surrey: [4]

Following local government boundary reviews in Mole Valley [6] [7] and Waverley [8] [9] which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency will now comprise the following from the 2024 general election:

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Dorking and Horley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marisa Heath [10]
Labour Nadia Burrell [11]
Liberal Democrats Chris Coghlan [12]
Green Lisa Scott [13]
Reform UK Craig Young [14]
Majority
Turnout
Swing

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    6. https://www.molevalleylibdems.org.uk/our-team/parliamentary-candidates/chris-coghlan

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