The county of Surrey is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies (sub-classified into four of borough type and seven of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). The county saw the vast bulk of its population and seats removed on the creation of the County of London in 1889 and its wider replacement the county of Greater London in 1965. Reflecting its mainly suburban and rural nature, all seats covering the present definition of Surrey have been held by Conservative MPs at each general election since 1885, with the exception of two Liberals in 1906 and 1 Liberal Democrat in 2001.
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
Constituency [nb 1] | Electorate [1] | Majority [2] [nb 2] | Member of Parliament [2] | Nearest opposition [2] | Map | ||
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East Surrey | 83,148 | 24,040 | Claire Coutinho† | Alex Ehmann¤ | |||
Epsom and Ewell | 81,138 | 17,873 | Chris Grayling† | Stephen Gee¤ | |||
Esher and Walton | 81,184 | 2,743 | Dominic Raab† | Monica Harding¤ | |||
Guildford | 77,729 | 3,337 | Angela Richardson† | Zöe Franklin¤ | |||
Mole Valley | 74,665 | 12,011 | Sir Paul Beresford† | Paul Kennedy¤ | |||
Reigate | 74,242 | 18,310 | Crispin Blunt† | Susan Gregory‡ | |||
Runnymede and Weybridge | 77,196 | 18,270 | Ben Spencer† | Robert King‡ | |||
South West Surrey | 79,096 | 8,817 | Jeremy Hunt† | Paul Follows¤ | |||
Spelthorne | 70,929 | 18,393 | Kwasi Kwarteng† | Pavitar Mann‡ | |||
Surrey Heath | 81,349 | 18,349 | Michael Gove† | Alasdair Pinkerton¤ | |||
Woking | 75,424 | 9,767 | Jonathan Lord† | Will Forster¤ | |||
Eleven other seats fell within the north-east of Surrey until 1965, forming the metropolitan part closest to London and the majority of the population (shown in the Historical Representation tables below). These were moved into Greater London leaving a predominantly suburban and rural content.
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the existing 11 constituencies in Surrey, with only very minor changes to four of them.
Name | Boundaries 1997–2010 | Boundaries 2010–present |
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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. [3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that Surrey be combined with Berkshire and Hampshire as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, the majority of the abolished constituency of South West Surrey would be combined with parts of the current constituency of East Hampshire to form a new cross-county boundary constituency named Farnham and Bordon. The remainder of South West Surrey would be combined with parts of Guildford, Mole Valley and Surrey Heath to form the new constituency of Godalming and Ash. The communities of Englefield Green and Virginia Water in the borough of Runnymede would be included in the Berkshire constituency of Windsor. Following changes to Mole Valley, it is proposed that this constituency is renamed Dorking and Horley. [4] [5] [6]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Elmbridge
Containing electoral wards from Epsom and Ewell
Containing electoral wards from Guildford
Containing electoral wards from Mole Valley
Containing electoral wards from Reigate and Banstead
Containing electoral wards from Runnymede
Containing electoral wards from Spelthorne
Containing electoral wards from Surrey Heath
Containing electoral wards from Tandridge
Containing electoral wards from Waverley
Containing electoral wards from Woking
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019 [7]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Surrey in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 336,561 | 53.7% | 4.9% | 11 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 179,581 | 28.6% | 15.3% | 0 | 0 |
Labour | 79,895 | 12.7% | 8.5% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 17,165 | 2.7% | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 13,670 | 2.3% | 2.3% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 626,872 | 100.0 | 11 |
Note that before 1974 Surrey included a considerable part of what is now London.
Election year | 1924 | 1929 | 1935 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Oct) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 71.8 | 53.8 | 69.8 | 49.9 | 55.8 | 61.0 | 62.4 | 59.9 | 51.6 | 50.1 | 55.6 | 50.2 | 50.5 | 59.3 | 59.4 | 60.6 | 59.9 | 46.2 | 47.6 | 50.5 | 55.2 | 58.1 | 58.6 | 53.7 |
Labour | 4.6 | 20.5 | 26.3 | 40.7 | 34.4 | 36.8 | 34.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 33.3 | 30.3 | 20.1 | 23.5 | 20.2 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 22.3 | 21.8 | 16.7 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 21.2 | 12.7 |
Liberal Democrat 1 | 23.6 | 25.7 | 3.9 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 29.3 | 25.6 | 19.8 | 28.6 | 27.6 | 25.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 28.4 | 28.5 | 9.8 | 13.3 | 28.6 |
Green Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
UKIP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | * | * | * | 4.8 | 12.9 | 2.0 | * |
Other | – | – | – | 0.4 | 0.03 | – | – | – | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1pre-1979 – Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Accurate vote percentages cannot be obtained for the elections of 1918, 1922, 1923 and 1931 because at least one candidate stood unopposed.
Election year | 1974 (Feb) | 1974 (Oct) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Liberal Democrat 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
11974 & 1979 – Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance
The following tables show the results for all Surrey constituencies in the General Elections in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010. The results are given as percentages.
2019 | Con | Lib Dem | Lab | Green | UKIP | Other |
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East Surrey | 59.7 | 19.4 | 13.8 | 3.9 | – | 3.2 |
Epsom and Ewell | 53.5 | 23.5 | 17.2 | 3.4 | – | 2.4 |
Esher and Walton | 49.4 | 45.0 | 4.5 | – | – | 1.2 |
Guildford | 44.9 | 39.2 | 7.7 | – | – | 8.2 |
Mole Valley | 55.4 | 34.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Reigate | 53.9 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 6.0 | 1.2 | – |
Runnymede and Weybridge | 54.9 | 17.3 | 20.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
South West Surrey | 53.3 | 38.7 | 7.9 | – | – | – |
Spelthorne | 58.9 | 15.1 | 21.7 | 4.3 | – | – |
Surrey Heath | 58.6 | 27.3 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 1.1 | – |
Woking | 48.9 | 30.8 | 16.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | – |
Average | 53.8 | 28.6 | 12.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
2017 | Con | Lab | Lib Dem | UKIP | Green | Others |
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East Surrey | 59.6 | 19.2 | 10.5 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
Epsom and Ewell | 59.6 | 25.0 | 12.5 | – | 2.9 | – |
Esher and Walton | 58.6 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
Guildford | 54.6 | 19.0 | 23.9 | – | 2.1 | 0.5 |
Mole Valley | 61.9 | 13.9 | 19.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | – |
Reigate | 57.4 | 24.7 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | – |
Runnymede and Weybridge | 60.9 | 25.9 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | – |
South West Surrey | 55.7 | 12.6 | 9.9 | 1.8 | – | 20.0 |
Spelthorne | 57.3 | 30.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 2.2 | – |
Surrey Heath | 64.2 | 21.1 | 10.8 | – | 3.9 | – |
Woking | 54.1 | 23.9 | 17.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
Average | 58.5 | 21.9 | 12.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
2015 | Con | Lab | UKIP | Lib Dem | Green | Others |
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East Surrey | 57.4 | 11.8 | 17.0 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 0.6 |
Epsom and Ewell | 58.3 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 1.3 |
Esher and Walton | 62.9 | 12.7 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 1.1 |
Guildford | 57.1 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 15.5 | 4.7 | 1.8 |
Mole Valley | 60.6 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 14.5 | 5.4 | – |
Reigate | 56.8 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 10.5 | 6.7 | – |
Runnymede and Weybridge | 59.7 | 15.5 | 13.9 | 6.7 | 4.1 | – |
South West Surrey | 59.9 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 9.1 |
Spelthorne | 49.7 | 18.6 | 20.9 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
Surrey Heath | 59.9 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 1.2 |
Woking | 56.2 | 16.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
Average | 58.0 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
2010 | Con | Lib Dem | Lab | UKIP | Others |
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East Surrey | 56.7 | 25.9 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
Epsom and Ewell | 56.2 | 26.8 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 0.5 |
Esher and Walton | 58.9 | 24.8 | 10.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
Guildford | 53.3 | 39.3 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
Mole Valley | 57.5 | 28.7 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 |
Reigate | 53.4 | 26.2 | 11.3 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
Runnymede and Weybridge | 55.9 | 21.6 | 13.4 | 6.5 | 2.5 |
South West Surrey | 58.7 | 30.2 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
Spelthorne | 47.1 | 25.9 | 16.5 | 8.5 | 2.2 |
Surrey Heath | 57.6 | 25.8 | 10.2 | 6.3 | – |
Woking | 50.3 | 37.4 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
Average | 55.1 | 28.4 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist National Party
Constituency | 1885 | 86 | 1886 | 92 | 1892 | 95 | 1895 | 97 | 99 | 1900 | 03 | 04 | 1906 | 07 | 09 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 12 | 16 | 17 |
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Chertsey | Hankey | Combe | Leigh-Bennett | Fyler | Bingham | Marnham | Macmaster | |||||||||||||
Croydon | Grantham | Herbert | Ritchie | Arnold-Forster | Hermon-Hodge | Malcolm | ||||||||||||||
Epsom | Cubitt | Bucknill | W. Keswick | H. Keswick | ||||||||||||||||
Guildford | Brodrick | Cowan | Horne | |||||||||||||||||
Kingston upon Thames | Ellis | Temple | Skewes-Cox | Cave | ||||||||||||||||
Reigate | Lawrence | Cubitt | Brodie | Rawson | → | |||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Bonsor | Hambro | Chaplin | Coats |
Note the 15 other seats of Surrey created in 1885 which primarily or wholly lay in the 1889-created County of London are not included in this list.
Conservative Independent Conservative Labour
Constituency | 1918 | 19 | 22 | 1922 | 23 | 1923 | 1924 | 28 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 32 | 1935 | 37 | 40 | 1945 | 47 | 48 |
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Chertsey | Macmaster | Richardson | Boyd-Carpenter | Marsden | ||||||||||||||
Croydon North† | Borwick | Mason | Willink | Harris | ||||||||||||||
Croydon South† | Malcolm | Smith | Mitchell-Thomson | Williams | Rees-Williams | |||||||||||||
Epsom | Blades | Southby | McCorquodale | |||||||||||||||
Farnham | Samuel | Nicholson | ||||||||||||||||
Guildford | Horne | Buckingham | Rhys | Jarvis | ||||||||||||||
Kingston upon Thames† | Campbell | Penny | Royds | Boyd-Carpenter | ||||||||||||||
Mitcham† | Worsfold | Chuter Ede | Meller | Robertson | Braddock | |||||||||||||
Reigate | Cockerill | Touche | ||||||||||||||||
Richmond (Surrey)† | Edgar | Becker | → | Moore | Ray | Harvie-Watt | ||||||||||||
Surrey East† | Coats | Galbraith | Emmott | Astor | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon† | Hood | Power | Palmer | |||||||||||||||
Carshalton† | Head | |||||||||||||||||
Sutton and Cheam† | Marshall |
† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London.
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 54 | 1955 | 1959 | 60 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 72 |
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Carshalton† | Head | Elliot | ||||||||
Chertsey | Heald | Grylls | ||||||||
Croydon East / Croydon NE (from 1955)† | Williams | Hughes-Hallett | Weatherill | |||||||
Croydon North / Croydon NW (from 1955)† | Harris | Taylor | ||||||||
Croydon West / Croydon S (from 1955)† | Thompson | Winnick | Thompson | |||||||
Dorking | Touche | Sinclair | ||||||||
Epsom | McCorquodale | Rawlinson | ||||||||
Esher | Robson-Brown | Mather | ||||||||
Farnham | Nicholson | Macmillan | ||||||||
Guildford | Nugent | Howell | ||||||||
Kingston upon Thames† | Boyd-Carpenter | |||||||||
Merton and Morden† | Ryder | Atkins | Fookes | |||||||
Mitcham† | Carr | |||||||||
Reigate | Vaughan-Morgan | Howe | ||||||||
Richmond (Surrey)† | Harvie-Watt | Royle | ||||||||
Surrey East† | Astor | Doughty | Clark | |||||||
Sutton and Cheam† | Marshall | Sharples | Tope | |||||||
Wimbledon† | Black | Havers | ||||||||
Woking | Watkinson | Onslow | ||||||||
Surbiton† | Fisher | |||||||||
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 54 | 1955 | 1959 | 60 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 72 |
† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London
In 1965 half (ten) of Surrey's constituencies were moved to the new county of Greater London, but constituencies based on the old boundaries continued to be used until 1974, when Surrey gained one constituency (Spelthorne) from the abolished administrative county of Middlesex.
Constituency | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 78 | 1979 | 1983 | 84 | 1987 | 1992 | 97 | |||
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Chertsey & Walton | Pattie | |||||||||||
Dorking (1974–83) / Mole Valley (1983–) | Sinclair | Wickenden | Baker | |||||||||
Epsom and Ewell | Rawlinson | Hamilton | ||||||||||
Esher | Mather | Taylor | ||||||||||
Farnham (1974–83) / SW Surrey (1983–) | Macmillan | Bottomley | ||||||||||
Guildford | Howell | |||||||||||
Reigate | Gardiner | → | ||||||||||
Spelthorne | Atkins | Wilshire | ||||||||||
Surrey East | Howe | Ainsworth | ||||||||||
Surrey NW | Grylls | |||||||||||
Woking | Onslow |
Liberal Democrat MP Sue Doughty, who won Guildford in 2001 with a winning margin of 1.2%, was the first candidate to take a seat from the Conservatives in the area covered by the present county of Surrey in 56 years.
Conservative Independent Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 | 23 | 2024 |
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Runnymede & Weybridge | Hammond | → | Spencer | |||||||
Mole Valley / Dorking and Horley ('24) | Beresford | |||||||||
Epsom and Ewell | Hamilton | Grayling | ||||||||
Esher and Walton | Taylor | Raab | ||||||||
SW Surrey / Farnham & Bordon ('24)1 | Bottomley | Hunt | ||||||||
Guildford | St Aubyn | Doughty | Milton | → | Richardson | |||||
Reigate | Blunt | → | ||||||||
Spelthorne | Wilshire | Kwarteng | ||||||||
Surrey East | Ainsworth | Gyimah | → | Coutinho | ||||||
Surrey Heath | Hawkins | Gove | ||||||||
Woking | Malins | Lord | ||||||||
Godalming and Ash |
1contains some parts of Hampshire
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