East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Surrey
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of East Surrey in Surrey.
Outline map
Location of Surrey within England.
County Surrey
Electorate 77,145 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament Sam Gyimah (Conservative)
Number of members One
1832 (1832)–1885 (1885)
Number of members Two
Type of constituency County constituency
Replaced by Battersea, Chertsey, Clapham, Croydon, Epsom, Kingston, Reigate, Wandsworth and Wimbledon
Created from Bletchingley, Gatton and Surrey
Overlaps
European Parliament 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.

An earlier constituency of the same name existed from 1832 to 1885. Formally known as the "Eastern Division of Surrey" or "Surrey Eastern", it elected two MPs by the bloc vote system.

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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 to the newly-formed Croydon South constituency and its southern half to the Reigate constituency. In 1974, much of the constituency became part of Croydon South following the 1965 transfer of Purley and Coulsdon to the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1832–1885

Election First Member[2] 1st Party [3] Second Member[2] 2nd Party [3]
1832 John Ivatt Briscoe Liberal Aubrey Beauclerk Liberal
1835 Richard Alsager Conservative
1837 Henry Kemble Conservative
1841 by-election Edmund Antrobus Conservative
1847 Peter John Locke King Liberal Thomas Alcock Liberal
1865 Charles Buxton Liberal
1871 by-election James Watney Conservative
1874 William Grantham Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished

[edit] MPs since 1918

Election Member[2] Party Notes
1918 Sir Stuart Coats, Bt. Conservative
1922 James Galbraith Conservative
1935 Charles Emmott Conservative
1945 Michael Astor Conservative
1951 Charles Doughty Conservative
1970 William Clark Conservative
February 1974[4] Sir Geoffrey Howe Conservative Later Baron Howe of Aberavon; Cabinet minister 1979-90
1992 Peter Ainsworth Conservative
2010 Sam Gyimah Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Gyimah 31,007 56.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrat David Lee 14,133 25.9 +2.0
Labour Mathew Rodda 4,925 9.0 -5.8
UKIP Helena Windsor 3,770 6.9 +2.5
Monster Raving Loony Martin Hogbin 422 0.8 N/A
Independent Sandy Pratt 383 0.7 N/A
Majority 16,874 30.9
Turnout 54,640 71.1 +5.2
Conservative hold Swing -0.7

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

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
UKIP 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 Jo Tanner 8,994 19.1 -2.1
UKIP Tony Stone 1,846 3.9 +2.9
Majority 13,203 28.1
Turnout 47,049 63.3 -11.4
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

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
UKIP 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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 29,767 62.3 −1.1
Liberal Democrat RL Tomlin 12,111 25.4 +1.4
Labour Mrs GM Roles 5,075 10.6 +0.2
Green IT Kilpatrick 819 1.7 −0.6
Majority 17,656 37.0 −2.5
Turnout 47,772 82.3 +5.2
Conservative hold Swing −1.2

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

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

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 465–466. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  4. ^ Major boundary changes
  5. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

[edit] Sources

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Preceded by
Leeds East		 Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
1979–1983		 Succeeded by
Blaby
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