Epsom (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

Election		Member^[1]	Party
	1885	constituency created
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1885	George Cubitt	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1892	Thomas Bucknill	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1899 by-election	William Keswick	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1912 by-election	Henry Keswick	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1918	George Blades	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1928 by-election	Sir Archibald Southby	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1947 by-election	Malcolm McCorquodale	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1955	Peter Rawlinson	Conservative
	Feb 1974	constituency abolished. See Epsom and Ewell

Elections

Elections in the 1920s

1924 General Election: Epsom Electorate 37,515^[2]
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^[3]
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

Aftermath

Southby held the seat at the following General Election, against a further challenge from Kerr, who managed a swing of 1.9% to the Liberals. Keynes did not fight the seat, contesting Horsham and Worthing instead and finishing third. The result at the following General Election;

1929 General Election: Epsom Electorate 63,268^[4]
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

Notes and references

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
^ 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

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

[2] F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949

[3] F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949

[4] F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949

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