Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Surbiton | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | Greater London |
| 1955–1997 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Kingston and Surbiton |
Surbiton was a borough constituency in south-west London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system of election.
It was created for the 1955 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
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History [edit]
This was a safe Conservative seat for the entire period of its existence.
Boundaries [edit]
The constituency was made up of the eastern part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south-west London, centred around the area of Surbiton. In 1997, it was absorbed into the new and larger Kingston and Surbiton constituency after the Boundary Commission for England recommended that a seat be lost in the twinned boroughs of Kingston and Richmond.[1]
Members of Parliament [edit]
| Event | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Sir Nigel Fisher | Conservative | |
| 1983 | Richard Tracey | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Kingston and Surbiton | ||
Elections [edit]
Elections in the 1990s [edit]
| General Election 1992: Surbiton[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Tracey | 19,033 | 54.4 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mrs B Janke | 9,394 | 26.9 | −1.6 | |
| Labour | RT Hutchinson | 6,384 | 18.3 | +3.9 | |
| Natural Law | W Parker | 161 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 9,639 | 27.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 34,972 | 82.4 | +4.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.12 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995).
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
