Dorking and Horley

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Dorking and Horley
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Dorking and Horley
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Boundary of Dorking and Horley in South East England
County Surrey
Electorate 70,317 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Dorking, Horley, Great Bookham
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Mole Valley

Dorking and Horley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election, [3] since when it has been represented by Chris Coghlan of the Liberal Democrats.

Contents

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

Constituency profile

Dorking and Horley is a rural constituency located in Surrey. Its largest settlement is the town of Horley with a population of around 23,000. [4] Other settlements include the town of Dorking, the connected villages of Great Bookham and Fetcham and many smaller villages. The Surrey Hills National Landscape runs through the constituency. The towns of Dorking and Horley are connected by rail to London and Crawley, and many residents commute to these locations for work. [5] The constituency is affluent with low levels of deprivation, [6] and house prices are high. [7]

Compared to the country as a whole, residents of the constituency are older and have high levels of income. They are more likely to be homeowners, to be degree-educated and to work in professional occupations. White people made up 92% of the population at the 2021 census. [7] At the local council level, the west and north of the constituency around Dorking and Fetcham are mostly represented by Liberal Democrats, whilst the east around Horley is mostly represented by Conservatives. In the 2016 referendum on European Union membership, voters in the constituency were evenly split with an estimated 50% voting for each option. [7]

Boundaries

The constituency is defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following local government boundary reviews in Mole Valley [9] [10] and Waverley [11] [12] which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency is now composed of the following from the 2024 general election:

The seat comprises the following areas of Surrey: [13]

Members of Parliament

Mole Valley prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Chris Coghlan Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Dorking and Horley [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Coghlan 20,921 41.9 +9.8
Conservative Marisa Heath15,53031.1−20.1
Reform Craig Young6,89813.8N/A
Labour Nadia Burrell4,0538.1−1.8
Green Lisa Scott2,5635.1+0.9
Majority 5,39110.8N/A
Turnout 49,96570.1−7.4
Registered electors 71,300
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +15.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [16]
PartyVote%
Conservative 27,88351.2
Liberal Democrats 17,50232.1
Labour 5,4159.9
Green 2,3024.2
Others1,3932.7
Turnout54,49577.5
Electorate70,317

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "South East | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. ↑ Armstrong, Julie (2021-06-18). "Jeremy Hunt's South West Surrey could be split in two by boundary review". Surrey Live. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  4. ↑ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Profile of the parish of Horley Archived 23 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Constituency data: Deprivation in England". commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Seat Details - Dorking and Horley". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  9. ↑ LGBCE. "Mole Valley | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  10. ↑ "The Mole Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2023".
  11. ↑ LGBCE. "Waverley | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  12. ↑ "The Waverley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  13. 1 2 "New Seat Details - Dorking and Horley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  14. ↑ "Sir Paul Beresford: Veteran Surrey MP to stand down at next election". 2023-02-15. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  15. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll – Dorking and Horley". Mole Valley District Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  16. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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