Dorking and Horley (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Dorking and Horley is a new constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. [3]

Contents

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

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following wards: [4]

It comprises the following areas of Surrey: [4]

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 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Coghlan 20,921 41.9 +9.8
Conservative Marisa Heath15,53031.1−20.1
Reform UK Craig Young6,89813.8N/A
Labour Nadia Burrell4,0538.1−1.8
Green Lisa Scott2,5635.1+0.9
Majority5,39110.8N/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 [7]
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

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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. 1 2 "New Seat Details – Dorking and Horley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  5. "Sir Paul Beresford: Veteran Surrey MP to stand down at next election". 2023-02-15. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  6. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll – Dorking and Horley". Mole Valley District Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. "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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