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, Horley, Great Bookham
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] 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.

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 [5] [6] and Waverley [7] [8] 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: [9]

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 [11]
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 [12]
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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