Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)

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Epsom and Ewell
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Epsom and Ewell in Surreyfor the 2010 general election
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Location of Surrey within England
County Surrey
Electorate 76,916 (December 2010) [1]
Borough Epsom and Ewell
Major settlements Epsom, Ewell and Ashtead
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament Chris Grayling (Conservative)
Seats3
Created from Epsom

Epsom and Ewell is a constituency [n 1] in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Chris Grayling, a Conservative. [n 2]

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Boundaries

1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Epsom and Ewell, and the Urban District of Leatherhead.

1983–1997: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Nork, Preston, and Tattenhams.

1997–2010: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, the District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Common, Ashtead Park, and Ashtead Village, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Nork, Preston, and Tattenhams.

2010–present: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, the District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Common, Ashtead Park, and Ashtead Village, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Nork and Tattenhams.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The electorate will be reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring the parts in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead to the Reigate constituency. To partly compensate, Leatherhead will be transferred in from Mole Valley (to be replaced by Dorking and Horley).

Following a local government boundary review in Mole Valley [3] [4] which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency will now comprise the following from the next general election:

Historical boundaries

Before 1997 it excluded Ashtead but instead included Banstead from Reigate and Banstead. As the borough of Epsom and Ewell is small and includes relatively sparsely populated areas such as Epsom Downs, the constituency has consistently also included areas of neighbouring Surrey districts. [6]

2010 boundary change After the Boundary Commission's report of 2005, some changes were implemented for the 2010 election. The boundary with Mole Valley moved slightly the uninhabited portions of land by the M25 motorway adjoining Ashtead and Leatherhead, in line with local government wards. The Preston ward of Reigate & Banstead (in Tadworth) was transferred to Reigate to bring that constituency's electorate closer to the county average.

History

Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries

The seat has existed since the February 1974 general election, forming the centre of the previous Epsom constituency. Epsom had been held by a Conservative since its creation in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

In Westminster elections, it is one of the strongest Conservative areas in the country. Locally, however, the majority area council (Epsom and Ewell Borough Council) is controlled by the local Residents' Association. Conservatives regularly run the two slightly included neighbouring councils and until recently the party rarely contested the main borough's elections. One ward in Epsom, Court, is quite strongly Labour, and several Residents Association councillors have sided against Conservative-run Reigate and Banstead council which is also electorally diverse.

In 1987, Barbara Follett, later Member of Parliament for Stevenage, unsuccessfully stood for the Labour Party in the constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [7] Party
Feb 1974 constituency created
Feb 1974 Peter Rawlinson Conservative
1978 by-election Sir Archie Hamilton Conservative
2001 Chris Grayling Conservative

Elections

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Epsom election history

Elections in the 2020s

Next election: Epsom and Ewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mhairi Fraser [8]
Liberal Democrats Helen Maguire [9]
Labour
Green Stephen McKenna [10]
True and Fair Party Gina Miller [11]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Epsom and Ewell [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Grayling 31,819 53.5 −6.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gee13,94623.5+11.0
Labour Ed Mayne10,22617.2−7.8
Green Janice Baker2,0473.4+0.5
Independent Clive Woodbridge1,4132.4New
Majority17,87330.0−4.6
Turnout 59,45173.3−0.8
Conservative hold Swing −8.5
General election 2017: Epsom and Ewell [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Grayling 35,313 59.6 +1.3
Labour Ed Mayne14,83825.0+9.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gee7,40112.5+3.7
Green Janice Baker1,7142.9−0.8
Majority20,47534.6−8.2
Turnout 59,46874.1+1.4
Conservative hold Swing −4.1
General election 2015: Epsom and Ewell [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Grayling 33,309 58.3 +2.1
Labour Sheila Carlson8,86615.5+3.6
UKIP Robert Leach7,11712.5+7.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gee5,0028.8−18.0
Green Susan McGrath2,1163.7New
Independent Lionel Blackman 6121.1New
Independent Gareth Harfoot1210.2New
Majority24,44342.8+13.4
Turnout 57,14372.7+2.3
Conservative hold Swing +4.1
General election 2010: Epsom and Ewell [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Grayling 30,868 56.2 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Lees14,73426.8+5.3
Labour Craig Montgomery6,53811.9−8.1
UKIP Elizabeth Wallace2,5494.6+1.1
Radical ReformPeter Ticher2660.5New
Majority16,13429.4−3.5
Turnout 54,95570.4+4.1
Conservative hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Epsom and Ewell [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Grayling 27,146 54.4 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Lees10,69921.4−0.7
Labour Charlie Mansell10,26520.6−5.9
UKIP Peter Kefford1,7693.5+0.2
Majority16,44733.0+11.4
Turnout 49,87966.1+3.3
Conservative hold Swing +3.5
General election 2001: Epsom and Ewell [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Grayling 22,430 48.1 +2.5
Labour Charlie Mansell12,35026.5+2.2
Liberal Democrats John Vincent10,31622.1−0.7
UKIP Graham Webster-Gardiner1,5473.3+2.3
Majority10,08021.6+0.3
Turnout 46,64362.8−11.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Epsom and Ewell [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Archie Hamilton 24,717 45.6 −14.6
Labour Philip Woodford13,19224.3+8.6
Liberal Democrats John Vincent12,38022.8−0.7
Referendum Christopher Macdonald2,3554.3New
UKIP Harold Green5441.0New
Green Hugo Charlton 5271.0New
ProLife Alliance Katherine Weeks4660.9New
Majority11,52521.3
Turnout 54,18174.0−6.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1992: Epsom and Ewell [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Archie Hamilton 32,861 60.2 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Martin P. Emerson12,84023.5+0.3
Labour Richard A. Warren8,57715.7+1.2
Natural Law GD Hatchard3340.6New
Majority20,02136.7−2.3
Turnout 54,61280.1+4.7
Conservative hold Swing −1.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Epsom and Ewell [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Archie Hamilton 33,145 62.2 +1.8
Liberal Margaret Joachim 12,38423.2-3.4
Labour Barbara Follett 7,75114.6+1.6
Majority20,76139.0+5.2
Turnout 53,28075.4+3.4
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
General election 1983: Epsom and Ewell [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Archie Hamilton 30,737 60.4
Liberal Michael Anderson13,54226.6
Labour William Carpenter6,58713.0
Majority17,19533.8
Turnout 50,86672.0-4.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Epsom and Ewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Archie Hamilton 39,10461.91+7.85
Liberal Michael Anderson12,74620.18-6.45
Labour Chris Smith 11,31517.91-1.40
Majority26,35841.73+14.31
Turnout 63,16576.91+3.21
Conservative hold Swing
By election 1978: Epsom and Ewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Archie Hamilton 28,24263.61+9.55
Labour Anthony Mooney7,31416.47-2.84
Liberal Michael Alexander John Anderson5,67312.78-13.85
Royalist Jonathan King 2,3505.29New
National Front James Sawyer8231.85New
Majority20,92847.14+19.72
Turnout 44,402
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Epsom and Ewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Rawlinson 32,10954.06
Liberal David Julian Hardy Griffiths15,81926.63
Labour Neil Kearney 11,47119.31
Majority16,29027.43
Turnout 59,39973.70
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Epsom and Ewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Rawlinson 35,82354.68-6.73
Liberal David Julian Hardy Griffiths18,89928.85+12.33
Labour Neil Kearney 10,78716.47-5.59
Majority16,92425.83-13.52
Turnout 65,50982.0
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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