Esher (UK Parliament constituency)

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Esher
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Surrey
1950–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Epsom (parts of)
Chertsey (taking Weybridge, Walton, Hersham, East and West Molesey)
Replaced by Esher & Walton
Mole Valley (return of four rural wards)
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of: Chertsey and Walton (existed 1974-1997)

Esher was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In the general elections during its 47-year lifetime it was won by three Conservatives successively. In area it shrank in 1974, then regrew in 1983 taking in four sparsely inhabited wards which proved to be temporary, as omitted from the successor seat, Esher and Walton.

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Boundaries

1950–1974: Urban Districts of Esher, and Walton and Weybridge.

1974–1983: The Urban District of Esher. [1]

Walton, Hersham, Weybridge and Oatlands were transferred to the new Chertsey and Walton seat.

1983–1997:

Neighbours

Neighbours with borders of more than 2 miles (3.2 km) were:

or their variations including:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] PartyOther terms served as MP
1950 William Robson-Brown Conservative None
1970 Carol Mather Conservative None
1987 Ian Taylor Conservative 1997-2010 for Esher and Walton
1997 constituency abolished: see Esher and Walton

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Esher [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Robson Brown 33,09460.73
Labour Ethel Chipchase 15,51428.56
Liberal Heather Harvey 5,70410.50
Majority17,58032.37
Turnout 54,312
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Esher [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Robson Brown 33,75562.86
Labour Percy C McNally15,33428.55
Liberal Heather Harvey 4,6128.59
Majority18,42134.31
Turnout 53,70183.41
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Esher [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Robson Brown 33,77463.66
Labour Frederick A Messer13,13224.75
Liberal Gerald Edward Owen6,14611.58
Majority20,64238.91
Turnout 53,05279.27
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Esher [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Robson Brown 37,15563.17
Labour Paul Evelyn Vanson12,93421.99
Liberal Gerald Edward Owen8,73014.84
Majority24,22141.18
Turnout 58,81981.49
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Esher [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Robson Brown 33,22656.19
Labour Paul Evelyn Vanson13,64423.07
Liberal Stephen Robert Cawley12,25920.73
Majority19,58233.12
Turnout 59,129
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Esher [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Robson Brown 32,64955.35
Labour Cyril Rofe15,02325.47
Liberal Stephen Robert Cawley11,31019.18
Majority17,62629.88
Turnout 58,98278.03
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Esher [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Mather 37,72761.83
Labour Richard S. Scorer 14,44923.68
Liberal George Kahan8,84514.50
Majority23,27838.15
Turnout 48,021
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Esher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Mather 21,77561.83
Liberal C Byers11,06028.50
Labour GA Barnham5,97015.38
Majority10,71527.33
Turnout 38,805
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Esher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Mather 19,74155.84
Liberal Charles Welchman8,88125.12
Labour A Hudson6,72919.03
Majority10,86030.72
Turnout 35,35174.31
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Esher
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Mather 24,15265.10
Liberal Charles Welchman7,31119.71
Labour Richard S. Scorer 5,63415.19
Majority16,84145.39
Turnout 37,09777.51
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Esher [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Mather 28,577 63.3
Liberal Colin Wheatley12,66528.0
Labour Daphne Plaskow3,2507.2
Monster Raving Loony W Wellie6641.5
Majority15,91235.3
Turnout 45,15673.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1987: Esher [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Taylor 31,334 65.5 +2.2
Liberal Anthony Barnett12,26625.7−2.3
Labour Norman Lucas4,1978.8+1.6
Majority19,06839.8+4.5
Turnout 47,79776.9+3.8
Conservative hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Esher [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Taylor 31,115 65.4 −0.1
Liberal Democrats John Richling10,74422.6−3.1
Labour Julie Reay5,68512.0+3.2
Majority20,37142.8+3.0
Turnout 47,54480.8+3.9
Conservative hold Swing +1.5

See also

Notes and references

Notes
    References
    1. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Richmond upon Thames, Twickenham and Esher) Order 1971. SI 1971/2114". Statutory Instruments 1971. Part III Section 2. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. pp. 6234–6235.
    2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
    3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
    4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
    5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
    6. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
    7. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
    8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
    9. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
    10. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
    11. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
    12. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
    13. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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