Farnham and Bordon | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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![]() Boundary of Farnham and Bordon in South East England | |
County | |
Electorate | 72,938 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Greg Stafford (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Farnham and Bordon is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It is a cross-county constituency covering parts of Hampshire and Surrey. [3] It was first contested in the 2024 general election [4] and is currently represented by Greg Stafford of the Conservative Party.
The constituency was created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and is composed of the following wards:
It comprises the following areas of Hampshire and Surrey:
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Greg Stafford | Conservative Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Greg Stafford | 18,951 | 35.7 | –23.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Khalil Yousuf | 17,602 | 33.2 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Alex Just | 7,328 | 13.8 | +7.0 | |
Reform UK | Ged Hall | 6,217 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Green | Claire Matthes | 2,496 | 4.7 | +3.8 | |
Hampshire Ind. | Don Jerrard | 421 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,349 | 2.5 | –24.0 | ||
Turnout | 53,015 | 69.8 | –0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 75,918 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –12.1 | |||
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 30,376 | 59.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 16,799 | 32.8 | |
Labour | 3,487 | 6.8 | |
Green | 479 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 51,141 | 70.1 | |
Electorate | 72,938 |
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