List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

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The ceremonial county of Surrey is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies which are wholly within the county boundaries. In addition, there are two constituencies which cross the county boundary - one with Hampshire (Farnham and Bordon) and one with Berkshire (Windsor). These are sub-classified into three of borough type and ten of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of the returning officer.

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The county saw the vast bulk of its population and seats removed on the creation of the County of London in 1889 and its wider replacement the county of Greater London in 1965.

Reflecting its mainly suburban and rural nature, all seats covering the present definition of Surrey have been held by Conservative MPs at each general election since 1885, with the exception of two Liberals in 1906, one Liberal Democrat in 2001 and six Liberal Democrats in 2024.

Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 1] ElectorateMajority [1] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [1] Nearest opposition [1] Map
Dorking and Horley 71,3005,391  Chris Coghlan¤ Marisa Heath†
Dorking and Horley Constituency 2023.svg
East Surrey 73,3077,450  Claire Coutinho Tom Bowell‡
East Surrey Constituency 2023.svg
Epsom and Ewell 77,5303,686  Helen Maguire¤ Mhairi Fraser†
Epsom and Ewell Constituency 2023.svg
Esher and Walton 74,04212,003  Monica Harding¤ John Cope†
Esher and Walton Constituency 2023.svg
Farnham and Bordon (Part)75,9181,349  Greg Stafford Khalil Yousuf¤
Farnham and Bordon Constituency 2023 in Surrey.svg
Godalming and Ash 74,168891  Jeremy HuntPaul Follows¤
Godalming and Ash Constituency 2023.svg
Guildford 70,7348,429  Zöe Franklin¤  Angela Richardson
Guildford Constituency 2023.svg
Reigate 77,1013,187  Rebecca Paul Stuart Brady‡
Reigate Constituency 2023.svg
Runnymede and Weybridge 73,6107,627  Ben Spencer Ellen Nicholson¤
Runnymede and Weybridge Constituency 2023.svg
Spelthorne 73,7821,590  Lincoln Jopp Claire Tighe‡
Spelthorne Constituency 2023.svg
Surrey Heath 71,9345,640  Alasdair Pinkerton¤ Ed McGuinness†
Surrey Heath Constituency 2023.svg
Windsor (Part)73,3346,457  Jack Rankin Pavitar Mann ‡
Windsor Constituency in Surrey 2023.svg
Woking 72,97711,246  Will Forster¤  Jonathan Lord
Woking Constituency 2023.svg

Historic list of constituencies in Surrey

Used from 1950 to 1974

Eleven other seats fell within the north-east of Surrey until 1965, forming the metropolitan part closest to London and the majority of the population (shown in the Historical Representation tables below). These were moved into Greater London leaving a predominantly suburban and rural content.

Used from 1974 to 1983

Used from 1983 to 1997

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the existing 11 constituencies in Surrey, with only very minor changes to four of them.

NameBoundaries 1997–2010Boundaries 2010–present
  1. East Surrey CC
  2. Epsom and Ewell BC
  3. Esher and Walton BC
  4. Guildford CC
  5. Mole Valley CC
  6. Reigate BC
  7. Runnymede and Weybridge CC
  8. South West Surrey CC
  9. Spelthorne BC
  10. Surrey Heath CC
  11. Woking CC
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Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
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Proposed Revision

2024 boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former nameBoundaries 2010–2024Current nameBoundaries 2024–present
  1. East Surrey CC
  2. Epsom and Ewell BC
  3. Esher and Walton BC
  4. Guildford CC
  5. Mole Valley CC
  6. Reigate BC
  7. Runnymede and Weybridge CC
  8. South West Surrey CC
  9. Spelthorne BC
  10. Surrey Heath CC
  11. Woking CC
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Proposed Revision
  1. Dorking and Horley CC
  2. East Surrey CC
  3. Epsom and Ewell BC
  4. Esher and Walton BC
  5. Farnham and Borden CC
  6. Godalming and Ash CC
  7. Guildford CC
  8. Reigate CC
  9. Runnymede and Weybridge CC
  10. Spelthorne BC
  11. Surrey Heath CC
  12. Windsor CC
  13. Woking CC
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For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Surrey with Berkshire and Hampshire as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, the majority of the abolished constituency of South West Surrey was combined with parts of the current constituency of East Hampshire to form a new cross-county boundary constituency named Farnham and Bordon. The remainder of South West Surrey was combined with parts of Guildford, Mole Valley and Surrey Heath to form the new constituency of Godalming and Ash. The communities of Englefield Green and Virginia Water in the borough of Runnymede were included in the Berkshire constituency of Windsor. Following changes to Mole Valley, this constituency was renamed Dorking and Horley. [2] [3] [4]

The following constituencies were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Elmbridge

Containing electoral wards from Epsom and Ewell

Containing electoral wards from Guildford

Containing electoral wards from Mole Valley

Containing electoral wards from Reigate and Banstead

Containing electoral wards from Runnymede

Containing electoral wards from Spelthorne

Containing electoral wards from Surrey Heath

Containing electoral wards from Tandridge

Containing electoral wards from Waverley

Containing electoral wards from Woking

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019 [5]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Surrey in the 2019 general election were as follows: [nb 3]

PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019
Liberal Democrats 213,38835.1%Increase2.svg4.8%6Increase2.svg6
Conservative 202,90633.4%Decrease2.svg20.3%6Decrease2.svg5
Labour 84,92114.0%Increase2.svg1.3%00
Reform 74,36012.2%New00
Greens 26,7414.4%Increase2.svg1.7%00
Others4,7680.8%Decrease2.svg1.5%00
Total607,084100.012

Percentage votes

Note that before 1974 Surrey included a considerable part of what is now London.

Election year192419291935194519501951195519591964196619701974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Liberal Democrat 123.625.73.99.09.82.32.710.318.416.513.829.325.619.828.627.625.524.527.028.428.59.813.328.635.1
Conservative 71.853.869.849.955.861.062.459.951.650.155.650.250.559.359.460.659.946.247.650.555.258.158.653.733.4
Labour 4.620.526.340.734.436.834.929.929.933.330.320.123.520.211.011.413.622.321.816.79.813.021.212.714.0
Reform -------12.2
Green Party *****0.64.62.32.74.4
UKIP ***4.812.92.0**
Other0.40.030.10.10.30.40.50.71.10.41.17.03.64.41.11.62.62.20.8

1pre-1979 – Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Accurate vote percentages cannot be obtained for the elections of 1918, 1922, 1923 and 1931 because at least one candidate stood unopposed.

Seats

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Conservative 111111111111111011111111116
Liberal Democrat 100000001000006
Total1111111111111111111111111112

11974 & 1979 – Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

General Election 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010 results

The following tables show the results for all Surrey constituencies in the General Elections in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010. The results are given as percentages.

2019ConLib

Dem

LabGreenUKIPOther
East Surrey59.719.413.83.93.2
Epsom and Ewell53.523.517.23.42.4
Esher and Walton49.445.04.51.2
Guildford44.939.27.78.2
Mole Valley55.434.35.23.30.80.9
Reigate53.919.419.56.01.2
Runnymede and Weybridge54.917.320.63.50.92.8
South West Surrey53.338.77.9
Spelthorne58.915.121.74.3
Surrey Heath58.627.39.23.81.1
Woking48.930.816.42.81.1
Average53.828.612.72.70.51.7
2017ConLabLib DemUKIPGreenOthers
East Surrey59.619.210.53.81.95.0
Epsom and Ewell59.625.012.52.9
Esher and Walton58.619.717.31.71.80.8
Guildford54.619.023.92.10.5
Mole Valley61.913.919.32.42.6
Reigate57.424.710.92.94.1
Runnymede and Weybridge60.925.97.33.22.6
South West Surrey55.712.69.91.820.0
Spelthorne57.330.55.54.62.2
Surrey Heath64.221.110.83.9
Woking54.123.917.62.12.00.4
Average58.521.912.82.52.42.4
2015ConLabUKIPLib DemGreenOthers
East Surrey57.411.817.09.23.80.6
Epsom and Ewell58.315.512.58.83.71.3
Esher and Walton62.912.79.79.44.11.1
Guildford57.112.18.815.54.71.8
Mole Valley60.68.311.214.55.4
Reigate56.812.813.310.56.7
Runnymede and Weybridge59.715.513.96.74.1
South West Surrey59.99.59.96.35.49.1
Spelthorne49.718.620.96.43.51.0
Surrey Heath59.911.214.39.14.41.2
Woking56.216.111.311.64.10.6
Average58.013.113.09.84.51.5
2010ConLib DemLabUKIPOthers
East Surrey56.725.99.06.91.5
Epsom and Ewell56.226.811.94.60.5
Esher and Walton58.924.810.73.32.3
Guildford53.339.35.11.80.5
Mole Valley57.528.77.05.11.6
Reigate53.426.211.34.25.4
Runnymede and Weybridge55.921.613.46.52.5
South West Surrey58.730.26.02.62.6
Spelthorne47.125.916.58.52.2
Surrey Heath57.625.810.26.3
Woking50.337.48.03.80.5
Average55.128.49.94.91.8

Maps

1885–1910

1918–1945

1950–1970

1974–2019

2024-present (including constituencies partly in Berkshire and Hampshire)

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

   Conservative    Liberal    Liberal Unionist    National Party

Constituency188586188692189295189597991900030419060709Jan 1910Dec 1910121617
Chertsey Hankey Combe Leigh-Bennett Fyler Bingham Marnham Macmaster
Croydon Grantham Herbert Ritchie Arnold-Forster Hermon-Hodge Malcolm
Epsom Cubitt Bucknill W. Keswick H. Keswick
Guildford Brodrick Cowan Horne
Kingston upon Thames Ellis Temple Skewes-Cox Cave
Reigate Lawrence Cubitt Brodie Rawson
Wimbledon Bonsor Hambro Chaplin Coats

Note the 15 other seats of Surrey created in 1885 which primarily or wholly lay in the 1889-created County of London are not included in this list.

1918 to 1950 (12, then 14 MPs)

   Conservative    Independent Conservative    Labour

Constituency1918192219222319231924281929311931321935374019454748
Chertsey Macmaster Richardson Boyd-Carpenter Marsden
Croydon North Borwick Mason Willink Harris
Croydon South Malcolm Smith Mitchell-Thomson Williams Rees-Williams
Epsom Blades Southby McCorquodale
Farnham Samuel Nicholson
Guildford Horne Buckingham Rhys Jarvis
Kingston upon Thames Campbell Penny Royds Boyd-Carpenter
Mitcham Worsfold Chuter Ede Meller Robertson Braddock
Reigate Cockerill Touche
Richmond (Surrey)Edgar Becker Moore Ray Harvie-Watt
Surrey East Coats Galbraith Emmott Astor
Wimbledon Hood Power Palmer
Carshalton Head
Sutton and Cheam Marshall

† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London.

1950 to 1974 (19, then 20 MPs)

   Conservative

Constituency1950195154195519596019641966197072
Carshalton Head Elliot
Chertsey Heald Grylls
Croydon East / Croydon NE (from 1955)† Williams Hughes-Hallett Weatherill
Croydon North / Croydon NW (from 1955)† Harris Taylor
Croydon West / Croydon S (from 1955)† Thompson Winnick Thompson
Dorking Touche Sinclair
Epsom McCorquodale Rawlinson
Esher Robson-Brown Mather
Farnham Nicholson Macmillan
Guildford Nugent Howell
Kingston upon Thames Boyd-Carpenter
Merton and Morden Ryder Atkins Fookes
Mitcham Carr
Reigate Vaughan-Morgan Howe
Richmond (Surrey) Harvie-Watt Royle
Surrey East Astor Doughty Clark
Sutton and Cheam Marshall Sharples Tope
Wimbledon Black Havers
Woking Watkinson Onslow
Surbiton Fisher
Constituency1950195154195519596019641966197072

† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London

1974 to 1997 (11 MPs)

In 1965 half (ten) of Surrey's constituencies were moved to the new county of Greater London, but constituencies based on the old boundaries continued to be used until 1974, when Surrey gained one constituency (Spelthorne) from the abolished administrative county of Middlesex.

   Conservative    Referendum Party

ConstituencyFeb 1974Oct 19747819791983841987199297
Chertsey & Walton Pattie
Dorking (1974–83) / Mole Valley (1983–) Sinclair Wickenden Baker
Epsom and Ewell Rawlinson Hamilton
Esher Mather Taylor
Farnham (1974–83) / SW Surrey (1983–) Macmillan Bottomley
Guildford Howell
Reigate Gardiner
Spelthorne Atkins Wilshire
Surrey East Howe Ainsworth
Surrey NW Grylls
Woking Onslow

1997 to present (11, then 12 MPs)

Liberal Democrat MP Sue Doughty, who won Guildford in 2001 with a winning margin of 1.2%, was the first candidate to take a seat from the Conservatives in any part of the area covered by the present county of Surrey in 56 years.

   Conservative    Independent    Liberal Democrats

Constituency199720012005201020152017192019232024
East Surrey Ainsworth Gyimah Coutinho Coutinho
Epsom and Ewell Hamilton Grayling Maguire
Esher and Walton Taylor Raab Harding
Guildford St Aubyn Doughty Milton Richardson Franklin
Mole Valley / Dorking and Horley ('24) Beresford Coghlan
Reigate Blunt Paul
Runnymede & Weybridge Hammond Spencer
SW Surrey / Farnham & Bordon ('24)1 Bottomley Hunt Stafford
Spelthorne Wilshire Kwarteng Jopp
Surrey Heath Hawkins Gove Pinkerton
Woking Malins Lord Forster
Godalming and Ash Hunt

1contains some parts of Hampshire

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. Vote shares include the cross-county constituency of Farnham and Bordon which has a majority Surrey electorate, and excludes the cross-county constituency of Windsor which has a majority Berkshire electorate.

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