North West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

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North West Surrey
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Surrey
February 1974–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Chertsey
Replaced by Surrey Heath (part)
Runnymede and Weybridge (remainder)

North West Surrey was a county constituency in the county of Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

1974–1997: The Urban Districts of (1) Egham, and (2) Frimley and Camberley (and the Rural District of Bagshot). In later 1974 these became respectively: (1) the Borough of Runnymede wards of Egham, Englefield Green East, Englefield Green West, Hythe, Thorpe, and Virginia Water; (2) the Borough of Surrey Heath. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
Feb 1974 Sir Michael Grylls Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Surrey Heath,
Runnymede and Weybridge

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: North West Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 28,84152.63
Liberal LE Sims13,89225.35
Labour AA Clifton11,60821.18
National CoalitionDB Foster4630.84New
Majority14,94927.28
Turnout 54,80480.29
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: North West Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 25,52452.28
Labour PF Whitely11,94324.46
Liberal LE Sims11,35623.26
Majority13,58127.82
Turnout 48,82370.83
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: North West Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 36,21963.75
Labour Raymond Sharpe10,76318.94
Liberal D Simpson9,03715.91
National Front R Heath7961.40New
Majority25,45644.81
Turnout 56,81575.55
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: North West Surrey [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 35,29764.14
Liberal John Weedon14,27925.95
Labour John Burrow5,4529.91
Majority21,01838.19
Turnout 55,02870.21
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1987: North West Surrey [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 38,53564.00
Liberal Chic Brodie 14,96024.80
Labour John Cooper 6,75111.21
Majority23,57539.80
Turnout 60,24672.51
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: North West Surrey [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 41,772 63.8 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Chris M. Clark13,37820.4−4.4
Labour Mark Hayhurst8,88613.6+2.4
Green Yvonne Hockey1,4412.2New
Majority28,39443.4+3.6
Turnout 65,47778.3+5.8
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Local Government Act 1972
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "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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