Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Surbiton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Surbiton1983Constituency.svg
Boundary of Surbiton in Greater Londonfor the 1983 general election
County Surrey (Pre 1965)
Greater London (Post 1965)
Major settlements Chessington and Surbiton
1955–1997
Seatsone
Created from Kingston-upon-Thames
Esher
Epsom
Replaced by Kingston and Surbiton

Surbiton was a borough constituency created for the 1955 general election and abolished for the 1997 general election, in Surrey until 1965 and thereafter in outer south-west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system of election.

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History

This was in the safe/marginal seat spectrum irrefutably a safe Conservative seat during its 32-year lifetime. The party positioned in second position was also unchanged until it changed once in the course of the seat's history. The election when this change took place was the 1983 United Kingdom general election. The narrowest majority was the General Election 1966 at 15.7%.

Boundaries

1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Surbiton.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Berrylands, Chessington, Hook and Southborough, St Mark's and Seething Wells, Surbiton Hill, Tolworth East, Tolworth South, and Tolworth West.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Berrylands, Chessington North, Chessington South, Hook, St Mark's, Surbiton Hill, Tolworth East, Tolworth South, and Tolworth West.

The constituency was made up of the eastern part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south-west London, centred on the area of Surbiton. In 1997, it was absorbed into the new and larger Kingston and Surbiton constituency after the Boundary Commission for England recommended that a seat be lost in the twinned boroughs of Kingston and Richmond. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] PartyNotes
1955 Sir Nigel Fisher Conservative Member for Hitchin (1950–1955)
1983 Richard Tracey Conservative Minister for Sport (1985–1987)
Contested Kingston and Surbiton following redistribution
1997 constituency abolished: see Kingston and Surbiton

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1955: Surbiton [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Nigel Fisher 22,863 64.9
Labour S Gordon Richards12,38035.1
Majority10,48329.7
Turnout 35,24379.5
Registered electors 44,331
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1959: Surbiton [3] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Fisher 24,058 67.4 +2.5
Labour Arthur Imisson11,63332.6–2.5
Majority12,42534.8+5.1
Turnout 35,69179.0–0.5
Registered electors 45,165
Conservative hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Surbiton [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Fisher 20,499 60.6 –6.8
Labour D Eric Heather13,33739.4+6.8
Majority7,16221.2–13.6
Turnout 33,83675.4–3.6
Registered electors 44,846
Conservative hold Swing –6.8
General election 1966: Surbiton [3] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Fisher 19,989 57.9 –2.7
Labour D Eric Heather14,56142.1+2.7
Majority5,42815.7–5.5
Turnout 34,55077.0+1.5
Registered electors 44,894
Conservative hold Swing –2.7

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Surbiton [3] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Fisher 17,359 51.7 –6.1
Labour Rusi Kerr-Walter10,46931.2–11.0
Liberal Christopher Green4,02712.0New
Independent Powell ConservativeEdgar Scruby1,7065.1New
Majority6,89020.5+4.7
Turnout 33,56170.4–6.5
Registered electors 47,661
Conservative hold Swing +2.4
General election February 1974: Surbiton [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Fisher 17,176 45.6 –6.1
Liberal D Brooke10,67628.3+16.3
Labour Andrew MacKinlay 9,81326.1–5.1
Majority6,50017.3–3.3
Turnout 37,66582.2+11.8
Registered electors 45,801
Conservative hold Swing –11.2
General election October 1974: Surbiton [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Fisher 15,330 45.7 +0.1
Labour Andrew MacKinlay 9,30927.7+1.7
Liberal D Brooke8,93126.6–1.7
Majority6,02117.9+0.7
Turnout 33,57072.9–9.4
Registered electors 46,065
Conservative hold Swing –0.8
General election 1979: Surbiton [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Fisher 20,063 56.6 +11.0
Labour Colin Moore [10] 9,26126.1–1.6
Liberal Christine Tilley [10] 6,09317.2–9.4
Majority10,80230.5+12.6
Turnout 35,41775.5+2.6
Registered electors 46,922
Conservative hold Swing +6.3
1979 notional result [11]
PartyVote %
Conservative 19,98956.7
Labour 9,18926.1
Liberal 6,08517.3
Turnout35,263
Electorate

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Surbiton [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Tracey 18,245 54.5 –2.2
SDP Christopher Nowakowski9,49628.4+11.1
Labour Nigel Waskett5,17315.5–10.6
Ecology Jim Macellan5511.6New
Majority8,74926.1–4.5
Turnout 33,46571.3
Registered electors 46,949
Conservative hold Swing –6.6
General election 1987: Surbiton [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Tracey 19,861 55.9 +1.3
SDP David Burke10,12028.5+0.1
Labour Allister McGowan5,11114.4–1.1
Green Jean Vidler4651.3–0.3
Majority9,74127.4+1.3
Turnout 35,55778.3+7.0
Registered electors 45,428
Conservative hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Surbiton [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Tracey 19,033 54.4 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Barbara Janke 9,39426.9−1.6
Labour Robin Hutchinson6,38418.3+3.9
Natural Law W Parker1610.5New
Majority9,63927.6+0.2
Turnout 34,97282.4+4.2
Registered electors 42,421
Conservative hold Swing +0.1

See also

References

  1. ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p. 12 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995).
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Craig, Fred W. S (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (2nd ed.). Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0900178078 . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  4. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
  5. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
  6. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
  7. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
  8. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
  9. 1 2 3 Fred W. S Craig (1984). British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983. Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   090017823X . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  10. 1 2 Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 17. ISBN   0102374805.
  11. ↑ "BBC/ITN NOTIONAL ELECTION 1979". election.demon.co.uk. BBC/ITN. Archived from the original on 28 May 2004. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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