List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey explained

The county of Surrey is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies (sub-classified into four of borough type and seven of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). 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

See also: 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Constituency^[1]	Electorate	Majority^[2] ^[3]	Member of Parliament	Nearest opposition<	--!rowspan=1 class=unsortable	Electoral wards^[4] ^[5] -->	Map
Dorking and Horley		5,391		Chris Coghlan¤		Marisa Heath†
East Surrey		7,450		Claire Coutinho†		Tom Bowell‡
Epsom and Ewell	77,530	3,686		Helen Maguire¤		Mhairi Fraser†
Esher and Walton		12,003		Monica Harding¤		John Cope†
Godalming and Ash		891		Jeremy Hunt†		Paul Follows¤
Guildford		8,429		Zöe Franklin¤		Angela Richardson†
Reigate		3,187		Rebecca Paul†		Stuart Brady‡
Runnymede and Weybridge		7,627		Ben Spencer†		Ellen Nicholson¤
Spelthorne		1,590		Lincoln Jopp†		Claire Tighe‡
Surrey Heath		5,640		Alasdair Pinkerton¤		Ed McGuinness[† |[[File:Surrey Heath Constituency 2023.svg|left|100px|alt=]]|-|Woking|72,977|11,246| style="color:inherit;background:" | |Will Forster¤| style="color:inherit;background:" | |Jonathan Lord†||-|} Historic list of constituencies in Surrey Used from 1950 to 1974 Chertsey Dorking Epsom Esher Farnham Guildford Reigate East Surrey Spelthorne (previous county: Middlesex abolished in 1965) Woking 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 Chertsey and Walton Dorking East Surrey Epsom and Ewell Esher Farnham Guildford North West Surrey Reigate Spelthorne Woking Used from 1983 to 1997 Chertsey and Walton East Surrey Epsom and Ewell Esher Mole Valley Guildford North West Surrey Reigate South West Surrey Spelthorne Woking 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. Proposed boundary changes See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details. Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[6] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023. The commission has proposed that Surrey be combined 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 would be 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 would be 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 would be included in the Berkshire constituency of Windsor. Following changes to Mole Valley, it is proposed that this constituency is renamed Dorking and Horley.^[7] ^[8] ^[9] The following constituencies are proposed: Containing electoral wards from Elmbridge Esher and Walton Runnymede and Weybridge (part) Containing electoral wards from Epsom and Ewell Epsom and Ewell (part) Containing electoral wards from Guildford Guildford Surrey Heath (part) Godalming and Ash (part) Containing electoral wards from Mole Valley Dorking and Horley (part) Epsom and Ewell (part) Containing electoral wards from Reigate and Banstead Dorking and Horley (part) East Surrey (part) Reigate Containing electoral wards from Runnymede Runnymede and Weybridge (part) Windsor (parts also in the Boroughs of Slough, and Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire) Containing electoral wards from Spelthorne Spelthorne Containing electoral wards from Surrey Heath Surrey Heath (part) Containing electoral wards from Tandridge East Surrey (part) Containing electoral wards from Waverley Dorking and Horley (part) Farnham and Bordon (part also in the District of East Hampshire) Godalming and Ash (part) Containing electoral wards from Woking Woking Results history Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019^[10] 2019 The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Surrey in the 2019 general election were as follows: Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017 Conservative 336,561 53.7% 4.9% 11 0 Liberal Democrats 179,581 28.6% 15.3% 0 0 Labour 79,895 12.7% 8.5% 0 0 Greens 17,165 2.7% 0.4% 0 0 Others 13,670 2.3% 2.3% 0 0 Total 626,872 100.0 11 Percentage votes Note that before 1974 Surrey included a considerable part of what is now London. Election year 1924 1929 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974(Feb) 1974(Oct) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 Conservative 71.8 53.8 69.8 49.9 55.8 61.0 62.4 59.9 51.6 50.1 55.6 50.2 50.5 59.3 59.4 60.6 59.9 46.2 47.6 50.5 55.2 58.1 58.6 53.7 Labour 4.6 20.5 26.3 40.7 34.4 36.8 34.9 29.9 29.9 33.3 30.3 20.1 23.5 20.2 11.0 11.4 13.6 22.3 21.8 16.7 9.8 13.0 21.2 12.7 Liberal Democrat^1 23.6 25.7 3.9 9.0 9.8 2.3 2.7 10.3 18.4 16.5 13.8 29.3 25.6 19.8 28.6 27.6 25.5 24.5 27.0 28.4 28.5 9.8 13.3 28.6 Green Party – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0.6 4.6 2.3 2.7 UKIP – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.8 12.9 2.0 Other – – – 0.4 0.03 – – – 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.4 1.1 7.0 3.6 4.4 1.1 1.6 2.6 2.2 ^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 year 1974(Feb) 1974(Oct) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 Conservative 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 Liberal Democrat^1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 ^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. 2019 Con LibDem Lab Green UKIP Other East Surrey 59.7 19.4 13.8 3.9 – 3.2 Epsom and Ewell 53.5 23.5 17.2 3.4 – 2.4 Esher and Walton 49.4 45.0 4.5 – – 1.2 Guildford 44.9 39.2 7.7 – – 8.2 Mole Valley 55.4 34.3 5.2 3.3 0.8 0.9 Reigate 53.9 19.4 19.5 6.0 1.2 – Runnymede and Weybridge 54.9 17.3 20.6 3.5 0.9 2.8 South West Surrey 53.3 38.7 7.9 – – – Spelthorne 58.9 15.1 21.7 4.3 – – Surrey Heath 58.6 27.3 9.2 3.8 1.1 – Woking 48.9 30.8 16.4 2.8 1.1 – Average 53.8 28.6 12.7 2.7 0.5 1.7 2017 Con Lab Lib Dem UKIP Green Others East Surrey 59.6 19.2 10.5 3.8 1.9 5.0 Epsom and Ewell 59.6 25.0 12.5 – 2.9 – Esher and Walton 58.6 19.7 17.3 1.7 1.8 0.8 Guildford 54.6 19.0 23.9 – 2.1 0.5 Mole Valley 61.9 13.9 19.3 2.4 2.6 – Reigate 57.4 24.7 10.9 2.9 4.1 – Runnymede and Weybridge 60.9 25.9 7.3 3.2 2.6 – South West Surrey 55.7 12.6 9.9 1.8 – 20.0 Spelthorne 57.3 30.5 5.5 4.6 2.2 – Surrey Heath 64.2 21.1 10.8 – 3.9 – Woking 54.1 23.9 17.6 2.1 2.0 0.4 Average 58.5 21.9 12.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2015 Con Lab UKIP Lib Dem Green Others East Surrey 57.4 11.8 17.0 9.2 3.8 0.6 Epsom and Ewell 58.3 15.5 12.5 8.8 3.7 1.3 Esher and Walton 62.9 12.7 9.7 9.4 4.1 1.1 Guildford 57.1 12.1 8.8 15.5 4.7 1.8 Mole Valley 60.6 8.3 11.2 14.5 5.4 – Reigate 56.8 12.8 13.3 10.5 6.7 – Runnymede and Weybridge 59.7 15.5 13.9 6.7 4.1 – South West Surrey 59.9 9.5 9.9 6.3 5.4 9.1 Spelthorne 49.7 18.6 20.9 6.4 3.5 1.0 Surrey Heath 59.9 11.2 14.3 9.1 4.4 1.2 Woking 56.2 16.1 11.3 11.6 4.1 0.6 Average 58.0 13.1 13.0 9.8 4.5 1.5 2010 Con Lib Dem Lab UKIP Others East Surrey 56.7 25.9 9.0 6.9 1.5 Epsom and Ewell 56.2 26.8 11.9 4.6 0.5 Esher and Walton 58.9 24.8 10.7 3.3 2.3 Guildford 53.3 39.3 5.1 1.8 0.5 Mole Valley 57.5 28.7 7.0 5.1 1.6 Reigate 53.4 26.2 11.3 4.2 5.4 Runnymede and Weybridge 55.9 21.6 13.4 6.5 2.5 South West Surrey 58.7 30.2 6.0 2.6 2.6 Spelthorne 47.1 25.9 16.5 8.5 2.2 Surrey Heath 57.6 25.8 10.2 6.3 – Woking 50.3 37.4 8.0 3.8 0.5 Average 55.1 28.4 9.9 4.9 1.8 Maps 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 Constituency 1885 86 1886 92 1892 95 1895 97 99 1900 03 04 1906 07 09 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12 16 17 Hankey Combe Leigh-Bennett Fyler Bingham Marnham Macmaster Grantham Herbert Ritchie Arnold-Forster Hermon-Hodge Malcolm Cubitt Bucknill W. Keswick H. Keswick Brodrick Cowan Horne Ellis Temple Skewes-Cox Cave Lawrence Cubitt Brodie Rawson → 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) Constituency 1918 19 22 1922 23 1923 1924 28 1929 31 1931 32 1935 37 40 1945 47 48 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) Constituency 1950 1951 54 1955 1959 60 1964 1966 1970 72 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 Constituency 1950 1951 54 1955 1959 60 1964 1966 1970 72 † 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. Constituency Feb 1974 Oct 1974 78 1979 1983 84 1987 1992 97 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 11.5 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 the area covered by the present county of Surrey in 56 years. Constituency 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 19 2019 23 2024 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 Parliamentary constituencies in South East England References The Boundary Commission proposals for Surrey ]

Notes and References

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. Web site: Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019. BBC News. en-GB. 2020-04-24.
3. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
4. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4. Crown copyright. Office of Public Sector Information. 7 November 2009. 13 June 2007.
5. [Boundary Commission for England]
6. Web site: 2023 Review Boundary Commission for England. 2021-10-07. boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
7. Web site: 2021-06-14. Constituency Boundary changes on the way for 'Your Waverley' and Guildford.. 2021-11-15. Waverley Web. en-US.
8. Web site: 2021-06-15. South West Surrey could be split in two. 2021-11-15. InYourArea.co.uk.
9. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-10 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk . paras 916–940.
10. Web site: Watson. Christopher. Uberoi. Elise. Loft. Philip. 2020-04-17. General election results from 1918 to 2019. en-GB.