East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Surrey
County constituency
for the House of Commons
East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary of East Surrey in South East England
County Surrey
Electorate 73,145 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Caterham, Whyteleafe, Warlingham, Lingfield, Woldingham, Godstone, Oxted, Limpsfield, Tatsfield
Current constituency
Created 1918
Member of Parliament Claire Coutinho (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromeastern parts of: Reigate (Surrey S.E.)
Wimbledon (Surrey N.E.)
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Type of constituency County constituency
Created from Bletchingley, Gatton and Surrey
Replaced byin the metropolis:
Croydon
Clapham
Dulwich
Battersea
Wandsworth
to the south
Reigate or S.E. division (included Godstone and other southern areas of the later East Surrey creation)
Wimbledon or N.E. division (included Caterham, Chelsham, Farleigh, Whyteleafe and Warlingham of the later East Surrey creation)
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of: Mid Surrey (in 1868)

East Surrey is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Claire Coutinho, a Conservative who formerly served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. [2] [3] The seat covers an affluent area in the English county of Surrey.

Contents

Since its creation in 1918, East Surrey has elected a Conservative MP at every general election. Before the 2024 general election, this Conservative victory took the form of an absolute majority (over 50% of the vote) at every general election, one of few seats that can make this claim, and is therefore regarded as a Conservative safe seat. Its greatest share of the vote for any opposition candidate was 33.75% in February 1974. [n 2]

Boundaries

Latter version of this area in its earlier existence (1867-1885) in darkest green, the stark dark/light split shows the preceding simpler East-west division of the county, dark shades being the former (1832-1867) version of that two-member area. Surrey seats to 1885.png
Latter version of this area in its earlier existence (1867–1885) in darkest green, the stark dark/light split shows the preceding simpler East–west division of the county, dark shades being the former (1832–1867) version of that two-member area.

1832–1868: The Hundreds of Brixton, Kingston, Reigate, Tandridge and Wallington. [4]

1868–1885: The Hundred of Tandridge, and so much of the Hundred of Wallington as included and lay to the east of the parishes of Croydon and Sanderstead, and so much of the Hundred of Brixton as included and lay to the east of the parishes of Streatham, Clapham and Lambeth. [5]

For period to 1918 see completely new single-member Wimbledon and Reigate seats, also termed N.E. and S.E. Divisions of Surrey.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Caterham, and Coulsdon and Purley, and the Rural District of Godstone.

1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Caterham and Warlingham, and Coulsdon and Purley.

1974–1983: The Urban District of Caterham and Warlingham, and the Rural District of Godstone.

1983–1997: The District of Tandridge. (Equivalent to the above)

1997–2010: The District of Tandridge, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Horley East and Horley West.

2010–2024: As above plus Horley Central.

2024–present: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead ward of Hooley, Merstham & Netherne, and the District of Tandridge. [6]

Electorate reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring Horley to the new constituency of Dorking and Horley. To partly compensate, the Reigate and Banstead ward of Hooley, Merstham & Netherne was transferred from the Reigate constituency.

Constituency profile

East Surrey is a well-connected[ clarification needed ] constituency in the inner Home counties. Until 2024 it combined the town of Horley with Surrey's District of Tandridge, which is made up of Caterham and modest commuter settlements, farming and retirement homes. Horley is one of two towns adjoining London Gatwick Airport and is part of Reigate and Banstead borough. The constituency area borders the London Borough of Croydon to the north, the county of Kent to the east, and the county of West Sussex to the south.

The northern part of the seat is inside the M25 motorway: Caterham, Whyteleafe and Warlingham form green-buffered, elevated commuter belt, with good rail connections to Central London and well connected by various modes of transport to Croydon. Elsewhere, the seat is more rural and includes a low part of the Greensand Ridge and features woodland and many golf courses.

The Conservatives have prevented any opposition party achieving more than 33.75% of the vote since 1974, even at the 1997 and 2001 United Kingdom general elections when opposition was greatest nationally in Conservative safe seats.

Most local wards are won by the Conservatives with the Liberal Democrats often picking up seats somewhere in the dual-council[ clarification needed ] system, particularly in Whyteleafe or Caterham Valley. As is typical in seats of this kind, the Labour vote is typically very modest. The party finished in third place at each election between 1959 and 2015. In 2017 the party's candidate polled second, in a poorer showing for the Liberal Democrats and the party's "Corbyn Surge". In the 2019 election the Liberal Democrats retook second place and Labour fell to third. The area saw a majority vote in favour of Brexit in the 2016 EU Referendum. Conversely, the then MP Sam Gyimah opposed Brexit, especially Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, and later joined the Liberal Democrats after being suspended from the Tories.

History

Victorian dual-member constituency 1832–1885

The 13th century-created, dual-member constituency for the county took in over a third of today's Greater London and its population far exceeded the average for a county. It was recognised as needing or meriting four MPs, so division, under the Great Reform Act, 1832.

The territory was incepted[ clarification needed ] and absorbed two of Surrey's three rotten boroughs: Bletchingley and Gatton, which were abolished under the Act. It overlapped the boroughs of:

Often known as the Eastern Division of Surrey or Surrey Eastern, its enfranchised adult male property owners elected two MPs by bloc vote (a voter has a vote for each current vacancy). Notable outer reaches, clockwise from north, were Southwark, Rotherhithe, Addington, Lingfield, Charlwood, Buckland, Surrey, Cheam, Kingston upon Thames and Richmond (see map, top right).

The area was split in two, doubling representation, under the Second Reform Act, starting from the 1868 general election; the area was still under-represented, as shown by the setting up of a net increase of 14 metropolitan seats in 1885.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 went much further than the 1832 Act towards equal representation around the country. It here reflected growth in the county's population. Thus for elections from 1885 dual-member West, Mid Surrey and East Surrey dissipated[ clarification needed ][ This whole sentence needs to be rephrased in plain English. ] to allow the creation of 16 rather than just 2 metropolitan Surrey seats (Lambeth and Southwark which saw subdivision) and these "county" seats: [7]

  1. The North-Western or Chertsey Division (usually recorded as Chertsey, Surrey N.W. or North-West) – included Woking and Egham
  2. The South-Western or Guildford Division (as style shown above) – included Godalming, Farnham and surrounds
  3. The South-Eastern or Reigate Division (as style shown above) – included Dorking sessional division save for two parishes in No. 4.
  4. The Mid or Epsom Division (as style shown above) – included Kingston's southern and eastern sessional division components
  5. The Kingston Division (invariably Kingston or Kingston-upon-Thames) – included Richmond
  6. The North-Eastern or Wimbledon Division (as style shown above)[ clarification needed ] – included sessional division of Croydon except its core and north in the Metropolis[ clarification needed ]; plus Caterham, Chelsham, Farley, Warlingham.

Seat created in 1918

In 1918 the constituency was re-established in dwarf form, taking rural and nascent very suburban parts of South East Surrey ("Reigate") and North East Surrey ("Wimbledon"), and for the first time electing only one MP. It covered from the south of Croydon to the Kent and West Sussex borders. It was to remain centred on Lingfield, Oxted, Limpsfield, Godstone, Caterham and Woldingham.

In 1950 East Surrey lost Addington parish on the eastern fringe of Croydon to the 1918-formed Croydon South seat, and its southern half to Reigate. In 1974 the north-west of the area became part of Croydon South, reflecting the 1965 transfer of Purley and Coulsdon to the London Borough of Croydon in the new Greater London which then replaced the London County Council. The seat regained essentially the same land as it had lost to Reigate in 1950. Its MP until 1974, William Clark, won the new Croydon South in that year's February election. Clark's successor, Geoffrey Howe, later became Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

ElectionFirst member [8] 1st Party [9] Main homeSecond member [8] 2nd Party [9] Main home
1832 John Ivatt Briscoe Whig [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Botleys, Chertsey Aubrey Beauclerk Radical [15] [16] [17] St Leonards Lodge (Leonardslee), Horsham, Sussex and
Ardglass Castle, County Down
1835 Richard Alsager Conservative [10] Unknown house, Upper Tooting
1837 Henry Kemble Conservative [10] Grove Hill, Camberwell
1841 by-election Edmund Antrobus Conservative [10] Antrobus Hall, Cheshire and
Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire
1847 Peter Locke King Whig [18] [19] Brooklands, Weybridge and
38 Dover Street, St James's		 Thomas Alcock Whig [18] [19] Ringwood Lodge, Redhill/Reigate
1859 Liberal Liberal
1865 Charles Buxton Liberal Foxwarren Park in West Surrey
1871 by-election James Watney Conservative Haling Park, Beddington, Croydon and
Thorney House, Palace Gate, Kensington
1874 William Grantham Conservative 100 Eaton Square, Westminster and
Barcombe Place, Sussex
1885 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1918

ElectionMember [8] Party
Constituency recreated
1918 Sir Stuart Coats Conservative
1922 James Galbraith Conservative
1935 Charles Emmott Conservative
1945 Michael Astor Conservative
1951 Charles Doughty Conservative
1970 William Clark Conservative
February 1974 [20] Geoffrey Howe Conservative
1992 Peter Ainsworth Conservative
2010 Sam Gyimah Conservative
September 2019 Liberal Democrats
2019 Claire Coutinho Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: East Surrey [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Coutinho 17,502 35.6 –24.7
Labour Tom Bowell10,05220.4+7.2
Liberal Democrats Claire Malcomson8,83318.0–2.4
Reform UK Chris Scott8,38017.0N/A
Green Shasha Khan2,9576.0+3.0
Independent Judy Moore1,1452.3N/A
Monster Raving Loony Martin Hogbin3270.7–0.3
Majority7,45015.2–25.1
Turnout 49,19667.1–3.3
Registered electors 73,307
Conservative hold Swing –16.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [22]
PartyVote %
Conservative 31,06360.3
Liberal Democrats 10,49820.4
Labour 6,78713.2
Green 1,5343.0
Others1,5933.1
Turnout51,47570.4
Electorate73,145
General election 2019: East Surrey [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Claire Coutinho 35,624 59.7 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Ehmann11,58419.4+8.9
Labour Frances Rehal8,24713.8−5.4
Green Joseph Booton 2,3403.9+2.0
Independent Helena Windsor1,3742.3N/A
Monster Raving Loony Martin Hogbin5210.9New
Majority24,04040.3−0.1
Turnout 59,69072.1−2.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2017: East Surrey [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Gyimah 35,310 59.6 +2.2
Labour Hitesh Tailor11,39619.2+7.4
Liberal Democrats David Lee6,19710.5+1.3
Independent Andy Parr2,9735.0N/A
UKIP Helena Windsor2,2273.8−13.2
Green Benedict Southworth1,1001.9−1.9
Majority23,91440.40.0
Turnout 59,20374.9+4.5
Conservative hold Swing -2.6
General election 2015: East Surrey [27] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Gyimah 32,211 57.4 +0.7
UKIP Helena Windsor9,55317.0+10.1
Labour Matt Wilson6,62711.8+2.8
Liberal Democrats David Lee5,1899.2−16.7
Green Nicola Dodgson2,1593.8New
Independent Sandy Pratt3640.6−0.1
Majority22,65840.4+9.6
Turnout 56,10370.4−0.7
Conservative hold Swing -4.7
General election 2010: East Surrey [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Gyimah 31,007 56.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrats David Lee14,13325.9+2.0
Labour Matt Rodda 4,9259.0−5.8
UKIP Helena Windsor3,7706.9+2.5
Monster Raving Loony Martin Hogbin4220.8New
Independent Sandy Pratt3830.7New
Majority16,87430.8−1.4
Turnout 54,64071.1+4.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: East Surrey [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 27,659 56.2 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Pursehouse11,73823.8−0.6
Labour James Bridge7,28814.8−4.3
UKIP Tony Stone2,1584.4+0.5
Legalise Cannabis Winston Matthews4100.8New
Majority15,92132.4+4.3
Turnout 49,25366.6+3.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
General election 2001: East Surrey [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 24,706 52.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Pursehouse11,50324.4+1.9
Labour Jo Tanner8,99419.1−2.1
UKIP Tony Stone1,8463.9+2.9
Majority13,20328.1+0.5
Turnout 47,04963.3−11.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: East Surrey [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 27,389 50.1 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Belinda Ford12,29622.5−4.4
Labour David Ross11,57321.2+10.7
Referendum Michael Sydney2,6564.9New
UKIP Tony Stone5691.0New
Natural Law Susan Bartrum1730.3New
Majority15,09327.6−6.5
Turnout 54,65674.6
Conservative hold Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General election 1992: East Surrey [33] [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 29,767 62.3 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Robert L. Tomlin12,11125.4+1.5
Labour Gill M. Roles5,07510.6+0.2
Green Ian T. Kilpatrick8191.7−0.6
Majority17,65636.9−2.6
Turnout 47,77282.3+5.1
Conservative hold Swing −1.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: East Surrey [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 29,126 63.4 +0.5
Liberal Michael Anderson11,00023.9−3.4
Labour Michael Davis4,77910.4+0.6
Green David Newell1,0442.3New
Majority18,12639.5+3.9
Turnout 45,94977.2+3.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: East Surrey [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 27,272 62.9
Liberal Susan Liddell11,83627.3
Labour Hugh Pincott4,2499.8
Majority15,43635.6
Turnout 43,35774.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 28,266 62.84
Liberal Susan Liddell8,86619.71
Labour Graham Harries7,39816.45
National Front D. Smith4521.00New
Majority19,40043.13
Turnout 44,98278.42
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 22,227 52.41
Liberal Kenneth Vaus 12,38229.20
Labour David Allonby7,79718.39
Majority9,84523.21
Turnout 42,40676.17
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 23,563 51.16
Liberal Kenneth Vaus 15,54433.75
Labour David Allonby6,94615.08
Majority8,01917.41
Turnout 46,05383.58
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Clark 35,773 61.99
Liberal Percy W. Meyer11,74920.36
Labour Michael D. Simmons10,18617.65
Majority24,02441.63
Turnout 57,70873.08
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 30,900 54.54
Liberal Michael R Lane16,40728.96
Labour Cyril Shaw9,34716.50
Majority14,49325.58
Turnout 56,65479.33
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 31,827 55.94
Liberal Michael R Lane16,04928.21
Labour James Stewart Cook9,02015.85
Majority15,77827.73
Turnout 56,89679.22
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 36,310 63.94
Liberal Kenneth Vaus 10,37618.27New
Labour James C Hunt10,10217.79
Majority25,93445.67
Turnout 56,78881.13
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 37,276 74.79
Labour Jean Graham Hall [37] 12,56725.21
Majority24,70949.58
Turnout 49,84376.47
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 37,966 72.98
Labour Nathan Whine14,05627.02
Majority23,91045.96
Turnout 52,05281.30
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: East Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Astor 32,711 60.92
Labour Nathan Whine12,49923.28
Liberal Wendy Wills8,48415.80
Majority20,21237.64
Turnout 53,69487.17
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Surrey Eastern
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Astor 31,117 53.36
Labour Henry Edward Weaver17,70830.36
Liberal Donald Phillip Owen9,49516.28New
Majority13,40923.00
Turnout 58,32074.50
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1935: Surrey Eastern
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Emmott 33,776 78.91
Labour Henry Edward Weaver9,02521.09
Majority24,75157.82
Turnout 42,80166.54
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Surrey Eastern
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Galbraith 33,771 88.85
Labour Mont Follick 4,23611.15
Majority29,53577.70
Turnout 38,00771.40
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Surrey East [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Galbraith 19,578 60.9 −22.2
Liberal Ida Swinburne 7,43523.1New
Labour Robert Oscar Mennell5,15216.0−0.9
Majority12,14337.8−28.4
Turnout 32,345
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1924: East Surrey [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Galbraith 15,999 83.1 N/A
Labour Robert Oscar Mennell3,24916.9New
Majority12,75066.2N/A
Turnout 19,24870.7N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Surrey East [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Galbraith Unopposed N/AN/A
Unionist hold
General election 1922: East Surrey [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Galbraith 12,498 77.3 −5.5
Labour Marjorie Pease 3,66722.7New
Majority8,83154.6−11.0
Turnout 16,16564.5+17.4
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: East Surrey [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Stuart Coats 8,79582.8
Liberal Guy Hayler1,83017.2
Majority6,96565.6
Turnout 10,62547.1
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: East Surrey (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Grantham 8,104 28.9 +0.4
Conservative James Watney 8,006 28.6 −0.4
Liberal William F Robinson [40] 5,97821.3−0.6
Liberal George Webb Medley [41] 5,92821.2+0.7
Majority2,0287.3+0.7
Turnout 14,008 (est)73.8 (est)+6.2
Registered electors 18,969
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Conservative hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: East Surrey (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Watney 5,673 29.0 +5.6
Conservative William Grantham 5,579 28.5 +5.6
Liberal Peter King 4,29221.9−5.7
Liberal John Peter Gassiot 4,01520.5−5.6
Majority1,6588.5N/A
Majority1,2876.6N/A
Turnout 9,780 (est)67.6 (est)−1.5
Registered electors 14,468
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.6
By-election, 26 August 1871: East Surrey (1 seat) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Watney 3,912 58.7 +12.4
Liberal Granville Leveson-Gower [42] 2,74941.3−12.4
Majority1,16317.4N/A
Turnout 6,66151.4−17.7
Registered electors 12,960
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.4

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: East Surrey (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter King 4,162 27.6 +1.7
Liberal Charles Buxton 3,941 26.1 +0.7
Conservative William Hardman [43] 3,53723.4−1.3
Conservative James Lord [44] 3,45922.9−1.0
Majority4042.7+2.0
Turnout 7,550 (est)69.1 (est)+1.1
Registered electors 10,932
Liberal hold Swing +1.4
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
General election 1865: East Surrey (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter King 3,495 25.9 −11.0
Liberal Charles Buxton 3,424 25.4 −11.8
Conservative Henry Peek 3,33324.7+11.7
Conservative William Brodrick 3,22623.9+10.9
Majority910.7−10.3
Turnout 6,739 (est)68.0 (est)+0.1
Registered electors 9,913
Liberal hold Swing −11.2
Liberal hold Swing −11.6

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: East Surrey (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Alcock 2,953 37.2 N/A
Liberal Peter King 2,926 36.9 N/A
Conservative Anthony Cleasby 2,05025.9New
Majority87611.0N/A
Turnout 4,990 (est)67.9 (est)N/A
Registered electors 7,350
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: East Surrey (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Alcock Unopposed
Whig Peter King Unopposed
Registered electors 7,191
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1852: East Surrey (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Alcock 2,508 27.9 N/A
Whig Peter King 2,500 27.8 N/A
Conservative Edmund Antrobus 2,06422.9New
Conservative Anthony Cleasby 1,92821.4New
Majority4364.9N/A
Turnout 4,500 (est)68.0 (est)N/A
Registered electors 6,618
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: East Surrey (2 seats) [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Alcock Unopposed
Whig Peter King Unopposed
Registered electors 6,028
Whig gain from Conservative
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1841: East Surrey (2 seats) [39] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Antrobus Unopposed
Conservative Henry Kemble Unopposed
Registered electors 6,222
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 8 February 1841: East Surrey [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Antrobus 2,635 64.7 +10.7
Whig Thomas Alcock 1,43635.3−10.7
Majority1,19929.4+25.8
Turnout 4,07165.4−5.8
Registered electors 6,222
Conservative hold Swing +10.7

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: East Surrey (2 seats) [39] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Alsager 2,176 27.1 +7.9
Conservative Henry Kemble 2,155 26.9 +7.7
Whig Peter King 1,86523.3+8.7
Whig John Angerstein 1,82322.7+8.1
Majority2903.6−5.6
Turnout 3,93771.2−6.6
Registered electors 5,531
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
Conservative gain from Radical Swing −0.4
General election 1835: East Surrey (2 seats) [39] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Alsager 1,578 38.5 +17.0
Radical Aubrey Beauclerk 1,324 32.3 +2.5
Whig John Ivatt Briscoe 1,20029.3−19.4
Turnout 2,75377.8+7.6
Registered electors 3,537
Majority3789.2N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +13.4
Majority1243.0−5.3
Radical hold Swing +6.1
General election 1832: East Surrey (2 seats) [39] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Ivatt Briscoe 1,643 42.4
Radical Aubrey Beauclerk 1,155 29.8
Tory Thomas Jeffreys Allen [45] 83521.5
Whig John Lainson2446.3
Turnout 2,21170.2
Registered electors 3,150
Majority48812.6
Whig win (new seat)
Majority3208.3
Radical win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election at least every five years.

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