East Surrey | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() 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) |
Seats | One |
Created from | eastern parts of: Reigate (Surrey S.E.) Wimbledon (Surrey N.E.) |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Bletchingley, Gatton and Surrey |
Replaced by | in 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.
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]
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]
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.
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]
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.
Election | First member [8] | 1st Party [9] | Main home | Second member [8] | 2nd Party [9] | Main home | ||
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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 |
Election | Member [8] | Party | |||
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claire Coutinho | 17,502 | 35.6 | –24.7 | |
Labour | Tom Bowell | 10,052 | 20.4 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Malcomson | 8,833 | 18.0 | –2.4 | |
Reform UK | Chris Scott | 8,380 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Green | Shasha Khan | 2,957 | 6.0 | +3.0 | |
Independent | Judy Moore | 1,145 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Martin Hogbin | 327 | 0.7 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 7,450 | 15.2 | –25.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,196 | 67.1 | –3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 73,307 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –16.0 |
2019 notional result [22] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 31,063 | 60.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 10,498 | 20.4 | |
Labour | 6,787 | 13.2 | |
Green | 1,534 | 3.0 | |
Others | 1,593 | 3.1 | |
Turnout | 51,475 | 70.4 | |
Electorate | 73,145 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claire Coutinho | 35,624 | 59.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Ehmann | 11,584 | 19.4 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Frances Rehal | 8,247 | 13.8 | −5.4 | |
Green | Joseph Booton | 2,340 | 3.9 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Helena Windsor | 1,374 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Martin Hogbin | 521 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 24,040 | 40.3 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 59,690 | 72.1 | −2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sam Gyimah | 35,310 | 59.6 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Hitesh Tailor | 11,396 | 19.2 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lee | 6,197 | 10.5 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Andy Parr | 2,973 | 5.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Helena Windsor | 2,227 | 3.8 | −13.2 | |
Green | Benedict Southworth | 1,100 | 1.9 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 23,914 | 40.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,203 | 74.9 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sam Gyimah | 32,211 | 57.4 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | Helena Windsor | 9,553 | 17.0 | +10.1 | |
Labour | Matt Wilson | 6,627 | 11.8 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lee | 5,189 | 9.2 | −16.7 | |
Green | Nicola Dodgson | 2,159 | 3.8 | New | |
Independent | Sandy Pratt | 364 | 0.6 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 22,658 | 40.4 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,103 | 70.4 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sam Gyimah | 31,007 | 56.7 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lee | 14,133 | 25.9 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Matt Rodda | 4,925 | 9.0 | −5.8 | |
UKIP | Helena Windsor | 3,770 | 6.9 | +2.5 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Martin Hogbin | 422 | 0.8 | New | |
Independent | Sandy Pratt | 383 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 16,874 | 30.8 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,640 | 71.1 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 27,659 | 56.2 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Pursehouse | 11,738 | 23.8 | −0.6 | |
Labour | James Bridge | 7,288 | 14.8 | −4.3 | |
UKIP | Tony Stone | 2,158 | 4.4 | +0.5 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Winston Matthews | 410 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 15,921 | 32.4 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 49,253 | 66.6 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 24,706 | 52.5 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Pursehouse | 11,503 | 24.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Jo Tanner | 8,994 | 19.1 | −2.1 | |
UKIP | Tony Stone | 1,846 | 3.9 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 13,203 | 28.1 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,049 | 63.3 | −11.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 27,389 | 50.1 | −10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Belinda Ford | 12,296 | 22.5 | −4.4 | |
Labour | David Ross | 11,573 | 21.2 | +10.7 | |
Referendum | Michael Sydney | 2,656 | 4.9 | New | |
UKIP | Tony Stone | 569 | 1.0 | New | |
Natural Law | Susan Bartrum | 173 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 15,093 | 27.6 | −6.5 | ||
Turnout | 54,656 | 74.6 | |||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 29,767 | 62.3 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert L. Tomlin | 12,111 | 25.4 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Gill M. Roles | 5,075 | 10.6 | +0.2 | |
Green | Ian T. Kilpatrick | 819 | 1.7 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 17,656 | 36.9 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,772 | 82.3 | +5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Howe | 29,126 | 63.4 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Michael Anderson | 11,000 | 23.9 | −3.4 | |
Labour | Michael Davis | 4,779 | 10.4 | +0.6 | |
Green | David Newell | 1,044 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 18,126 | 39.5 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,949 | 77.2 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Howe | 27,272 | 62.9 | ||
Liberal | Susan Liddell | 11,836 | 27.3 | ||
Labour | Hugh Pincott | 4,249 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 15,436 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,357 | 74.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Howe | 28,266 | 62.84 | ||
Liberal | Susan Liddell | 8,866 | 19.71 | ||
Labour | Graham Harries | 7,398 | 16.45 | ||
National Front | D. Smith | 452 | 1.00 | New | |
Majority | 19,400 | 43.13 | |||
Turnout | 44,982 | 78.42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Howe | 22,227 | 52.41 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Vaus | 12,382 | 29.20 | ||
Labour | David Allonby | 7,797 | 18.39 | ||
Majority | 9,845 | 23.21 | |||
Turnout | 42,406 | 76.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Howe | 23,563 | 51.16 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Vaus | 15,544 | 33.75 | ||
Labour | David Allonby | 6,946 | 15.08 | ||
Majority | 8,019 | 17.41 | |||
Turnout | 46,053 | 83.58 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Clark | 35,773 | 61.99 | ||
Liberal | Percy W. Meyer | 11,749 | 20.36 | ||
Labour | Michael D. Simmons | 10,186 | 17.65 | ||
Majority | 24,024 | 41.63 | |||
Turnout | 57,708 | 73.08 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Doughty | 30,900 | 54.54 | ||
Liberal | Michael R Lane | 16,407 | 28.96 | ||
Labour | Cyril Shaw | 9,347 | 16.50 | ||
Majority | 14,493 | 25.58 | |||
Turnout | 56,654 | 79.33 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Doughty | 31,827 | 55.94 | ||
Liberal | Michael R Lane | 16,049 | 28.21 | ||
Labour | James Stewart Cook | 9,020 | 15.85 | ||
Majority | 15,778 | 27.73 | |||
Turnout | 56,896 | 79.22 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Doughty | 36,310 | 63.94 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Vaus | 10,376 | 18.27 | New | |
Labour | James C Hunt | 10,102 | 17.79 | ||
Majority | 25,934 | 45.67 | |||
Turnout | 56,788 | 81.13 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Doughty | 37,276 | 74.79 | ||
Labour | Jean Graham Hall [37] | 12,567 | 25.21 | ||
Majority | 24,709 | 49.58 | |||
Turnout | 49,843 | 76.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Doughty | 37,966 | 72.98 | ||
Labour | Nathan Whine | 14,056 | 27.02 | ||
Majority | 23,910 | 45.96 | |||
Turnout | 52,052 | 81.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Astor | 32,711 | 60.92 | ||
Labour | Nathan Whine | 12,499 | 23.28 | ||
Liberal | Wendy Wills | 8,484 | 15.80 | ||
Majority | 20,212 | 37.64 | |||
Turnout | 53,694 | 87.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Astor | 31,117 | 53.36 | ||
Labour | Henry Edward Weaver | 17,708 | 30.36 | ||
Liberal | Donald Phillip Owen | 9,495 | 16.28 | New | |
Majority | 13,409 | 23.00 | |||
Turnout | 58,320 | 74.50 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Emmott | 33,776 | 78.91 | ||
Labour | Henry Edward Weaver | 9,025 | 21.09 | ||
Majority | 24,751 | 57.82 | |||
Turnout | 42,801 | 66.54 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Galbraith | 33,771 | 88.85 | ||
Labour | Mont Follick | 4,236 | 11.15 | ||
Majority | 29,535 | 77.70 | |||
Turnout | 38,007 | 71.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Galbraith | 19,578 | 60.9 | −22.2 | |
Liberal | Ida Swinburne | 7,435 | 23.1 | New | |
Labour | Robert Oscar Mennell | 5,152 | 16.0 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 12,143 | 37.8 | −28.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,345 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Galbraith | 15,999 | 83.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert Oscar Mennell | 3,249 | 16.9 | New | |
Majority | 12,750 | 66.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,248 | 70.7 | N/A | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Galbraith | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Galbraith | 12,498 | 77.3 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Marjorie Pease | 3,667 | 22.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,831 | 54.6 | −11.0 | ||
Turnout | 16,165 | 64.5 | +17.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Stuart Coats | 8,795 | 82.8 | |
Liberal | Guy Hayler | 1,830 | 17.2 | ||
Majority | 6,965 | 65.6 | |||
Turnout | 10,625 | 47.1 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Grantham | 8,104 | 28.9 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | James Watney | 8,006 | 28.6 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | William F Robinson [40] | 5,978 | 21.3 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | George Webb Medley [41] | 5,928 | 21.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 2,028 | 7.3 | +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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Watney | 5,673 | 29.0 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | William Grantham | 5,579 | 28.5 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Peter King | 4,292 | 21.9 | −5.7 | |
Liberal | John Peter Gassiot | 4,015 | 20.5 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 1,658 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,287 | 6.6 | N/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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Watney | 3,912 | 58.7 | +12.4 | |
Liberal | Granville Leveson-Gower [42] | 2,749 | 41.3 | −12.4 | |
Majority | 1,163 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,661 | 51.4 | −17.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,960 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter King | 4,162 | 27.6 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Buxton | 3,941 | 26.1 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | William Hardman [43] | 3,537 | 23.4 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | James Lord [44] | 3,459 | 22.9 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 404 | 2.7 | +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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter King | 3,495 | 25.9 | −11.0 | |
Liberal | Charles Buxton | 3,424 | 25.4 | −11.8 | |
Conservative | Henry Peek | 3,333 | 24.7 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | William Brodrick | 3,226 | 23.9 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 91 | 0.7 | −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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Alcock | 2,953 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Peter King | 2,926 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Anthony Cleasby | 2,050 | 25.9 | New | |
Majority | 876 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,990 (est) | 67.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,350 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Alcock | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Peter King | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,191 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Alcock | 2,508 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Whig | Peter King | 2,500 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edmund Antrobus | 2,064 | 22.9 | New | |
Conservative | Anthony Cleasby | 1,928 | 21.4 | New | |
Majority | 436 | 4.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,500 (est) | 68.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,618 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Alcock | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Peter King | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,028 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | |||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Antrobus | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Kemble | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,222 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Antrobus | 2,635 | 64.7 | +10.7 | |
Whig | Thomas Alcock | 1,436 | 35.3 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 1,199 | 29.4 | +25.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,071 | 65.4 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,222 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Alsager | 2,176 | 27.1 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Kemble | 2,155 | 26.9 | +7.7 | |
Whig | Peter King | 1,865 | 23.3 | +8.7 | |
Whig | John Angerstein | 1,823 | 22.7 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 290 | 3.6 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,937 | 71.2 | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,531 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Alsager | 1,578 | 38.5 | +17.0 | |
Radical | Aubrey Beauclerk | 1,324 | 32.3 | +2.5 | |
Whig | John Ivatt Briscoe | 1,200 | 29.3 | −19.4 | |
Turnout | 2,753 | 77.8 | +7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,537 | ||||
Majority | 378 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +13.4 | |||
Majority | 124 | 3.0 | −5.3 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ivatt Briscoe | 1,643 | 42.4 | ||
Radical | Aubrey Beauclerk | 1,155 | 29.8 | ||
Tory | Thomas Jeffreys Allen [45] | 835 | 21.5 | ||
Whig | John Lainson | 244 | 6.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,211 | 70.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,150 | ||||
Majority | 488 | 12.6 | |||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Majority | 320 | 8.3 | |||
Radical win (new seat) |
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