Dorking_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Dorking (UK Parliament constituency)

Dorking (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dorking was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Dorking and Horley in Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 – 1983. In the eight elections during its 33-year lifetime it was held by three Conservatives successively.

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History

The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 and first contested at the 1950 general election.[2][3] It was abolished prior to the 1983 general election.[4]

Boundaries

The Urban District of Dorking, the Rural District of Dorking and Horley, and in the Rural District of Guildford the parishes of Albury, East Clandon, East Horsley, Effingham, Ockham, Ripley, St Martha, Send, Shere, West Clandon, West Horsley, and Winsley.

In 1983 parliamentary boundaries were realigned to those of the local government districts created in 1974: the town of Dorking became part of Mole Valley district, and just over half of the previous area was transferred to the Mole Valley seat for national elections which took in territory to the north from elsewhere. Horley transferred to the redrawn Reigate seat.[4]

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 1950s

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Elections in the 1960s

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Elections in the 1970s

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References

  1. "'Dorking', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. Representation of the People Act 1948, C.65, First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies.
  3. Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 765–766. ISBN 0901050679.
  4. The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417)
  5. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  6. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  7. British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig

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