North_West_Surrey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
North West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom
North West Surrey was a county constituency in the county of Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Quick Facts County, February 1974–1997 ...
North West Surrey | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Surrey |
February 1974–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Chertsey |
Replaced by | Surrey Heath (part) Runnymede and Weybridge (remainder) |
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The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
1974–1997: The Urban Districts of (1) Egham, and (2) Frimley and Camberley (and the Rural District of Bagshot). In later 1974 these became respectively: (1) the Borough of Runnymede wards of Egham, Englefield Green East, Englefield Green West, Hythe, Thorpe, and Virginia Water; (2) the Borough of Surrey Heath.[1]
More information Election, Member ...
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Sir Michael Grylls | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Surrey Heath, Runnymede and Weybridge |
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Elections in the 1970s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Grylls | 28,841 | 52.63 | ||
Liberal | LE Sims | 13,892 | 25.35 | ||
Labour | AA Clifton | 11,608 | 21.18 | ||
National Coalition | DB Foster | 463 | 0.84 | New | |
Majority | 14,949 | 27.28 | |||
Turnout | 54,804 | 80.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Grylls | 25,524 | 52.28 | ||
Labour | PF Whitely | 11,943 | 24.46 | ||
Liberal | LE Sims | 11,356 | 23.26 | ||
Majority | 13,581 | 27.82 | |||
Turnout | 48,823 | 70.83 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Grylls | 36,219 | 63.75 | ||
Labour | Raymond Sharpe | 10,763 | 18.94 | ||
Liberal | D Simpson | 9,037 | 15.91 | ||
National Front | R Heath | 796 | 1.40 | New | |
Majority | 25,456 | 44.81 | |||
Turnout | 56,815 | 75.55 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1980s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Grylls | 35,297 | 64.14 | ||
Liberal | John Weedon | 14,279 | 25.95 | ||
Labour | John Burrow | 5,452 | 9.91 | ||
Majority | 21,018 | 38.19 | |||
Turnout | 55,028 | 70.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Grylls | 38,535 | 64.00 | ||
Liberal | Chic Brodie | 14,960 | 24.80 | ||
Labour | John Cooper | 6,751 | 11.21 | ||
Majority | 23,575 | 39.80 | |||
Turnout | 60,246 | 72.51 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1990s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Grylls | 41,772 | 63.8 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris M. Clark | 13,378 | 20.4 | −4.4 | |
Labour | Mark Hayhurst | 8,886 | 13.6 | +2.4 | |
Green | Yvonne Hockey | 1,441 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 28,394 | 43.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 65,477 | 78.3 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
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- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.