Runnymede_and_Weybridge_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Runnymede and Weybridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Runnymede and Weybridge (UK Parliament constituency)

English Parliamentary constituency


Runnymede and Weybridge is a constituency[n 1] in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ben Spencer, a Conservative.[n 2]

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The constituency was created for the 1997 general election and represented from then until 2019 by Philip Hammond, who served as Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019. Hammond sat as a Conservative before becoming an Independent backbencher for the last two months of his final term.

Boundaries

The constituency is in north Surrey and comprises the whole of the area of the Borough of Runnymede plus the town of Weybridge in the Borough of Elmbridge.

The constituency has the following electoral wards:

  • In the Borough of Runnymede: Addlestone North; Addlestone South; Chertsey Riverside; Chertsey St Ann's; Egham Hythe; Egham Town; Englefield Green East; Englefield Green West; Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South; New Haw; Ottershaw; Thorpe; Virginia Water; Woodham and Rowtown
  • In the Borough of Elmbridge: Oatlands and Burwood Park; Weybridge Riverside; Weybridge St George's Hill[2]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Borough of Elmbridge wards of: Cobham & Downside; Oxshott & Stoke D’Abernon; Weybridge Riverside; Weybridge St. George’s Hill.
  • The Borough of Runnymede wards of: Addlestone North; Addlestone South; Chertsey Riverside; Chertsey St. Ann’s; Egham Hythe; Egham Town; Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South; New Haw; Ottershaw; Thorpe; Woodham & Rowtown.[3]

The Borough of Runnymede communities of Englefield Green and Virginia Water will be transferred to the Berkshire seat of Windsor, thus creating a cross-county boundary constituency. To compensate, southern parts of Esher and Walton, including Cobham will be added, partly offset by the village of Oatlands moving in the opposite direction.

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former constituencies of Chertsey and Walton and North West Surrey.

From its creation until 2019, it was represented by Philip Hammond, of the Conservative Party, who served as a Cabinet Minister throughout the Cameron–Clegg coalition before holding in succession two of the Great Offices of State: Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019.

Runnymede and Weybridge is a Conservative safe seat based on both length of tenure and size of majorities – the narrowest margin of victory was in the 1997 general election, of 19.2% of the vote.

Constituency profile

The constituency is roughly bisected by the M25. To the east are a series of affluent towns including part of Staines, Chertsey, Addlestone and Weybridge. There is more open land to the west, bordering Windsor Great Park and Chobham Common.

Map of current boundaries

The constituency has incomes well above the national average, and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[4] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.3% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.4%.[5] The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 14.7% of its population without a car, 18.3% of the population without qualifications and a high 29.9% with level 4 qualifications or above.

In terms of tenure 69.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across Runnymede.[6]

Members of Parliament

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Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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Elections in the 2000s

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  • Result declared at 02:19
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  • Result declared at 03:21

Elections in the 1990s

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  • Result declared at 03:31

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.

References

  1. "Runnymede & Weybridge Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  3. "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
  7. "Surrey Green Party | News". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015.
  8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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