North West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

North West Surrey
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountySurrey
February 1974–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromChertsey
Replaced bySurrey Heath (part)
Runnymede and Weybridge (remainder)

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

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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]

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMember[2]Party
Feb 1974Sir Michael GryllsConservative
1997constituency abolished: see Surrey Heath,
Runnymede and Weybridge

Elections

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Elections in the 1970s

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General election February 1974: North West Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMichael Grylls28,84152.63
LiberalLE Sims13,89225.35
LabourAA Clifton11,60821.18
National CoalitionDB Foster4630.84New
Majority14,94927.28
Turnout54,80480.29
Conservative holdSwing
General election October 1974: North West Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMichael Grylls25,52452.28
LabourPF Whitely11,94324.46
LiberalLE Sims11,35623.26
Majority13,58127.82
Turnout48,82370.83
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1979: North West Surrey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMichael Grylls36,21963.75
LabourRaymond Sharpe10,76318.94
LiberalD Simpson9,03715.91
National FrontR Heath7961.40New
Majority25,45644.81
Turnout56,81575.55
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: North West Surrey[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMichael Grylls35,29764.14
LiberalJohn Weedon14,27925.95
LabourJohn Burrow5,4529.91
Majority21,01838.19
Turnout55,02870.21
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1987: North West Surrey[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMichael Grylls38,53564.00
LiberalChic Brodie14,96024.80
LabourJohn Cooper6,75111.21
Majority23,57539.80
Turnout60,24672.51
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: North West Surrey[5][6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMichael Grylls 41,772 63.8 −0.2
Liberal DemocratsChris M. Clark13,37820.4−4.4
LabourMark Hayhurst8,88613.6+2.4
GreenYvonne Hockey1,4412.2New
Majority28,39443.4+3.6
Turnout65,47778.3+5.8
Conservative holdSwing+2.1

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Local Government Act 1972
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  3. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.