Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)
Epsom and Ewell is a constituency[n 1] in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Helen Maguire, a Liberal Democrat.[n 2]
Epsom and Ewell | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Epsom and Ewell in South East England | |
County | Surrey |
Electorate | 76,844 (2023)[1] |
Borough | Epsom and Ewell |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Epsom |
History
editThe seat has existed since the February 1974 general election, forming the centre of the previous Epsom constituency. Epsom had been held by a Conservative since its creation in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
In Westminster elections, it was one of the strongest Conservative areas in the country. Locally, however, the majority area council (Epsom and Ewell Borough Council) is controlled by the local Residents' Association. Conservatives regularly run the two slightly included neighbouring councils and until recently the party rarely contested the main borough's elections. One ward in Epsom, Court, is quite strongly Labour, and several Residents Association councillors have sided against Conservative-run Reigate and Banstead council which is also electorally diverse.
In 1987, Barbara Follett, later Member of Parliament for Stevenage, unsuccessfully stood for the Labour Party in the constituency.
Boundaries
editBefore 1997 Epsom and Ewell excluded Ashtead but instead included Banstead from Reigate and Banstead. As the borough of Epsom and Ewell is small and includes relatively sparsely populated areas such as Epsom Downs, the constituency has consistently also included areas of neighbouring Surrey districts.[2]
1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Epsom and Ewell, and the Urban District of Leatherhead.
1983–1997: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Nork, Preston, and Tattenhams.
1997–2010: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, the District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Common, Ashtead Park, and Ashtead Village, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Nork, Preston, and Tattenhams.
2010–2024: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, the District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Common, Ashtead Park, and Ashtead Village, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Nork and Tattenhams.
- The boundary with Mole Valley moved slightly the uninhabited portions of land by the M25 motorway adjoining Ashtead and Leatherhead, in line with local government wards. The Preston ward of Reigate & Banstead (in Tadworth) was transferred to Reigate.
2024–present: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, and the District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Lanes & Common, Ashtead Park, Leatherhead North, and Leatherhead South.[3]
- The electorate was reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring the parts in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead to Reigate. To partly compensate, Leatherhead joined from extinct Mole Valley (its main successor being Dorking and Horley).
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member[4] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Feb 1974 | Peter Rawlinson | Conservative | |
1978 by-election | Sir Archie Hamilton | Conservative | |
2001 | Chris Grayling | Conservative | |
2024 | Helen Maguire | Liberal Democrats |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Maguire | 20,674 | 37.9 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Mhairi Fraser | 16,988 | 31.2 | −22.4 | |
Labour | Mark Todd | 8,325 | 15.3 | −1.5 | |
Reform UK | Mayuran Senthilnathan | 5,795 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Green | Stephen McKenna | 1,745 | 3.2 | −0.1 | |
True & Fair | Gina Miller | 845 | 1.5 | N/A | |
SDP | Damon Young | 153 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,686 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,525 | 70.3 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 77,530 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.1 |
Elections in the 2010s
edit2019 notional result[7] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 30,752 | 53.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 13,896 | 24.2 | |
Labour | 9,653 | 16.8 | |
Green | 1,896 | 3.3 | |
Others | 1,200 | 2.1 | |
Turnout | 57,397 | 74.7 | |
Electorate | 76,844 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Grayling | 31,819 | 53.5 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gee | 13,946 | 23.5 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Ed Mayne | 10,226 | 17.2 | −7.8 | |
Green | Janice Baker | 2,047 | 3.4 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Clive Woodbridge | 1,413 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 17,873 | 30.0 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 59,451 | 73.3 | −0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Grayling | 35,313 | 59.6 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Ed Mayne | 14,838 | 25.0 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gee | 7,401 | 12.5 | +3.7 | |
Green | Janice Baker | 1,714 | 2.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 20,475 | 34.6 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 59,468 | 74.1 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Grayling | 33,309 | 58.3 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Sheila Carlson | 8,866 | 15.5 | +3.6 | |
UKIP | Robert Leach | 7,117 | 12.5 | +7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gee | 5,002 | 8.8 | −18.0 | |
Green | Susan McGrath | 2,116 | 3.7 | New | |
Independent | Lionel Blackman | 612 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | Gareth Harfoot | 121 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 24,443 | 42.8 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 57,143 | 72.7 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Grayling | 30,868 | 56.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Lees | 14,734 | 26.8 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Craig Montgomery | 6,538 | 11.9 | −8.1 | |
UKIP | Elizabeth Wallace | 2,549 | 4.6 | +1.1 | |
Radical Reform | Peter Ticher | 266 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 16,134 | 29.4 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 54,955 | 70.4 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Grayling | 27,146 | 54.4 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Lees | 10,699 | 21.4 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Charlie Mansell | 10,265 | 20.6 | −5.9 | |
UKIP | Peter Kefford | 1,769 | 3.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 16,447 | 33.0 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,879 | 66.1 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Grayling | 22,430 | 48.1 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Charlie Mansell | 12,350 | 26.5 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Vincent | 10,316 | 22.1 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Graham Webster-Gardiner | 1,547 | 3.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 10,080 | 21.6 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,643 | 62.8 | −11.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archie Hamilton | 24,717 | 45.6 | −14.6 | |
Labour | Philip Woodford | 13,192 | 24.3 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Vincent | 12,380 | 22.8 | −0.7 | |
Referendum | Christopher Macdonald | 2,355 | 4.3 | New | |
UKIP | Harold Green | 544 | 1.0 | New | |
Green | Hugo Charlton | 527 | 1.0 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Katherine Weeks | 466 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,525 | 21.3 | −15.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,181 | 74.0 | −6.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archie Hamilton | 32,861 | 60.2 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin P. Emerson | 12,840 | 23.5 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Richard A. Warren | 8,577 | 15.7 | +1.2 | |
Natural Law | GD Hatchard | 334 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 20,021 | 36.7 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,612 | 80.1 | +4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archie Hamilton | 33,145 | 62.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Margaret Joachim | 12,384 | 23.2 | −3.4 | |
Labour | Barbara Follett | 7,751 | 14.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 20,761 | 39.0 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,280 | 75.4 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archie Hamilton | 30,737 | 60.4 | ||
Liberal | Michael Anderson | 13,542 | 26.6 | ||
Labour | William Carpenter | 6,587 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 17,195 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 50,866 | 72.0 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archie Hamilton | 39,104 | 61.91 | +7.85 | |
Liberal | Michael Anderson | 12,746 | 20.18 | −6.45 | |
Labour | Chris Smith | 11,315 | 17.91 | −1.40 | |
Majority | 26,358 | 41.73 | +14.31 | ||
Turnout | 63,165 | 76.91 | +3.21 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Archie Hamilton | 28,242 | 63.61 | +9.55 | |
Labour | Anthony Mooney | 7,314 | 16.47 | −2.84 | |
Liberal | Michael Alexander John Anderson | 5,673 | 12.78 | −13.85 | |
Royalist | Jonathan King | 2,350 | 5.29 | New | |
National Front | James Sawyer | 823 | 1.85 | New | |
Majority | 20,928 | 47.14 | +19.72 | ||
Turnout | 44,402 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Rawlinson | 32,109 | 54.06 | ||
Liberal | David Julian Hardy Griffiths | 15,819 | 26.63 | ||
Labour | Neil Kearney | 11,471 | 19.31 | ||
Majority | 16,290 | 27.43 | |||
Turnout | 59,399 | 73.70 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Rawlinson | 35,823 | 54.68 | −6.73 | |
Liberal | David Julian Hardy Griffiths | 18,899 | 28.85 | +12.33 | |
Labour | Neil Kearney | 10,787 | 16.47 | −5.59 | |
Majority | 16,924 | 25.83 | −13.52 | ||
Turnout | 65,509 | 82.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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
edit- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "South East | BCE Consultation Portal".
- ^ "New Seat Details – Epsom and Ewell". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
- ^ King, Jacqueline (7 June 2024). "Election of a Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell Constituency" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2024 – via Epsom & Ewell Borough Council.
- ^ "Epsom and Ewell - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL – Epsom and Ewell" (PDF). epsom-ewell.gov.uk.
- ^ "Epsom & Ewell parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Epsom & Ewell parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Sources
edit- Election result, 2015 (BBC)
- Election result, 2010 (BBC)
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 – 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 – 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 – 1992 Archived 19 August 2000 at the Wayback Machine (Election Demon)
External links
edit- Epsom and Ewell UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Epsom and Ewell UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK