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East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Surrey is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Claire Coutinho, a Conservative who formerly served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.[2][3] The seat covers an affluent area in the English county of Surrey.

East Surrey
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of East Surrey in South East England
CountySurrey
Electorate73,145 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsCaterham, Whyteleafe, Warlingham, Lingfield, Woldingham, Godstone, Oxted, Limpsfield, Tatsfield
Current constituency
Created1918
Member of ParliamentClaire Coutinho (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromeastern parts of: Reigate (Surrey S.E.)
Wimbledon (Surrey N.E.)
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromBletchingley, Gatton and Surrey
Replaced byin the metropolis:
Croydon
Clapham
Dulwich
Battersea
Wandsworth
to the south
Reigate or S.E. division (included Godstone and other southern areas of the later East Surrey creation)
Wimbledon or N.E. division (included Caterham, Chelsham, Farleigh, Whyteleafe and Warlingham of the later East Surrey creation)
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:Mid Surrey (in 1868)

Since its creation in 1918, East Surrey has elected a Conservative MP at every general election. Before the 2024 general election, this Conservative victory took the form of an absolute majority (over 50% of the vote) at every general election, one of few seats that can make this claim, and is therefore regarded as a Conservative safe seat. Its greatest share of the vote for any opposition candidate was 33.75% in February 1974.[n 2]

Boundaries

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Latter version of this area in its earlier existence (1867–1885) in darkest green, the stark dark/light split shows the preceding simpler East–west division of the county, dark shades being the former (1832–1867) version of that two-member area.

1832–1868: The Hundreds of Brixton, Kingston, Reigate, Tandridge and Wallington.[4]

1868–1885: The Hundred of Tandridge, and so much of the Hundred of Wallington as included and lay to the east of the parishes of Croydon and Sanderstead, and so much of the Hundred of Brixton as included and lay to the east of the parishes of Streatham, Clapham and Lambeth.[5]

For period to 1918 see completely new single-member Wimbledon and Reigate seats, also termed N.E. and S.E. Divisions of Surrey.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Caterham, and Coulsdon and Purley, and the Rural District of Godstone.

1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Caterham and Warlingham, and Coulsdon and Purley.

1974–1983: The Urban District of Caterham and Warlingham, and the Rural District of Godstone.

1983–1997: The District of Tandridge. (Equivalent to the above)

1997–2010: The District of Tandridge, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Horley East and Horley West.

2010–2024: As above plus Horley Central.

2024–present: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead ward of Hooley, Merstham & Netherne, and the District of Tandridge.[6]

Electorate reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring Horley to the new constituency of Dorking and Horley. To partly compensate, the Reigate and Banstead ward of Hooley, Merstham & Netherne was transferred from the Reigate constituency.

Constituency profile

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East Surrey is a well-connected[clarification needed] constituency in the inner Home counties. Until 2024 it combined the town of Horley with Surrey's District of Tandridge, which is made up of Caterham and modest commuter settlements, farming and retirement homes. Horley is one of two towns adjoining London Gatwick Airport and is part of Reigate and Banstead borough. The constituency area borders the London Borough of Croydon to the north, the county of Kent to the east, and the county of West Sussex to the south.

The northern part of the seat is inside the M25 motorway: Caterham, Whyteleafe and Warlingham form green-buffered, elevated commuter belt, with good rail connections to Central London and well connected by various modes of transport to Croydon. Elsewhere, the seat is more rural and includes a low part of the Greensand Ridge and features woodland and many golf courses.

The Conservatives have prevented any opposition party achieving more than 33.75% of the vote since 1974, even at the 1997 and 2001 United Kingdom general elections when opposition was greatest nationally in Conservative safe seats.

Most local wards are won by the Conservatives with the Liberal Democrats often picking up seats somewhere in the dual-council[clarification needed] system, particularly in Whyteleafe or Caterham Valley. As is typical in seats of this kind, the Labour vote is typically very modest. The party finished in third place at each election between 1959 and 2015. In 2017 the party's candidate polled second, in a poorer showing for the Liberal Democrats and the party's "Corbyn Surge". In the 2019 election the Liberal Democrats retook second place and Labour fell to third. The area saw a majority vote in favour of Brexit in the 2016 EU Referendum. Conversely, the then MP Sam Gyimah opposed Brexit, especially Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, and later joined the Liberal Democrats after being suspended from the Tories.

History

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Victorian dual-member constituency 1832–1885

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The 13th century-created, dual-member constituency for the county took in over a third of today's Greater London and its population far exceeded the average for a county. It was recognised as needing or meriting four MPs, so division, under the Great Reform Act, 1832.

The territory was incepted[clarification needed] and absorbed two of Surrey's three rotten boroughs: Bletchingley and Gatton, which were abolished under the Act. It overlapped the boroughs of:

Often known as the Eastern Division of Surrey or Surrey Eastern, its enfranchised adult male property owners elected two MPs by bloc vote (a voter has a vote for each current vacancy). Notable outer reaches, clockwise from north, were Southwark, Rotherhithe, Addington, Lingfield, Charlwood, Buckland, Surrey, Cheam, Kingston upon Thames and Richmond (see map, top right).

The area was split in two, doubling representation, under the Second Reform Act, starting from the 1868 general election; the area was still under-represented, as shown by the setting up of a net increase of 14 metropolitan seats in 1885.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 went much further than the 1832 Act towards equal representation around the country. It here reflected growth in the county's population. Thus for elections from 1885 dual-member West, Mid Surrey and East Surrey dissipated[clarification needed][This whole sentence needs to be rephrased in plain English.] to allow the creation of 16 rather than just 2 metropolitan Surrey seats (Lambeth and Southwark which saw subdivision) and these "county" seats:[7]

  1. The North-Western or Chertsey Division (usually recorded as Chertsey, Surrey N.W. or North-West) – included Woking and Egham
  2. The South-Western or Guildford Division (as style shown above) – included Godalming, Farnham and surrounds
  3. The South-Eastern or Reigate Division (as style shown above) – included Dorking sessional division save for two parishes in No. 4.
  4. The Mid or Epsom Division (as style shown above) – included Kingston's southern and eastern sessional division components
  5. The Kingston Division (invariably Kingston or Kingston-upon-Thames) – included Richmond
  6. The North-Eastern or Wimbledon Division (as style shown above)[clarification needed] – included sessional division of Croydon except its core and north in the Metropolis[clarification needed]; plus Caterham, Chelsham, Farley, Warlingham.

Seat created in 1918

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In 1918 the constituency was re-established in dwarf form, taking rural and nascent very suburban parts of South East Surrey ("Reigate") and North East Surrey ("Wimbledon"), and for the first time electing only one MP. It covered from the south of Croydon to the Kent and West Sussex borders. It was to remain centred on Lingfield, Oxted, Limpsfield, Godstone, Caterham and Woldingham.

In 1950 East Surrey lost Addington parish on the eastern fringe of Croydon to the 1918-formed Croydon South seat, and its southern half to Reigate. In 1974 the north-west of the area became part of Croydon South, reflecting the 1965 transfer of Purley and Coulsdon to the London Borough of Croydon in the new Greater London which then replaced the London County Council. The seat regained essentially the same land as it had lost to Reigate in 1950. Its MP until 1974, William Clark, won the new Croydon South in that year's February election. Clark's successor, Geoffrey Howe, later became Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1832–1885

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Election First member[8] 1st Party[9] Main home Second member[8] 2nd Party[9] Main home
1832 John Ivatt Briscoe Whig[10][11][12][13][14] Botleys, Chertsey Aubrey Beauclerk Radical[15][16][17] St Leonards Lodge (Leonardslee), Horsham, Sussex and
Ardglass Castle, County Down
1835 Richard Alsager Conservative[10] Unknown house, Upper Tooting
1837 Henry Kemble Conservative[10] Grove Hill, Camberwell
1841 by-election Edmund Antrobus Conservative[10] Antrobus Hall, Cheshire and
Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire
1847 Peter Locke King Whig[18][19] Brooklands, Weybridge and
38 Dover Street, St James's 		Thomas Alcock Whig[18][19] Ringwood Lodge, Redhill/Reigate
1859 Liberal Liberal
1865 Charles Buxton Liberal Foxwarren Park in West Surrey
1871 by-election James Watney Conservative Haling Park, Beddington, Croydon and
Thorney House, Palace Gate, Kensington
1874 William Grantham Conservative 100 Eaton Square, Westminster and
Barcombe Place, Sussex
1885 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1918

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Election Member[8] Party
Constituency recreated
1918 Sir Stuart Coats Conservative
1922 James Galbraith Conservative
1935 Charles Emmott Conservative
1945 Michael Astor Conservative
1951 Charles Doughty Conservative
1970 William Clark Conservative
February 1974[20] Geoffrey Howe Conservative
1992 Peter Ainsworth Conservative
2010 Sam Gyimah Conservative
September 2019 Liberal Democrats
2019 Claire Coutinho Conservative

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: East Surrey [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claire Coutinho 17,502 35.6 –24.7
Labour Tom Bowell 10,052 20.4 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Claire Malcomson 8,833 18.0 –2.4
Reform UK Chris Scott 8,380 17.0 N/A
Green Shasha Khan 2,957 6.0 +3.0
Independent Judy Moore 1,145 2.3 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Martin Hogbin 327 0.7 –0.3
Majority 7,450 15.2 –25.1
Turnout 49,196 67.1 –3.3
Registered electors 73,307
Conservative hold Swing –16.0

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[22]
Party Vote %
Conservative 31,063 60.3
Liberal Democrats 10,498 20.4
Labour 6,787 13.2
Green 1,534 3.0
Others 1,593 3.1
Turnout 51,475 70.4
Electorate 73,145
General election 2019: East Surrey[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claire Coutinho 35,624 59.7 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Ehmann 11,584 19.4 +8.9
Labour Frances Rehal 8,247 13.8 −5.4
Green Joseph Booton 2,340 3.9 +2.0
Independent Helena Windsor 1,374 2.3 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Martin Hogbin 521 0.9 New
Majority 24,040 40.3 −0.1
Turnout 59,690 72.1 −2.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2017: East Surrey[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Gyimah 35,310 59.6 +2.2
Labour Hitesh Tailor 11,396 19.2 +7.4
Liberal Democrats David Lee 6,197 10.5 +1.3
Independent Andy Parr 2,973 5.0 N/A
UKIP Helena Windsor 2,227 3.8 −13.2
Green Benedict Southworth 1,100 1.9 −1.9
Majority 23,914 40.4 0.0
Turnout 59,203 74.9 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing -2.6
General election 2015: East Surrey[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Gyimah 32,211 57.4 +0.7
UKIP Helena Windsor 9,553 17.0 +10.1
Labour Matt Wilson 6,627 11.8 +2.8
Liberal Democrats David Lee 5,189 9.2 −16.7
Green Nicola Dodgson 2,159 3.8 New
Independent Sandy Pratt 364 0.6 −0.1
Majority 22,658 40.4 +9.6
Turnout 56,103 70.4 −0.7
Conservative hold Swing -4.7
General election 2010: East Surrey[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Gyimah 31,007 56.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrats David Lee 14,133 25.9 +2.0
Labour Matt Rodda 4,925 9.0 −5.8
UKIP Helena Windsor 3,770 6.9 +2.5
Monster Raving Loony Martin Hogbin 422 0.8 New
Independent Sandy Pratt 383 0.7 New
Majority 16,874 30.8 −1.4
Turnout 54,640 71.1 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: East Surrey[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 27,659 56.2 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Pursehouse 11,738 23.8 −0.6
Labour James Bridge 7,288 14.8 −4.3
UKIP Tony Stone 2,158 4.4 +0.5
Legalise Cannabis Winston Matthews 410 0.8 New
Majority 15,921 32.4 +4.3
Turnout 49,253 66.6 +3.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
General election 2001: East Surrey[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 24,706 52.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Pursehouse 11,503 24.4 +1.9
Labour Jo Tanner 8,994 19.1 −2.1
UKIP Tony Stone 1,846 3.9 +2.9
Majority 13,203 28.1 +0.5
Turnout 47,049 63.3 −11.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: East Surrey[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 27,389 50.1 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Belinda Ford 12,296 22.5 −4.4
Labour David Ross 11,573 21.2 +10.7
Referendum Michael Sydney 2,656 4.9 New
UKIP Tony Stone 569 1.0 New
Natural Law Susan Bartrum 173 0.3 New
Majority 15,093 27.6 −6.5
Turnout 54,656 74.6
Conservative hold Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General election 1992: East Surrey[33][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ainsworth 29,767 62.3 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Robert L. Tomlin 12,111 25.4 +1.5
Labour Gill M. Roles 5,075 10.6 +0.2
Green Ian T. Kilpatrick 819 1.7 −0.6
Majority 17,656 36.9 −2.6
Turnout 47,772 82.3 +5.1
Conservative hold Swing −1.2

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: East Surrey[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 29,126 63.4 +0.5
Liberal Michael Anderson 11,000 23.9 −3.4
Labour Michael Davis 4,779 10.4 +0.6
Green David Newell 1,044 2.3 New
Majority 18,126 39.5 +3.9
Turnout 45,949 77.2 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: East Surrey[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 27,272 62.9
Liberal Susan Liddell 11,836 27.3
Labour Hugh Pincott 4,249 9.8
Majority 15,436 35.6
Turnout 43,357 74.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 28,266 62.84
Liberal Susan Liddell 8,866 19.71
Labour Graham Harries 7,398 16.45
National Front D. Smith 452 1.00 New
Majority 19,400 43.13
Turnout 44,982 78.42
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 22,227 52.41
Liberal Kenneth Vaus 12,382 29.20
Labour David Allonby 7,797 18.39
Majority 9,845 23.21
Turnout 42,406 76.17
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Howe 23,563 51.16
Liberal Kenneth Vaus 15,544 33.75
Labour David Allonby 6,946 15.08
Majority 8,019 17.41
Turnout 46,053 83.58
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Clark 35,773 61.99
Liberal Percy W. Meyer 11,749 20.36
Labour Michael D. Simmons 10,186 17.65
Majority 24,024 41.63
Turnout 57,708 73.08
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 30,900 54.54
Liberal Michael R Lane 16,407 28.96
Labour Cyril Shaw 9,347 16.50
Majority 14,493 25.58
Turnout 56,654 79.33
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 31,827 55.94
Liberal Michael R Lane 16,049 28.21
Labour James Stewart Cook 9,020 15.85
Majority 15,778 27.73
Turnout 56,896 79.22
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 36,310 63.94
Liberal Kenneth Vaus 10,376 18.27 New
Labour James C Hunt 10,102 17.79
Majority 25,934 45.67
Turnout 56,788 81.13
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 37,276 74.79
Labour Jean Graham Hall[37] 12,567 25.21
Majority 24,709 49.58
Turnout 49,843 76.47
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Doughty 37,966 72.98
Labour Nathan Whine 14,056 27.02
Majority 23,910 45.96
Turnout 52,052 81.30
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: East Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Astor 32,711 60.92
Labour Nathan Whine 12,499 23.28
Liberal Wendy Wills 8,484 15.80
Majority 20,212 37.64
Turnout 53,694 87.17
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Surrey Eastern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Astor 31,117 53.36
Labour Henry Edward Weaver 17,708 30.36
Liberal Donald Phillip Owen 9,495 16.28 New
Majority 13,409 23.00
Turnout 58,320 74.50
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1935: Surrey Eastern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Emmott 33,776 78.91
Labour Henry Edward Weaver 9,025 21.09
Majority 24,751 57.82
Turnout 42,801 66.54
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Surrey Eastern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Galbraith 33,771 88.85
Labour Mont Follick 4,236 11.15
Majority 29,535 77.70
Turnout 38,007 71.40
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Surrey East[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Galbraith 19,578 60.9 −22.2
Liberal Ida Swinburne 7,435 23.1 New
Labour Robert Oscar Mennell 5,152 16.0 −0.9
Majority 12,143 37.8 −28.4
Turnout 32,345
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1924: East Surrey[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Galbraith 15,999 83.1 N/A
Labour Robert Oscar Mennell 3,249 16.9 New
Majority 12,750 66.2 N/A
Turnout 19,248 70.7 N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Surrey East[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Galbraith Unopposed N/A N/A
Unionist hold
General election 1922: East Surrey[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Galbraith 12,498 77.3 −5.5
Labour Marjorie Pease 3,667 22.7 New
Majority 8,831 54.6 −11.0
Turnout 16,165 64.5 +17.4
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: East Surrey[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Stuart Coats 8,795 82.8
Liberal Guy Hayler 1,830 17.2
Majority 6,965 65.6
Turnout 10,625 47.1
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: East Surrey (2 seats)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Grantham 8,104 28.9 +0.4
Conservative James Watney 8,006 28.6 −0.4
Liberal William F Robinson[40] 5,978 21.3 −0.6
Liberal George Webb Medley[41] 5,928 21.2 +0.7
Majority 2,028 7.3 +0.7
Turnout 14,008 (est) 73.8 (est) +6.2
Registered electors 18,969
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Conservative hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: East Surrey (2 seats)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Watney 5,673 29.0 +5.6
Conservative William Grantham 5,579 28.5 +5.6
Liberal Peter King 4,292 21.9 −5.7
Liberal John Peter Gassiot 4,015 20.5 −5.6
Majority 1,658 8.5 N/A
Majority 1,287 6.6 N/A
Turnout 9,780 (est) 67.6 (est) −1.5
Registered electors 14,468
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.6
By-election, 26 August 1871: East Surrey (1 seat)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Watney 3,912 58.7 +12.4
Liberal Granville Leveson-Gower[42] 2,749 41.3 −12.4
Majority 1,163 17.4 N/A
Turnout 6,661 51.4 −17.7
Registered electors 12,960
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.4
  • Caused by Buxton's death.

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: East Surrey (2 seats)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter King 4,162 27.6 +1.7
Liberal Charles Buxton 3,941 26.1 +0.7
Conservative William Hardman[43] 3,537 23.4 −1.3
Conservative James Lord[44] 3,459 22.9 −1.0
Majority 404 2.7 +2.0
Turnout 7,550 (est) 69.1 (est) +1.1
Registered electors 10,932
Liberal hold Swing +1.4
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
General election 1865: East Surrey (2 seats)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter King 3,495 25.9 −11.0
Liberal Charles Buxton 3,424 25.4 −11.8
Conservative Henry Peek 3,333 24.7 +11.7
Conservative William Brodrick 3,226 23.9 +10.9
Majority 91 0.7 −10.3
Turnout 6,739 (est) 68.0 (est) +0.1
Registered electors 9,913
Liberal hold Swing −11.2
Liberal hold Swing −11.6

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1859: East Surrey (2 seats)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Alcock 2,953 37.2 N/A
Liberal Peter King 2,926 36.9 N/A
Conservative Anthony Cleasby 2,050 25.9 New
Majority 876 11.0 N/A
Turnout 4,990 (est) 67.9 (est) N/A
Registered electors 7,350
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: East Surrey (2 seats)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Alcock Unopposed
Whig Peter King Unopposed
Registered electors 7,191
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1852: East Surrey (2 seats)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Alcock 2,508 27.9 N/A
Whig Peter King 2,500 27.8 N/A
Conservative Edmund Antrobus 2,064 22.9 New
Conservative Anthony Cleasby 1,928 21.4 New
Majority 436 4.9 N/A
Turnout 4,500 (est) 68.0 (est) N/A
Registered electors 6,618
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1847: East Surrey (2 seats)[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Alcock Unopposed
Whig Peter King Unopposed
Registered electors 6,028
Whig gain from Conservative
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1841: East Surrey (2 seats)[39][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Antrobus Unopposed
Conservative Henry Kemble Unopposed
Registered electors 6,222
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 8 February 1841: East Surrey[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Antrobus 2,635 64.7 +10.7
Whig Thomas Alcock 1,436 35.3 −10.7
Majority 1,199 29.4 +25.8
Turnout 4,071 65.4 −5.8
Registered electors 6,222
Conservative hold Swing +10.7
  • Caused by Alsager's death.

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1837: East Surrey (2 seats)[39][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Alsager 2,176 27.1 +7.9
Conservative Henry Kemble 2,155 26.9 +7.7
Whig Peter King 1,865 23.3 +8.7
Whig John Angerstein 1,823 22.7 +8.1
Majority 290 3.6 −5.6
Turnout 3,937 71.2 −6.6
Registered electors 5,531
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
Conservative gain from Radical Swing −0.4
General election 1835: East Surrey (2 seats)[39][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Alsager 1,578 38.5 +17.0
Radical Aubrey Beauclerk 1,324 32.3 +2.5
Whig John Ivatt Briscoe 1,200 29.3 −19.4
Turnout 2,753 77.8 +7.6
Registered electors 3,537
Majority 378 9.2 N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +13.4
Majority 124 3.0 −5.3
Radical hold Swing +6.1
General election 1832: East Surrey (2 seats)[39][10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Ivatt Briscoe 1,643 42.4
Radical Aubrey Beauclerk 1,155 29.8
Tory Thomas Jeffreys Allen[45] 835 21.5
Whig John Lainson 244 6.3
Turnout 2,211 70.2
Registered electors 3,150
Majority 488 12.6
Whig win (new seat)
Majority 320 8.3
Radical win (new seat)

See also

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Notes

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  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.

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