East Surrey

East Surrey County constituency
East Surrey shown within Surrey, and Surrey shown within England
Created:	1832, 1918
MP:	Peter Ainsworth
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Surrey
EP constituency:	South East England

East Surrey is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has been a Conservative Party stronghold for decades.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the eastern section of the county of Surrey, including the entirety of the Tandridge district and the town of Horley, which is located in the Reigate and Banstead district.

The Boundary Commission has proposed no boundary changes for this constituency in the boundary review due before the next election.

History

The constituency was first created in the 1832 Reform Acts with two MPs, however, along with the Mid Surrey constituency, it was split up into various divisions in 1885 - Chertsey, Croydon, Epsom, Kingston, Reigate and Wimbledon. In 1918 the constituency was re-established, but this time with only one MP, covering a smaller area to the south of Croydon along the Kent border down to Sussex.

In 1950, East Surrey lost Addington parish on the fringe of Croydon into the newly-formed Croydon South seat and its southern half to Reigate constituency. In 1974, much of the constituency became part of Croydon South following the 1965 transfer of Purley and Coulsdon to the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, with Surrey East taking in much of the area to the south that had been in Reigate since 1950. Its MP until 1974, William Clark, won the new Croydon South in that year's February election. Clark's successor, Sir Geoffrey Howe, later became Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.

In all its incarnations, the seat has been Conservative-held since its creation.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832-1885

• Constituency created (1832)

• Constituency abolished (1885)

MPs 1918-present

Election results

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.

Sources

• Historical list of MPs
• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
• Election results, 1951 - 1979 (Keele University)

See also

• 2005 United Kingdom general election result in Surrey
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey