| Esher and Walton Borough constituency |
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| Esher and Walton shown within Surrey, and Surrey shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Ian Taylor |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Surrey |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Esher and Walton is a borough 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.
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Boundaries
The constituency is a small area in the north of Surrey, bordering Greater London. Towns in the constituency include Esher and Walton-on-Thames, which give it its name. It shares similar borders to that of Elmbridge district. It is generally a Conservative-inclined seat, owing to many affluent areas within the constituency such as Esher, Cobham and Thames Ditton.
The Boundary Commission has proposed no boundary changes for this constituency in the boundary review due before the next election.
History
The constituency of Esher was created due to boundary changes in time for the 1950 general election. In 1997 the name was changed to its current form, Esher and Walton.
Members of Parliament
The MP since 1987 is the Conservative Ian Taylor, who is standing down at the next general election.
- Constituency created as Esher (1950)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Sir William Robson-Brown | Conservative | |
| 1970 | Carol Mather | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Ian Taylor | Conservative | |
- Constituency renamed as Esher and Walton (1997)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Ian Taylor | Conservative | |
Elections
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Francis Eldergill | ||||
| UKIP | Bernard Collignon | ||||
| Best of a Bad Bunch | Andy Lear | ||||
| Conservative | Dominic Raab | ||||
| General Election 2005: Esher and Walton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Taylor | 21,882 | 45.7 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Marsh | 14,155 | 29.6 | +7.1 | |
| Labour | Richard Taylor | 9,309 | 19.4 | -4.2 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Collignon | 1,582 | 3.3 | -1.6 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Chinners Chinnery | 608 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Richard Cutler | 342 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,727 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,878 | 62.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Esher and Walton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Taylor | 22,296 | 49.0 | -0.9 | |
| Labour | Joe McGowan | 10,758 | 23.6 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Marsh | 10,241 | 22.5 | +2.1 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Collignon | 2,236 | 4.9 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 11,538 | 25.4 | |||
| Turnout | 45,531 | 61.9 | -12.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
| General Election 1997: Esher and Walton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Taylor | 26,747 | 49.8 | -10.9 | |
| Labour | Julie Reay | 12,219 | 22.8 | +5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gary Miles | 10,937 | 20.4 | -1.6 | |
| Referendum Party | Andrew Cruickshank | 2,904 | 5.4 | ||
| UKIP | Bernard Collignon | 558 | 1.0 | ||
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Simone Kay | 302 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 14,528 | 27.1 | |||
| Turnout | 53,667 | 74.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2 | |||
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. The name of the constituency also changed to reflect the change in boundaries.
| General Election 1992: Esher | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Taylor | 31,115 | 65.4 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Richling | 10,744 | 22.6 | -3.1 | |
| Labour | Julie Reay | 5,685 | 12.0 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 20,371 | 42.8 | |||
| Turnout | 47,544 | 80.8 | +3.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
| General Election 1987: Esher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Taylor | 31,334 | 65.5 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal | A J Barnett | 12,266 | 25.7 | -2.3 | |
| Labour | N J V Lucas | 4,197 | 8.8 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 19,068 | 39.8 | |||
| Turnout | 47,797 | 76.9 | +3.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
| General Election 1983: Esher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Carol Mather | 28,577 | 63.3 | ||
| Liberal | C W Wheatley | 12,665 | 28.0 | ||
| Labour | D D Plaskow | 3,250 | 7.2 | ||
| Monster Raving Loony | W Wellie | 664 | 1.5 | ||
| Majority | 15,912 | 35.3 | |||
| Turnout | 45,156 | 73.1 | |||
Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon, as Esher)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
- Election results, 1951 - 2001 (Keele University)
See also
References
- ^ Esher and Walton, UKPollingReport
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