| Surrey Heath County constituency |
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| Surrey Heath shown within Surrey, and Surrey shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Michael Gove |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Surrey |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Surrey Heath 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.
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Boundaries
Surrey Heath is located in the north-west of the county of Surrey. It contains the entirety of the Surrey Heath district as well as the town of Ash in the Guildford borough. The largest town in the area is Camberley.
The Boundary Commission has proposed no boundary changes for this constituency in the boundary review due before the next election.
History
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Woking, North West Surrey & Guildford.
On the seat's creation, Nick Hawkins was elected to Parliament following the retirement of Surrey North West MP Michael Grylls. One of Hawkins' opponents for selection was future Speaker, John Bercow. Bercow was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Buckingham constituency on the same day. [1]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nick Hawkins | Conservative | |
| 2005 | Michael Gove | Conservative | |
Elections
| General Election 2005: Surrey Heath | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Gove | 24,642 | 51.5 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Rosalyn Harper | 13,797 | 28.8 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Chris Lowe | 7,989 | 16.7 | −4.7 | |
| UKIP | Steve Smith | 1,430 | 3.0 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 10,845 | 22.7 | |||
| Turnout | 47,858 | 62.9 | +3.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: Surrey Heath | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nick Hawkins | 22,401 | 49.7 | −1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Lelliot | 11,582 | 25.7 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | James Norman | 9,640 | 21.4 | +0.3 | |
| UKIP | Nigel Hunt | 1,479 | 3.3 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 10,819 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 45,102 | 59.5 | −14.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Surrey Heath | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nick Hawkins | 28,231 | 51.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | David Newman | 11,944 | 21.8 | ||
| Labour | Susan Jones | 11,511 | 21.0 | ||
| Referendum Party | John Gale | 2,385 | 4.4 | ||
| UKIP | R.P.F. Squire | 653 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 16,287 | ||||
| Turnout | 74.1 | ||||
Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
References
See also
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