The county of Surrey is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies (sub-classified into four of borough type and seven of county status affecting the level of expenses permitted and status of returning officer). The county saw the vast bulk of its population and seats removed on the creation of the County of London in 1889 and its wider replacement the county of Greater London in 1965. Reflecting its mainly suburban and rural nature, all seats covering the present definition of Surrey have been held by Conservative MPs at each general election since 1885, with the exception of two Liberals in 1906, one Liberal Democrat in 2001 and six Liberal Democrats in 2024.
Eleven other seats fell within the north-east of Surrey until 1965, forming the metropolitan part closest to London and the majority of the population (shown in the Historical Representation tables below). These were moved into Greater London leaving a predominantly suburban and rural content.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[2] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission has proposed that Surrey be combined with Berkshire and Hampshire as a sub-region of the South East Region. As a result, the majority of the abolished constituency of South West Surrey would be combined with parts of the current constituency of East Hampshire to form a new cross-county boundary constituency named Farnham and Bordon. The remainder of South West Surrey would be combined with parts of Guildford, Mole Valley and Surrey Heath to form the new constituency of Godalming and Ash. The communities of Englefield Green and Virginia Water in the borough of Runnymede would be included in the Berkshire constituency of Windsor. Following changes to Mole Valley, it is proposed that this constituency is renamed Dorking and Horley.[3][4][5]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Surrey in the 2019 general election were as follows:
General Election 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010 results
The following tables show the results for all Surrey constituencies in the General Elections in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2010. The results are given as percentages.
2019
Con
Lib
Dem
Lab
Green
UKIP
Other
East Surrey
59.7
19.4
13.8
3.9
–
3.2
Epsom and Ewell
53.5
23.5
17.2
3.4
–
2.4
Esher and Walton
49.4
45.0
4.5
–
–
1.2
Guildford
44.9
39.2
7.7
–
–
8.2
Mole Valley
55.4
34.3
5.2
3.3
0.8
0.9
Reigate
53.9
19.4
19.5
6.0
1.2
–
Runnymede and Weybridge
54.9
17.3
20.6
3.5
0.9
2.8
South West Surrey
53.3
38.7
7.9
–
–
–
Spelthorne
58.9
15.1
21.7
4.3
–
–
Surrey Heath
58.6
27.3
9.2
3.8
1.1
–
Woking
48.9
30.8
16.4
2.8
1.1
–
Average
53.8
28.6
12.7
2.7
0.5
1.7
2017
Con
Lab
Lib Dem
UKIP
Green
Others
East Surrey
59.6
19.2
10.5
3.8
1.9
5.0
Epsom and Ewell
59.6
25.0
12.5
–
2.9
–
Esher and Walton
58.6
19.7
17.3
1.7
1.8
0.8
Guildford
54.6
19.0
23.9
–
2.1
0.5
Mole Valley
61.9
13.9
19.3
2.4
2.6
–
Reigate
57.4
24.7
10.9
2.9
4.1
–
Runnymede and Weybridge
60.9
25.9
7.3
3.2
2.6
–
South West Surrey
55.7
12.6
9.9
1.8
–
20.0
Spelthorne
57.3
30.5
5.5
4.6
2.2
–
Surrey Heath
64.2
21.1
10.8
–
3.9
–
Woking
54.1
23.9
17.6
2.1
2.0
0.4
Average
58.5
21.9
12.8
2.5
2.4
2.4
2015
Con
Lab
UKIP
Lib Dem
Green
Others
East Surrey
57.4
11.8
17.0
9.2
3.8
0.6
Epsom and Ewell
58.3
15.5
12.5
8.8
3.7
1.3
Esher and Walton
62.9
12.7
9.7
9.4
4.1
1.1
Guildford
57.1
12.1
8.8
15.5
4.7
1.8
Mole Valley
60.6
8.3
11.2
14.5
5.4
–
Reigate
56.8
12.8
13.3
10.5
6.7
–
Runnymede and Weybridge
59.7
15.5
13.9
6.7
4.1
–
South West Surrey
59.9
9.5
9.9
6.3
5.4
9.1
Spelthorne
49.7
18.6
20.9
6.4
3.5
1.0
Surrey Heath
59.9
11.2
14.3
9.1
4.4
1.2
Woking
56.2
16.1
11.3
11.6
4.1
0.6
Average
58.0
13.1
13.0
9.8
4.5
1.5
2010
Con
Lib Dem
Lab
UKIP
Others
East Surrey
56.7
25.9
9.0
6.9
1.5
Epsom and Ewell
56.2
26.8
11.9
4.6
0.5
Esher and Walton
58.9
24.8
10.7
3.3
2.3
Guildford
53.3
39.3
5.1
1.8
0.5
Mole Valley
57.5
28.7
7.0
5.1
1.6
Reigate
53.4
26.2
11.3
4.2
5.4
Runnymede and Weybridge
55.9
21.6
13.4
6.5
2.5
South West Surrey
58.7
30.2
6.0
2.6
2.6
Spelthorne
47.1
25.9
16.5
8.5
2.2
Surrey Heath
57.6
25.8
10.2
6.3
–
Woking
50.3
37.4
8.0
3.8
0.5
Average
55.1
28.4
9.9
4.9
1.8
Maps
1885–1910
1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910
1918–1945
1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945
1950–1970
1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
1974–2019
Feb 1974
Oct 1974
1979
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
2024-present (including constituencies partly in Berkshire and Hampshire)
2024
Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
† denotes seat which falls wholly or largely within present-day county of Greater London
1974 to 1997 (11 MPs)
In 1965 half (ten) of Surrey's constituencies were moved to the new county of Greater London, but constituencies based on the old boundaries continued to be used until 1974, when Surrey gained one constituency (Spelthorne) from the abolished administrative county of Middlesex.
Liberal Democrat MPSue Doughty, who won Guildford in 2001 with a winning margin of 1.2%, was the first candidate to take a seat from the Conservatives in the area covered by the present county of Surrey in 56 years.