North West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Surrey
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountySurrey
February 1974–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromChertsey
Replaced bySurrey Heath (part)
Runnymede and Weybridge (remainder)

North West Surrey was a county constituency in the county of Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

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1974–1997: The Urban Districts of (1) Egham, and (2) Frimley and Camberley (and the Rural District of Bagshot). In later 1974 these became respectively: (1) the Borough of Runnymede wards of Egham, Englefield Green East, Englefield Green West, Hythe, Thorpe, and Virginia Water; (2) the Borough of Surrey Heath.[1]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[2] Party
Feb 1974 Sir Michael Grylls Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Surrey Heath,
Runnymede and Weybridge

Elections

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Elections in the 1970s

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General election February 1974: North West Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 28,841 52.63
Liberal LE Sims 13,892 25.35
Labour AA Clifton 11,608 21.18
National Coalition DB Foster 463 0.84 New
Majority 14,949 27.28
Turnout 54,804 80.29
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: North West Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 25,524 52.28
Labour PF Whitely 11,943 24.46
Liberal LE Sims 11,356 23.26
Majority 13,581 27.82
Turnout 48,823 70.83
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: North West Surrey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 36,219 63.75
Labour Raymond Sharpe 10,763 18.94
Liberal D Simpson 9,037 15.91
National Front R Heath 796 1.40 New
Majority 25,456 44.81
Turnout 56,815 75.55
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: North West Surrey[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 35,297 64.14
Liberal John Weedon 14,279 25.95
Labour John Burrow 5,452 9.91
Majority 21,018 38.19
Turnout 55,028 70.21
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1987: North West Surrey[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 38,535 64.00
Liberal Chic Brodie 14,960 24.80
Labour John Cooper 6,751 11.21
Majority 23,575 39.80
Turnout 60,246 72.51
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: North West Surrey[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Grylls 41,772 63.8 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Chris M. Clark 13,378 20.4 −4.4
Labour Mark Hayhurst 8,886 13.6 +2.4
Green Yvonne Hockey 1,441 2.2 New
Majority 28,394 43.4 +3.6
Turnout 65,477 78.3 +5.8
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Local Government Act 1972
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  3. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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