Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)
Reigate | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Surrey |
Electorate | 77,101 (2024)[1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Rebecca Paul (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Parts of East, Mid and West Surrey as county constituency also called S.E. Surrey[2] |
1832–1868 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Mid Surrey |
1295–1832 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Reigate (/ˈraɪɡeɪt/) is a constituency[a] in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Rebecca Paul, of the Conservative Party.[b]
Constituency profile
[edit]Electoral Calculus characterises the seat's electorate as "Kind Yuppies", with right-wing economic views but more liberal social attitudes. Incomes and house prices in the seat are well above UK averages. [3] The seat is predominantly in the London commuter belt with good rail services from Reigate, Redhill and Banstead to Central London, and several financial companies are based in the seat.[4][dead link]
Boundaries
[edit]1885–1918: The Borough of Reigate, its Sessional Division, and those of Dorking and Godstone except Effingham, Mickleham, Caterham, Warlingham, Chelsham and Farleigh[2]
1918–1950: The Borough of Reigate, the Urban District of Dorking, and the Rural Districts of Dorking and Reigate
1950–1974: The Borough of Reigate, and the Rural District of Godstone
- 1974: what had been the Rural District was ceded to the East Surrey seat; Banstead U.D. was taken from the Carshalton seat
1974–1983: The Borough of Reigate, and the Urban District of Banstead
- 1983: The northern heart of what had been Banstead U.D. (four wards) were ceded to the Epsom and Ewell seat
1983–1997: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Horley East, Horley West, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Reigate Central, Reigate East, Reigate North, Reigate North Central, Reigate North East, Reigate South Central, Reigate South East, Reigate South West, Salfords and Sidlow, and Tadworth and Walton
1997–2010: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Reigate Central, Reigate East, Reigate North, Reigate North Central, Reigate North East, Reigate South Central, Reigate South East, Reigate South West, Salfords and Sidlow, and Tadworth and Walton
2010–2024: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Earlswood and Whitebushes, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Meadvale and St John's, Merstham, Preston, Redhill East, Redhill West, Reigate Central, Reigate Hill, Salfords and Sidlow, South Park and Woodhatch, and Tadworth and Walton
2024–present: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of: Banstead Village; Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne; Earlswood & Whitebushes; Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton; Meadvale & St. John’s; Nork; Redhill East; Redhill West & Wray Common; Reigate; South Park & Woodhatch; Tattenham Corner & Preston.[5]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, starting with the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the changes in constituency described as following:
The seat will gain the parts of Reigate and Banstead Borough currently in the Epsom and Ewell constituency - including the residential areas of Nork and Tattenham Corner, offset by the transfer of the Hooley, Merstham & Netherne ward to East Surrey.
The seat is in Surrey bordering Greater London and is centered on the town of Reigate from which it takes its name. As shown by the map the constituency excludes most of the post town of Horley in the East Surrey seat and Banstead (including its progeny or neighbourhoods Nork, Preston and the Tattenhams) in the Epsom and Ewell seat but contains the rest of the Reigate and Banstead district.
History
[edit]This constituency was first created with the first election of Burgesses to Parliament in 1295, electing two members. It continued to elect two members until 1832 when its representation was reduced to one member by the Great Reform Act.
In 1868 the constituency was disenfranchised for corruption, but was revived in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the East Surrey constituency was abolished. Since 1918 the seat has been held by a candidate in the Conservative Party with the exception of four months during which the anti-EU MP in 1997 before the election of that year joined the Referendum Party (UK). The Liberal Democrats including their two predecessor parties amassed their largest share of the vote in 2010. The largest opposition party changed from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in 2005 and 2010, then UKIP in 2015 and back to Labour in the 2017 general election.
In 1974, the seat saw major boundary changes which removed some of Eastern Surrey which was in the seat into the radically redesigned East Surrey seat and added the Banstead area to the seat.
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1295–1660
[edit]MPs 1660–1832
[edit]MPs 1832–1868
[edit]- Representation reduced to one (1832)
Election | Member[10] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | John Somers-Cocks | Tory[12] | |
1834 | Conservative[12] | ||
1841 by-election | Charles Somers-Cocks | Conservative[12] | |
1847 | Thomas Somers-Cocks | Conservative | |
1857 | William Hackblock[c] | Independent Whig[14][15] | |
February 1858 by-election | Henry Rawlinson | Conservative[16][17][18][19] | |
October 1858 by-election | William Monson | Whig[20][21] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1863 by-election | Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower | Liberal | |
1868 | Constituency disenfranchised for corruption |
MPs since 1885
[edit]- Constituency revived (1885)
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rebecca Paul[22] | 18,822 | 35.4 | −20.4 | |
Labour | Stuart Brady[23] | 15,635 | 29.4 | +12.5 | |
Reform UK | Joseph Fox[24] | 7,240 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Johnston[25] | 6,773 | 12.7 | −7.2 | |
Green | Jonathan Essex[26] | 4,691 | 8.8 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 3,187 | 6.0 | −28.4 | ||
Turnout | 53,161 | 69.0 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 77,101 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −16.4 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[27] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 29,846 | 55.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 10,626 | 19.9 | |
Labour | 9,045 | 16.9 | |
Green | 3,092 | 5.8 | |
Others | 860 | 1.6 | |
Turnout | 53,469 | 70.2 | |
Electorate | 76,139 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 28,665 | 53.9 | –3.5 | |
Labour | Susan Gregory | 10,355 | 19.5 | –5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Vincent | 10,320 | 19.4 | +8.5 | |
Green | Jonathan Essex | 3,169 | 6.0 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Julia Searle | 647 | 1.2 | –1.7 | |
Majority | 18,310 | 34.4 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,156 | 71.0 | –1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 30,896 | 57.4 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Toby Brampton | 13,282 | 24.7 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Tarrant | 5,889 | 10.9 | +0.4 | |
Green | Jonathan Essex | 2,214 | 4.1 | –2.6 | |
UKIP | Joe Fox | 1,542 | 2.9 | –10.4 | |
Majority | 17,614 | 32.7 | –10.8 | ||
Turnout | 53,993 | 72.0 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 29,151 | 56.8 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Joe Fox | 6,817 | 13.3 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Ali Aklakul | 6,578 | 12.8 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Tarrant | 5,369 | 10.5 | –15.7 | |
Green | Jonathan Essex | 3,434 | 6.7 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 22,334 | 43.5 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,349 | 69.9 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 26,688 | 53.4 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Kulka | 13,097 | 26.2 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Robert Hull | 5,672 | 11.3 | –10.2 | |
UKIP | Joseph Fox | 2,089 | 4.2 | –0.3 | |
BNP | Keith Brown | 1,345 | 2.7 | New | |
Green | Jonathan Essex | 1,087 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,591 | 27.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,978 | 69.8 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 20,884 | 49.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Kulka | 9,896 | 23.2 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Samuel Townend | 8,896 | 20.9 | –6.6 | |
UKIP | Jeremy Wraith | 1,921 | 4.5 | +1.8 | |
English Democrat | Harold Green | 600 | 1.4 | New | |
Independent | Michael Selby | 408 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,988 | 25.8 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,605 | 64.8 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 18,875 | 47.8 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Simon Charleton | 10,850 | 27.5 | –0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Kulka | 8,330 | 21.1 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Stephen Smith | 1,062 | 2.7 | +2.1 | |
Reform UK | Harold Green | 357 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,025 | 20.3 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,474 | 60.2 | –14.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Crispin Blunt | 21,123 | 43.8 | –13.7 | |
Labour | Andrew Howard | 13,382 | 27.8 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Samuel | 9,615 | 20.0 | –4.1 | |
Referendum | George Gardiner | 3,352 | 7.0 | New | |
Independent | Richard Higgs | 412 | 0.9 | New | |
UKIP | Stephen Smith | 290 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,741 | 16.0 | –15.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,174 | 74.4 | –4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –12.0 |
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. George Gardiner changed party from the Conservative Party to the Referendum Party following his deselection by the local Conservative association.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 32,220 | 57.1 | –2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | B Newsome | 14,556 | 25.8 | +1.4 | |
Labour | H Young | 9,150 | 16.2 | +1.9 | |
SDP | M. Bilcliff | 513 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 17,664 | 31.3 | –3.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,449 | 78.5 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –1.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 30,925 | 59.3 | +0.3 | |
SDP | Elizabeth Pamplin | 12,752 | 24.4 | –2.5 | |
Labour | Robin Spencer | 7,460 | 14.3 | +2.2 | |
Green | Graham Brand | 1,026 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 18,173 | 34.9 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,163 | 72.5 | –0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 29,932 | 59.0 | ||
SDP | Elizabeth Pamplin | 13,625 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Bryan A. Symons | 6,114 | 12.1 | ||
Ecology | David R. Newell | 1,029 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 16,307 | 32.1 | –5.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,700 | 72.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 33,767 | 59.79 | ||
Labour | N. Grant | 12,454 | 22.05 | ||
Liberal | J. Speyer | 10,257 | 18.16 | ||
Majority | 21,313 | 37.74 | |||
Turnout | 56,478 | 78.20 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 27,769 | 50.70 | ||
Labour | MG Ormerod | 14,185 | 25.90 | ||
Liberal | AC Bryan | 12,554 | 22.92 | ||
People Power | Mervyn Taggart | 266 | 0.49 | New | |
Majority | 13,584 | 24.80 | |||
Turnout | 54,774 | 75.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gardiner | 30,131 | 50.22 | ||
Liberal | AC Bryan | 16,071 | 26.78 | ||
Labour | MG Ormerod | 13,547 | 22.58 | ||
Independent Democrat | Mervyn Taggart | 254 | 0.42 | New | |
Majority | 14,060 | 23.44 | |||
Turnout | 60,003 | 83.34 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Howe | 28,462 | 53.86 | ||
Labour | Michael P Farley | 15,433 | 29.20 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Vaus | 8,952 | 16.94 | ||
Majority | 13,029 | 24.66 | |||
Turnout | 52,847 | 73.88 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Vaughan-Morgan | 24,163 | 47.37 | ||
Labour | John Edward Anthony Samuels | 16,649 | 32.64 | ||
Liberal | Anthony A Stowell | 10,197 | 19.99 | ||
Majority | 7,514 | 14.73 | |||
Turnout | 51,009 | 80.09 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Vaughan-Morgan | 24,380 | 48.35 | ||
Labour | Charles Garnsworthy | 14,991 | 29.73 | ||
Liberal | Anthony A Stowell | 11,058 | 21.93 | ||
Majority | 9,389 | 18.62 | |||
Turnout | 50,429 | 79.74 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Vaughan-Morgan | 26,966 | 54.34 | ||
Labour | Charles Garnsworthy | 14,465 | 29.14 | ||
Liberal | Agnes H Scott | 8,205 | 16.53 | New | |
Majority | 12,501 | 25.20 | |||
Turnout | 49,636 | 82.36 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Vaughan-Morgan | 27,210 | 61.68 | ||
Labour Co-op | Charles Garnsworthy | 16,903 | 38.32 | ||
Majority | 10,307 | 23.36 | |||
Turnout | 44,113 | 78.75 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Vaughan-Morgan | 24,137 | 55.92 | ||
Labour Co-op | Charles Garnsworthy | 14,287 | 33.10 | ||
Liberal | Allan Stanley Batham | 4,740 | 10.98 | ||
Majority | 9,850 | 22.82 | |||
Turnout | 43,164 | 83.34 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Vaughan-Morgan | 23,027 | 53.66 | ||
Labour Co-op | Charles Garnsworthy | 13,931 | 32.46 | ||
Liberal | Allan Stanley Batham | 5,953 | 13.87 | New | |
Majority | 9,096 | 21.20 | |||
Turnout | 42,911 | 85.12 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 27,419 | 57.07 | ||
Labour | Charles Garnsworthy | 20,623 | 42.93 | ||
Majority | 6,796 | 14.14 | |||
Turnout | 48,042 | 72.92 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 30,341 | 73.84 | ||
Labour | Leonard Lewis | 10,748 | 26.16 | ||
Majority | 19,593 | 47.68 | |||
Turnout | 41,089 | 69.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 33,934 | 82.75 | ||
Labour | Percy Collick | 7,076 | 17.25 | ||
Majority | 26,858 | 65.50 | |||
Turnout | 41,010 | 75.14 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George K. Cockerill | 20,851 | 54.3 | −22.3 | |
Liberal | Harold James Hamblen | 9,532 | 24.8 | New | |
Labour | Percy Collick | 8,012 | 20.9 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 11,319 | 29.5 | −23.7 | ||
Turnout | 38,395 | 74.8 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 51,314 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George K. Cockerill | 19,877 | 76.6 | N/A | |
Labour | William Graham | 6,061 | 23.4 | New | |
Majority | 13,816 | 53.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,938 | 74.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 35,070 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George K. Cockerill | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George K. Cockerill | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George K. Cockerill | Unopposed | ||
Unionist hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Election results 1885-1918
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Lawrence | 4,726 | 63.1 | ||
Liberal | Alfred Carpenter | 2,762 | 36.9 | ||
Majority | 1,964 | 26.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,488 | 78.8 | |||
Registered electors | 9,500 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Lawrence | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cubitt | 4,786 | 60.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Francis Edward Barnes[47] | 3,097 | 39.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,689 | 21.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,883 | 71.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,081 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cubitt | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cubitt | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Cunningham Brodie | 6,067 | 50.9 | New | |
Conservative | Richard Hamilton Rawson | 5,848 | 49.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 219 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,915 | 86.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,817 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hamilton Rawson | 8,339 | 59.3 | +10.2 | |
Liberal | Harry Cunningham Brodie | 5,715 | 40.7 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 2,624 | 18.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,054 | 89.9 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 15,636 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hamilton Rawson | 7,710 | 59.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Herbert Walter Goldberg | 5,194 | 40.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 2,516 | 19.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,226 | 82.5 | −7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 15,636 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Richard Hamilton Rawson
- Liberal:
Election results 1832-1868
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Somers-Cocks | 101 | 100.0 | ||
Whig | George Canning | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Majority | 101 | 100.0 | |||
Turnout | 101 | 66.4 | |||
Registered electors | 152 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Somers-Cocks | 85 | 85.9 | −14.1 | |
Radical | John Moore | 14 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 71 | 71.8 | −28.2 | ||
Turnout | 99 | 60.0 | −6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 165 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −14.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Somers-Cocks | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 205 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Somers-Cocks succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl Somers and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Somers-Cocks | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 197 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Somers-Cocks | 106 | 92.2 | N/A | |
Chartist | James Bedford | 9 | 7.8 | New | |
Majority | 97 | 84.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 115 | 57.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 199 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Somers-Cocks | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 182 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Somers-Cocks | 100 | 56.8 | N/A | |
Whig | Hillebrant Meredith Parratt[52] | 76 | 43.2 | New | |
Majority | 24 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 176 | 77.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 228 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Whig | William Hackblock | 228 | 64.2 | New | |
Conservative | Henry Rawlinson | 127 | 35.8 | −21.0 | |
Majority | 101 | 28.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 355 | 80.3 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 442 | ||||
Ind. Whig gain from Conservative |
Hackblock's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Rawlinson | 212 | 50.1 | +14.3 | |
Radical | Frederick Doulton[17][53][54] | 116 | 27.4 | New | |
Whig | William Monson | 95 | 22.5 | New | |
Majority | 96 | 22.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 423 | 95.7 | +15.4 | ||
Registered electors | 442 | ||||
Conservative gain from Ind. Whig |
Rawlinson was appointed a member of the Council of India, requiring a by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Monson | 225 | 51.7 | N/A | |
Radical | William Arthur Wilkinson[55] | 210 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 15 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 435 | 98.4 | +18.1 | ||
Registered electors | 442 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Monson | 260 | 61.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Arthur Wilkinson | 161 | 38.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 99 | 23.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 421 | 76.8 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 548 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Monson succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Monson and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower | 346 | 51.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Arthur Wilkinson | 333 | 49.0 | +10.8 | |
Majority | 13 | 2.0 | −21.6 | ||
Turnout | 679 | 92.1 | +15.3 | ||
Registered electors | 737 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower | 473 | 62.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edmund Monson | 276 | 36.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Gibson Richardson | 11 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 197 | 25.9 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 760 | 82.6 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 920 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Pre-1832 election results
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Joseph Sydney Yorke | Unopposed | |||
Tory | James Cocks (1773–1854) | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Joseph Sydney Yorke | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Joseph Yorke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 59 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Joseph Sydney Yorke's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Yorke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 59 | ||||
Tory hold |
Charles Yorke resigned in order to contest a by-election at Cambridgeshire, causing a by-election. He was unsuccessful and stood again for Reigate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Yorke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 59 | ||||
Tory hold |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years
- ^ Hackblock died either 1 or 8 January 1858[13]
References
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- ^ UK Polling Report http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/reigate/
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
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- ^ Created a baronet in 1772.
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- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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Sources
[edit]- Craig, FWS (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 252. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- Craig, FWS (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 400. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, FWS (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 479. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Election 2010 - Reigate BBC News
- Reigate Election 2005 - Reigate BBC News
- Vote 2001 - Reigate BBC News
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 Election Demon
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 Election Demon
External links
[edit]- Reigate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Reigate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Reigate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
- Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Parliamentary constituencies disenfranchised for corruption
- Politics of Surrey
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