Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Kingston and Surbiton


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1997
MP = Edward Davey
Party = Liberal Democrat
EP = London

Kingston and Surbiton is a 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.

Boundaries

The constituency covers most of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, covering the south of Kingston itself and the town of Surbiton, as well as Chessington, Norbiton, New Malden and Tolworth. The remainder of the borough lies in the Richmond Park constituency.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has made subtle changes to the Kingston and Surbiton constituency, realigning its northern boundary to match the recent changes made to ward boundaries. The Commission received only eleven representations following the publication of the original proposals, of which ten were in support.

The electoral wards forming the constituency are:
*Alexandra, Berrylands, Beverley, Chessington North & Hook, Chessington South, Grove, Norbiton, Old Malden, St James, St Mark’s, Surbiton Hill, and Tolworth & Hook Rise.

History

The constituency was created in 1997, when the number of seats covering the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames was reduced from four to three. It replaced the former Surbiton constituency completely and also covers the south of the former Kingston constituency. Being largely middle-class, suburban areas, both Kingston and Surbiton were traditionally strongholds for the Conservatives, with Norbiton being the sole Labour voting ward.

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont represented Kingston from a by-election in 1972 until the 1997 general election, when he was not selected as the Conservative candidate for either of its replacements. Instead, the incumbent Surbiton MP Richard Tracey was selected, while Lamont ended up contesting Harrogate and Knaresborough in North Yorkshire. In the event, Tracey was defeated by the Liberal Democrat candidate Edward Davey, by a narrow margin of just 56 votes, due to the intervention of the Referendum Party.

Davey has held on to the seat since then, with a massively increased majority of over 15,000 at the 2001 election, and a smaller majority (just under 9,000) at the 2005 election.

Members of Parliament

*"Constituency created" 1997
*1997 – "present": Edward Davey, Liberal Democrat

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Davey
votes = 25,397
percentage = 51.0
change = −9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Davis
votes = 16,431
percentage = 33.0
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Parrott
votes = 6,553
percentage = 13.2
change = +4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Barry Thornton
votes = 657
percentage = 1.3
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hayball
votes = 366
percentage = 0.7
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Veritas (political party)
candidate = David Henson
votes = 200
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = George Weiss
votes = 146
percentage = 0.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 8,966
percentage = 18.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 49,750
percentage = 68.5
change = +1.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = −7.0

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Davey
votes = 29,542
percentage = 60.2
change = +23.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Shaw
votes = 13,866
percentage = 28.2
change = -8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Woodford
votes = 4,302
percentage = 8.8
change = -14.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Chris Spruce
votes = 572
percentage = 1.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Amy Burns
votes = 438
percentage = 0.9
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hayball
votes = 319
percentage = 0.6
change = Election box candidate
party = Unrepresented People's Party
candidate = Jeremy Middleton
votes = 54
percentage = 0.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,676
percentage = 32.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 49,093
percentage = 67.5
change = -7.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Davey
votes = 20,411
percentage = 36.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Tracey
votes = 20,355
percentage = 36.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Griffin
votes = 12,811
percentage = 23.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = G. Tchiprout
votes = 1,470
percentage = 2.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = P. Burns
votes = 418
percentage = 0.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = M. Leighton
votes = 100
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = C. Port
votes = 100
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 56
percentage = 0.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 55,665
percentage = 75.3
change =

Selected candidates for a future election

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Davey
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link|
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Whately [ [http://www.kingstonconservatives.com/ Kingston and Surbiton Conservatives] ]

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percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link|
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Max Freedman [ [http://www.labour.org.uk/ppcs Labour's Prospective Parliamentary Candidates] ]
votes =
percentage =
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ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

ources

* [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/South_London_Boroughs/kingston_richmond.asp Boundary Commission for England]

Related (external) Links

* [http://www.kingston.gov.uk/ Royal Borough of Kingston Council website]
* [http://www.Kingstonconservatives.com/ Kingston and Surbiton Conservative Association]
* [http://www.helenwhately.co.uk/ Conservative Parliamentary Candidate]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/edward_davey/kingston_and_surbiton/ TheyWorkforyou.com - Kingston and Surbiton's MP]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpc=Kingston+%26amp%3B+Surbiton/ The Public Whip]