Dorking (UK Parliament constituency)
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Location of Surrey within England.
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County | Surrey |
Major settlements | Dorking and Horley |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Mole Valley East Surrey (Horley only) |
Created from | East Surrey or 'Reigate', Epsom and Guildford |
Dorking was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Dorking and Horley in Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 – 1983. In the eight elections during its 33-year lifetime it was held by three Conservatives successively.
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History
The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 and first contested at the 1950 general election.[1][2] It was abolished prior to the 1983 general election.[3]
Boundaries
The seat was defined as consisting of:
- Dorking Urban District,
- Dorking and Horley Rural District
- 12 civil parishes from Guildford Rural District:
In 1983 parliamentary boundaries were realigned to those of the districts created in 1974: Dorking (the town) became part of Mole Valley District, and just over half of the previous area was transferred to the Mole Valley seat for national elections which took in land to the north from elsewhere. The southern area including Horley transferred to a new definition of East Surrey.[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Sir Gordon Touche | Conservative | |
1964 | Sir George Sinclair | Conservative | |
1979 | Keith Wickenden | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Mole Valley; Guildford |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Cosmo Touche | 22,096 | 59.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Julian D Richard | 11,114 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Gordon Grant Francis | 4,128 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,982 | 29.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,338 | 83.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain, as new |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Cosmo Touche | 24,416 | 65.85 | ||
Labour | Julian D Richard | 12,664 | 34.15 | ||
Majority | 11,752 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 37,080 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Gordon Cosmo Touche | 24,451 | 67.19 | ||
Labour | Robert Patrick E Walsh | 11,942 | 32.81 | ||
Majority | 12,509 | 34.38 | |||
Turnout | 36,393 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Gordon Cosmo Touche | 24,564 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Stanley R Mills | 9,605 | 23.6 | ||
Liberal | Wilfred Sydney Watson | 6,582 | 16.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 14,959 | 36.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,751 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 23,862 | 55.6 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Douglas Sidney Tilbé | 9,806 | 22.9 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Wilfred Sydney Watson | 8,773 | 20.4 | +4.3 | |
Patriotic Party | Miss Barbara Davies | 476 | 1.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 14,056 | 32.7 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,917 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 23,087 | 53.8 | ||
Labour | Mrs. Betty Dunmore | 12,201 | 28.4 | ||
Liberal | George H Kahan | 7,629 | 17.8 | ||
Majority | 10,886 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 42,917 | 79.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 25,393 | 59.0 | +5.2 | |
Labour | W. John Fahy | 10,523 | 24.5 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | John Arnold Baker | 7,103 | 16.5 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 14,870 | 34.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,019 | 72 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 24,803 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal | G S A Andrews | 14,490 | 30.0 | ||
Labour | J R Spiers | 8,961 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | 10,313 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 48,254 | 82.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 22,403 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal | G S A Andrews | 12,098 | 27.4 | ||
Labour | Mrs JL Chapman | 9,714 | 22.0 | ||
Majority | 10,305 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 44,215 | 75.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith David Wickenden | 29,003 | 61.43 | +10.83 | |
Liberal | R Hope | 9,240 | 19.57 | -7.83 | |
Labour | JAS Weir | 8,970 | 19.0 | ||
Majority | 19,763 | 41.86 | |||
Turnout | 47,213 | 77.87 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.33 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Representation of the People Act 1948, C.65, First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
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