Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Mole Valley in Surrey.
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Location of Surrey within England.
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County | Surrey |
Electorate | 72,568 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Dorking, Leatherhead, Fetcham and Great Bookham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Sir Paul Beresford (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Dorking |
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European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Mole Valley is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Paul Beresford, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
The constituency is larger than the Mole Valley district in Surrey as it includes five wards in the east of the Borough of Guildford, three of which are nearer to Woking than to Dorking. The largest town in the constituency is Dorking, second largest is Leatherhead and there are many rural and semi-rural villages, generally within one hour's reach of London so properly classed as part of the London Commuter Belt. The seat has electoral wards:
- Clandon and Horsley; Effingham; Lovelace; Send; and Tillingbourne in the Borough of Guildford
- Beare Green; Bookham North; Bookham South; Box Hill and Headley; Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland; Capel, Leigh and Newdigate; Charlwood; Dorking North; Dorking South; Fetcham East; Fetcham West; Holmwoods; Leatherhead North; Leatherhead South; Leith Hill; Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham; Okewood; and Westcott
Mole Valley underwent minor boundary changes before the 2010 general election to match local government ward boundaries but these moved no voters.
History and constituency profile
The constituency was created in 1983; much of the same area was covered by the Dorking constituency which preceded it. It is a Conservative safe seat, in particular having affluent middle-class commuter towns and villages for the vast London metropolis, it was one of a few seats to return a new candidate as Conservative MP who won a majority in excess of 10,000 in the 1997 Labour landslide; the main opposition since 1983 has been the Liberal Democrats and their largest predecessor party, the Liberal Party.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | Kenneth Wilfred Baker | Conservative | |
1997 | Sir Alexander Paul Beresford | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Beresford[4] | 33,434 | 60.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Kennedy | 7,981 | 14.5 | −14.3 | |
UKIP | Paul Oakley[5] | 6,181 | 11.2 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Leonard Amos[6] | 4,565 | 8.3 | +1.3 | |
Green | Jacquetta Fewster[7] | 2,979 | 5.4 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 25,453 | 46.1 | |||
Turnout | 55,329 | 74.2 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Beresford | 31,263 | 57.5 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alice Humphreys | 15,610 | 28.7 | −1.7 | |
Labour | James Dove | 3,804 | 7.0 | −3.7 | |
UKIP | Leigh Jones | 2,752 | 5.1 | +2.1 | |
Green | Rob Sedgwick | 895 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 15,653 | 28.8 | |||
Turnout | 54,324 | 74.8 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Beresford | 27,060 | 54.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nasser Butt | 15,063 | 30.5 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Farmida Bi | 5,310 | 10.7 | −5.9 | |
UKIP | David Payne | 1,475 | 3.0 | +0.2 | |
Veritas | Roger Meekins | 507 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,997 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 49,415 | 72.5 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Beresford | 23,790 | 50.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Celia Elizabeth Savage | 13,637 | 29.0 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Dan Redford | 7,837 | 16.6 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Ronald Walters | 1,333 | 2.8 | +2.0 | |
ProLife Alliance | William Newton | 475 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,153 | 21.5 | |||
Turnout | 47,072 | 68.9 | -9.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Elections in the 1990s
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Beresford | 26,178 | 48.0 | −13.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Cooksey | 15,957 | 29.3 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Christopher Payne | 8,057 | 14.8 | +5.4 | |
Referendum | Nick Taber | 2,424 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Independent Conservative | Richard Burley | 1,276 | 2.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | Ian Cameron | 435 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Judith Thomas | 197 | 0.4 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 10,221 | 18.7 | |||
Turnout | 54,524 | 78.4 | −3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 32,549 | 59.3 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Watson | 16,599 | 30.3 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Tim Walsh | 5,291 | 9.6 | +0.3 | |
Natural Law | Judith Thomas | 442 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,950 | 29.0 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 54,881 | 82.0 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 31,689 | 60.8 | 0.0 | |
Liberal | Susan Petronella Thomas | 15,613 | 29.9 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Christopher King | 4,846 | 9.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 16,076 | 30.9 | |||
Turnout | 52,148 | 77.0 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 29,691 | 60.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Susan Petronella Thomas | 14,973 | 30.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Fanny Lines | 4,147 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,718 | 30.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,811 | 75.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- ↑ A county 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.
References
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- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/mole-valley-2015.html
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/molevalley/
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- ↑ http://surrey.greenparty.org.uk/mole-valley-green-party/
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Bibliography
- Election result, 2010 (BBC)
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 - 2010 (Guardian)
- Election result, 2010 (UKPollingReport)
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England
- Politics of Surrey
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983
- Mole Valley