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Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1997

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1997

Field	Value
name	Surbiton
parliament	uk
type	Borough
map1	Surbiton1983
map_entity	Greater London
map_year	1983
map_size	200px
year	1955
abolished	1997
previous	Kingston-upon-Thames
Esher
Epsom
next	Kingston and Surbiton
elects_howmany	one
region	England
county	Surrey (Pre 1965)
Greater London (Post 1965)
towns	Chessington and Surbiton

Esher Epsom Greater London (Post 1965) Surbiton was a borough constituency created for the 1955 general election and abolished for the 1997 general election, in Surrey until 1965 and thereafter in outer south-west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system of election.

History

This was in the safe/marginal seat spectrum irrefutably a safe Conservative seat during its 32-year lifetime. The party positioned in second position was also unchanged until it changed once in the course of the seat's history. The election when this change took place was the 1983 United Kingdom general election. The narrowest majority was the General Election 1966 at 15.7%.

Boundaries

1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Surbiton.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Berrylands, Chessington, Hook and Southborough, St Mark's and Seething Wells, Surbiton Hill, Tolworth East, Tolworth South, and Tolworth West.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Berrylands, Chessington North, Chessington South, Hook, St Mark's, Surbiton Hill, Tolworth East, Tolworth South, and Tolworth West.

The constituency was made up of the eastern part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south-west London, centred on the area of Surbiton. In 1997, it was absorbed into the new and larger Kingston and Surbiton constituency after the Boundary Commission for England recommended that a seat be lost in the twinned boroughs of Kingston and Richmond.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party	Notes
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1955	Sir Nigel Fisher	Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1983	Richard Tracey	Conservative
1997	constituency abolished: see Kingston and Surbiton

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

| reg. electors = 44,331 | reg. electors = 45,165

Elections in the 1960s

| reg. electors = 44,846 | reg. electors = 44,894

Elections in the 1970s

| reg. electors = 47,661 | reg. electors = 45,801 | reg. electors = 46,065 | reg. electors = 46,922

1979 notional result	Party	Vote	%
	Conservative	19,989	56.7
	Labour	9,189	26.1
	Liberal	6,085	17.3
Turnout	35,263
Electorate

Elections in the 1980s

| reg. electors = 46,949 | reg. electors = 45,428

Elections in the 1990s

| reg. electors = 42,421

References

C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p. 12 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995).
{{Rayment-hc. s. 6. (March 2012)
(1983). "British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973". Parliamentary Research Services.
(1955). "The Times' Guide to the House of Commons".
(1959). "The Times' Guide to the House of Commons".
(1964). "The Times' Guide to the House of Commons".
(1966). "The Times' Guide to the House of Commons".
(1970). "The Times' Guide to the House of Commons".
(1984). "British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983". Parliamentary Research Services.
(1980). "Election Expenses". [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
"BBC/ITN NOTIONAL ELECTION 1979". BBC/ITN.
"Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
(9 April 1992). "Politics Resources". Politics Resources.

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