world.wikisort.org - United_KingdomWoking is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jonathan Lord, a Conservative. Since it was first created for the 1950 general election, it has only ever returned Conservative Party candidates.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards
Woking |
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 Location of Surrey within England |
County | Surrey |
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Electorate | 75,424 (December 2019) |
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Major settlements | Brookwood, Byfleet, Woking |
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Created | 1950 |
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Member of Parliament | Jonathan Lord (Conservative) |
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Created from | Chertsey and Farnham |
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Constituency profile
The seat includes all of Woking Borough plus the two Guildford Borough villages of Pirbright and Normandy. There is an Armed Forces presence at Pirbright Camp and the Ash Ranges. Voters are wealthier than the UK average.[1]
History
It was created in 1950 from the county constituencies of Chertsey and lightly populated parts of Farnham.[n 1]
With exceptions in 1974 (February election), 1997, 2005 and 2010, when the majority was less, Woking has returned a Conservative candidate whose majority has exceeded 15% of the votes cast. In the 2015 and 2017 General Elections the Labour candidates polled in second place, but in 2019 the LibDems moved into second place. During the history of the seat since it was formed in 1950, the Labour Party has been the runner-up in ten General Elections and the LibDems (and its predecessor Parties) have also been runners-up ten times. Its MP since 2010 is Jonathan Lord. The narrowest margin of victory was 11.2% of the vote, in 1997, its most marginal result. By contrast, at the 2015 general election the seat was the 41st-safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority, with the Conservatives fully 40 percentage points ahead of Labour.[2]
The Liberal Democrats currently have a small majority on Woking Borough Council and there is one Labour-voting ward (Canalside), but historically the Conservatives have been the dominant force on Woking Borough Council. The Conservatives have also consistently won both of the Guildford Borough Council wards of Pirbright and Normandy over many election cycles.
Boundaries

Map of current boundaries
- 1950–74: The Urban Districts of Frimley and Camberley, and Woking, and in the Rural District of Guildford the parishes of Ash, Normandy, and Pirbright.
- 1974–83: as above less Frimley and Camberley. Note in 1974 the areas became parts of Woking (borough) and Guildford (borough).
- 1983–97: unchanged (i.e. The Borough of Woking, and the Borough of Guildford wards of Ash, Ash Vale, Normandy, and Pirbright.)
- 1997–present: as above less Ash and Ash Vale
The 1974-recipient seat of Frimley and Camberley was North West Surrey (abolished in 1997). The 1997-recipient of Ash and Ash Vale was Surrey Heath. The constituency is based around the town of Woking in Surrey. The Boundary Commission for England made no boundary changes for Woking in the review before the 2010 general election. However, the current boundary review may result in the loss of Pirbright and Normandy wards to the constituency of Surrey Heath.
Members of Parliament
Election |
Member[3] |
Party |
1950 |
Harold Watkinson |
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Conservative |
1964 |
Sir Cranley Onslow |
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Conservative |
1997 |
Humfrey Malins |
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Conservative |
2010 |
Jonathan Lord |
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Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
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.
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
Notes
- All extant UK seats elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, as from the outset in Woking in 1950
References
Sources
Constituencies in South East England (84) |
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Conservative (73) |
- Aldershot
- Arundel and South Downs
- Ashford
- Aylesbury
- Banbury
- Basingstoke
- Beaconsfield
- Bexhill and Battle
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- Bracknell
- Buckingham
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Chichester
- Crawley
- Dartford
- Dover
- East Hampshire
- East Surrey
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Epsom and Ewell
- Esher and Walton
- Fareham
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Gosport
- Gravesham
- Guildford
- Hastings and Rye
- Havant
- Henley
- Horsham
- Isle of Wight
- Lewes
- Maidenhead
- Maidstone and The Weald
- Meon Valley
- Mid Sussex
- Milton Keynes North
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- Mole Valley
- Newbury
- New Forest East
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- North East Hampshire
- North Thanet
- North West Hampshire
- Portsmouth North
- Reading West
- Reigate
- Rochester and Strood
- Romsey and Southampton North
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- Southampton Itchen
- South Thanet
- South West Surrey
- Spelthorne
- Surrey Heath
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Tunbridge Wells
- Wantage
- Wealden
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Witney
- Woking
- Wokingham
- Worthing West
- Wycombe
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Labour (8) |
- Brighton Kemptown
- Canterbury
- Hove
- Oxford East
- Portsmouth South
- Reading East
- Slough
- Southampton Test
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Liberal Democrats (2) | |
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Green (1) | |
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- East Midlands
- East of England
- London
- North East England
- North West England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- South East England
- South West England
- Wales
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and the Humber
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Authority control  |
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Other | |
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