Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Guildford
County constituency

Guildford shown within Surrey, and Surrey shown within England
Created: 1295
MP: Anne Milton
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Surrey
EP constituency: South East England

Guildford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Prior to 1868 the, constituency was jointly represented by two separately elected members of parliament at once. The Reform Act, 1867 redistributed a number of parliamentary seats from two-seat constituencies with low populations to areas which were not represented. Guildford's second seat was abolished from the 1868 general election.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers Guildford and the surrounding area; in the county of Surrey.

The Boundary Commission has made its final recommendations for proposed boundary changes in Surrey. Guildford's electorate is the largest of the county and the review aims to reduce it. Proposed changes would see the relignment of the boundary with South West Surrey in order to bring it in line with the recent adjustment of local government wards. Two wards are currently split between the two constituencies: Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe, which will be placed entirely in South West Surrey; and Alfold, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green which will be placed entirely in Guildford. The net effect is to increase the number of voters in South West Surrey and reduce the number in Guildford.

A public review was called, dealing primarily with objections to transferring Bramley to South West Surrey. Many petitioned to argue that the village's links, especially transport, are mainly with Guildford rather than the towns of Godalming and Farnham. The precedent of the previous review was cited, when a proposal to move Bramley out of Guildford and into Mole Valley was rejected after local opposition. However the review felt that this did not justify splitting the ward (something the Boundary Commission seeks to avoid completely) and that the other parts of the ward had strong links to Godalming. Furthermore it cited the point that in the previous review Bramley Parish Council had stated that if it were to be moved it would prefer to be moved to South West Surrey and thus argued that the previous objection was not strong enough.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1868

prior to 1868 the constituency was jointly represented by two MPs

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1660 Richard Onslow Arthur Onslow
1664 Thomas Dalmahoy
March 1679 Richard Onslow
October 1679 Morgan Randyll
1685 Heneage Finch Tory
1689 Foot Onslow John Weston
1690 Morgan Randyll
1701 Denzil Onslow
1705 Robert Wroth
1708 Morgan Randyll
1710 Robert Wroth
1711 Morgan Randyll
1713 Sir Richard Onslow, Bt Whig
1714 Denzil Onslow
1717 Robert Wroth
1720 Arthur Onslow Whig
1722 Thomas Brodrick
1727 Richard Onslow
1728 Henry Vincent
1734 Richard Onslow
1740 Denzil Onslow
1747 Sir John Elwill, Bt
1760 George Onslow
1768 Sir Fletcher Norton
1782 William Norton
1784 Viscount Cranley Whig Chapple Norton
1790 George Holme Sumner
1796 Chapple Norton
1806 Thomas Cranley Onslow George Holme Sumner
1807 Chapple Norton
1812 Arthur Onslow
1818 William Draper Best Tory
1819 Charles Baring Wall
1826 George Chapple Norton
1830 Charles Baring Wall George Holme Sumner
1831 Charles Francis Norton James Mangles
1832 Charles Baring Wall
1837 James Yorke Scarlett Conservative
1841 Ross Donnelly Mangles
1847 Henry Currie
1852 James Bell
1857 William Bovill
1858 Guildford Onslow
1866 Richard Garth

1868: represented by one MP

[edit] MPs 1868-present

Election Member Party
1868 Guildford James Hillier Onslow
1874 Denzil Roberts Onslow
1885 St John Brodrick Conservative
1906 William Henry Cowan Liberal
1910 William Edgar Horne Conservative
1922 Henry Cecil Buckingham Conservative
1931 Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys Conservative
1935 John Jarvis Conservative
1950 George Richard Hodges Nugent Conservative
1966 David Howell Conservative
1997 Nick St Aubyn Conservative
2001 Sue Doughty Liberal Democrat
2005 Anne Milton Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Milton 22,595 43.8 +2.4
Liberal Democrat Sue Doughty 22,248 43.1 +0.5
Labour Karen Landles 5,054 9.8 −3.9
Green John Pletts 811 1.6 N/A
UK Independence Martin Haslam 645 1.2 −0.3
Peace John Morris 166 0.3 N/A
Independent (politician) Victoria Lavin 112 0.2 N/A
Majority 347 0.7
Turnout 51,631 68.3 +5.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing +0.9
General Election 2001: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sue Doughty 20,358 42.6 +8.4
Conservative Nick St Aubyn 19,820 41.4 -1.1
Labour Joyce Still 6,558 13.7 -3.8
UK Independence Sonya Porter 736 1.5 +0.8
Pacifist Party John Morris 370 0.8 +0.3
Majority 538 1.2
Turnout 47,842 62.7 -11.9
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1997: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick St Aubyn 24,230 42.5 -12.8
Liberal Democrat Margaret Sharp 19,439 34.1 +1.3
Labour Joseph Burns 9,945 17.5 +6.1
Referendum Party James Gore 2,650 4.7
UK Independence Robert McWhirter 400 0.7
Pacifist Party John Morris 294 0.5
Majority 4,791 8.4
Turnout 56,958 74.6
Conservative hold Swing

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.

General Election 1992: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Howell 33,516 55.3 -0.2
Liberal Democrat Margaret Sharp 20,112 33.1 -0.8
Labour Howard Mann 6,781 11.2 +0.6
Natural Law AS Law 234 0.4
Majority 13,404 22.2
Turnout 60,643 78.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1987: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Howell 32,504 55.5 +0.4
Liberal Margaret Sharp 19,897 33.9 +0.5
Labour RJ Wolverson 6,216 10.6 -0.1
Majority 12,607 21.6
Turnout 58,617 75.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Howell 30,016 55.1
Social Democrat Margaret Sharp 18,192 33.4
Labour K Chesterton 5,853 10.7
Party of Associates with Licensees A Farrell 425 0.8
Majority 11,824 21.7
Turnout 54,486 72.5
Conservative hold Swing

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[edit] See also

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