West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
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Template:Infobox UK constituency West Surrey (formally the Western division of Surrey) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Surrey, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election.
Boundaries
1832–1885: The Hundreds of Blackheath, Copthorne, Effingham, Elmbridge, Farnham, Godalming, Godley and Chertsey, Woking and Wotton.[1]
The constituency was therefore the more extensive and more rural of the two divisions of Surrey established in 1832. Its main existing towns were urbanising with railway stations built; Woking became a town towards the end of its existence. Elections were conducted at Guildford; other most populous towns were Leatherhead, Dorking, Epsom, Ewell, Farnham, Godalming, Haslemere, Chertsey, Egham, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge and Woking. Guildford was a parliamentary borough represented in its own right, but those of its freeholders not qualifying for a vote as such could vote for the county division MPs.
Subdivision in 1885
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- The North-Western division of Surrey or Chertsey (i.e. Bisley; Byfleet; Chertsey; Chobham; Egham; Horsell; Pyrford; Thorpe; Weybridge; Windlesham; Ash, East Clandon, West Clandon, East Horsley, West Horsley, Merrow, Ockham, Pirbright, Send and Ripley, Wanborough, Windlesham, Wisley, Woking and Worplesdon.)[2][3][4]
- Epsom (UK Parliament constituency) drew on Mid Surrey as to Tolworth, New Malden, Malden, Worcester Park, Surbiton, Hook, Coombe and Long Ditton in the Kingston Hundred and Sessional Division. Took: Ashtead; Banstead; Great Bookham; Little Bookham; Cheam; Chessington; Cuddington; Epsom; Ewell; Fetcham; Headley; Leatherhead; Sutton; Walton on the Hill; Cobham; Thames Ditton; Esher; East Molesey; West Molesey; Stoke D'Abernon; and Walton on Thames.[2][5][4]
- Reigate (UK Parliament constituency) drew, approximately equally, on Mid and East Surrey. Took: Abinger; Capel; Dorking; Dorking Rural (reached South Holmwood); Newdigate; Ockley; Wotton.[4]
- The South-Western division of Surrey or Guildford as to the rest[2][4]
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | Main home | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | Main home | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | William Joseph Denison | Whig[6][7] | Denbies, Dorking | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | John Leach | Whig[6] | Lea, Witley,[8] Surrey[9] |
| 1835 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Charles Barclay[10] | Conservative | Bury Hill, Dorking[11][12] | ||||
| 1837 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Hon. George Perceval | Conservative | Nork House, Banstead and Cowdray Park, Midhurst and 26 St James's Place, St James's | ||||
| 1840 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | John Trotter | Conservative | Horton Place (manor), Epsom | ||||
| 1847 | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Henry Drummond | Conservative | Albury Park, Albury | ||||
| 1849 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | William John Evelyn | Conservative | Wotton House, Wotton (west of Dorking) | ||||
| 1857 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | John Ivatt Briscoe | Whig[13][14][6][7] | Botleys, Chertsey then Foxhills, Chertsey | ||||
| 1859 | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Liberal | ||||||
| 1860 by-election | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | George Cubitt | Conservative | Denbies, Dorking | ||||
| 1870 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Lee Steere | Conservative | Jayes (Jayes Park), Wotton | ||||
| 1880 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Hon. St John Brodrick | Conservative | Peper Harow House, Peper Harow, near Godalming | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||||
The Times obituary of Leech reads:
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Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Template:Election box majority no changeTemplate:Election box registered electors no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Joseph Denison | Script error: No such module "string". | 36.6 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Leach | Script error: No such module "string". | 34.5 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George Holme Sumner[16] | Script error: No such module "string". | 28.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,527 | 86.8 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Joseph Denison | Template:Replace | 36.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Charles Barclay (Surrey MP) | Template:Replace | 32.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Lawes Long | 1,285 | 31.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Turnout | 2,550 | 85.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 2,967 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Majority | 172 | 4.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
| Majority | 31 | 0.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Joseph Denison | Template:Replace | 33.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George Perceval | Template:Replace | 33.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Lawes Long[17] | 1,543 | 32.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Turnout | 2,970 | 80.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 3,688 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Majority | 8 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
| Majority | 35 | 0.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
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Elections in the 1840s
Perceval (of the with-heirs-male inheritee branch of the Earls of Egmont) was in 1802 given his peerage becoming Lord Arden which caused a by-election.
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| Registered electors | 3,993 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Denison's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William John Evelyn | Template:Replace | 53.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Wyatt EdgellTemplate:Efn[18][19] | 988 | 46.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 156 | 7.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 2,132 | 58.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 3,651 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William John Evelyn | Template:Replace | 35.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Drummond | Template:Replace | 34.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas-Chaloner Bisse-Challoner[20] | 1,385 | 29.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 225 | 4.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 3,013 (est) | 77.3 (est) | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 4,081 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Ivatt Briscoe | Template:Replace | 35.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Drummond | Template:Replace | 34.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Currie[21]Template:Efn | 1,204 | 29.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 53 | 1.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 2,734 (est) | 69.7 (est) | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 3,920 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno | Swing | +5.9 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | −1.6 | |||
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| Registered electors | 3,958 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Elections in the 1860s
Drummond's death caused a by-election.
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| Registered electors | 4,081 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George Cubitt | Template:Replace | 39.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Ivatt Briscoe | Template:Replace | 37.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Frederick PenningtonTemplate:Efn | 1,757 | 23.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 174 | 2.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 5,292 (est) | 78.9 (est) | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 6,708 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Elections in the 1870s
Briscoe's death caused a by-election.
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| Registered electors | 7,314 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Elections in the 1880s
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| Registered electors | 7,779 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c CHERTSEY PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION: RECORDS (summary of PS1-PS7 of Surrey History Centre, 7 Petty Sessional Divisions scope The National Archives: Browse records of other archives: 176 Surrey History Centre. Accessed 2019-12-04
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- ↑ a b c d Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 Appendix D - county constituencies
- ↑ Combined petty sessional division: Kingston and Elmbridge as dealt with under heading Kingston sessional division in the 1885 Act Dickens's Dictionary of London, Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879 - "Petty Sessional Divisions"
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- ↑ 'Parishes: Witley', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 61-69. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp61-69 [accessed 5 December 2019].
- ↑ a b The Times (London, England), Wednesday, April 21, 1847, Issue 19529, p.7.
- ↑ Charles Barclay historic Hansard index, UK Parliament, earlier for Dundalk and Southwark.
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Friday, December 7, 1855, Issue 22231, p.1.
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- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)