Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Surrey Heath
Map1 = SurreyHeath
Map2 = Surrey
Type = County
Year = 1997
Entity = Surrey
County = Surrey
EP = South East England
MP = Michael Gove
Party = Conservative

Surrey Heath is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Surrey Heath is located in the north-west of the county of Surrey. It contains the entirety of the Surrey Heath district as well as the town of Ash in the Guildford borough. The largest town in the area is Camberley.

The Boundary Commission has proposed no boundary changes for this constituency in the boundary review due before the next election.

History

This constituency is largely based on territory previously represented by the Surrey North West constituency.

Members of Parliament

* "Constituency created" (1997)
* 1997 — 2005: Nick Hawkins, Conservative
* 2005 — "present": Michael Gove, Conservative

Elections

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: Surrey HeathElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Gove
votes = 24,642
percentage = 51.5
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rosalyn Harper
votes = 13,797
percentage = 28.8
change = +3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Lowe
votes = 7,989
percentage = 16.7
change = −4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Steve Smith
votes = 1,430
percentage = 3.0
change = −0.3Election box majority
votes = 10,845
percentage = 22.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 47,858
percentage = 62.9
change = +3.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −0.7

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Surrey HeathElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Hawkins
votes = 22,401
percentage = 49.7
change = −1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Lelliot
votes = 11,582
percentage = 25.7
change = +3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Norman
votes = 9,640
percentage = 21.4
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Nigel Hunt
votes = 1,479
percentage = 3.3
change = +2.1Election box majority
votes = 10,819
percentage = 24.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 45,102
percentage = 59.5
change = −14.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: Surrey HeathElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Hawkins
votes = 28,231
percentage = 51.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Newman
votes = 11,944
percentage = 21.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Jones
votes = 11,511
percentage = 21.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = John Gale
votes = 2,385
percentage = 4.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = R.P.F. Squire
votes = 653
percentage = 1.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 16,287
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 74.1
change =

ources

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/560.stm Election result, 2005] (BBC)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/560.stm Election results, 1997 - 2001] (BBC)
* [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EC3.html Election results, 1997 - 2001] (Election Demon)
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1353,00.html Election results, 1997 - 2005] (Guardian)

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey