Dorking | |
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Former
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Location of Surrey within England | |
County | Surrey |
Major settlements | Dorking and Horley |
1950– 1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Reigate and Guildford |
Replaced by | Mole Valley, Esher and Reigate [1] |
Dorking was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Dorking and Horley in Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 – 1983. In the eight elections during its 33-year lifetime it was held by three Conservatives successively.
The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 and first contested at the 1950 general election. [2] [3] It was abolished prior to the 1983 general election. [4]
The Urban District of Dorking, the Rural District of Dorking and Horley, and in the Rural District of Guildford the parishes of Albury, East Clandon, East Horsley, Effingham, Ockham, Ripley, St Martha, Send, Shere, West Clandon, West Horsley, and Winsley.
In 1983 parliamentary boundaries were realigned to those of the local government districts created in 1974: the town of Dorking became part of Mole Valley district, and just over half of the previous area was transferred to the Mole Valley seat for national elections which took in territory to the north from elsewhere. Horley transferred to the redrawn Reigate seat. [4]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Sir Gordon Touche | Conservative | |
1964 | Sir George Sinclair | Conservative | |
1979 | Keith Wickenden | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 22,096 | 59.2 | ||
Labour | Julian D Richard | 11,114 | 29.8 | ||
Liberal | George Gordon Grant Francis | 4,128 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 10,982 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 37,338 | 83.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 24,416 | 65.85 | ||
Labour | Julian D Richard | 12,664 | 34.15 | ||
Majority | 11,752 | 31.70 | |||
Turnout | 37,080 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 24,451 | 67.19 | ||
Labour | Robert Patrick E Walsh | 11,942 | 32.81 | ||
Majority | 12,509 | 34.38 | |||
Turnout | 36,393 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 24,564 | 60.3 | -6.9 | |
Labour | Stanley R Mills | 9,605 | 23.6 | -8.8 | |
Liberal | Wilfred Sydney Watson | 6,582 | 16.1 | New | |
Majority | 14,959 | 36.7 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,751 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 23,862 | 55.6 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Douglas Sidney Tilbé | 9,806 | 22.9 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Wilfred Sydney Watson | 8,773 | 20.4 | +4.3 | |
Patriotic Party | Barbara Davies | 476 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 14,056 | 32.7 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,917 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 23,087 | 53.8 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Betty Dunmore | 12,201 | 28.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | George H Kahan | 7,629 | 17.8 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 10,886 | 25.4 | -7.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,917 | 79.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 25,393 | 59.0 | +5.2 | |
Labour | W. John Fahy | 10,523 | 24.5 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | John Baker | 7,103 | 16.5 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 14,870 | 34.5 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,019 | 72.0 | -7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 24,803 | 51.4 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | G S A Andrews | 14,490 | 30.0 | +13.5 | |
Labour | J R Spiers | 8,961 | 18.6 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 10,313 | 21.4 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,254 | 82.6 | +10.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 22,403 | 50.6 | -0.8 | |
Liberal | G S A Andrews | 12,098 | 27.4 | -2.6 | |
Labour | Jane Chapman | 9,714 | 22.0 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 10,305 | 23.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,215 | 75.0 | -7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Wickenden | 29,003 | 61.43 | +10.83 | |
Liberal | R Hope | 9,240 | 19.57 | -7.83 | |
Labour | JAS Weir | 8,970 | 19.0 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 19,763 | 41.86 | +18.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,213 | 77.87 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.33 |
Dorking | |
---|---|
Former
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Location of Surrey within England | |
County | Surrey |
Major settlements | Dorking and Horley |
1950– 1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Reigate and Guildford |
Replaced by | Mole Valley, Esher and Reigate [1] |
Dorking was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Dorking and Horley in Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 – 1983. In the eight elections during its 33-year lifetime it was held by three Conservatives successively.
The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1948 and first contested at the 1950 general election. [2] [3] It was abolished prior to the 1983 general election. [4]
The Urban District of Dorking, the Rural District of Dorking and Horley, and in the Rural District of Guildford the parishes of Albury, East Clandon, East Horsley, Effingham, Ockham, Ripley, St Martha, Send, Shere, West Clandon, West Horsley, and Winsley.
In 1983 parliamentary boundaries were realigned to those of the local government districts created in 1974: the town of Dorking became part of Mole Valley district, and just over half of the previous area was transferred to the Mole Valley seat for national elections which took in territory to the north from elsewhere. Horley transferred to the redrawn Reigate seat. [4]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | Sir Gordon Touche | Conservative | |
1964 | Sir George Sinclair | Conservative | |
1979 | Keith Wickenden | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 22,096 | 59.2 | ||
Labour | Julian D Richard | 11,114 | 29.8 | ||
Liberal | George Gordon Grant Francis | 4,128 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | 10,982 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 37,338 | 83.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 24,416 | 65.85 | ||
Labour | Julian D Richard | 12,664 | 34.15 | ||
Majority | 11,752 | 31.70 | |||
Turnout | 37,080 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 24,451 | 67.19 | ||
Labour | Robert Patrick E Walsh | 11,942 | 32.81 | ||
Majority | 12,509 | 34.38 | |||
Turnout | 36,393 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Touche | 24,564 | 60.3 | -6.9 | |
Labour | Stanley R Mills | 9,605 | 23.6 | -8.8 | |
Liberal | Wilfred Sydney Watson | 6,582 | 16.1 | New | |
Majority | 14,959 | 36.7 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,751 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 23,862 | 55.6 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Douglas Sidney Tilbé | 9,806 | 22.9 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Wilfred Sydney Watson | 8,773 | 20.4 | +4.3 | |
Patriotic Party | Barbara Davies | 476 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 14,056 | 32.7 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,917 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 23,087 | 53.8 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Betty Dunmore | 12,201 | 28.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | George H Kahan | 7,629 | 17.8 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 10,886 | 25.4 | -7.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,917 | 79.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 25,393 | 59.0 | +5.2 | |
Labour | W. John Fahy | 10,523 | 24.5 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | John Baker | 7,103 | 16.5 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 14,870 | 34.5 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,019 | 72.0 | -7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 24,803 | 51.4 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | G S A Andrews | 14,490 | 30.0 | +13.5 | |
Labour | J R Spiers | 8,961 | 18.6 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 10,313 | 21.4 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,254 | 82.6 | +10.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Sinclair | 22,403 | 50.6 | -0.8 | |
Liberal | G S A Andrews | 12,098 | 27.4 | -2.6 | |
Labour | Jane Chapman | 9,714 | 22.0 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 10,305 | 23.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,215 | 75.0 | -7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Wickenden | 29,003 | 61.43 | +10.83 | |
Liberal | R Hope | 9,240 | 19.57 | -7.83 | |
Labour | JAS Weir | 8,970 | 19.0 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 19,763 | 41.86 | +18.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,213 | 77.87 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.33 |