Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)

Esher and Walton
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Esher and Walton in Surrey.
Location of Surrey within England.
County	Surrey
Electorate	76,962 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Dominic Raab (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Esher Chertsey & Walton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Esher and Walton /ˈiːʃər ənd wɔːltən/ is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.^{[n 1]} The current MP is Dominic Raab of the Conservative Party. Since 1906 the seats to which its wards (and/or civil parishes) contributed have elected Conservative MPs and the lowest majority since the 1930s has been 16.1%. It is a safe Conservative seat.

Boundaries

Since the constituency's creation in 1997 it has consisted of the Borough of Elmbridge wards of Claygate, Cobham and Downside, Cobham Fairmile, Esher, Hersham North, Hersham South, Hinchley Wood, Long Ditton, Molesey East, Molesey North, Molesey South, Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon, Thames Ditton, Walton Ambleside, Walton Central, Walton North, Walton South, and Weston Green.

Features of the constituency

The constituency is in the north of Surrey, bordering Greater London, in the affluent London commuter belt. It is partly rural, with heathland and reservoirs, as well as towns such as Esher and Walton-on-Thames, and lower density Cobham, Claygate and Molesey and the villages of Oxshott and Thames Ditton. The constituency occupies all but the far west of the Borough of Elmbridge. A majority of its housing is on private planned estates, with larger gardens on average than in most boroughs of Greater London.^[2] The South Western Main Line passes through the middle of the seat, with fast trains to central London, and the seat has low unemployment.^[3] The area of the seat includes the last non-tidal section of the River Thames, wooded Esher Commons, the River Mole and Sandown Park racecourse.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Ian Taylor held the seat from 1997 to 2010, having held the previous Esher seat from 1987. Taylor stood down at the 2010 election, and Dominic Raab was elected as the new Conservative MP for this seat.

Election		Member^[5]	Party
	1997	Ian Taylor	Conservative
	2010	Dominic Raab	Conservative

History

The last time when any of the component villages/towns (then urban districts and below this level, civil parishes) in this area voted for an MP who was not Conservative was in 1906. The MP who served the four-year term to 1910 for Chertsey represented the Walton-on-Thames part of the seat.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Esher and Walton^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dominic Raab	35,845	62.9	+4.0
	Labour	Francis Eldergill	7,229	12.7	+2.0
	UKIP	Nicholas Wood	5,551	9.7	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Davis	5,372	9.4	−15.4
	Green	Olivia Palmer	2,355	4.1	N/A
	CISTA	Matthew Heenan	396	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Della Reynolds	228	0.4	N/A
Majority			28,616	50.2
Turnout			56,976	71.3	−0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Esher and Walton^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dominic Raab	32,134	58.9	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lionel Blackman	13,541	24.8	−4.8
	Labour	Francis Eldergill	5,829	10.7	−8.7
	UKIP	Bernard Michael Collignon	1,783	3.3	+0.0
	Independent	Tony Popham	378	0.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Chinners Chinnery	341	0.6	−0.7
	English Democrat	Mike Kearsley	307	0.6	N/A
	Best of a Bad Bunch	Andy Lear	230	0.4	N/A
Majority			18,593	34.1	+18.0
Turnout			54,543	72.0	+9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Esher and Walton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Colin Taylor	21,882	45.7	−3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mark John Powell Marsh	14,155	29.6	+7.1
	Labour	Richard C.H. Taylor	9,309	19.4	−4.2
	UKIP	Bernard Michael Collignon	1,582	3.3	−1.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Chinners Chinnery	608	1.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Richard G. Cutler	342	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,727	16.1
Turnout			47,878	62.2	0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.2

General Election 2001: Esher and Walton^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Colin Taylor	22,296	49.0	−0.9
	Labour	Joe McGowan	10,758	23.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mark John Powell Marsh	10,241	22.5	+2.1
	UKIP	Bernard Michael Collignon	2,236	4.9	+3.9
Majority			11,538	25.4
Turnout			45,531	61.9	−12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Esher and Walton^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Colin Taylor	26,747	49.8	−10.9
	Labour	Miss Julie A. Reay	12,219	22.8	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Gary M. Miles	10,937	20.4	−1.6
	Referendum	Andrew A.C. Cruickshank	2,904	5.4	N/A
	UKIP	Bernard Michael Collignon	558	1.0	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Miss Simone Kay	302	0.6	N/A
Majority			14,528	27.1	N/A
Turnout			53,667	74.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ As with all constituencies, Esher and Walton elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Latest published Physical Environment: Land Use Statistics by constituency Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000697
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

Election result, 2015 (BBC)
Election result, 2010 (BBC)
Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)

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Coordinates: 51°21′N 0°22′W / 51.35°N 0.37°W / 51.35; -0.37

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