Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Esher and Walton Borough constituency

Esher and Walton shown within Surrey, and Surrey shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Ian Taylor
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Surrey
EP constituency:	South East England

Esher and Walton is a 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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 Sources
6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is a small area in the north of Surrey, bordering Greater London. Towns in the constituency include Esher and Walton-on-Thames, which give it its name. It shares similar borders to that of Elmbridge district.

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

[edit] History

The constituency of Esher was created due to boundary changes in time for the 1950 general election. In 1997 the name was changed to its current form, Esher and Walton. A very prosperous and affluent seat,it has nonetheless been swinging quite usefully in the Lib Dems favour since 1997.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created as Esher (1950)
1950 — 1970: William Robson Brown, Conservative
1970 — 1987: Carol Mather, Conservative
1987 — present: Ian Taylor, Conservative. Constituency renamed as Esher and Walton (1997)

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Esher and Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Taylor	21,882	45.7	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Marsh	14,155	29.6	+7.1
	Labour	Richard Taylor	9,309	19.4	-4.2
	UKIP	Bernard Collignon	1,582	3.3	-1.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Chinners Chinnery	608	1.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Richard 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Taylor	22,296	49.0	-0.9
	Labour	Joe McGowan	10,758	23.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Marsh	10,241	22.5	+2.1
	UKIP	Bernard Collignon	2,236	4.9	+3.9
Majority			11,538	25.4
Turnout			45,531	61.9	-12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.9

General Election 1997: Esher and Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Taylor	26,747	49.8	-10.9
	Labour	Julie Reay	12,219	22.8	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Miles	10,937	20.4	-1.6
	Referendum Party	Andrew Cruickshank	2,904	5.4
	UKIP	Bernard Collignon	558	1.0
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Simone Kay	302	0.6
Majority			14,528	27.1
Turnout			53,667	74.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.2

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. The name of the constituency also changed to reflect the change in boundaries.

General Election 1992: Esher
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Taylor	31,115	65.4	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Richling	10,744	22.6	-3.1
	Labour	Julie Reay	5,685	12.0	+3.2
Majority			20,371	42.8
Turnout			47,544	80.8	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.5

General Election 1987: Esher
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Taylor	31,334	65.5	+2.2
	Liberal	A J Barnett	12,266	25.7	-2.3
	Labour	N J V Lucas	4,197	8.8	+1.6
Majority			19,068	39.8
Turnout			47,797	76.9	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

General Election 1983: Esher
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Mather	28,577	63.3
	Liberal	C W Wheatley	12,665	28.0
	Labour	D D Plaskow	3,250	7.2
	Monster Raving Loony	W Wellie	664	1.5
Majority			15,912	35.3
Turnout			45,156	73.1

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon, as Esher)
Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
Election results, 1951 - 2001 (Keele University)

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative	Aldershot \| Arundel and South Downs \| Ashford \| Aylesbury \| Banbury \| Basingstoke \| Beaconsfield \| Bexhill and Battle \| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton \| Bracknell \| Buckingham \| Canterbury \| Chesham and Amersham \| Chichester \| East Hampshire \| East Surrey \| East Worthing and Shoreham \| Eastbourne \| Epsom and Ewell \| Esher and Walton \| Fareham \| Faversham and Mid Kent \| Folkestone and Hythe \| Gosport \| Gravesham \| Guildford \| Havant \| Henley \| Horsham \| Isle of Wight \| Maidenhead \| Maidstone and The Weald \| Mid Sussex \| Mole Valley \| New Forest East \| New Forest West \| Newbury \| North East Hampshire \| North East Milton Keynes \| North Thanet \| North West Hampshire \| Reading East \| Reigate \| Runnymede and Weybridge \| Sevenoaks \| South West Surrey \| Spelthorne \| Surrey Heath \| Tonbridge and Malling \| Tunbridge Wells \| Wantage \| Wealden \| Windsor \| Witney \| Woking \| Wokingham \| Worthing West \| Wycombe
Labour	Brighton Kemptown \| Brighton Pavilion \| Chatham and Aylesford \| Crawley \| Dartford \| Dover \| Gillingham \| Hastings and Rye \| Hove \| Medway \| Milton Keynes South West \| Oxford East \| Portsmouth North \| Reading West \| Sittingbourne and Sheppey \| Slough \| Southampton Itchen \| Southampton Test \| South Thanet
Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh \| Lewes \| Oxford West and Abingdon \| Portsmouth South \| Romsey \| Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) \| UKIP (2) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| Labour (1) \| Green (1)