Kingston and Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)
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Kingston and Surbiton (/ˈkɪŋstən ənd ˈsɜːrbɪtən/) is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament[n 2] since 2017 by Ed Davey, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Davey previously held the seat from 1997 until losing reelection in 2015 to Conservative James Berry.
Kingston and Surbiton has been considered a marginal seat, as well as a swing seat since 2010, as the seat has changed hands twice since that year, while its winner's majority did not exceed 6.6% of the vote since the 13.2% majority won in 2010. In 2019, Davey won a 17.2% majority and a majority of the votes cast; the seat is now regarded as a safe seat for the Liberal Democrats.
Boundaries
1997–2010: The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Berrylands, Burlington, Chessington North, Chessington South, Grove, Hook, Malden Manor, Norbiton Park, Norbiton, St James, St Mark's, Surbiton Hill, Tolworth East, Tolworth South, and Tolworth West.
2010–present: The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Alexandra, Berrylands, Beverley, Chessington North and Hook, Chessington South, Grove, Norbiton, Old Malden, St James, St Mark's, Surbiton Hill, and Tolworth and Hook Rise.
The new contents reflected the revision of ward names and boundaries which came into effect at the 2002 local elections.
As part of its
The constituency covers most of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, covering the town of Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden, Tolworth and the south of Kingston itself. The remainder of the borough, a northern part of Kingston, has remained since 1997 in the Richmond Park seat.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward boundaries in place at 1 December 2020, and enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be reduced to bring it in within the permitted electoral range by transferring the Old Malden and St James wards to Wimbledon. In part compensation, the Coombe Vale ward will be transferred in from Richmond Park.[3]
Following a local government boundary review of Kingston-upon-Thames[4] which came into effect in May 2022,[5] the constituency will now comprise the following from the next general election:
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of: Alexandra; Berrylands; Chessington South & Malden Rushett; Coombe Vale (nearly all); Green Lane & St James (majority); Hook & Chessington North; King George's & Sunray; Kingston Town; New Maldon Village (majority); Norbiton; St Mark's & Seething Wells; Surbiton Hill; Tolworth; and a very small part of Old Malden ward.[6]
History
The constituency was created in 1997, when the number of seats covering the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and
- Political history
Former
In
Davey held on to the seat until the
In the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, the borough voted to remain in the European Union by 61.6%.[9]
Davey, now knighted, regained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in the 2017 general election with the eighth largest vote share increase for the party nationally.[10]
The local council, which covers most of the constituency, alternates between Liberal Democrat majority control (1994–1998 and 2002–2014) and no overall control (1986–1994 and 1998–2002). However, in 2014, it became a Conservative-majority council; the last Conservative administration was between 1964 and 1986. Traditionally, the southern wards vote for the Liberal Democrats, whereas the north and north-eastern wards vote for the Conservatives, with some Labour representation in the Norbiton ward.[11]
In all seven elections since its establishment, Kingston and Surbiton has voted for a candidate from the same party as the neighbouring constituency of Twickenham, which was established at the same time. Both seats have seen one Conservative win and six Liberal Democrat wins.
In December 2023, the Labour Party included the seat in its published list of 211 non-battleground seats, suggesting they did not see it as winnable.[12]
Profile
The seat is a majority
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[14] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Ed Davey | Liberal Democrats | |
2015 | James Berry | Conservative | |
2017 | Ed Davey | Liberal Democrats |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Debojyoti Das[15] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey[16] | ||||
Conservative | Helen Edward[17] | ||||
KIRG | Yvonne Tracey[18] |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 31,103 | 51.1 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Aphra Brandreth | 20,614 | 33.9 | –4.2 | |
Labour | Leanne Werner | 6,528 | 10.7 | –4.1 | |
Green | Sharron Sumner | 1,038 | 1.7 | +0.8 | |
Brexit Party
|
Scott Holman | 788 | 1.3 | New | |
Independent | James Giles | 458 | 0.8 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Chinners Chinnery | 193 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Roger Glencross | 124 | 0.2 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 10,489 | 17.2 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 60,846 | 74.2 | –2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 27,810 | 44.7 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | James Berry | 23,686 | 38.1 | -1.1 | |
Labour | Laurie South | 9,203 | 14.8 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Graham Matthews | 675 | 1.1 | -6.2 | |
Green | Chris Walker | 536 | 0.9 | -3.0 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Chinners | 168 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Michael Basman | 100 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,124 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 62,178 | 76.2 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 81,588 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Berry | 23,249 | 39.2 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 20,415 | 34.5 | -15.3 | |
Labour | Lee Godfrey | 8,574 | 14.5 | +5.2 | |
UKIP | Ben Roberts | 4,321 | 7.3 | +4.8 | |
Green | Clare Keogh | 2,322 | 3.9 | +2.9 | |
CPA | Daniel Gill | 198 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |
TUSC | Laurel Fogarty | 174 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,834 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59,253 | 72.9 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 81,238 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 28,428 | 49.8 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | Helen Whately | 20,868 | 36.5 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Max Freedman | 5,337 | 9.3 | −3.8 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Greensted | 1,450 | 2.5 | +1.2 | |
Green | Chris Walker | 555 | 1.0 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Monkey The Drummer | 247 | 0.4 | New | |
CPA | Tony May | 226 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,560 | 13.3 | -4.7 | ||
Turnout | 57,111 | 70.4 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 81,115 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 25,397 | 51.0 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Kevin Davis | 16,431 | 33.0 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Nick Parrott | 6,553 | 13.2 | +4.4 | |
UKIP | Barry Thornton | 657 | 1.3 | +0.4 | |
Socialist Labour | John Hayball | 366 | 0.7 | +0.1 | |
Veritas | David Henson | 200 | 0.4 | New | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket
|
George Weiss | 146 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,966 | 18.0 | -14.0 | ||
Turnout | 49,750 | 68.5 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 72,658 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 29,542 | 60.2 | +23.5 | |
Conservative | David Shaw | 13,866 | 28.2 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Philip Woodford | 4,302 | 8.8 | −14.2 | |
Green | Christopher Spruce | 572 | 1.2 | New | |
UKIP | Patricia Burns | 438 | 0.9 | +0.1 | |
Socialist Labour | John Hayball | 319 | 0.6 | New | |
Unrepresented People's Party | Jeremy Middleton | 54 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 15,676 | 32.0 | +31.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,093 | 67.5 | -7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 72,687 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +15.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 20,411 | 36.7 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Richard Tracey | 20,355 | 36.6 | -16.5 | |
Labour | Sheila Griffin | 12,811 | 23.0 | +3.4 | |
Referendum | Gail Tchiprout | 1,470 | 2.6 | New | |
UKIP | Amy Burns | 418 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | Mark Leighton | 100 | 0.2 | New | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket
|
Clifford Port | 100 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 56 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,665 | 75.3 | |||
Registered electors | 73,836 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in London
Notes
- borough constituency(for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
- first past the postsystem of election at least every five years.
- ^ For the subregion used see South London
References
- Boundary Commission for England. 19 April 2001. Archived from the original(PDF) on 12 June 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-10-170322-2.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- ^ LGBCE. "Kingston upon Thames | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (Electoral Changes) Order 2021".
- ^ "New Seat Details - Kingston and Surbiton". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Conservative Members of Parliament 2015". UK Political.info. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "EU Referendum Results". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "GE2017 - Constituency results". Britain Elects (Google Docs). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Kingston Council Local Elections Results, 2014". Kingston Council. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ Belger, Tom (8 December 2023). "Labour selections: Full list of 211 'non-battleground' seats now open to applications". labourlist.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Kingston upon Thames" Retail Week, 23 November 2007
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
- ^ "Our Parliamentary Candidate". 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Conservative candidate calls on Surbiton Station developer to 'stop playing games' with 17-storey proposal". 9 January 2024.
- ^ "New Malden ex-postmistress aims to stand against Sir ed Davey". BBC News. 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary constituency".
- ^ "Kingston & Surbiton parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2018.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election results for Kingston and Surbiton, 7 May 2015". 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, 20 April 2010
- ^ Election results for Kingston and Surbiton – Parliamentary General Election – Thursday 6 May 2010 Archived 10 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- ^ Election 2010 – Kingston & Surbiton BBC News, 7 May 2010
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames