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The Urban District of Dorking |
The Urban District of Dorking, the Rural District of Dorking and Horley, and in the Rural District of Guildford the civil parishes of Albury, East Clandon, East Horsley, Effingham, Ockham, Ripley, St Martha, Send, Shere, West Clandon, West Horsley, and Winsley. |
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In 1983 parliamentary boundaries were realigned to those of the local government districts [[Local Government Act 1972|created in 1974]]: the town of Dorking became part of [[Mole Valley]] [[Non-metropolitan district|district]], and just over half of the previous area was transferred to the [[Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Mole Valley]] seat for national elections which took in territory to the north from elsewhere. The southern area including [[Horley]] transferred to a redrawn East Surrey seat.<ref name=1983order/> |
In 1983 parliamentary boundaries were realigned to those of the local government districts [[Local Government Act 1972|created in 1974]]: the town of Dorking became part of [[Mole Valley]] [[Non-metropolitan district|district]], and just over half of the previous area was transferred to the [[Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Mole Valley]] seat for national elections which took in territory to the north from elsewhere. The southern area including [[Horley]] transferred to a redrawn East Surrey seat.<ref name=1983order/> |
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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 | East Surrey or 'Reigate', Epsom 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 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.
History
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]
Boundaries
The Urban District of Dorking, the Rural District of Dorking and Horley, and in the Rural District of Guildford the civil 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. The southern area including Horley transferred to a redrawn East Surrey seat.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Sir Gordon Touche | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1964 | Sir George Sinclair | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1979 | Keith Wickenden | Conservative |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Cosmo Touche | 22,096 | 59.2 | K.A. | |
Labour | Julian D Richard | 11,114 | 29.8 | K.A. | |
Liberal | George Gordon Grant Francis | 4,128 | 11.1 | K.A. | |
Majority | 10,982 | 29.4 | K.A. | ||
Turnout | 37,338 | 83.4 | K.A. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Cosmo Touche | 24,416 | 65.85 | ||
Labour | Julian D Richard | 12,664 | 34.15 | ||
Majority | 11,752 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 37,080 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Gordon Cosmo 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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir Gordon Cosmo Touche | 24,564 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Stanley R Mills | 9,605 | 23.6 | ||
Liberal | Wilfred Sydney Watson | 6,582 | 16.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 14,959 | 36.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,751 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn 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 | n/a | |
Majority | 14,056 | 32.7 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,917 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 23,087 | 53.8 | ||
Labour | Betty Dunmore | 12,201 | 28.4 | ||
Liberal | George H Kahan | 7,629 | 17.8 | ||
Majority | 10,886 | 25.4 | |||
Turnout | 42,917 | 79.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 25,393 | 59.0 | +5.2 | |
Labour | W. John Fahy | 10,523 | 24.5 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | John Arnold Baker | 7,103 | 16.5 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 14,870 | 34.6 | |||
Turnout | 43,019 | 72 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 24,803 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal | G S A Andrews | 14,490 | 30.0 | ||
Labour | J R Spiers | 8,961 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | 10,313 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 48,254 | 82.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sir George Evelyn Sinclair | 22,403 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal | G S A Andrews | 12,098 | 27.4 | ||
Labour | Jane Chapman | 9,714 | 22.0 | ||
Majority | 10,305 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 44,215 | 75.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith David Wickenden | 29,003 | 61.43 | +10.83 | |
Liberal | R Hope | 9,240 | 19.57 | −7.83 | |
Labour | JAS Weir | 8,970 | 19.0 | ||
Majority | 19,763 | 41.86 | |||
Turnout | 47,213 | 77.87 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.33 |
References
- ^ "'Dorking', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Representation of the People Act 1948, C.65, First Schedule, Parliamentary Constituencies.
- ^ Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 765–766. ISBN 0901050679.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig