Surbiton (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955–1997

Surbiton

Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County| Greater London
1955–1997
Seats| One
Created from| Kingston-upon-Thames
Esher
Epsom
Replaced by| Kingston and Surbiton

Surbiton was a borough constituency created for the 1955 general election and abolished for the 1997 general election, in Surrey until 1965 and thereafter in outer south-west London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the first past the post system of election.

## History

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This was in the safe/marginal seat spectrum irrefutably a safe Conservative seat during its 32-year lifetime. The party positioned in second position was also unchanged until it changed once in the course of the seat's history. The election when this change took place was the 1983 United Kingdom general election. The narrowest majority was the General Election 1966 at 15.7%.

## Boundaries

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1955–1974: The Municipal Borough of Surbiton.

1974–1983: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Berrylands, Chessington, Hook and Southborough, St Mark's and Seething Wells, Surbiton Hill, Tolworth East, Tolworth South, and Tolworth West.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Berrylands, Chessington North, Chessington South, Hook, St Mark's, Surbiton Hill, Tolworth East, Tolworth South, and Tolworth West.

The constituency was made up of the eastern part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in south-west London, centred on the area of Surbiton. In 1997, it was absorbed into the new and larger Kingston and Surbiton constituency after the Boundary Commission for England recommended that a seat be lost in the twinned boroughs of Kingston and Richmond.[1]

## Members of Parliament

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Election | Member[2] | Party

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| 1955 | Sir Nigel Fisher | Conservative
| 1983 | Richard Tracey | Conservative
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Kingston and Surbiton

## Elections

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### Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1955: Surbiton[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 22,863  | 64.9  |
| Labour | S Gordon Richards  | 12,380  | 35.1  |
Majority  | 10,483  | 29.8  |
Turnout | 35,243  | 79.6  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1959: Surbiton[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 24,058  | 67.4  | +2.5
| Labour | Arthur Imisson  | 11,633  | 32.6  | −2.5
Majority  | 12,425  | 34.8  | +5.0
Turnout | 35,691  | 79.0  | −0.6
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Surbiton[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 20,499  | 60.6  | −6.8
| Labour | D Eric Heather  | 13,337  | 39.4  | +6.8
Majority  | 7,162  | 21.2  | −13.6
Turnout | 33,836  | 75.4  | −3.6
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1966: Surbiton[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 19,989  | 57.9  | −2.7
| Labour | D Eric Heather  | 14,561  | 42.1  | +2.7
Majority  | 5,428  | 15.8  | −5.4
Turnout | 34,550  | 77.0  | +1.6
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Surbiton[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 17,359  | 51.7  | −6.2
| Labour | Rusi D Kerr-Walter  | 10,469  | 31.2  | −10.9
| Liberal | Christopher F Green  | 4,027  | 12.0  | New
| Independent Powell Conservative  | Edgar Scruby  | 1,706  | 5.1  | New
Majority  | 6,890  | 20.5  | +4.7
Turnout | 33,561  | 70.3  | −6.7
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election February 1974: Surbiton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 17,176  | 45.60  |
| Liberal | D Brooke  | 10,676  | 28.34  |
| Labour | Andrew MacKinlay | 9,813  | 26.05  |
Majority  | 6,500  | 17.26  |
Turnout | 37,665  | 82.26  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election October 1974: Surbiton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 15,330  | 45.7  | +0.1
| Labour | Andrew MacKinlay | 9,309  | 27.7  | +1.7
| Liberal | D Brooke  | 8,931  | 26.6  | −1.7
Majority  | 6,021  | 18.0  | +0.7
Turnout | 33,570  | 72.9  | −9.4
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1979: Surbiton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Fisher | 20,063  | 56.7  | +11.0
| Labour | Colin Moore[8] | 9,261  | 26.1  | −1.6
| Liberal | Christine Tilley[8] | 6,093  | 17.2  | −9.4
Majority  | 10,802  | 30.5  | +12.5
Turnout | 35,417  | 75.5  | +2.6
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Surbiton[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Tracey | 18,245  | 54.5  |
| SDP | Christopher Nowakowski  | 9,496  | 28.4  |
| Labour | Nigel Waskett  | 5,173  | 15.5  |
| Ecology | Jim Macellan  | 551  | 1.6  |
Majority  | 8,749  | 26.1  |
Turnout | 33,395  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
General election 1987: Surbiton[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Tracey | 19,861  | 55.9  | +1.4
| SDP | David Burke  | 10,120  | 28.5  | +0.1
| Labour | Allister McGowan  | 5,111  | 14.4  | −1.1
| Green | Jean Vidler  | 465  | 1.3  | −0.3
Majority  | 9,741  | 27.4  | +1.3
Turnout | 35,557  | 78.2  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Surbiton[11][12] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Tracey | 19,033  | 54.4  | −1.5
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Janke | 9,394  | 26.9  | −1.6
| Labour | Robin T. Hutchinson  | 6,384  | 18.3  | +3.9
| Natural Law | W Parker  | 161  | 0.5  | New
Majority  | 9,639  | 27.5  | +0.1
Turnout | 34,972  | 82.4  | +4.2
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1  |

## See also

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* List of parliamentary constituencies in London

## References

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1. ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p. 12 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995).
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
3. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
4. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
5. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
6. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
7. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
8. ^ a b Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 17\. ISBN 0102374805.
9. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
10. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
11. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
12. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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