Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Guildford County constituency
Guildford shown within Surrey, and Surrey shown within England
Created:	1295
MP:	Anne Milton
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Surrey
EP constituency:	South East England

Guildford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Prior to 1868 the, constituency was jointly represented by two separately elected members of parliament at once. The Reform Act, 1867 redistributed a number of parliamentary seats from two-seat constituencies with low populations to areas which were not represented. Guildford's second seat was abolished from the 1868 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1660-1868 2.2 MPs 1868-present 3 Elections 4 References 5 Sources 6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers Guildford and the surrounding area; in the county of Surrey.

The Boundary Commission has made its final recommendations for proposed boundary changes in Surrey. Guildford's electorate is the largest of the county and the review aims to reduce it. Proposed changes would see the relignment of the boundary with South West Surrey in order to bring it in line with the recent adjustment of local government wards. Two wards are currently split between the two constituencies: Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe, which will be placed entirely in South West Surrey; and Alfold, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green which will be placed entirely in Guildford. The net effect is to increase the number of voters in South West Surrey and reduce the number in Guildford.

A public review was called, dealing primarily with objections to transferring Bramley to South West Surrey. Many petitioned to argue that the village's links, especially transport, are mainly with Guildford rather than the towns of Godalming and Farnham. The precedent of the previous review was cited, when a proposal to move Bramley out of Guildford and into Mole Valley was rejected after local opposition. However the review felt that this did not justify splitting the ward (something the Boundary Commission seeks to avoid completely) and that the other parts of the ward had strong links to Godalming. Furthermore it cited the point that in the previous review Bramley Parish Council had stated that if it were to be moved it would prefer to be moved to South West Surrey and thus argued that the previous objection was not strong enough.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1868

prior to 1868 the constituency was jointly represented by two MPs

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1660		Richard Onslow			Arthur Onslow
1664		Thomas Dalmahoy
March 1679					Richard Onslow	Whig
October 1679		Morgan Randyll
1685		Heneage Finch	Tory
1689		Foot Onslow			John Weston
1690					Morgan Randyll
1701		Denzil Onslow	Whig
1705					Robert Wroth
1708					Morgan Randyll
1710					Robert Wroth
1711					Morgan Randyll
1713		Sir Richard Onslow, Bt	Whig
1714		Denzil Onslow	Whig
1717		Robert Wroth
1720		Arthur Onslow	Whig
1722					Thomas Brodrick
1727					Richard Onslow
1728		Henry Vincent
1734		Richard Onslow
1740		Denzil Onslow
1747		Sir John Elwill, Bt
1760					George Onslow
1768		Sir Fletcher Norton
1782		William Norton
1784		Viscount Cranley	Whig		Chapple Norton
1790					George Holme Sumner
1796					Chapple Norton
1806		Thomas Cranley Onslow			George Holme Sumner
1807					Chapple Norton
1812					Arthur Onslow
1818		William Draper Best	Tory
1819		Charles Baring Wall
1826		George Chapple Norton
1830		Charles Baring Wall			George Holme Sumner
1831		Charles Francis Norton			James Mangles
1832		Charles Baring Wall
1837					James Yorke Scarlett	Conservative
1841					Ross Donnelly Mangles
1847		Henry Currie
1852		James Bell
1857		William Bovill
1858					Guildford Onslow
1866		Richard Garth

1868: represented by one MP

[edit] MPs 1868-present

Election		Member	Party
	1868	Guildford James Hillier Onslow
	1874	Denzil Roberts Onslow
	1885	St John Brodrick	Conservative
	1906	William Henry Cowan	Liberal
	1910	William Edgar Horne	Conservative
	1922	Henry Cecil Buckingham	Conservative
	1931	Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys	Conservative
	1935	John Jarvis	Conservative
	1950	Richard Nugent	Conservative
	1966	David Howell	Conservative
	1997	Nick St Aubyn	Conservative
	2001	Sue Doughty	Liberal Democrat
	2005	Anne Milton	Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Milton	22,595	43.8	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Doughty	22,248	43.1	+0.5
	Labour	Karen Landles	5,054	9.8	−3.9
	Green	John Pletts	811	1.6	N/A
	UK Independence	Martin Haslam	645	1.2	−0.3
	Peace	John Morris	166	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Victoria Lavin	112	0.2	N/A
Majority			347	0.7
Turnout			51,631	68.3	+5.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+0.9

General Election 2001: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Doughty	20,358	42.6	+8.4
	Conservative	Nick St Aubyn	19,820	41.4	-1.1
	Labour	Joyce Still	6,558	13.7	-3.8
	UK Independence	Sonya Porter	736	1.5	+0.8
	Pacifist Party	John Morris	370	0.8	+0.3
Majority			538	1.2
Turnout			47,842	62.7	-11.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1997: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick St Aubyn	24,230	42.5	-12.8
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Sharp	19,439	34.1	+1.3
	Labour	Joseph Burns	9,945	17.5	+6.1
	Referendum Party	James Gore	2,650	4.7
	UK Independence	Robert McWhirter	400	0.7
	Pacifist Party	John Morris	294	0.5
Majority			4,791	8.4
Turnout			56,958	74.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

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.

General Election 1992: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Howell	33,516	55.3	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Sharp	20,112	33.1	-0.8
	Labour	Howard Mann	6,781	11.2	+0.6
	Natural Law	AS Law	234	0.4
Majority			13,404	22.2
Turnout			60,643	78.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Howell	32,504	55.5	+0.4
	Liberal	Margaret Sharp	19,897	33.9	+0.5
	Labour	RJ Wolverson	6,216	10.6	-0.1
Majority			12,607	21.6
Turnout			58,617	75.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Howell	30,016	55.1
	Social Democrat	Margaret Sharp	18,192	33.4
	Labour	K Chesterton	5,853	10.7
	Party of Associates with Licensees	A Farrell	425	0.8
Majority			11,824	21.7
Turnout			54,486	72.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Howell	31,595	57.3
	Labour	P Blagbrough	11,689	21.2
	Liberal	H Donnelly	11,673	21.2
	Independent Rhodesian Front	P Scott	232	0.4
Majority			19,906	36.1
Turnout				75.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 10 October 1974: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David AR Howell	25564	49.21
	Liberal	C Fox	14660	28.22
	Labour	RW Harris	11727	22.57
Majority			10904	20.99
Turnout				71.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 28 February 1974: Guildford[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David AR Howell	28152	48.89
	Liberal	C Fox	18261	31.71
	Labour	Mrs JE Crow	11175	19.41
Majority			9891	17.18
Turnout				80.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David AR Howell	27203	55.37
	Labour	PB Smith	13108	26.68
	Liberal	MJ Walton	8822	17.96
Majority			14095	28.69
Turnout				72.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David AR Howell	24116	50.37
	Labour	CEH Thornberry	15771	32.94
	Liberal	JR Buchanan	7992	16.69
Majority			8345	17.43
Turnout				78.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George RH Nugent	24277	50.90
	Labour	GEH Griffith	13365	28.02
	Liberal	CJN Martin	10052	21.08
Majority			10912	22.88
Turnout				78.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George RH Nugent	27198	57.54
	Labour	GR Bellerby	13756	29.10
	Liberal	AR Braybrooke	6318	13.37
Majority			13442	28.44
Turnout				80.17
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George RH Nugent	27113	63.20
	Labour	GR Bellerby	15785	36.80
Majority			11328	26.41
Turnout				76.44
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George RH Nugent	27604	63.21
	Labour	VG Wilkinson	16068	36.79
Majority			11536	26.42
Turnout				79.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George RH Nugent	24983	55.54
	Labour	VG Wilkinson	15443	34.33
	Liberal	FH Philpott	4552	10.12
Majority			9540	21.21
Turnout				84.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Guildford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Jarvis	33091	50.02
	Labour	VG Wilkinson	21789	32.93
	Liberal	JGC Ruston	11281	17.05
Majority			11302	17.08
Turnout				74.85
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] References

[edit] Sources

• Historical list of MPs
• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
• Election results, 1951 - 1979 (Keele University)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

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