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| Runnymede and Weybridge | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Runnymede and Weybridge in South East England | |
| County | Surrey |
| Electorate | 73,778 (2023) [1] |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Ben Spencer (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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Runnymede and Weybridge is a constituency[n 1] in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ben Spencer, a Conservative.[n 2]
The constituency was created for the 1997 general election and represented from then until 2019 by Philip Hammond, who served as Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019. Hammond sat as a Conservative before becoming an Independent backbencher for the last two months of his final term.
Boundaries
[edit]
1997–2024
[edit]- The Borough of Runnymede: Addlestone North; Addlestone South; Chertsey Riverside; Chertsey St Ann's; Egham Hythe; Egham Town; Englefield Green East; Englefield Green West; Longcross, Lyne and Chertsey South; New Haw; Ottershaw; Thorpe; Virginia Water; Woodham and Rowtown
- The Borough of Elmbridge: Oatlands and Burwood Park; Weybridge Riverside; Weybridge St George's Hill[2]
Since 1997 and until 2024 the constituency and comprised the whole of the area of the Borough of Runnymede plus the town of Weybridge in the Borough of Elmbridge, all in north Surrey.
Current
[edit]Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is now composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Borough of Elmbridge wards of: Cobham & Downside; Oxshott & Stoke D'Abernon; Weybridge Riverside; Weybridge St. George's Hill.
- The Borough of Runnymede wards of: Addlestone North; Addlestone South; Chertsey Riverside; Chertsey St. Ann's; Egham Hythe; Egham Town; Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South; New Haw; Ottershaw; Thorpe; Woodham & Rowtown.[3]
The mainly low-density villages of Englefield Green and Virginia Water were transferred to the Berkshire seat of Windsor, creating a cross-county constituency. To compensate, two similar southern wards that were in Esher and Walton, including Cobham, were gained, partly offset by the similar village of Oatlands moving in the opposite direction.
History
[edit]The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former constituencies of Chertsey and Walton and North West Surrey.
From its creation until 2019, it was represented by Philip Hammond, of the Conservative Party, who served as a Cabinet Minister throughout the Cameron–Clegg coalition before holding in succession two of the Great Offices of State: Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019.
Runnymede and Weybridge is a Conservative safe seat based on both length of tenure and size of majorities – the narrowest margin of victory was in the 2024 general election, of 15.8% of the vote.
Constituency profile
[edit]The constituency is roughly bisected by the M25. To the east are a series of affluent towns including part of Staines, Chertsey, Addlestone and Weybridge. There is more open land to the west, bordering Windsor Great Park and Chobham Common.
The constituency has incomes well above the national average, and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[4] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.3% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.4%.[5] The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 14.7% of its population without a car, 18.3% of the population without qualifications and a high 29.9% with level 4 qualifications or above.
In terms of tenure 69.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across Runnymede.[6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Chertsey and Walton prior to 1997
| Election | Member[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Philip Hammond | Conservative | |
| September 2019 | Independent | ||
| 2019 | Ben Spencer | Conservative | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ben Spencer | 18,442 | 38.2 | ?15.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Nicholson | 10,815 | 22.4 | ?0.3 | |
| Labour | Robert King | 9,963 | 20.6 | +2.9 | |
| Reform UK | Stewart Mackay | 6,419 | 13.3 | New | |
| Green | Steve Ringham | 1,954 | 4.0 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Michael Cressey | 518 | 1.1 | New | |
| UKIP | Nicholas Wood | 142 | 0.3 | ?0.6 | |
| Majority | 7,627 | 15.8 | ?18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 48,253 | 65.6 | ?5.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,610 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ?7.4 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 28,028 | 53.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 11,956 | 22.7 | |
| Labour | 9,347 | 17.7 | |
| Others | 1,923 | 3.7 | |
| Green | 1,415 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | 52,669 | 71.4 | |
| Electorate | 73,778 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ben Spencer | 29,262 | 54.9 | ?6.0 | |
| Labour | Robert King | 10,992 | 20.6 | ?5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob O'Carroll | 9,236 | 17.3 | +10.0 | |
| Green | Benjamin Smith | 1,876 | 3.5 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Stewart Mackay | 777 | 1.5 | New | |
| Independent | Lorna Rowland | 670 | 1.3 | New | |
| UKIP | Nicholas Wood | 476 | 0.9 | ?2.4 | |
| Majority | 18,270 | 34.3 | ?0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 53,289 | 69.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ?0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 31,436 | 60.9 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Fiona Dent | 13,386 | 25.9 | +10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Vincent | 3,765 | 7.3 | +0.6 | |
| UKIP | Nicholas Wood | 1,675 | 3.3 | ?10.6 | |
| Green | Lee-Anne Lawrance | 1,347 | 2.6 | ?1.5 | |
| Majority | 18,050 | 35.0 | ?9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 51,609 | 68.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ?4.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 29,901 | 59.7 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | Arran Neathey | 7,767 | 15.5 | +2.1 | |
| UKIP | Joe Branco[14] | 6,951 | 13.9 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Vincent[15] | 3,362 | 6.7 | ?14.9 | |
| Green | Rustam Majainah[16] | 2,071 | 4.1 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 22,134 | 44.2 | +7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 50,224 | 68.1 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 26,915 | 55.9 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Falconer | 10,406 | 21.6 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | Paul Greenwood | 6,446 | 13.4 | ?9.6 | |
| UKIP | Toby Micklethwait | 3,146 | 6.5 | +2.6 | |
| Green | Jenny Gould | 696 | 1.4 | ?1.3 | |
| Independent | David Sammons | 541 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 16,509 | 34.3 | +5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 48,292 | 66.5 | +7.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 22,366 | 51.4 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Paul Greenwood | 10,017 | 23.0 | ?6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Bolton | 7,771 | 17.9 | +1.6 | |
| UKIP | Anthony Micklethwait | 1,719 | 3.9 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Charles Gilman | 1,180 | 2.7 | ?0.2 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Andrew Collett | 358 | 0.8 | New | |
| UK Community Issues Party | Katrina Osman | 113 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 12,349 | 28.4 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 43,524 | 58.7 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
- Result declared at 02:19
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 20,646 | 48.7 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | Jane Briginshaw | 12,286 | 29.0 | ?0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Bushill | 6,924 | 16.3 | 0.0 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Browne | 1,332 | 3.1 | +1.9 | |
| Green | Charles Gilman | 1,238 | 2.9 | New | |
| Majority | 8,360 | 19.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 42,426 | 56.1 | ?15.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
- Result declared at 03:21
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 25,051 | 48.6 | ?12.8 | |
| Labour | Ian Peacock | 15,176 | 29.4 | +13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Taylor | 8,397 | 16.3 | ?4.8 | |
| Referendum | Peter Rolt | 2,150 | 4.2 | New | |
| UKIP | Simon Slater | 625 | 1.2 | New | |
| Natural Law | Jeremy Sleeman | 162 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 9,875 | 19.2 | |||
| Turnout | 51,561 | 71.5 | ?9.03 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -13.1 | |||
- Result declared at 03:31
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ^ "Local statistics – Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll". Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Runnymede and Weybridge – General election results 2024". BBC News.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Runnymede & Weybridge Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Runnymede and Weybridge candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "East".
- ^ "Surrey Green Party | News". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Sources
[edit]- Election result, 2015 (BBC)
- Election result, 2010 (BBC)
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 – 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 – 2001 Archived 21 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine (Election Demon)
External links
[edit]- Runnymede and Weybridge UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Runnymede and Weybridge UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Runnymede and Weybridge UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
