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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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10 December 1832		101/152	66.45
John Somers Somers-Cocks, Viscount Eastnor	Tory	101	100.00
George Canning, Baron Garvagh	Whig
Majority		101	100.00

6 January 1835		99/165	60.00
John Somers Somers-Cocks, Viscount Eastnor	Conservative Party	85	85.86
John Moore	Radical	14	14.14
Majority		71	71.72

24 July 1837		205
John Somers Somers-Cocks, Viscount Eastnor	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 January 1841 Succession of Viscount Eastnor to the Peerage - 2nd Earl Somers.

3 February 1841		199
Charles Somers Somers-Cocks, Viscount Eastnor	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 June 1841		115/199	57.79
Charles Somers Somers-Cocks, Viscount Eastnor	Conservative Party	106	92.17
James Bedford	Chartist	9	7.83
Majority		97	84.35

28 July 1847		182
Thomas Somers Cocks	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 July 1852		176/228	77.19
Thomas Somers Cocks	Conservative Party	100	56.82
Hillebrant Meredith Parratt	Whig	76	43.18
Majority		24	13.64

28 March 1857		355/442	80.32
William Hackblock	Independent Liberal	228	64.23
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson	Whig	127	35.77
Majority		101	28.45

6 February 1858
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson	Whig	212	50.12
Frederick Doulton	Radical	116	27.42
Hon William John Monson	Whig	95	22.46
Majority		96	22.70

1858 Resignation of Sir Henry Rawlinson on appointment as a Member of the Council of India.

2 January 1858 Death of William Hackblock.

23 October 1858
Hon William John Monson	Whig	225	51.72
William Arthur Wilkinson	Radical	210	48.28
Majority		15	3.45

30 April 1859		421/548	76.82
Hon William John Monson	Liberal Party	260	61.76
William Arthur Wilkinson	Liberal Party	161	38.24
Majority		99	23.52

17 December 1862 Succession of Hon William Monson to the Peerage - 7th Baron Monson.

6 February 1863		679/737	92.13
Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower	Liberal Party	346	50.96
William Arthur Wilkinson	Liberal Party	333	49.04
Majority		13	1.91

1863 Petition - withdrawn.

12 July 1865		760/920	82.61
Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower	Liberal Party	473	62.24
Hon Edmund John Monson	Liberal Party	276	36.32
George Gibson Richardson	Conservative Party	11	1.45
Majority		197	25.92

16 April 1866 Petition - election declared void.

11 November 1868 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament.

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2 December 1885		7,488/9,500	78.82
Sir James John Trevor Lawrence, Bt	Conservative Party	4,726	63.11
Dr Alfred Carpenter	Liberal Party	2,762	36.89
Majority		1,964	26.23

8 July 1886		9,500
Sir James John Trevor Lawrence, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 July 1892		7,883/11,081	71.14
Henry Cubitt	Conservative Party	4,786	60.71
Francis Edward Barnes	Liberal Party	3,097	39.29
Majority		1,689	21.43

16 July 1895		11,409
Hon Henry Cubitt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 October 1900
Hon Henry Cubitt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

20 January 1906		11,915/13,817	86.23
Harry Cunningham Brodie	Liberal Party	6,067	50.92
Richard Hamilton Rawson	Conservative Party	5,848	49.08
Majority		219	1.84

24 January 1910		14,054/15,636	89.88
Richard Hamilton Rawson	Conservative Party	8,339	59.34
Harry Cunningham Brodie	Liberal Party	5,715	40.66
Majority		2,624	18.67

12 December 1910		12,904/15,636	82.53
Richard Hamilton Rawson	Conservative Party	7,710	59.75
Herbert Walter Goldberg	Liberal Party	5,194	40.25
Majority		2,516	19.50

18 October 1918 Death of Richard Rawson.

14 December 1918		30,747
George Kynaston Cockerill	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		33,813
George Kynaston Cockerill	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		34,233
George Kynaston Cockerill	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		25,938/35,070	73.96
George Kynaston Cockerill	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,877	76.63
William Graham	Labour Party	6,061	23.37
Majority		13,816	53.27

30 May 1929		38,395/51,314	74.82
Sir George Kynaston Cockerill	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,851	54.31
Harold James Hamblen	Liberal Party	9,532	24.83
Percy Henry Collick	Labour Party	8,012	20.87
Majority		11,319	29.48

27 October 1931		41,010/54,577	75.14
Gordon Cosmo Touche	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,934	82.75
Percy Henry Collick	Labour Party	7,076	17.25
Majority		26,858	65.49

14 November 1935		41,088/58,783	69.90
Gordon Cosmo Touche	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,340	73.84
Isaiah Leonard Lewis	Labour Party	10,748	26.16
Majority		19,592	47.68

Minor Boundary Change
5 July 1945		48,042/65,884	72.92
Gordon Cosmo Touche	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,419	57.07
Charles James Garnsworthy	Labour Party	20,623	42.93
Majority		6,796	14.15

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		42,911/50,415	85.12
John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,027	53.66
Charles James Garnsworthy	Labour and Co-operative Party	13,931	32.46
Allan Stanley Batham	Liberal Party	5,953	13.87
Majority		9,096	21.20

25 October 1951		43,164/51,790	83.34
John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,137	55.92
Charles James Garnsworthy	Labour and Co-operative Party	14,287	33.10
Allan Stanley Batham	Liberal Party	4,740	10.98
Majority		9,850	22.82

26 May 1955		44,113/56,013	78.75
John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,210	61.68
Charles James Garnsworthy	Labour Party	16,903	38.32
Majority		10,307	23.36

8 October 1959		49,636/60,266	82.36
John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,966	54.33
Charles James Garnsworthy	Labour Party	14,465	29.14
Agnes Healey Scott	Liberal Party	8,205	16.53
Majority		12,501	25.19

15 October 1964		50,429/63,240	79.74
Rt Hon Sir John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,380	48.35
Charles James Garnsworthy	Labour Party	14,991	29.73
Anthony Allan Stowell	Liberal Party	11,058	21.93
Majority		9,389	18.62

31 March 1966		51,009/63,687	80.09
Rt Hon Sir John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,163	47.37
John Edward Anthony Samuels	Labour Party	16,649	32.64
Anthony Allan Stowell	Liberal Party	10,197	19.99
Majority		7,514	14.73

18 June 1970		52,847/71,449	73.96
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,462	53.86
Michael Peter Farley	Labour Party	15,433	29.20
Kenneth Sidney Vaus	Liberal Party	8,952	16.94
Majority		13,029	24.65

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		60,003/72,034	83.30
George Arthur Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,131	50.22
Arthur Cyril Bryan	Liberal Party	16,071	26.78
Michael Geikie Ormerod	Labour Party	13,547	22.58
Mervyn Alexander Taggart	Independent	254	0.42
Majority		14,060	23.43

10 October 1974		54,774/72,724	75.32
George Arthur Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,769	50.70
Michael Geikie Ormerod	Labour Party	14,185	25.90
Arthur Cyril Bryan	Liberal Party	12,554	22.92
Mervyn Alexander Taggart	Independent	266	0.49
Majority		13,584	24.80

3 May 1979		56,478/72,248	78.17
George Arthur Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,767	59.79
Ian Nicholas Grant	Labour Party	12,454	22.05
Jack Richard Speyer	Liberal Party	10,257	18.16
Majority		21,313	37.74

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		50,700/71,218	71.19
George Arthur Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,932	59.04
Elizabeth Ann Pamplin	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,625	26.87
Bryan Simons	Labour Party	6,114	12.06
David Richard Newell	Ecology Party	1,029	2.03
Majority		16,307	32.16

11 June 1987		52,163/72,733	71.72
George Arthur Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,925	59.29
Elizabeth Ann Pamplin	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,752	24.45
Robin Paul Spencer	Labour Party	7,460	14.30
Graham Frederick Brand	Green Party	1,026	1.97
Majority		18,173	34.84

9 April 1992		56,419/71,853	78.52
Sir George Arthur Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,200	57.07
Barry Newsome	Liberal Democrats	14,556	25.80
Helen Young	Labour Party	9,150	16.22
Mark Dilcliff	Social Democratic Party	513	0.91
Majority		17,644	31.27

8 March 1997 Sir George Gardiner announces he has joined Sir James Goldsmith's Referendum Party. This followed Reigate local Conservative Association's decision in February 1997 to deselect him as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Reigate in the forthcoming general election.

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		48,174/64,750	74.40
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,123	43.85
Andrew Paul Howard	Labour Party	13,382	27.78
Peter James Samuel	Liberal Democrats	9,615	19.96
Sir George Arthur Gardiner	Referendum Party	3,352	6.96
Richard Michael Arnald Higgs	Independent	412	0.86
Stephen Philip Smith	UK Independence Party	290	0.60
Majority		7,741	16.07

7 June 2001		39,474/65,023	60.71
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,875	47.82
Simon Patrick Charleton	Labour Party	10,850	27.49
Jane Nicola Kulka	Liberal Democrats	8,330	21.10
Stephen Philip Smith	UK Independence Party	1,062	2.69
Harold Stephen Green	Ref UK	357	0.90
Majority		8,025	20.33

5 May 2005		42,605/65,719	64.83
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,884	49.02
Jane Nicola Kulka	Liberal Democrats	9,896	23.23
Samuel John Townend	Labour Party	8,896	20.88
Jeremy Gill Wraith	UK Independence Party	1,921	4.51
Harold Stephen Green	English Democrats Party	600	1.41
Michael John Selby	Independent	408	0.96
Majority		10,988	25.79

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,978/71,527	69.87
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,688	53.40
Jane Nicola Kulka	Liberal Democrats	13,097	26.21
Robert Hull	Labour Party	5,672	11.35
Joseph Brian Fox	UK Independence Party	2,089	4.18
Keith Brown	British National Party	1,345	2.69
Jonathan Christopher St Aubyn Essex	Green Party	1,087	2.17
Majority		13,591	27.19

7 May 2015		51,349/73,429	69.93
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,151	56.77
Joseph Brian Fox	UK Independence Party	6,817	13.28
Ali Aklakul	Labour Party	6,578	12.81
Anna Frances Tarrant	Liberal Democrats	5,369	10.46
Jonathan Christopher St Aubyn Essex	Green Party	3,434	6.69
Majority		22,334	43.49

8 June 2017		53,823/74,628	72.12
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,896	57.40
Toby Brampton	Labour Party	13,282	24.68
Anna Frances Tarrant	Liberal Democrats	5,889	10.94
Jonathan Christopher St Aubyn Essex	Green Party	2,214	4.11
Joseph Brian Fox	UK Independence Party	1,542	2.86
Majority		17,614	32.73

12 December 2019		53,156/74,842	71.02
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,665	53.93
Susan Kathryn Gregory	Labour Party	10,355	19.48
John William Vincent	Liberal Democrats	10,320	19.41
Jonathan Christopher St Aubyn Essex	Green Party	3,169	5.96
Julia Florence Searle	UK Independence Party	647	1.22
Majority		18,310	34.45

26 October 2023 The Conservative whip was removed from Crispin Blunt following his arrest on a charge of rape.

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		53,161/77,101	68.95
Rebecca Sheila Paul	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,822	35.41
Stuart James Brady	Labour Party	15,635	29.41
Joseph Brian Fox	Reform UK	7,240	13.62
Mark David Johnston	Liberal Democrats	6,773	12.74
Jonathan Christopher St Aubyn Essex	Green Party	4,691	8.82
Majority		3,187	5.99