Chertsey (UK Parliament constituency)

Chertsey
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Surrey
1885–1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Replaced by Chertsey & Walton
North West Surrey
Created from Mid Surrey

Chertsey (occasionally also recorded as the Surrey North Western/ North Western Division of Surrey) was a county constituency in Surrey which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

It was formed by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election from part of the Mid Surrey constituency, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

This seat stretched from Old Windsor in the north through Egham, Chertsey, Virginia Water, Camberley, Bagshot, Addlestone and Weybridge to Woking, Byfleet, Ripley (in the south) and to the east Hersham and Walton-on-Thames in its earlier form.

1950-1974

The town of Woking with its growing suburbs (such as Horsell and Maybury) was removed from the seat to create Woking in 1950. This left the northern majority of the area which on dissolution in 1974 became split east/west into Chertsey and Walton by the River Thames in the east and North West Surrey in the west.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Frederick Alers Hankey Conservative
1892 by-election Charles Harvey Combe Conservative
1897 by-election Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett Conservative
1903 by-election John Arthur Fyler Conservative
1904 by-election George Bingham Conservative
1906 Francis John Marnham Liberal
Jan 1910 Donald Macmaster Conservative
1922 by-election Sir Philip Wigham Richardson Conservative
1931 Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter Conservative
1937 by-election Arthur Marsden Conservative
1950 Sir Lionel Heald Conservative
1970 Michael Grylls Conservative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished: see Chertsey and Walton

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Chertsey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Alers Hankey 4,540 63.9 n/a
Liberal Sir Henry Denis Le Marchant 2,560 36.1 n/a
Majority 1,980 27.8 n/a
Turnout 77.0 n/a
Conservative win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Chertsey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Alers Hankey unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

Charles Combe
Chertsey by-election, 1892
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Harvey Combe 4,589 62.5 n/a
Liberal Lawrence James Baker 2,751 37.5 n/a
Majority 1,838 25.4 n/a
Turnout 71.7 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1892: Chertsey[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Harvey Combe unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1895: Chertsey[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Harvey Combe unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Chertsey by-election, 1897
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett 4,845 54.9 n/a
Liberal Lawrence James Baker 3,977 45.1 n/a
Majority 888 9.8 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Chertsey[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett 5,367 63.5 +8.6
Liberal Hubert Harry Longman 3,080 36.5 -8.6
Majority 2,287 27.0 +17.2
Turnout 68.7
Conservative hold Swing +8.6
Chertsey by-election, 1903[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Arthur Fyler 5,700 55.7
Liberal Hubert Harry Longman 4,529 44.3
Majority 1,171 11.4
Turnout 78.9
Conservative hold Swing
Chertsey by-election, 1904[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lord George Charles Bingham 5,425 52.7 -3.0
Liberal I T Sadler 4,876 47.3 +3.0
Majority 549 5.4 -6.0
Turnout 74.0 -4.9
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
Francis Marnham
General Election 1906: Chertsey[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis John Marnham 6,365 50.4 +3.1
Conservative Lord George Charles Bingham 6,266 49.6 -3.1
Majority 99 0.8 6.2
Turnout 81.9 +7.9
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.1

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Chertsey[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Macmaster 9,672 65.7
Liberal Francis George Newbolt 5,059 34.3
Majority 31.4
Turnout 88.1 +6.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
General Election December 1910: Chertsey[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Macmaster unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election 1918: Chertsey[11]

Electorate 34,917

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 13,531 80.7
Labour Thomas T Linsey 3,232 19.3 n/a
Majority 10,299 61.4
Turnout 48.0
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Chertsey by-election, 1922[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Wigham Richardson 11,811 55.4 -25.2
Liberal Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough 9,490 45.6 n/a
Majority 2,321 10.8 -
Turnout 55.4 +7.4
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General Election 1922: Chertsey[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Philip Wigham Richardson 14,081 60.4 +5.0
Liberal Henry Samson Clark 9,228 39.6 -5.0
Majority 4,853 20.8 +10.0
Turnout 58.2 +2.8
Unionist hold Swing +5.0
General Election 1923: Chertsey[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Philip Wigham Richardson 13,333 55.5 -4.9
Liberal Reginald John Marnham 10,694 44.5 +4.9
Majority 2,639 11.0 -9.8
Turnout 60.1 +1.9
Unionist hold Swing -4.9
General Election 1924: Chertsey[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Philip Wigham Richardson 18,310 71.0 +15.5
Liberal Walter Crawford Smith 7,471 29.0 -15.5
Majority 42.0 +31.0
Turnout 62.7 +2.6
Unionist hold Swing +15.5
General Election 1929: Chertsey[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Sir Philip Wigham Richardson 21,433 55.6 -15.4
Liberal Martin Bernard Browne 17,145 44.4 +15.4
Majority 4,288 11.2 -30.8
Turnout 63.5 +0.8
Unionist hold Swing -15.4

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Chertsey[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter 35,371 79.6
Liberal Ifor Bowen Lloyd 9,063 20.4
Majority 26,308 59.2
Turnout 68.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1935: Chertsey[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter 31,484 71.4 -8.2
Liberal Martin Bernard Browne 12,607 28.6 +8.2
Majority 18,877 42.8 -16.4
Turnout 44,091 60.2 -8.5
Conservative hold Swing -8.2
Chertsey by-election, 1937[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Marsden 19,767 64.8
Liberal
  • Ernest Ronald Haylor
 10,722 35.2
Majority 9,045 29.6
Turnout 39.2
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Chertsey[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Capt. Arthur Marsden 37,456 52.32
Labour Brian Barker 25,194 35.19 n/a
Liberal William Ridgeway 8,940 12.49
Majority 12,262 17.13
Turnout 69.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Chertsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lionel Frederick Heald 19,326 51.69
Labour Dennis Gordon 14,090 37.69
Liberal Gerald Edward Owen 3,969 10.62
Majority 5,236 14.01
Turnout 82.74
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Chertsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lionel Frederick Heald 20,539 53.56
Labour Dennis Gordon 14,849 38.72
Liberal Gerald Edward Owen 2,961 7.72
Majority 5,690 14.84
Turnout 81.06
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Chertsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Lionel Frederick Heald 23,021 61.10
Labour Richard H Edwards 14,656 38.90
Majority 8,365 22.20
Turnout 77.19
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: Chertsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Lionel Frederick Heald 24,836 56.28
Labour John Stuart Barr 14,150 32.06
Liberal Arthur Russell Mayne 5,146 11.66
Majority 10,686 24.21
Turnout 79.36
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Chertsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Lionel Frederick Heald 22,497 49.06
Labour Anthony J Edwards 14,513 31.65
Liberal Frederick Michael John Lee 8,844 19.29
Majority 7,984 17.41
Turnout 77.77
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966: Chertsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Lionel Frederick Heald 22,584 48.39
Labour Anthony J Edwards 16,231 34.78
Liberal Frederick Michael John Lee 7,852 16.83
Majority 6,353 13.61
Turnout 77.98
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Chertsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Michael John Grylls 27,239 56.59
Labour Christopher P Slater 15,653 32.52
Liberal R Alfred F Cook 5,239 10.88
Majority 11,586 25.07
Turnout 71.01
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  9. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  10. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  12. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
  13. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  14. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  15. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  16. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  17. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  18. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  19. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  20. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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