North West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Surrey
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Surrey
February 1974–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Surrey Heath, Runnymede and Weybridge, Windsor
Created from	Chertsey

North West Surrey was a county constituency in the county of Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The Urban Districts of Egham (the civil parishes of Egham and Thorpe) and Frimley and Camberley, and the Rural District of Bagshot (the civil parishes of Bisley, Chobham, West End, and Windlesham).

1983-1997: The Borough of Surrey Heath, and the Borough of Runnymede wards of Egham, Englefield Green East, Englefield Green West, Hythe, Thorpe, and Virginia Water.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	Feb 1974	Sir Michael Grylls	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Surrey Heath, Runnymede and Weybridge and Windsor

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: North West Surrey[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Michael Grylls	41,772	63.8	−0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Chris M. Clark	13,378	20.4	−4.4
	Labour	Mark Hayhurst	8,886	13.6	+2.4
	Green	Mrs Yvonne Hockey	1,441	2.2	+2.2
Majority			28,394	43.4	+4.2
Turnout			65,477	78.3	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: North West Surrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Michael Grylls	38,535	64.0
	Liberal	Charles Gilchrist Brodie	14,960	24.8
	Labour	John Gordon Cooper	6,751	11.21
Majority			23,575	39.13
Turnout				72.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: North West Surrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Michael Grylls	35,297	64.14
	Liberal	J Weedon	14,279	25.95
	Labour	J Burrow	5,452	9.91
Majority			21,018	38.20
Turnout				70.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: North West Surrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Michael Grylls	36,219	63.75
	Labour	R Sharpe	10,763	18.94
	Liberal	D Simpson	9,037	15.91
	National Front	R Heath	796	1.40
Majority			25,456	44.81
Turnout				75.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: North West Surrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Michael Grylls	25,524	52.28
	Labour	PF Whitely	11,943	24.46
	Liberal	LE Sims	11,356	23.26
Majority			13,581	27.82
Turnout				70.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: North West Surrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Michael Grylls	28,841	52.63
	Liberal	LE Sims	13,892	25.35
	Labour	AA Clifton	11,608	21.18
	National Coalition	DB Foster	463	0.84
Majority			14,949	27.28
Turnout				80.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
2. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.