County Surrey Created 1950 European Parliament constituency South East England | Electorate 74,328 (December 2010) Created from Chertsey | |
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Member of parliament Jonathan Lord (Conservative) | ||
Woking is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) (by the first past the post system of election).
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History
It was created in 1950 from the county constituency of Chertsey.
With exceptions in 1974 (February election), 1997, 2005 and 2010, when the majority was less, Woking has returned a Conservative candidate majority of more than 15% of the votes cast, with a Liberal Democrat the runner-up in the five general elections until 2015 when a Labour candidate polled second place. Its MP since 2010 is Jonathan Lord. The narrowest margin of victory was 11.2% of the vote, in 1997, its most marginal result — based on length of party tenure and majorities the seat would be considered safe by most UK electoral analysts.
Boundaries
1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Frimley and Camberley, and Woking, and in the Rural District of Guildford the civil parishes of Ash and Normandy, and Pirbright.
1974-1983: The Urban District of Woking, and in the Rural District of Guildford the civil parishes of Ash, Normandy, and Pirbright.
1983-1997: The Borough of Woking, and the Borough of Guildford wards of Ash, Ash Vale, Normandy, and Pirbright.
1997-present: The Borough of Woking, and the Borough of Guildford wards of Normandy and Pirbright.
The constituency is based around the town of Woking in Surrey and includes the entirety of the Woking borough and two wards from the Guildford borough. The Boundary Commission made no boundary changes for Woking in the review before the 2010 general election.
Elections in the 2010s
On 9 June 2015, it was announced that the 2015 election result had been challenged by the Magna Carta Conservation Party candidate, Ruth Temple. Temple claimed in her petition that Jonathan Lord had been ineligible to stand and was thus not duly elected.
Elections in the 1990s
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.