Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)

Epsom and Ewell
Epsom and Ewell
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
	Boundary of Epsom and Ewell in South East England
County	Surrey
Electorate	76,844 (2023)
Borough	Epsom and Ewell
Major settlements	Epsom; Ewell; Ashtead; Leatherhead;
Current constituency
Created	1974
Member of Parliament	Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Epsom

Epsom and Ewell is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Helen Maguire, a Liberal Democrat.^{[n 2]}

History

The seat has existed since the February 1974 general election, forming the centre of the previous Epsom constituency. Epsom had been held by a Conservative since its creation in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and the new seat continued to elect Conservative MPs with sizable majorities.

Chris Grayling was first elected in 2001; he went on to serve in the cabinets of the Cameron and May governments from 2010 to 2019. Grayling stood down for the 2024 general election, when Helen Maguire of the Liberal Democrats took the seat for the first time on a swing of 18%.

In Westminster elections, it was, until 2024, one of the strongest Conservative areas in the country. Locally, however, the majority area council (Epsom and Ewell Borough Council) is controlled by the local Residents' Association. Conservatives regularly run the two slightly included neighbouring councils and until recently the party rarely contested the main borough's elections. One ward in Epsom, Court, is quite strongly Labour, and several Residents Association councillors have sided against Conservative-run Reigate and Banstead council which is also electorally diverse.

In 1987, Barbara Follett, later Member of Parliament for Stevenage, unsuccessfully stood for the Labour Party in the constituency.

Boundaries

Historic

Map of boundaries 2010–2024

Before 1997 Epsom and Ewell excluded Ashtead but instead included Banstead from Reigate and Banstead. As the borough of Epsom and Ewell is small and includes relatively sparsely populated areas such as Epsom Downs, the constituency has consistently also included areas of neighbouring Surrey districts.^[2]

1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Epsom and Ewell, and the Urban District of Leatherhead.

1983–1997: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Nork, Preston, and Tattenhams.

1997–2010: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, the District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Common, Ashtead Park, and Ashtead Village, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Nork, Preston, and Tattenhams.

2010–2024: The Borough of Epsom and Ewell, the District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Common, Ashtead Park, and Ashtead Village, and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Nork and Tattenhams.

The boundary with Mole Valley moved slightly the uninhabited portions of land by the M25 motorway adjoining Ashtead and Leatherhead, in line with local government wards. The Preston ward of Reigate & Banstead (in Tadworth) was transferred to Reigate.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

The Borough of Epsom and Ewell.
The District of Mole Valley wards of: Ashtead Common; Ashtead Park; Ashtead Village; Leatherhead North; Leatherhead South.^[3]

Following a local government boundary review in Mole Valley^[4]^[5] which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

The Borough of Epsom and Ewell.
The District of Mole Valley wards of Ashtead Lanes & Common, Ashtead Park, Leatherhead North, and Leatherhead South.^[6]

The electorate was reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring the parts in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead to Reigate. To partly compensate, Leatherhead was transferred from the abolished constituency of Mole Valley (its main successor being Dorking and Horley).

Members of Parliament

	Member^[7]	Party
Feb 1974	Peter Rawlinson	Conservative
1978 by-election	Sir Archie Hamilton	Conservative
2001	Chris Grayling	Conservative
2024	Helen Maguire	Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Maguire	20,674	37.9	+13.7
	Conservative	Mhairi Fraser	16,988	31.2	−22.4
	Labour	Mark Todd	8,325	15.3	−1.5
	Reform UK	Mayuran Senthilnathan	5,795	10.6	N/A
	Green	Stephen McKenna	1,745	3.2	−0.1
	True & Fair	Gina Miller	845	1.5	N/A
	SDP	Damon Young	153	0.3	N/A
Majority			3,686	6.7	N/A
Turnout			54,525	70.3	−4.4
Registered electors			77,530
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	30,752	53.6
	Liberal Democrats	13,896	24.2
	Labour	9,653	16.8
	Green	1,896	3.3
	Others	1,200	2.1

Turnout		57,397	74.7
Electorate		76,844

2019 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Grayling	31,819	53.5	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gee	13,946	23.5	+11.0
	Labour	Ed Mayne	10,226	17.2	−7.8
	Green	Janice Baker	2,047	3.4	+0.5
	Independent	Clive Woodbridge	1,413	2.4	New
Majority			17,873	30.0	−4.6
Turnout			59,451	73.3	−0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.5

2017 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Grayling	35,313	59.6	+1.3
	Labour	Ed Mayne	14,838	25.0	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gee	7,401	12.5	+3.7
	Green	Janice Baker	1,714	2.9	−0.8
Majority			20,475	34.6	−8.2
Turnout			59,468	74.1	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.1

2015 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Grayling	33,309	58.3	+2.1
	Labour	Sheila Carlson	8,866	15.5	+3.6
	UKIP	Robert Leach	7,117	12.5	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gee	5,002	8.8	−18.0
	Green	Susan McGrath	2,116	3.7	New
	Independent	Lionel Blackman	612	1.1	New
	Independent	Gareth Harfoot	121	0.2	New
Majority			24,443	42.8	+13.4
Turnout			57,143	72.7	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

2010 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Grayling	30,868	56.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Lees	14,734	26.8	+5.3
	Labour	Craig Montgomery	6,538	11.9	−8.1
	UKIP	Elizabeth Wallace	2,549	4.6	+1.1
	Radical Reform	Peter Ticher	266	0.5	New
Majority			16,134	29.4	−3.5
Turnout			54,955	70.4	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.8

Elections in the 2000s

2005 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Grayling	27,146	54.4	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Lees	10,699	21.4	−0.7
	Labour	Charlie Mansell	10,265	20.6	−5.9
	UKIP	Peter Kefford	1,769	3.5	+0.2
Majority			16,447	33.0	+11.4
Turnout			49,879	66.1	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

2001 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Grayling	22,430	48.1	+2.5
	Labour	Charlie Mansell	12,350	26.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Vincent	10,316	22.1	−0.7
	UKIP	Graham Webster-Gardiner	1,547	3.3	+2.3
Majority			10,080	21.6	+0.3
Turnout			46,643	62.8	−11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1990s

1997 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archie Hamilton	24,717	45.6	−14.6
	Labour	Philip Woodford	13,192	24.3	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Vincent	12,380	22.8	−0.7
	Referendum	Christopher Macdonald	2,355	4.3	New
	UKIP	Harold Green	544	1.0	New
	Green	Hugo Charlton	527	1.0	New
	ProLife Alliance	Katherine Weeks	466	0.9	New
Majority			11,525	21.3	−15.4
Turnout			54,181	74.0	−6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1992 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archie Hamilton	32,861	60.2	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin P. Emerson	12,840	23.5	+0.3
	Labour	Richard A. Warren	8,577	15.7	+1.2
	Natural Law	GD Hatchard	334	0.6	New
Majority			20,021	36.7	−2.3
Turnout			54,612	80.1	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.2

Elections in the 1980s

1987 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archie Hamilton	33,145	62.2	+1.8
	Liberal	Margaret Joachim	12,384	23.2	−3.4
	Labour	Barbara Follett	7,751	14.6	+1.6
Majority			20,761	39.0	+5.2
Turnout			53,280	75.4	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

1983 general election: Epsom and Ewell^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archie Hamilton	30,737	60.4
	Liberal	Michael Anderson	13,542	26.6
	Labour	William Carpenter	6,587	13.0
Majority			17,195	33.8
Turnout			50,866	72.0	−4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

1979 general election: Epsom and Ewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archie Hamilton	39,104	61.91	+7.85
	Liberal	Michael Anderson	12,746	20.18	−6.45
	Labour	Chris Smith	11,315	17.91	−1.40
Majority			26,358	41.73	+14.31
Turnout			63,165	76.91	+3.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978 by-election: Epsom and Ewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Archie Hamilton	28,242	63.61	+9.55
	Labour	Anthony Mooney	7,314	16.47	−2.84
	Liberal	Michael Alexander John Anderson	5,673	12.78	−13.85
	Royalist	Jonathan King	2,350	5.29	New
	National Front	James Sawyer	823	1.85	New
Majority			20,928	47.14	+19.72
Turnout			44,402
	Conservative hold		Swing

October 1974 general election: Epsom and Ewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Rawlinson	32,109	54.06
	Liberal	David Julian Hardy Griffiths	15,819	26.63
	Labour	Neil Kearney	11,471	19.31
Majority			16,290	27.43
Turnout			59,399	73.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

February 1974 general election: Epsom and Ewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Rawlinson	35,823	54.68	−6.73
	Liberal	David Julian Hardy Griffiths	18,899	28.85	+12.33
	Labour	Neil Kearney	10,787	16.47	−5.59
Majority			16,924	25.83	−13.52
Turnout			65,509	82.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

^ A borough 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

^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "South East | BCE Consultation Portal".
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
^ LGBCE. "Mole Valley | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ "The Mole Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2023".
^ "New Seat Details – Epsom and Ewell". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
^ King, Jacqueline (7 June 2024). "Election of a Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell Constituency" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2024 – via Epsom & Ewell Borough Council.
^ "Epsom and Ewell - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
^ "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.
^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL – Epsom and Ewell" (PDF). epsom-ewell.gov.uk.
^ "Epsom & Ewell parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
^ "Epsom & Ewell parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 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.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

Election result, 2015 (BBC)
Election result, 2010 (BBC)
Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 – 1992 Archived 19 August 2000 at the Wayback Machine (Election Demon)

External links

Epsom and Ewell UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
Epsom and Ewell UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Epsom and Ewell UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

51°19′N 0°17′W / 51.32°N 0.28°W / 51.32; -0.28

[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[1] "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[4] "South East | BCE Consultation Portal".

[5] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.

[6] LGBCE. "Mole Valley | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

[7] "The Mole Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2023".

[8] "New Seat Details – Epsom and Ewell". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

[9] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

[10] King, Jacqueline (7 June 2024). "Election of a Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell Constituency" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2024 – via Epsom & Ewell Borough Council.

[11] "Epsom and Ewell - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

[12] "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.

[13] "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL – Epsom and Ewell" (PDF). epsom-ewell.gov.uk.

[14] "Epsom & Ewell parliamentary constituency". BBC News.

[15] "Epsom & Ewell parliamentary constituency". BBC News.

[electoralcalculus-16] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-17] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2005-18] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-19] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-20] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-21] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[22] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[electoralcalculus1987-23] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-24] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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