Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:UK constituency infobox Surrey Heath is a county 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.

Boundaries

Surrey Heath is located in the north-west of the county of Surrey. It contains the entirety of the Surrey Heath district as well as the town of Ash in the Guildford borough. The largest town in the area is Camberley.

The Boundary Commission has proposed no boundary changes for this constituency in the boundary review due before the next election.

History

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Woking, North West Surrey & Guildford.

On the seat's creation, Nick Hawkins was elected to Parliament following the retirement of Surrey North West MP Michael Grylls. One of Hawkins' opponents for selection was future Speaker, John Bercow. Bercow was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Buckingham constituency on the same day.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Nick Hawkins	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2005	Michael Gove	Conservative

Elections

General Election 2005: Surrey Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gove	24,642	51.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalyn Harper	13,797	28.8	+3.1
	Labour	Chris Lowe	7,989	16.7	−4.7
	UKIP	Steve Smith	1,430	3.0	−0.3
Majority			10,845	22.7
Turnout			47,858	62.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

General Election 2001: Surrey Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Hawkins	22,401	49.7	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lelliot	11,582	25.7	+3.9
	Labour	James Norman	9,640	21.4	+0.3
	UKIP	Nigel Hunt	1,479	3.3	+2.1
Majority			10,819	24.0
Turnout			45,102	59.5	−14.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Surrey Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Hawkins	28,231	51.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Newman	11,944	21.8
	Labour	Susan Jones	11,511	21.0
	Referendum	John Gale	2,385	4.4
	UKIP	R.P.F. Squire	653	1.2
Majority			16,287
Turnout				74.1

Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey