West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
























West Surrey
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Surrey

1832–1885
Number of members Two
Replaced by
Mid Surrey (part in 1868)
Chertsey, Guildford (remainder in 1885)
Created from
Haslemere and Surrey

West Surrey (formally the Western division of Surrey) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Surrey, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.


It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


    • 1.1 Subdivision in 1885




  • 2 Members of Parliament


  • 3 Election results


    • 3.1 Elections in the 1850s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 1860s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1870s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1880s




  • 4 References





Boundaries


1832-1885: The Hundreds of Blackheath, Copthorne, Effingham, Elmbridge, Farnham, Godalming, Godley and Chertsey, Woking and Wotton.[1]


The constituency was therefore the more extensive and more rural of the two divisions of Surrey established in 1832; Its main existing towns were urbanising with railway stations: Woking became a town towards the end of its existence. Elections were conducted at Guildford; other most populous towns comprised Leatherhead, Dorking, Epsom, Ewell, Farnham, Godalming, Haslemere, Chertsey, Egham, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge and Woking. (Guildford was a borough returning Members of Parliament in its own right, but freeholders within the borough boundaries could, nevertheless, vote for the county division if they did not qualify for a vote in the borough.)



Subdivision in 1885



On its abolition in 1885, what remained of West Surrey, land and populations having been taken away to contribute over half of Mid Surrey in 1868, was divided into two new single-member constituencies:



  • The North-Western division of Surrey or Chertsey

  • The South-Western division of Surrey or Guildford



Members of Parliament


















































































Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party

1832


William Denison

Whig[2][3]


John Leach

Whig[2]

1835


Charles Barclay

Conservative

1837


Hon. George Perceval

Conservative

1840 by-election


John Trotter

Conservative

1847


Henry Drummond

Conservative

1849 by-election


William Evelyn

Conservative

1857


John Ivatt Briscoe

Whig[4][5][2][3]

1859


Liberal

1860 by-election


George Cubitt

Conservative

1870 by-election


Lee Steere

Conservative

1880


Hon. St John Brodrick

Conservative

1885

constituency abolished


Election results



Elections in the 1850s






































































General Election 1852: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William John Evelyn

1,646

35.5

N/A


Conservative

Henry Drummond

1,610

34.7

N/A


Whig

Thomas-Chaloner Bisse-Challoner[7]
1,385
29.8

N/A
Majority
225
4.8

N/A

Turnout
3,013 (est)
77.3 (est)

N/A

Registered electors
4,081




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A



Conservative gain from Whig

Swing

N/A






































































General Election 1857: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

John Ivatt Briscoe

1,439

35.7

+5.9


Conservative

Henry Drummond

1,386

34.4

−0.3


Conservative

Henry Currie[8]
1,204
29.9
−5.6
Majority
53
1.3

N/A

Turnout
2,734 (est)
69.7 (est)
−7.6

Registered electors
3,920




Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
+5.9



Conservative hold

Swing
−1.6








































General Election 1859: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Ivatt Briscoe

Unopposed


Conservative

Henry Drummond

Unopposed

Registered electors
3,958




Liberal hold


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1860s


Drummond's death caused a by-election.
























By-election, 10 March 1860: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Cubitt

Unopposed


Conservative hold







































General Election 1865: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Ivatt Briscoe

Unopposed


Conservative

George Cubitt

Unopposed

Registered electors
4,081




Liberal hold


Conservative hold































































General Election 1868: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Cubitt

3,000

39.6

N/A


Liberal

John Ivatt Briscoe

2,826

37.3

N/A


Liberal

Frederick Pennington
1,757
23.2

N/A
Majority
174
2.3

N/A

Turnout
5,292 (est)
78.9 (est)

N/A

Registered electors
6,708




Liberal hold


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1870s


Briscoe's death caused a by-election.
























By-election, 8 Sep 1870: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Lee Steere

Unopposed


Conservative gain from Liberal







































General Election 1874: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Lee Steere

Unopposed


Conservative

George Cubitt

Unopposed

Registered electors
7,314




Conservative hold


Conservative gain from Liberal


Elections in the 1880s








































General Election 1880: West Surrey[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Brodrick

Unopposed


Conservative

George Cubitt

Unopposed

Registered electors
7,779




Conservative hold


Conservative hold


References





  1. ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


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  5. ^ "Pamphlet: A Letter on the Nature and Effects of the Tread-Wheel". British Library. Retrieved 18 August 2018.


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  7. ^ "Staffordshire Advertiser". 24 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


  8. ^ "Mr. Currie at Guildford". Sussex Agricultural Express. 21 March 1857. p. 7. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).




  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)

  • F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)

  • Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)







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