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Kingston and Surbiton Borough constituency
Kingston and Surbiton shown within Greater London
Created:	1997
MP:	Edward Davey
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Kingston and Surbiton 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 Sources

The constituency covers most of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, covering the south of Kingston itself and the town of Surbiton, as well as Chessington, Norbiton and Tolworth. The remainder of the borough lies in the Richmond Park constituency.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, the Boundary Commission for England has made subtle changes to the Kingston and Surbiton constituency, realigning its northern boundary to match the recent changes made to ward boundaries. The Commission received only eleven representations following the publication of the original proposals, of which ten were in support.

The electoral wards forming the constituency are:

• Alexandra, Berrylands, Beverley, Chessington North and Hook, Chessington South, Grove, Norbiton, Old Malden, St James, St Mark’s, Surbiton Hill, Tolworth and Hook Rise.

The constituency was created in 1997, when the number of seats covering the boroughs of Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames was reduced from four to three. It replaced the former Surbiton constituency completely and also covers the south of the former Kingston constituency. Being largely middle-class, suburban areas, both Kingston and Surbiton were traditionally strongholds for the Conservatives, with Norbiton being the sole Labour voting ward.

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont represented Kingston from a by-election in 1972 until the 1997 general election, when he was not selected as the Conservative candidate for either of its replacements. Instead, the incumbent Surbiton MP Richard Tracey was selected, while Lamont ended up contesting Harrogate and Knaresborough in North Yorkshire. In the event, Tracey was defeated by the Liberal Democrat candidate Edward Davey, by a narrow margin of just 56 votes.

Davey has held on to the seat since then, with a massively increased majority of over 15,000 at the 2001 election, and a smaller majority (just under 9,000) at the 2005 election.

• Constituency created 1997
• 1997 – present: Edward Davey, Liberal Democrat

General Election 2005: Kingston and Surbiton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Davey	25,397	51.0	−9.2
	Conservative	Kevin Davis	16,431	33.0	+4.8
	Labour	Nick Parrott	6,553	13.2	+4.4
	UK Independence	Barry Thornton	657	1.3	+0.4
	Socialist Labour	John Hayball	366	0.7	+0.1
	Veritas	David Henson	200	0.4
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	George Weiss	146	0.3
Majority			8,966	18.0
Turnout			49,750	68.5	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−7.0

General Election 2001: Kingston and Surbiton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Davey	29,542	60.2	+23.5
	Conservative	David Shaw	13,866	28.2	-8.3
	Labour	Philip Woodford	4,302	8.8	-14.3
	Green	Chris Spruce	572	1.2
	UK Independence	Amy Burns	438	0.9	+0.1
	Socialist Labour	John Hayball	319	0.6
	Unrepresented People's Party	Jeremy Middleton	54	0.1
Majority			15,676	32.0
Turnout			49,093	67.5	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Kingston and Surbiton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Davey	20,411	36.7
	Conservative	Richard Tracey	20,355	36.6
	Labour	Sheila Griffin	12,811	23.0
	Referendum Party	G. Tchiprout	1,470	2.6
	UK Independence	P. Burns	418	0.8
	Natural Law	M. Leighton	100	0.2
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	C. Port	100	0.2
Majority			56	0.1
Turnout			55,665	75.3

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

• Boundary Commission for England

v • d • e Constituencies in Greater London by holding party
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Conservative	Beckenham · Bexleyheath and Crayford · Bromley and Chislehurst · Chingford and Woodford Green · Chipping Barnet · Cities of London and Westminster · Croydon Central · Croydon South · Enfield Southgate · Hammersmith and Fulham · Hornchurch · Ilford North · Kensington and Chelsea · Old Bexley and Sidcup · Orpington · Putney · Romford · Ruislip-Northwood · Upminster · Uxbridge · Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East · Carshalton and Wallington · Hornsey and Wood Green · Kingston and Surbiton · Richmond Park · North Southwark and Bermondsey · Sutton and Cheam · Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency Conservatives 3 · Labour 3 · Liberal Democrats 1 · UKIP 1 · Green 1