Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)

Reigate
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Reigate in South East England
County	Surrey
Electorate	77,101 (2024)[1]
Major settlements	Reigate Redhill Banstead
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Rebecca Paul (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Parts of East, Mid and West Surrey as county constituency also called S.E. Surrey[2]
1832–1868
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Mid Surrey
1295–1832
Seats	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Reigate (/ˈraɪɡeɪt/) is a constituency^[a] in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Rebecca Paul, of the Conservative Party.^[b]

Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus characterises the seat's electorate as "Kind Yuppies", with right-wing economic views but more liberal social attitudes. Incomes and house prices in the seat are well above UK averages. ^[3] The seat is predominantly in the London commuter belt with good rail services from Reigate, Redhill and Banstead to Central London, and several financial companies are based in the seat.^{[4][dead link‍]}

Boundaries

Historic

Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

1885–1918: The Borough of Reigate, its Sessional Division, and those of Dorking and Godstone except Effingham, Mickleham, Caterham, Warlingham, Chelsham and Farleigh^[2]

1918–1950: The Borough of Reigate, the Urban District of Dorking, and the Rural Districts of Dorking and Reigate

1950–1974: The Borough of Reigate, and the Rural District of Godstone

1974: what had been the Rural District was ceded to the East Surrey seat; Banstead U.D. was taken from the Carshalton seat

1974–1983: The Borough of Reigate, and the Urban District of Banstead

1983: The northern heart of what had been Banstead U.D. (four wards) were ceded to the Epsom and Ewell seat

1983–1997: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Horley East, Horley West, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Reigate Central, Reigate East, Reigate North, Reigate North Central, Reigate North East, Reigate South Central, Reigate South East, Reigate South West, Salfords and Sidlow, and Tadworth and Walton

1997–2010: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Reigate Central, Reigate East, Reigate North, Reigate North Central, Reigate North East, Reigate South Central, Reigate South East, Reigate South West, Salfords and Sidlow, and Tadworth and Walton

2010–2024: The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of Banstead Village, Chipstead Hooley and Woodmansterne, Earlswood and Whitebushes, Kingswood with Burgh Heath, Meadvale and St John's, Merstham, Preston, Redhill East, Redhill West, Reigate Central, Reigate Hill, Salfords and Sidlow, South Park and Woodhatch, and Tadworth and Walton

Current

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

• The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of: Banstead Village; Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne; Earlswood & Whitebushes; Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton; Meadvale & St. John's; Nork; Redhill East; Redhill West & Wray Common; Reigate; South Park & Woodhatch; Tattenham Corner & Preston.^[5]

The seat gained those parts of Reigate and Banstead Borough previously in the Epsom and Ewell constituency – including the residential areas of Nork and Tattenham Corner, offset by the transfer of the Hooley, Merstham & Netherne ward to East Surrey.

The seat is in Surrey bordering Greater London and is centered on the town of Reigate from which it takes its name. The constituency comprises the bulk of the Reigate and Banstead Borough -excluding the town of Horley which is in the new Dorking and Horley seat, and the community of Mertsham, which is now part of East Surrey.

History

This constituency was first created with the first election of Burgesses to Parliament in 1295, electing two members. It continued to elect two members until 1832 when its representation was reduced to one member by the Great Reform Act.

In 1868 the constituency was disenfranchised for corruption, but was revived in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the East Surrey constituency was abolished. Since 1918 the seat has been held by a candidate in the Conservative Party with the exception of four months during which the anti-EU MP in 1997 before the election of that year joined the Referendum Party (UK). The Liberal Democrats including their two predecessor parties amassed their largest share of the vote in 2010. The largest opposition party changed from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in 2005 and 2010, then UKIP in 2015 and back to Labour in the 2017 general election.

In 1974, the seat saw major boundary changes which removed some of Eastern Surrey which was in the seat into the radically redesigned East Surrey seat and added the Banstead area to the seat.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	John Aubyn	Richard atte Mere[6]
1388 (February)	John Chaunce I	Thomas Ballard[6]
1388 (September)	John Aubyn	William Bone[6]
1390 (January)	John Aubyn	William Bone[6]
1390 (November)
1391	Roger Chaunce I	William Bone[6]
1393	John Aubyn	John Bavell[6]
1394
1395	John Skinner	John Bavell[6]
1397 (January)	John Skinner	John Bavell[6]
1397 (September)	John Skinner	Richard atte Mere[6]
1399	John Skinner	Roger Chaunce I[6]
1401
1402	Richard Turner	Thomas Barber[6]
1404 (January)
1404 (October)
1406	John Chaunce II	John Taylor[6]
1407	John Chaunce II	Thomas Barber[6]
1410
1411
1413 (February)
1413 (May)
1414 (April)
1414 (November)	John Skinner	Roger Chaunce II[6]
1415	John Skinner	Walter Wrigge[6]
1416 (March)
1416 (October)
1417	John Knight	John Chaunce II[6]
1419	John Pope	John Chaunce II[6]
1420	John Pope	John Skinner[6]
1421 (May)	John Pope	Walter Urry[6]
1421 (December)	Robert Wanford	Roger Chaunce II[6]
1432	Thomas Russell[7]
1510–1523	No names known[8]
1529	John Skinner I	Thomas Michell[8]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	James Skinner	John Skinner II[8]
1545	?
1547	Robert Richers	William More[8]
1553 (March)	Robert Robotham	Henry Fisher[8]
1553 (October)	Sir Thomas Saunders	Thomas Ingler[8]
1554 (April)	Henry White	Robert Richers[8]
1554 (November)	Robert Richers	James Skinner[8]
1555	Thomas Windsor	Walter Haddon[8]
1558	George Elsden	Thomas Banester[8]
1559	William Howard	John Skinner[9]
1562–63	Sir George Howard	William Howard[9]
1571	William Howard	John Agmondesham I[9]
1572	William Howard	John Skinner[9]
1584	William Howard	Edmund Sanders[9]
1586	William Howard	Edmund Sanders[9]
1588	Julius Caesar	Thomas Lyfield[9]
1593	William Howard	John Trevor[9]
1597	Sir William Howard	Edward Howard[9]
1601	Edward Howard	John Trevor
1604	Sir Edward Howard	Herbert Pelham
1614	Sir Edward Howard	John Suckling
1621	Thomas Glemham	Robert Lewis
1624	Sir Thomas Bludder	Robert Lewis
1625	Sir Thomas Bludder	Sir Roger James
1626	Sir Thomas Bludder	Sir William Monson
1628	Charles Cockayne	Sir Thomas Bludder
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (April)	Edward Thurland	Sir Thomas Bludder
1640 (November)	William Lord Monson	George Evelyn
1645
1648
1653	Reigate not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Edward Bysshe	(one seat only)
1656	?John Goodwin	(one seat only)
1659	John Hele	Edward Thurland

MPs 1660–1832

Year	First member[10]		First party	Second member[10]		Second party
1660		John Hele			Edward Thurland
1661		Roger James
1673					Sir John Werden
February 1679					Deane Goodwin
October 1679					Ralph Freeman
1680					Deane Goodwin
1681		Ralph Freeman
1685		Sir John Werden			Sir John Parsons
January 1689		Roger James
March 1689					Thomas Vincent
1690		Sir John Parsons			John Parsons
1698		Stephen Hervey			Edward Thurland
1701					Sir John Parsons
1707		James Cocks	Whig
1710		John Ward
1713		James Cocks	Whig
1717					William Jordan
1720					Thomas Jordan
1722					Sir Joseph Jekyll	Whig
1739					John Hervey
1741					Philip Yorke	Whig
June 1747		Charles Cocks[11]
December 1747					Charles Yorke	Whig
1768					John Yorke
1784		William Bellingham			Edward Leeds
1787					Reginald Pole-Carew
1789		The Lord Hood
1790		John Somers Cocks			Joseph Sydney Yorke	Tory
February 1806		Philip James Cocks
November 1806		Edward Charles Cocks	Tory[12]		Viscount Royston	Tory[12]
1808					James Cocks	Tory[12]
1812		John Somers-Cocks	Tory[12]
1818		Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke	Tory[12]		James Somers Cocks	Tory[12]
1823					James Cocks	Tory[12]
April 1831					Joseph Yorke	Tory[12]
July 1831		Charles Yorke	Tory[12]

MPs 1832–1868

• Representation reduced to one (1832)

Election		Member[10]	Party
	1832	John Somers-Cocks	Tory[12]
	1834		Conservative[12]
	1841 by-election	Charles Somers-Cocks	Conservative[12]
	1847	Thomas Somers-Cocks	Conservative
	1857	William Hackblock[c]	Independent Whig[14][15]
	February 1858 by-election	Henry Rawlinson	Conservative[16][17][18][19]
	October 1858 by-election	William Monson	Whig[20][21]
	1859		Liberal
	1863 by-election	Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower	Liberal
1868		Constituency disenfranchised for corruption

MPs since 1885

• Constituency revived (1885)

Year		Member[10]	Party
	1885	Sir Trevor Lawrence	Conservative
	1892	Henry Cubitt	Conservative
	1906	Harry Brodie	Liberal
	1910	Richard Rawson	Conservative
	1917		National Party
	1918	Sir George Cockerill	Unionist
	1931	Sir Gordon Touche	Conservative
	1950	John Vaughan-Morgan	Conservative
	1970	Geoffrey Howe	Conservative
	1974	Sir George Gardiner	Conservative
	1996		Referendum Party
	1997	Crispin Blunt	Conservative
	2023		Independent
	2024	Rebecca Paul	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Reigate^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Paul	18,822	35.4	−20.4
	Labour	Stuart Brady	15,635	29.4	+12.5
	Reform UK	Joseph Fox	7,240	13.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Johnston	6,773	12.7	−7.2
	Green	Jonathan Essex	4,691	8.8	+3.0
Majority			3,187	6.0	−28.4
Turnout			53,161	69.0	−1.2
Registered electors			77,101
	Conservative hold		Swing	−16.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[23]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,846	55.8
	Liberal Democrats	10,626	19.9
	Labour	9,045	16.9
	Green	3,092	5.8
	Others	860	1.6
Turnout		53,469	70.2
Electorate		76,139

General election 2019: Reigate^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crispin Blunt	28,665	53.9	−3.5
	Labour	Susan Gregory	10,355	19.5	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Vincent	10,320	19.4	+8.5
	Green	Jonathan Essex	3,169	6.0	+1.9
	UKIP	Julia Searle	647	1.2	−1.7
Majority			18,310	34.4	+1.7
Turnout			53,156	71.0	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 2017: Reigate^[25]^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crispin Blunt	30,896	57.4	+0.6
	Labour	Toby Brampton	13,282	24.7	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Tarrant	5,889	10.9	+0.4
	Green	Jonathan Essex	2,214	4.1	−2.6
	UKIP	Joe Fox	1,542	2.9	−10.4
Majority			17,614	32.7	−10.8
Turnout			53,993	72.0	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.7

General election 2015: Reigate^[27]^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crispin Blunt	29,151	56.8	+3.4
	UKIP	Joe Fox	6,817	13.3	+9.1
	Labour	Ali Aklakul	6,578	12.8	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Tarrant	5,369	10.5	−15.7
	Green	Jonathan Essex	3,434	6.7	+4.5
Majority			22,334	43.5	+16.3
Turnout			51,349	69.9	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2010: Reigate^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crispin Blunt	26,688	53.4	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kulka	13,097	26.2	+3.1
	Labour	Robert Hull	5,672	11.3	−10.2
	UKIP	Joseph Fox	2,089	4.2	−0.3
	BNP	Keith Brown	1,345	2.7	New
	Green	Jonathan Essex	1,087	2.2	New
Majority			13,591	27.2	+1.4
Turnout			49,978	69.8	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Reigate^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crispin Blunt	20,884	49.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kulka	9,896	23.2	+2.1
	Labour	Samuel Townend	8,896	20.9	−6.6
	UKIP	Jeremy Wraith	1,921	4.5	+1.8
	English Democrat	Harold Green	600	1.4	New
	Independent	Michael Selby	408	1.0	New
Majority			10,988	25.8	+5.5
Turnout			42,605	64.8	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.5

General election 2001: Reigate^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crispin Blunt	18,875	47.8	+4.0
	Labour	Simon Charleton	10,850	27.5	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Kulka	8,330	21.1	+1.1
	UKIP	Stephen Smith	1,062	2.7	+2.1
	Reform UK	Harold Green	357	0.9	New
Majority			8,025	20.3	+4.3
Turnout			39,474	60.2	−14.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Reigate^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Crispin Blunt	21,123	43.8	−13.7
	Labour	Andrew Howard	13,382	27.8	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Samuel	9,615	20.0	−4.1
	Referendum	George Gardiner	3,352	7.0	New
	Independent	Richard Higgs	412	0.9	New
	UKIP	Stephen Smith	290	0.6	New
Majority			7,741	16.0	−15.3
Turnout			48,174	74.4	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.0

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. George Gardiner changed party from the Conservative Party to the Referendum Party following his deselection by the local Conservative association.

General election 1992: Reigate^[33]^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Gardiner	32,220	57.1	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	B Newsome	14,556	25.8	+1.4
	Labour	H Young	9,150	16.2	+1.9
	SDP	M. Bilcliff	513	0.9	New
Majority			17,664	31.3	−3.6
Turnout			56,449	78.5	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.8

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Reigate^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Gardiner	30,925	59.3	+0.3
	SDP	Elizabeth Pamplin	12,752	24.4	−2.5
	Labour	Robin Spencer	7,460	14.3	+2.2
	Green	Graham Brand	1,026	2.0	0.0
Majority			18,173	34.9	+2.8
Turnout			52,163	72.5	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

General election 1983: Reigate^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Gardiner	29,932	59.0
	SDP	Elizabeth Pamplin	13,625	26.9
	Labour	Bryan A. Symons	6,114	12.1
	Ecology	David R. Newell	1,029	2.0	New
Majority			16,307	32.1	−5.6
Turnout			50,700	72.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Gardiner	33,767	59.79
	Labour	N. Grant	12,454	22.05
	Liberal	J. Speyer	10,257	18.16
Majority			21,313	37.74
Turnout			56,478	78.20
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Gardiner	27,769	50.70
	Labour	MG Ormerod	14,185	25.90
	Liberal	AC Bryan	12,554	22.92
	People Power	Mervyn Taggart	266	0.49	New
Majority			13,584	24.80
Turnout			54,774	75.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Gardiner	30,131	50.22
	Liberal	AC Bryan	16,071	26.78
	Labour	MG Ormerod	13,547	22.58
	Independent Democrat	Mervyn Taggart	254	0.42	New
Majority			14,060	23.44
Turnout			60,003	83.34
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Howe	28,462	53.86
	Labour	Michael P Farley	15,433	29.20
	Liberal	Kenneth Vaus	8,952	16.94
Majority			13,029	24.66
Turnout			52,847	73.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	24,163	47.37
	Labour	John Edward Anthony Samuels	16,649	32.64
	Liberal	Anthony A Stowell	10,197	19.99
Majority			7,514	14.73
Turnout			51,009	80.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	24,380	48.35
	Labour	Charles Garnsworthy	14,991	29.73
	Liberal	Anthony A Stowell	11,058	21.93
Majority			9,389	18.62
Turnout			50,429	79.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	26,966	54.34
	Labour	Charles Garnsworthy	14,465	29.14
	Liberal	Agnes H Scott	8,205	16.53	New
Majority			12,501	25.20
Turnout			49,636	82.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Reigate^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	27,210	61.68
	Labour Co-op	Charles Garnsworthy	16,903	38.32
Majority			10,307	23.36
Turnout			44,113	78.75
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Reigate^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	24,137	55.92
	Labour Co-op	Charles Garnsworthy	14,287	33.10
	Liberal	Allan Stanley Batham	4,740	10.98
Majority			9,850	22.82
Turnout			43,164	83.34
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Reigate^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Vaughan-Morgan	23,027	53.66
	Labour Co-op	Charles Garnsworthy	13,931	32.46
	Liberal	Allan Stanley Batham	5,953	13.87	New
Majority			9,096	21.20
Turnout			42,911	85.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Touche	27,419	57.07
	Labour	Charles Garnsworthy	20,623	42.93
Majority			6,796	14.14
Turnout			48,042	72.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Touche	30,341	73.84
	Labour	Leonard Lewis	10,748	26.16
Majority			19,593	47.68
Turnout			41,089	69.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Touche	33,934	82.75
	Labour	Percy Collick	7,076	17.25
Majority			26,858	65.50
Turnout			41,010	75.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George K. Cockerill	20,851	54.3	−22.3
	Liberal	Harold James Hamblen	9,532	24.8	New
	Labour	Percy Collick	8,012	20.9	−2.5
Majority			11,319	29.5	−23.7
Turnout			38,395	74.8	+0.8
Registered electors			51,314
	Unionist hold		Swing	−9.9

General election 1924: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George K. Cockerill	19,877	76.6	N/A
	Labour	William Graham	6,061	23.4	New
Majority			13,816	53.2	N/A
Turnout			25,938	74.0	N/A
Registered electors			35,070
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1923: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George K. Cockerill	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1922: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George K. Cockerill	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

Elections in the 1910s

Cockerill

General election 1918: Reigate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	George K. Cockerill	Unopposed
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1880s

Lawrence

General election 1885: Reigate ^[40]^[41]^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Lawrence	4,726	63.1
	Liberal	Alfred Carpenter	2,762	36.9
Majority			1,964	26.2
Turnout			7,488	78.8
Registered electors			9,500
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Reigate ^[40]^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Lawrence	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

Cubitt

General election 1892: Reigate ^[40]^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cubitt	4,786	60.7	N/A
	Liberal	Francis Edward Barnes[43]	3,097	39.3	New
Majority			1,689	21.4	N/A
Turnout			7,883	71.1	N/A
Registered electors			11,081
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: Reigate ^[40]^[41]^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cubitt	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Reigate ^[40]^[41]^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cubitt	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Brodie

General election 1906: Reigate ^[40]^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Cunningham Brodie	6,067	50.9	New
	Conservative	Richard Hamilton Rawson	5,848	49.1	N/A
Majority			219	1.8	N/A
Turnout			11,915	86.2	N/A
Registered electors			13,817
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

Rawson

General election January 1910: Reigate ^[45]^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hamilton Rawson	8,339	59.3	+10.2
	Liberal	Harry Cunningham Brodie	5,715	40.7	−10.2
Majority			2,624	18.6	N/A
Turnout			14,054	89.9	+3.7
Registered electors			15,636
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.2

Goldberg

General election December 1910: Reigate ^[40]^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hamilton Rawson	7,710	59.7	+0.4
	Liberal	Herbert Walter Goldberg	5,194	40.3	−0.4
Majority			2,516	19.4	+0.8
Turnout			10,226	82.5	−7.4
Registered electors			15,636
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Richard Hamilton Rawson
• Liberal:

Election results 1832–1868

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Reigate^[12]^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	John Somers-Cocks	101	100.0
	Whig	George Canning	0	0.0
Majority			101	100.0
Turnout			101	66.4
Registered electors			152
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Reigate^[12]^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Somers-Cocks	85	85.9	−14.1
	Radical	John Moore	14	14.1	N/A
Majority			71	71.8	−28.2
Turnout			99	60.0	−6.4
Registered electors			165
	Conservative hold		Swing	−14.1

General election 1837: Reigate^[12]^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Somers-Cocks	Unopposed
Registered electors			205
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

Somers-Cocks succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl Somers and causing a by-election.

By-election, 3 February 1841: Reigate^[12]^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Somers-Cocks	Unopposed
Registered electors			197
	Conservative hold

General election 1841: Reigate^[12]^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Somers-Cocks	106	92.2	N/A
	Chartist	James Bedford	9	7.8	New
Majority			97	84.4	N/A
Turnout			115	57.8	N/A
Registered electors			199
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1847: Reigate^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Somers-Cocks	Unopposed
Registered electors			182
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Reigate^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Somers-Cocks	100	56.8	N/A
	Whig	Hillebrant Meredith Parratt[48]	76	43.2	New
Majority			24	13.6	N/A
Turnout			176	77.2	N/A
Registered electors			228
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1857: Reigate^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Whig	William Hackblock	228	64.2	New
	Conservative	Henry Rawlinson	127	35.8	−21.0
Majority			101	28.4	N/A
Turnout			355	80.3	+3.1
Registered electors			442
	Ind. Whig gain from Conservative

Hackblock's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 6 February 1858: Reigate^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Rawlinson	212	50.1	+14.3
	Radical	Frederick Doulton[17][49][50]	116	27.4	New
	Whig	William Monson	95	22.5	New
Majority			96	22.7	N/A
Turnout			423	95.7	+15.4
Registered electors			442
	Conservative gain from Ind. Whig

Rawlinson was appointed a member of the Council of India, requiring a by-election

By-election, 23 October 1858: Reigate^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Monson	225	51.7	N/A
	Radical	William Arthur Wilkinson[51]	210	48.3	N/A
Majority			15	3.4	N/A
Turnout			435	98.4	+18.1
Registered electors			442
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1859: Reigate^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Monson	260	61.8	N/A
	Liberal	William Arthur Wilkinson	161	38.2	N/A
Majority			99	23.6	N/A
Turnout			421	76.8	−3.5
Registered electors			548
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1860s

Monson succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Monson and causing a by-election.

By-election, 6 February 1863: Reigate^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower	346	51.0	N/A
	Liberal	William Arthur Wilkinson	333	49.0	+10.8
Majority			13	2.0	−21.6
Turnout			679	92.1	+15.3
Registered electors			737
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1865: Reigate^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower	473	62.2	N/A
	Liberal	Edmund Monson	276	36.3	N/A
	Conservative	George Gibson Richardson	11	1.4	New
Majority			197	25.9	+2.3
Turnout			760	82.6	+5.8
Registered electors			920
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Pre–1832 election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Reigate^[12]^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Joseph Sydney Yorke	Unopposed
	Tory	James Cocks (1773–1854)	Unopposed
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Reigate^[12]^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Joseph Sydney Yorke	Unopposed
	Tory	Joseph Yorke	Unopposed
Registered electors			59
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

Joseph Sydney Yorke's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 13 July 1831: Reigate^[12]^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Charles Yorke	Unopposed
Registered electors			59
	Tory hold

Charles Yorke resigned in order to contest a by-election at Cambridgeshire, causing a by-election. He was unsuccessful and stood again for Reigate.

By-election, 15 December 1831: Reigate^[12]^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Charles Yorke	Unopposed
Registered electors			59
	Tory hold

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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
3. Hackblock died either 1 or 8 January 1858^[13]

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• Election 2010 - Reigate BBC News
• Reigate Election 2005 - Reigate BBC News
• Vote 2001 – Reigate BBC News
• Election results, 1997 – 2001 Election Demon
• Election results, 1983 – 1992 Election Demon

External links

• Reigate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Reigate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Reigate UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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