North West Surrey
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Surrey
February 1974–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Chertsey
Replaced by	Surrey Heath (part) Runnymede and Weybridge (remainder)

North West Surrey was a county constituency in the county of Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

1974–1997: The Urban Districts of (1) Egham, and (2) Frimley and Camberley (and the Rural District of Bagshot). In later 1974 these became respectively: (1) the Borough of Runnymede wards of Egham, Englefield Green East, Englefield Green West, Hythe, Thorpe, and Virginia Water; (2) the Borough of Surrey Heath.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	Feb 1974	Sir Michael Grylls	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Surrey Heath, Runnymede and Weybridge

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: North West Surrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Grylls	28,841	52.63
	Liberal	LE Sims	13,892	25.35
	Labour	AA Clifton	11,608	21.18
	National Coalition	DB Foster	463	0.84	New
Majority			14,949	27.28
Turnout			54,804	80.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: North West Surrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Grylls	25,524	52.28
	Labour	PF Whitely	11,943	24.46
	Liberal	LE Sims	11,356	23.26
Majority			13,581	27.82
Turnout			48,823	70.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: North West Surrey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Grylls	36,219	63.75
	Labour	Raymond Sharpe	10,763	18.94
	Liberal	D Simpson	9,037	15.91
	National Front	R Heath	796	1.40	New
Majority			25,456	44.81
Turnout			56,815	75.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: North West Surrey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Grylls	35,297	64.14
	Liberal	John Weedon	14,279	25.95
	Labour	John Burrow	5,452	9.91
Majority			21,018	38.19
Turnout			55,028	70.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1987: North West Surrey^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Grylls	38,535	64.00
	Liberal	Chic Brodie	14,960	24.80
	Labour	John Cooper	6,751	11.21
Majority			23,575	39.80
Turnout			60,246	72.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: North West Surrey^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Grylls	41,772	63.8	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris M. Clark	13,378	20.4	−4.4
	Labour	Mark Hayhurst	8,886	13.6	+2.4
	Green	Yvonne Hockey	1,441	2.2	New
Majority			28,394	43.4	+3.6
Turnout			65,477	78.3	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1