Reigate
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Reigate in Surrey
Outline map
Location of Surrey within England
CountySurrey
Electorate72,043 (December 2010)
Major settlementsReigate, Redhill and Banstead
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentCrispin Blunt (Independent)
SeatsOne
Created fromParts of East, Mid and West Surrey
as county constituency also called S.E. Surrey[1]
1832–1868
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Replaced byMid Surrey
1295–1832
SeatsTwo
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Reigate (/ˈraɪɡeɪt/) is a constituency[a] in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Crispin Blunt, originally of the Conservative Party, but as of October 2023, sitting as an Independent, after having the whip suspended.[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. [2] 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.[3][dead link]

Boundaries

Map
Map of current boundaries

1885–1918: The Borough of Reigate, its Sessional Division, and those of Dorking and Godstone except Effingham, Mickleham, Caterham, Warlingham, Chelsham and Farleigh[1]

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–present: 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

The seat is in Surrey bordering Greater London and is centered on the town of Reigate from which it takes its name. As shown by the map the constituency excludes most of the post town of Horley in the East Surrey seat and Banstead (including its progeny or neighbourhoods Nork, Preston and the Tattenhams) in the Epsom and Ewell seat but contains the rest of the Reigate and Banstead district.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The seat will gain the parts of Reigate and Banstead Borough currently 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.

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[5]
1388 (February) John Chaunce I Thomas Ballard[5]
1388 (September) John Aubyn William Bone[5]
1390 (January) John Aubyn William Bone[5]
1390 (November)
1391 Roger Chaunce I William Bone[5]
1393 John Aubyn John Bavell[5]
1394
1395 John Skinner John Bavell[5]
1397 (January) John Skinner John Bavell[5]
1397 (September) John Skinner Richard atte Mere[5]
1399 John Skinner Roger Chaunce I[5]
1401
1402 Richard Turner Thomas Barber[5]
1404 (January)
1404 (October)
1406 John Chaunce II John Taylor[5]
1407 John Chaunce II Thomas Barber[5]
1410
1411
1413 (February)
1413 (May)
1414 (April)
1414 (November) John Skinner Roger Chaunce II[5]
1415 John Skinner Walter Wrigge[5]
1416 (March)
1416 (October)
1417 John Knight John Chaunce II[5]
1419 John Pope John Chaunce II[5]
1420 John Pope John Skinner[5]
1421 (May) John Pope Walter Urry[5]
1421 (December) Robert Wanford Roger Chaunce II[5]
1432 Thomas Russell[6]
1510–1523 No names known[7]
1529 John Skinner I Thomas Michell[7]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 James Skinner John Skinner II[7]
1545 ?
1547 Robert Richers William More[7]
1553 (March) Robert Robotham Henry Fisher[7]
1553 (October) Sir Thomas Saunders Thomas Ingler[7]
1554 (April) Henry White Robert Richers[7]
1554 (November) Robert Richers James Skinner[7]
1555 Thomas Windsor Walter Haddon[7]
1558 George Elsden Thomas Banester[7]
1559 William Howard John Skinner[8]
1562–63 Sir George Howard William Howard[8]
1571 William Howard John Agmondesham I[8]
1572 William Howard John Skinner[8]
1584 William Howard Edmund Sanders[8]
1586 William Howard Edmund Sanders[8]
1588 Julius Caesar Thomas Lyfield[8]
1593 William Howard John Trevor[8]
1597 Sir William Howard Edward Howard[8]
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 1st Member[9] 1st Party 2nd Member[9] 2nd 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[10]
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[11] Viscount Royston Tory[11]
1808 James Cocks Tory[11]
1812 John Somers-Cocks Tory[11]
1818 Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke Tory[11] James Somers Cocks Tory[11]
1823 James Cocks Tory[11]
April 1831 Joseph Yorke Tory[11]
July 1831 Charles Yorke Tory[11]

MPs 1832–1868

Election Member[9] Party
1832 John Somers-Cocks Tory[11]
1834 Conservative[11]
1841 by-election Charles Somers-Cocks Conservative[11]
1847 Thomas Somers-Cocks Conservative
1857 William Hackblock[c] Independent Whig[13][14]
February 1858 by-election Henry Rawlinson Conservative[15][16][17][18]
October 1858 by-election William Monson Whig[19][20]
1859 Liberal
1863 by-election Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower Liberal
1868 Constituency disenfranchised for corruption

MPs since 1885

Year Member[9] 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

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Reigate[21]
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[22][23]
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[24][25]
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[26]
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[27]
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[28]
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[29]
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[30][31]
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[32]
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[33]
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[34]
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[35]
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[36]
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 [37][38][39]
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 [37][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Lawrence Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

Cubitt
General election 1892: Reigate [37][38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cubitt 4,786 60.7 N/A
Liberal Francis Edward Barnes[40] 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 [37][38][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cubitt Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Reigate [37][38][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cubitt Unopposed
Conservative hold
Brodie
General election 1906: Reigate [37][38]
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 [42][43]
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 [37][42]
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;

Election results 1832-1868

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Reigate[11][44]
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[11][44]
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[11][44]
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[11][44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Somers-Cocks Unopposed
Registered electors 197
Conservative hold
General election 1841: Reigate[11][44]
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[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Somers-Cocks Unopposed
Registered electors 182
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Reigate[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Somers-Cocks 100 56.8 N/A
Whig Hillebrant Meredith Parratt[45] 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[44]
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[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Rawlinson 212 50.1 +14.3
Radical Frederick Doulton[16][46][47] 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[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Monson 225 51.7 N/A
Radical William Arthur Wilkinson[48] 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[44]
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[44]
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[44]
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[11][49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Joseph Sydney Yorke Unopposed
Tory James Cocks (1773–1854) Unopposed
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831: Reigate[11][49]
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[11][49]
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[11][49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Charles Yorke Unopposed
Registered electors 59
Tory hold

See also

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[12]

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