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Farnham was a constituency covering the south-westernmost and various western parts of Surrey for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 1918—1983. Its main successor was South West Surrey. The seat was formed with north-eastern territory including Woking from Chertsey in 1918 and shed the Woking area to form its own seat in 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP). During its 65-year span its voters elected three Conservatives successively.

Boundaries

The constituency took its name from the town of Farnham and included other towns and a large agricultural and forested hills area with significant sandy heathland rising up to the north. The boundaries were altered at each redistribution of parliamentary seats, reflecting the increase in population of the area and thus the splitting of Western Surrey (or Guildford) into South West Surrey or Guildford and North West Surrey, followed by South West Surrey, most of Surrey Heath, and Guildford covering this part of Surrey, the arrangement by 1983.^[2]

1918–1950

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 as one of seven county constituencies within Surrey.^[2]

The rural district of Farnham (based on the Hundred before it); in the Guildford Rural District — the civil parish Pirbright; and the Farnham, Frimley (including Camberley), Windlesham,{{refn|group=n|As such including the later Bagshot Rural District, the contents of which were transferred to Chertsey in 1950}}^[3] and Woking urban districts.

1950–1983

Rural Surrey had ten county constituencies in 1950 — Farnham was defined as comprising:^[4]{{refn|group=n|Constituencies in Great Britain were redrawn by the Representation of the People Act 1948 leading to seats contested at the 1950 general election.}}

To enable the above, Godalming and Haslemere were transferred from Guildford — Woking, Windlesham and Pirbright were transferred to the new seat of Woking.

The constituency was unaltered at the redistribution of 1974 which coincided with a major local government consolidation, the main local authority approximating to the seat becoming Waverley (district).{{refn|group=n|Equally no changes were proposed to Farnham were proposed in the Boundary Commission for England's Third periodic review of Westminster seats}}^[5]

Type for returning officer and election expenses

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

See also

Notes and references

1. ^{{cite web|title='Farnham', Feb 1974 - May 1983 |url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74235.htm |website=ElectionWeb Project |publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited |accessdate=22 March 2016 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^Representation of the People Act 1918 c.64, Ninth Schedule, Redistribution of Seats
3. ^"Bagshot U.D. - units covering this place" Vision of Britain - University of Portsmouth and others. Accessed 2017-06-04
4. ^Representation of the People Act 1948 c.65, Schedule 1: Parliamentary Constituencies
5. ^¹{{cite book |last=Youngs |first= Frederic A, Jr. |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England |year=1979 |publisher=Royal Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0-901050-67-9 |pages=765–766}}
6. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
7. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
8. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
9. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
10. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
11. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
12. ^Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
13. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
14. ^British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
15. ^British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
16. ^British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
17. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
18. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
19. ^British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
20. ^British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig