Election 97

Reigate


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Sir George Gardiner
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 21,123 (43.8%)
Labour 97 13,382 (27.8%)
LibDem 97 9,615 (20.0%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 4,054 ( 8.4%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 64,750
Turnout 97 48,174 (74.4%)



1992 MP Sir George Gardiner
Old constituency name Reigate
Majority 92 16,940 (33.4%)
Conservative 92 29,148 (57.5%)
Labour 92 8,870 (17.5%)
LibDem 92 12,208 (24.1%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 441 ( 0.9%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 64,307
Turnout 92 50,667 (78.8%)
Reigate



Tory change -13.7%
Labour change +10.3%
Lib Dem change -4.1%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +7.5%
Electorate change +0.7%
Turnout Change -4.4%
Robert Waller wrote

Reigate, in solid Conservative Surrey, could be predictable and boring - a Tory victor with the Liberal Democrats a distant second, but harbouring unrealistic local fantasies about winning. However, national interest has been generated by the fate of sitting right-wing MP, George Gardiner. Deselected, at the time of writing, by his local constituency party, but apparently fighting on, the prospects of local Tory divisions will further excite local Liberal Democrat ambitions. This remains a long shot for anyone other than the Conservatives, but watch this space.


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