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Surrey South West
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gain
from Conservative
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Virginia Bottomley
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0 ( 0.0%)
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25,165 (44.6%)
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5,333 ( 9.4%)
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22,471 (39.8%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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3,489 ( 6.2%)
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72,350
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|
56,458 (78.0%)
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|
Virginia Bottomley
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Surrey South West
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14,975 (25.0%)
|
|
35,008 (58.5%)
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|
3,840 ( 6.4%)
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20,033 (33.5%)
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0 ( 0.0%)
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955 ( 1.6%)
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|
Conservative
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|
72,920
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|
59,836 (82.1%)
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-13.9%
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+3.0%
|
|
+6.3%
|
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+0.0%
|
|
+4.6%
|
|
-0.8%
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|
-4.0%
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|
|
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|
This is a rural Home Counties seat, not close-in London commuting territory like much of Surrey, and it shows true blue South Eastern rural preferences. The Conservatives have always won the seat easily, except for a narrow squeak in a 1984 by-election, when a strong Liberal Democrat challenge nearly deprived Virginia Bottomley of her entr� to parliament - her majority was just 2,599. She now holds the constituency with a safe majority of 15,000, and although the Lib Dems are very successful in local politics here, they can have little hope of unseating her.
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13,887
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34.54
|
9.03
|
382
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|
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5,429
|
13.50
|
11.17
|
121
|
|
|
3,608
|
8.97
|
11.25
|
80
|
|
|
5,810
|
14.45
|
14.70
|
98
|
|
|
1,029
|
2.56
|
10.45
|
24
|
|
|
506
|
1.26
|
2.81
|
45
|
|
|
3,141
|
7.81
|
8.01
|
98
|
|
|
4,749
|
11.81
|
15.25
|
77
|
|
|
231
|
0.57
|
7.13
|
8
|
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|
457
|
1.14
|
10.17
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11
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