| Runnymede and Weybridge | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Runnymede and Weybridge in South East England | |
| County | Surrey |
| Electorate | 73,778 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Ben Spencer (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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Runnymede and Weybridge is aconstituency[n 1] inSurrey represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since2019 byBen Spencer, aConservative.[n 2]
The constituency was created for the1997 general election and represented from then until 2019 byPhilip Hammond, who served asForeign Secretary from 2014 to 2016 andChancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019. Hammond sat as a Conservative before becoming an Independentbackbencher for the last two months of his final term.
Since 1997 and until 2024 the constituency and comprised the whole of the area of theBorough of Runnymede plus the town ofWeybridge in theBorough of Elmbridge, all in northSurrey.
Further to the2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the2024 general election, the constituency is now composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The mainly low-density villages ofEnglefield Green andVirginia Water were transferred to the Berkshire seat ofWindsor, creating a cross-county constituency. To compensate, two similar southern wards that were inEsher and Walton, includingCobham, were gained, partly offset by the similar village ofOatlands moving in the opposite direction.
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the former constituencies ofChertsey and Walton andNorth West Surrey.
From its creation until 2019, it was represented byPhilip Hammond, of theConservative Party, who served as a Cabinet Minister throughout theCameron–Clegg coalition before holding in succession two of theGreat Offices of State:Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016, andChancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019.
Runnymede and Weybridge is a Conservativesafe seat based on both length of tenure and size of majorities – the narrowest margin of victory was in the2024 general election, of 15.8% of the vote.
The constituency is roughly bisected by theM25. To the east are a series of affluent towns including part of Staines, Chertsey, Addlestone and Weybridge. There is more open land to the west, borderingWindsor Great Park andChobham Common.
The constituency has incomes well above the national average, and lower than average reliance uponsocial housing.[4] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.3% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.4%.[5] The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 14.7% of its population without a car, 18.3% of the population without qualifications and a high 29.9% with level 4 qualifications or above.
In terms of tenure 69.2% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across Runnymede.[6]
Chertsey and Walton prior to 1997
| Election | Member[7] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Philip Hammond | Conservative | |
| September 2019 | Independent | ||
| 2019 | Ben Spencer | Conservative | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ben Spencer | 18,442 | 38.2 | −15.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Nicholson | 10,815 | 22.4 | −0.3 | |
| Labour | Robert King | 9,963 | 20.6 | +2.9 | |
| Reform | Stewart Mackay | 6,419 | 13.3 | New | |
| Green | Steve Ringham | 1,954 | 4.0 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Michael Cressey | 518 | 1.1 | New | |
| UKIP | Nicholas Wood | 142 | 0.3 | −0.6 | |
| Majority | 7,627 | 15.8 | −18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 48,253 | 65.6 | −5.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,610 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −7.4 | |||
| 2019notional result[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 28,028 | 53.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 11,956 | 22.7 | |
| Labour | 9,347 | 17.7 | |
| Others | 1,923 | 3.7 | |
| Green | 1,415 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | 52,669 | 71.4 | |
| Electorate | 73,778 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ben Spencer | 29,262 | 54.9 | −6.0 | |
| Labour | Robert King | 10,992 | 20.6 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob O'Carroll | 9,236 | 17.3 | +10.0 | |
| Green | Benjamin Smith | 1,876 | 3.5 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Stewart Mackay | 777 | 1.5 | New | |
| Independent | Lorna Rowland | 670 | 1.3 | New | |
| UKIP | Nicholas Wood | 476 | 0.9 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 18,270 | 34.3 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 53,289 | 69.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 31,436 | 60.9 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Fiona Dent | 13,386 | 25.9 | +10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Vincent | 3,765 | 7.3 | +0.6 | |
| UKIP | Nicholas Wood | 1,675 | 3.3 | −10.6 | |
| Green | Lee-Anne Lawrance | 1,347 | 2.6 | −1.5 | |
| Majority | 18,050 | 35.0 | −9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 51,609 | 68.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −4.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 29,901 | 59.7 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | Arran Neathey | 7,767 | 15.5 | +2.1 | |
| UKIP | Joe Branco[14] | 6,951 | 13.9 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Vincent[15] | 3,362 | 6.7 | −14.9 | |
| Green | Rustam Majainah[16] | 2,071 | 4.1 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 22,134 | 44.2 | +7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 50,224 | 68.1 | +1.7 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 26,915 | 55.9 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Falconer | 10,406 | 21.6 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | Paul Greenwood | 6,446 | 13.4 | −9.6 | |
| UKIP | Toby Micklethwait | 3,146 | 6.5 | +2.6 | |
| Green | Jenny Gould | 696 | 1.4 | −1.3 | |
| Independent | David Sammons | 541 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 16,509 | 34.3 | +5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 48,292 | 66.5 | +7.8 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 22,366 | 51.4 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | Paul Greenwood | 10,017 | 23.0 | −6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Bolton | 7,771 | 17.9 | +1.6 | |
| UKIP | Anthony Micklethwait | 1,719 | 3.9 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Charles Gilman | 1,180 | 2.7 | −0.2 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Andrew Collett | 358 | 0.8 | New | |
| UK Community Issues Party | Katrina Osman | 113 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 12,349 | 28.4 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 43,524 | 58.7 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 20,646 | 48.7 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | Jane Briginshaw | 12,286 | 29.0 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Bushill | 6,924 | 16.3 | 0.0 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Browne | 1,332 | 3.1 | +1.9 | |
| Green | Charles Gilman | 1,238 | 2.9 | New | |
| Majority | 8,360 | 19.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 42,426 | 56.1 | −15.4 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 25,051 | 48.6 | −12.8 | |
| Labour | Ian Peacock | 15,176 | 29.4 | +13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Taylor | 8,397 | 16.3 | −4.8 | |
| Referendum | Peter Rolt | 2,150 | 4.2 | New | |
| UKIP | Simon Slater | 625 | 1.2 | New | |
| Natural Law | Jeremy Sleeman | 162 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 9,875 | 19.2 | |||
| Turnout | 51,561 | 71.5 | −9.03 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -13.1 | |||
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Constituency represented by the chancellor of the Exchequer 2016–2019 | Succeeded by |
