Farnham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Farnham
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
19181983
Seatsone
Created fromSouth Western Division of Surrey (also known as Guildford) (western and south-western parts of) (and later additions from)
Chertsey (southern parts of)
Replaced byWoking formed from part of Farnham: 1950
Chertsey gained Bagshot R.D.: 1950

South West Surrey (remaining parts in 1983)
Guildford (Seale and Tongham returned to)[1]

Farnham was a constituency covering the south-westernmost and various western parts of Surrey for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 19181983. 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.

  1. ^ "'Farnham', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[permanent dead link]

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