Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Guildford in Surrey for the 2010 general election.
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Location of Surrey within England.
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| County | Surrey |
| Electorate | 77,517 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Guildford, Cranleigh, Worplesdon |
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| Created | 1885 |
| Member of parliament | Anne Milton (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| 1295–1885 | |
| Number of members | 1295–1868: Two 1868–1885: One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
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| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Coordinates: 51°14′46″N 0°33′07″W / 51.246°N 0.552°W
Guildford is a constituency in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Anne Milton, a Conservative.
From the first Commons in the Model Parliament of 1295 Guildford was a parliamentary borough sending two members to Parliament until 1868 and one until 1885. In the latter years of sending two members a bloc vote system of elections was used. Until 1885 the electorate in the town of Guildford elected the member(s) of parliament, which expanded in 1885 into a county division under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
The seat elected between 1868 and 2001 Conservatives. Exceptions in this period took place when the two-then-three main British parties' policies were beginning to coalesce. The first was a continuation of the centuries-old representation of Guildford by influential members of the Earl of Onslow's family, including a single member winning three widely spaced elections, before being defeated by a further member of the same family in its minor Sussex and British Indian branch, then the majority of the seat's voters were again swayed toward the Liberal landslide of 1906 1906 general election.
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