Spelthorne (UK Parliament constituency)

Spelthorne
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Spelthorne in Surrey.
Location of Surrey within England.
County	Surrey
Electorate	71,211 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Sunbury-on-Thames, Staines, Ashford, Stanwell
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Uxbridge
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Spelthorne is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Kwasi Kwarteng, a Conservative.

1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Feltham, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Staines, Sunbury-on-Thames, and Teddington, and the Rural District of Staines.

1945-1950: The Urban Districts of Feltham, Staines, Sunbury-on-Thames, and Yiewsley and West Drayton.

1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Feltham, Staines, and Sunbury-on-Thames.

1955-1983: The Urban Districts of Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames.

1983-present: The Borough of Spelthorne.

Spelthorne was one of the ancient hundreds of the historic county of Middlesex. The hundred, which covered the south west of the historic county, had an area larger than the modern borough. Greater London, formed in 1965, incorporated almost all of the historic county of Middlesex; however Potters Bar was placed in Hertfordshire and Spelthorne was placed in Surrey. Accordingly, Spelthorne became the most northern part of Surrey.

Before 1918 the area formed part of the Uxbridge constituency.

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 as a Middlesex county constituency, and occupied the south west of the county. The seat was larger than it is today and included the whole of the ancient hundred.

The constituency lost an eastern section: Hampton, Hampton Wick and Teddington to Twickenham constituency. However, the seat gained territory to the north from the Uxbridge constituency.