{{Short description|UK Parliament constituency (since 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox UK constituency main |name = Esher and Walton |parliament = uk |image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}} |caption = Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 |image2 = [[File:South East England - Esher and Walton constituency.svg|255px|alt=Map of constituency]] |caption2 = Boundary of Esher and Walton in South East England |year = 1997 |abolished = |type = Borough |elects_howmany = One |towns = {{ubl|[[Esher]]|[[Walton-on-Thames]]|[[Molesey]]|[[Claygate]]}} |previous = {{ubl|[[Esher (UK Parliament constituency)|Esher]]|[[Chertsey and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)|Chertsey & Walton]]}} |next = |electorate = 73,280 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-east/#lg_esher-and-walton-bc-73280 |title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East |publisher=Boundary Commission for England |access-date=24 June 2024 |df=dmy }}</ref> |mp = [[Monica Harding]] |party = [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] |region = England |county = [[Surrey]] }} '''Esher and Walton''' ({{IPAc-en|,|iː|ʃ|ər|_|...|_|ˈ|w|ɔː|l|t|n̩|,|_|ˈ|w|ɒ|l|t|n̩}}) is a [[Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|constituency]] in [[Surrey]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[UK Parliament]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, Esher and Walton elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at most every five years.|group= n}} Since 2024, it has been represented by [[Monica Harding]] of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]. Prior to this, [[Dominic Raab]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], who served as [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|deputy prime minister]] before resigning from that role in [[Dominic Raab#Bullying investigation and resignation|April 2023 due to bullying allegations]], had served as the MP since [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-04-21 |title=Dominic Raab resigns as UK deputy prime minister over bullying claims |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f0bec2c3-ab85-40c9-a375-e831b52f2308 |access-date=2023-04-21}}</ref>

== Constituency profile == Esher and Walton is a suburban constituency located in the [[Borough of Elmbridge]] in [[Surrey]]. It lies on the outskirts of [[Greater London]] and forms part of [[Greater London Built-up Area|London's urban area]]. Settlements in the constituency include the towns of [[Esher]] and [[Walton-on-Thames]] and the villages of [[Molesey]], [[Long Ditton]], [[Hersham]] and [[Claygate]]. Esher and Walton-on-Thames are historic towns which house many [[London]] commuters; the area is well-connected to central London by the [[South West Main Line]]. The constituency is highly affluent with low levels of deprivation,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-deprivation-in-england/|title=Constituency data: Deprivation in England|website=commonslibrary.parliament.uk|accessdate=4 December 2025}}</ref> and house prices are more than double the national average.<ref name="EC">{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Esher+and+Walton|title=Seat Details - Esher and Walton|website=electoralcalculus.co.uk|accessdate=27 January 2026}}</ref>

In general, residents of the constituency are well-educated and have very high levels of income and professional employment. [[White people in the UK|White people]] made up 86% of the population at the [[2021 UK Census|2021 census]].<ref name="EC"/> At [[Elmbridge Borough Council|the local borough council]], Walton-on-Thames is primarily represented by [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] whilst Esher mostly elected councillors from a local [[residents' association]]. [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] and [[Independent politicians|independents]] were elected at [[Surrey County Council|the county council]]. An estimated 59% of voters in the constituency supported remaining in the [[European Union]] in the [[Brexit referendum|2016 referendum]], higher than the nationwide figure of 48%.<ref name="EC"/>

== Boundaries ==

=== Historic === From the constituency's creation in 1997, until 2024, it consisted of the Borough of Elmbridge wards of Claygate, Cobham and Downside, Cobham Fairmile, Esher, Hersham North, Hersham South, Hinchley Wood, Long Ditton, Molesey East, Molesey North, Molesey South, Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon, Thames Ditton, Walton Ambleside, Walton Central, Walton North, Walton South, Weston Green.

=== Current === Further to the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] which came into effect for the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], the constituency is now composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

* The Borough of Elmbridge wards of Claygate, Esher, Hersham Village, Hinchley Wood & Weston Green, Long Ditton, Molesey East, Molesey West, Oatlands & Burwood Park, Thames Ditton, Walton Central, Walton North, and Walton South.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region}}</ref> ''The electorate was reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring southern areas, including [[Cobham, Surrey|Cobham]], to [[Runnymede and Weybridge]], partly offset by moving the village of [[Oatlands, Surrey|Oatlands]] in the opposite direction.''

== History == {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency) 1997}}|frame=yes|frame-width=250|text=Map of 1997–2024 boundaries}} The last time a component of this area voted for an MP who was not Conservative before the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] was in [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]], when a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] MP served the four-year term to 1910 for [[Chertsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Chertsey]], representing the Walton-on-Thames part of the current seat.<ref>Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. {{ISBN|0-901050-67-9}}.(1979) pp. 764–766</ref><ref>British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)</ref>

[[Ian Taylor (UK politician)|Ian Taylor]] held the seat from 1997 to 2010, having held the previous '''[[Esher (UK Parliament constituency)|Esher]]''' seat from [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]]. Taylor stood down at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 election]], and [[Dominic Raab]] was elected as the new Conservative MP for this seat.

In the 2019 general election, 60 seats, including this seat, were written into the [[Remain Alliance]], an agreement between the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Plaid Cymru not to vie against one another in those seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/liberal-democrats/news/107838/full-list-all-seats-being-targeted-cross|title=FULL LIST: All the seats being targeted by the cross-party anti-Brexit Unite to Remain group|date=November 7, 2019|website=PoliticsHome.com |last1=Com |first1=Politicshome }}</ref> These were parties opposed to [[Brexit|Britain's departure from the European Union]]. In consequence, Laura Harmour,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/105951|title=General Election Candidates 2019 &#124; Green Party|website=Green Party Members' Website}}</ref> who had been lined up to fight the seat for the Green Party, did not stand. Axel Thill,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axelthill4brexit.com/|title=Home|website=Axel Thill PPC|access-date=4 October 2019|archive-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825111606/https://www.axelthill4brexit.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the candidate selected for the Brexit Party, was one of those withdrawn by party leader [[Nigel Farage]] before nominations closed,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1202772/election-2019-nigel-farage-brexit-party-jeremy-corbyn-boris-johnson-jo-swinson|title=Election 2019 LIVE: Corbyn INVISIBLE on Labour leaflets -Leader's unpopularity hurts party|first=Emily|last=Ferguson|date=November 11, 2019|website=Express.co.uk}}</ref> when Farage decided not to field candidates in Conservative-held seats. This was done to avoid the potential for pro-Remain parties winning seats and holding a [[People's Vote]] on Brexit.

The seat, long considered [[Safe seat|safe]] for the Conservatives, was heavily targeted by the Liberal Democrats, particularly because the incumbent Conservative, Dominic Raab, had campaigned for a Leave vote in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|EU referendum]]. The constituency itself voted in favour of remaining in the EU and is socially similar to the two [[Greater London]] seats it borders, namely [[Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Twickenham]] and [[Kingston & Surbiton]], which are both strongholds for the Lib Dems. This resulted in a large swing to the Liberal Democrats of 18.5%, reducing the seat's majority to make it a [[Marginal seat|marginal]] for the first time since its creation.

Raab, who had served as [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|deputy prime minister]] before resigning from that role in [[Dominic Raab#Bullying investigation and resignation|April 2023 due to bullying allegations]],<ref name=":0" /> did not contest the 2024 election and a further swing of 13.8% resulted in the Liberal Democrat candidate [[Monica Harding]] winning the seat, becoming the first MP from a party other than the Conservatives to represent any part of the modern constituency since 1906.

== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|e|2|date=March 2012}}</ref> !Party |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]] | [[Ian Taylor (UK politician)|Ian Taylor]] | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] | [[Dominic Raab]] | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]] | [[Monica Harding]] | [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] |}

== Elections == [[File:E&W Election Results.png|thumb|centre|750px|Election results 1997-2024]] === Elections in the 2020s ===

{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Esher and Walton<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001230 | title=Esher and Walton results| publisher=[[BBC News]]| access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Monica Harding]]|votes=28,315|percentage=52.6|change=+8.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Cope|votes=16,312|percentage=30.3|change=−19.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Alastair Gray|votes=4,777|percentage=8.9|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yoel Gordon|votes=2,846|percentage=5.3|change=+0.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Maciej Pawlik|votes=1,396|percentage=2.6|change=+2.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Richard Bateson|votes=234|percentage=0.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box majority|votes=12,003|percentage=22.3|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box turnout|votes=53,880|percentage=72.8|change=−3.9}} {{Election box gain with party link|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=+13.8}} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2010s ===

{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" | [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies|notional result]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=[[UK Parliament]]}}</ref> |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- | {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] ||align=right| 27,819 ||align=right| 49.5 |- | {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] ||align=right| 24,804 ||align=right| 44.2 |- | {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}} | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] ||align=right| 2,698 ||align=right| 4.8 |- | {{party color cell|Independent politician}} | Others ||align=right| 725 ||align=right| 1.3 |- | {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}} | [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] ||align=right| 132 ||align=right| 0.2 |- |colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| |- |colspan="2"|'''Turnout''' |align=right|56,178 |align=right|76.7 |- |colspan="2"|'''Electorate''' |align=right|73,280 |}

In 2019, Esher and Walton was one<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50781957|title = Election results 2019: Greens lose the most deposits|work = BBC News|date = 13 December 2019}}</ref> of five English seats (the others being [[Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheltenham]], [[East Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|East Devon]], [[Westmorland and Lonsdale]], and [[Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)|Winchester]]) where the Labour candidate failed to get over 5% votes cast so lost the [[deposit (politics)|deposit]]. {{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Esher and Walton<ref>{{cite news |title=Esher & Walton Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000697 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Dominic Raab]]|votes=31,132|percentage=49.4|change=−9.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Monica Harding]]|votes=28,389|percentage=45.0|change=+27.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Peter Ashurst|votes=2,838|percentage=4.5|change=−15.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kylie Keens|votes=347|percentage=0.6|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party|candidate=Baron Badger|votes=326|percentage=0.5|change=0.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Advance Together|candidate=Kyle Taylor|votes=52|percentage=0.1|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box majority||votes=2,743|percentage=4.4|change=−34.5}} {{Election box turnout||votes=63,084|percentage=77.7|change=+3.8}} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −18.5 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=[[General election 2017]]: Esher and Walton<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/general-election-esher-walton-candidates-13037813#comments-section | title=Esher and Walton Candidates | access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Dominic Raab]] |votes = 35,071 |percentage = 58.6 |change = −4.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Lana Hylands|votes=11,773|percentage=19.7|change=+7.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Andrew Davis|votes=10,374|percentage=17.3|change=+7.9}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Olivia Palmer|votes=1,074|percentage=1.8|change=−2.3}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=David Ions|votes=1,034|percentage=1.7|change=−8.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party|candidate=Baron Badger|votes=318|percentage=0.5|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Della Reynolds|votes=198|percentage=0.3|change=−0.1}} {{Election box majority||votes=23,298|percentage=38.9|change=−11.3}} {{Election box turnout||votes=59,842|percentage=73.9|change=+2.6}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −5.6 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Esher and Walton<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Dominic Raab]] |votes = 35,845 |percentage = 62.9 |change = +4.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Francis Eldergill|votes=7,229|percentage=12.7|change=+2.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Nicholas Wood|votes=5,551|percentage=9.7|change=+6.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Andrew Davis|votes=5,372|percentage=9.4|change=−15.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Olivia Palmer|votes=2,355|percentage=4.1|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol|candidate=Matthew Heenan|votes=396|percentage=0.7|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Della Reynolds|votes=228|percentage=0.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box majority||votes=28,616|percentage=50.2|change=+16.1}} {{Election box turnout||votes=56,976|percentage=71.3|change=−0.7}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Esher and Walton<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Dominic Raab]] |votes = 32,134 |percentage = 58.9 |change = +13.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = [[Lionel Blackman]] |votes = 13,541 |percentage = 24.8 |change = −4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Francis Eldergill |votes = 5,829 |percentage = 10.7 |change = −8.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = Bernard Collignon |votes = 1,783 |percentage = 3.3 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Tony Popham |votes = 378 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = Chinners Chinnery |votes = 341 |percentage = 0.6 |change = −0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = English Democrats |candidate = Mike Kearsley |votes = 307 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Best of a Bad Bunch |candidate = Andy Lear |votes = 230 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 18,593 |percentage = 34.1 |change = +18.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 54,543 |percentage = 72.0 |change = +9.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +9.0 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | |title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Esher and Walton<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Ian Taylor (British politician)|Ian Taylor]] |votes = 21,882 |percentage = 45.7 |change = −3.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Mark Marsh |votes = 14,155 |percentage = 29.6 |change = +7.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Richard C.H. Taylor |votes = 9,309 |percentage = 19.4 |change = −4.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = Bernard Collignon |votes = 1,582 |percentage = 3.3 |change = −1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = Chinners Chinnery |votes = 608 |percentage = 1.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Richard G. Cutler |votes = 342 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 7,727 |percentage = 16.1 |change = −9.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 47,878 |percentage = 62.2 |change = +0.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −5.2 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Esher and Walton<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Ian Taylor (British politician)|Ian Taylor]] |votes = 22,296 |percentage = 49.0 |change = −0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Joe McGowan |votes = 10,758 |percentage = 23.6 |change = +0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Mark Marsh |votes = 10,241 |percentage = 22.5 |change = +2.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = Bernard Collignon |votes = 2,236 |percentage = 4.9 |change = +3.9 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 11,538 |percentage = 25.4 |change = −1.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 45,531 |percentage = 61.9 |change = −12.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −0.9 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | |title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Esher and Walton<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Ian Taylor (British politician)|Ian Taylor]] |votes = 26,747 |percentage = 49.8 |change = −10.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Julie A. Reay |votes = 12,219 |percentage = 22.8 |change = +5.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Gary M. Miles |votes = 10,937 |percentage = 20.4 |change = −1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Referendum Party |candidate = Andrew A.C. Cruickshank |votes = 2,904 |percentage = 5.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = Bernard Collignon |votes = 558 |percentage = 1.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Rainbow Dream Ticket |candidate = Simone Kay |votes = 302 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 14,528 |percentage = 27.0 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 53,667 |percentage = 74.3 |change = }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}

== See also == *[[List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey]] *[[Parliamentary constituencies in South East England|List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)]]

==Notes== {{Reflist|group=n}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== Sources == *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000697 Election result, 2015] (BBC) *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b69.stm Election result, 2010] (BBC) *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2005/html/243.stm Election result, 2005] (BBC) *[https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/243.stm Election results, 1997–2001] (BBC) *[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EB.html Election results, 1997–2001] (Election Demon)

==External links== *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13086.html Esher and Walton UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK'' *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/66062.html Esher and Walton UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168708.html Esher and Walton UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

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