Epsom (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1890s

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1974}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Epsom

|parliament = uk

|image =

|caption =

|map1 =

|map2 = EnglandSurrey

|map_entity = Surrey

|map_year = 2010

|map_size = 150px

|year = 1885

|abolished = 1974

|type = Borough

|previous = parts of West Surrey and Mid Surrey

|next = Epsom and Ewell and
Mole Valley (as to the former Leatherhead Urban District)

|elects_howmany = One

|region = England

|county = Surrey

|towns = Epsom, Ewell and Ashtead, others to east before 1945, to west before 1950

|next5 = Sutton and Cheam
Esher
Surbiton

}}

Epsom was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. From its creation in 1885 until its abolition in 1974, it was won by eight Conservatives. The winner took less than 50% of the votes in its contested elections once, in 1945, receiving 49.9% of the vote in a three-party contest. Six elections, the last being a by-election in 1912, were uncontested.

History

=Geographical history=

;Creation and abolition

The seat was established under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as the Mid or Epsom division of Surrey for the 1885 general election. The Mid designation was lesser used, since it could be misleading, as its extent until 1885 was a long strip to the east bounded by among other parishes: Lambeth, Streatham, Croydon, Burstow, Capel and Sutton.

;Scope

The Act of 1885 set up the seat so as to comprise:{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n175/mode/2up |title=Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, 48 & 49 Vict. C. 23 |publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports |via=archive.org}}

  • Epsom sessional division
  • all parts of Kingston (& Elmbridge) sessional division not within Kingston parish, nor municipal borough; which meant outlying parishes to the south-west, south and south-east
  • Effingham (parish)
  • Mickleham (parish)

Thus the seat drew on Mid Surrey as to Tolworth, New Malden, Malden, Worcester Park, Surbiton, Hook, Coombe and Long Ditton in the Kingston Hundred and Sessional Division. It drew on West Surrey as to: Ashtead; Banstead; Great Bookham; Little Bookham; Cheam; Chessington; Cuddington; Epsom; Ewell; Fetcham; Headley; Leatherhead; Sutton; Walton on the Hill; Cobham; Thames Ditton; Esher; East Molesey; West Molesey; Stoke D'Abernon; and Walton on Thames.{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/0db9f23d-c1fc-4d6f-af22-c54bfea339ce |title=CHERTSEY PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION: RECORDS (summary of PS1-PS7 of Surrey History Centre, 7 Petty Sessional Divisions scope |website=National Archives |access-date=2019-12-04 |archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205143234/https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/0db9f23d-c1fc-4d6f-af22-c54bfea339ce |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.victorianlondon.org/legal/dickens-pettysessionaldivisions.htm |title=Combined petty sessional division: Kingston and Elmbridge as dealt with under heading Kingston sessional division in the 1885 Act |work=Dickens's Dictionary of London |first=Charles |last=Dickens, Jr |authorlink=Charles Dickens Jr. |date=1879 |access-date=2022-04-04 |archive-date=2019-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205132551/https://www.victorianlondon.org/legal/dickens-pettysessionaldivisions.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n175/mode/2up/search/colchester |title=Redistribution of Seats Act 1885: Appendix D - county constituencies |publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports |via=archive.org}}

The Representation of the People Act 1918 cut the area down to its south-eastern third namely:{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1918/64/pdfs/ukpga_19180064_en.pdf |title=Representation of the People Act 1918 |website=legislation.gov.uk |access-date=2022-04-04 |archive-date=2022-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217100747/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1918/64/pdfs/ukpga_19180064_en.pdf |url-status=live }}

  • the borough of Epsom and Ewell
  • Leatherhead Urban District
  • Sutton Urban District

The Representation of the People Act 1948 confirmed a 1945-implemented split-up of all seats of more than 100,000 electors, of Sutton and Cheam Urban District to create Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency) to the north-east.{{cite news |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1948/65/pdfs/ukpga_19480065_en.pdf |title=Representation of the People Act 1948 |website=legislation.gov.uk |access-date=2022-04-04 |archive-date=2022-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120152231/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1948/65/pdfs/ukpga_19480065_en.pdf |url-status=live }} Removal of a broad western area to form Esher ensued in 1950. As such it remained in the 1970 review-implementing Order.{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1674/pdfs/uksi_19701674_en.pdf |title=SI 1970 No. 1674: The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 |website=legislation.gov.uk |access-date=2022-04-04 |archive-date=2022-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308111639/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1674/pdfs/uksi_19701674_en.pdf |url-status=live }} The 1983 reforms saw more than its renaming and technical abolition, the seat shed in the south the former Leatherhead Urban District to Mole Valley created that year.

The seat was abolished for the February 1974 general election, replaced by Epsom and Ewell except for its south which contributed to the new seat of Mole Valley.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Epsom and Kingston (comprising most of Elmbridge) as excluding "the part of the civil parish of Kingston [and] the Municipal Borough of Kingston-on-Thames", and the (mainly rural) civil parishes of Effingham and Mickleham to the south-west and south respectively.

1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Epsom, Leatherhead, and Sutton, and the Rural District of Epsom.

1945–1974: The Municipal Borough of Epsom and Ewell, and the Urban District of Leatherhead.

Members of Parliament

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colspan="2"|ElectionMember{{Rayment-hc|e|2|date=March 2012}}Party
|1885

|colspan="2"| Constituency created.

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1885

| George Cubitt

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1892

| Thomas Bucknill

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1899 by-election

| William Keswick

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1912 by-election

| Henry Keswick

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1918

| George Blades

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1928 by-election

| Sir Archibald Southby

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1947 by-election

| Malcolm McCorquodale

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1955

| Peter Rawlinson

| Conservative

|Feb 1974

|colspan="2"| Constituency abolished. See Epsom and Ewell.

Elections

= Elections in the 1880s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: EpsomLiberal Yearbook 1907.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Cubitt

|votes =4,621

|percentage = 66.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Harris{{cite news|title=Election Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18850928/031/0003|access-date=26 November 2017|work=London Evening Standard|date=28 Sep 1885|page=3|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 2,368

|percentage = 33.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,253

|percentage = 32.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,989

|percentage = 77.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,009

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Cubitt

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1890s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: Epsom{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Bucknill

|votes =5,123

|percentage = 65.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Brassey

|votes = 2,720

|percentage = 34.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,403

|percentage = 30.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,843

|percentage = 75.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,354

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: EpsomDebrett's House of Commons, 1901.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Bucknill

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:William Keswick.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=1899 Epsom by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Keswick

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1900s =

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: Epsom{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Keswick

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Alfred Withall Aston.jpg

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Keswick

|votes =7,313

|percentage = 54.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Alfred Withall Aston

|votes = 6,221

|percentage = 46.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,092

|percentage = 8.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 13,534

|percentage = 84.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 15,933

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1910s =

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{{Election box begin |

|title=General election January 1910: EpsomDebrett's House of Commons, 1916

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Keswick

|votes =10,919

|percentage = 67.6

|change = +13.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Albert Rollit

|votes = 5,232

|percentage = 32.4

|change = −13.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,687

|percentage = 35.2

|change = +27.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 16,151

|percentage = 85.8

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 18,821

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +13.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election December 1910: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Keswick

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Henry Keswick.png

{{Election box begin |

|title=1912 Epsom by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Keswick

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election 1914–15:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1918: EpsomBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F. W. S. Craig, Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Rowland Blades

|votes = 13,556

|percentage = 73.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = James Chuter Ede

|votes = 4,796

|percentage = 26.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,760

|percentage = 47.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 18,352

|percentage = 56.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 32,590

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

= Elections in the 1920s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Rowland Blades

|votes = 16,249

|percentage = 71.2

|change = −2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Somerville Hastings

|votes = 6,571

|percentage = 28.8

|change = +2.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,678

|percentage = 42.4

|change = −5.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 22,820

|percentage = 65.3

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 34,945

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −2.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Rowland Blades

|votes = 14,230

|percentage = 71.0

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Langdon-Davies

|votes = 5,807

|percentage = 29.0

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,423

|percentage = 42.0

|change = −0.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 20,037

|percentage = 55.6

|change = −9.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 36,055

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −0.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1924: Epsom}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Rowland Blades

|votes = 20,017

|percentage = 79.5

|change = +8.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip Butler

|votes = 5,149

|percentage = 20.5

|change = −8.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,868

|percentage = 59.0

|change = +17.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 25,166

|percentage = 67.1

|change = +11.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 37,515

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +8.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1928 Epsom by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Archibald Southby

|votes = 13,364

|percentage = 60.3

|change = −19.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Samuel Parnell Kerr

|votes = 5,095

|percentage = 23.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Helen Mary Keynes

|votes = 3,719

|percentage = 16.8

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,269

|percentage = 37.2

|change = −21.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 22,178

|percentage = 51.2

|change = −15.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 43,292

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −7.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1929: Epsom}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Archibald Southby

|votes = 24,720

|percentage = 57.8

|change = −21.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Samuel Parnell Kerr

|votes = 10,422

|percentage = 24.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Morgan

|votes = 7,662

|percentage = 17.9

|change = −2.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,298

|percentage = 33.5

|change = −25.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,804

|percentage = 67.7

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 63,268

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −9.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1930s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1931: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Archibald Southby

|votes = 44,076

|percentage = 85.34

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Morgan

|votes = 7,571

|percentage = 14.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 36,505

|percentage = 70.68

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 51,647

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Archibald Southby

|votes = 49,948

|percentage = 72.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Morgan

|votes = 19,286

|percentage = 27.86

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 30,662

|percentage = 44.28

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 69,234

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

General election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Conservative: Archibald Southby
  • Labour: C Hackforth-JonesReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939.
  • Liberal: John Pickering Hughes

= Elections in the 1940s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1945: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Archibald Southby

|votes = 27,081

|percentage = 49.91

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Shackleton

|votes = 20,533

|percentage = 37.84

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Morgan Fowler

|votes = 6,643

|percentage = 12.24

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,548

|percentage = 12.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,257

|percentage = 74.87

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1947 Epsom by-election

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Malcolm McCorquodale

|votes = 33,633

|percentage = 61.0

|change = +11.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = R. Bishop

|votes = 17,339

|percentage = 31.5

|change = −6.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = David Cairns

|votes = 4,121

|percentage = 7.5

|change = −4.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,447

|percentage = 29.5

|change = +17.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 16,294

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1950s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1950: EpsomBritish parliamentary election results, 1950-1973, by F. W. S. Craig, Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1973.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Malcolm McCorquodale

|votes = 33,103

|percentage = 60.73

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Frank Martin Hardie

|votes = 15,256

|percentage = 27.99

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = N. Geoffrey Hudson

|votes = 6,153

|percentage = 11.29

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,847

|percentage = 32.74

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,512

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1951: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Malcolm McCorquodale

|votes = 36,333

|percentage = 68.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Frank Martin Hardie

|votes = 16,584

|percentage = 31.34

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,749

|percentage = 37.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 52,917

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1955: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Rawlinson

|votes = 36,779

|percentage = 71.44

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Bertram Spencer Soper

|votes = 14,706

|percentage = 28.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 22,073

|percentage = 42.88

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 51,485

|percentage = 77.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1959: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Rawlinson

|votes = 35,484

|percentage = 62.88

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = D. Eric Heather

|votes = 11,039

|percentage = 19.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert William M. Walsh

|votes = 9,910

|percentage = 17.56

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 24,445

|percentage = 43.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 56,433

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1960s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1964: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Rawlinson

|votes = 31,959

|percentage = 55.05

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert William M. Walsh

|votes = 13,968

|percentage = 24.06

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan Lee Williams

|votes = 12,131

|percentage = 20.89

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,991

|percentage = 30.99

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 58,058

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1966: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Rawlinson

|votes = 31,434

|percentage = 54.59

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Cyril Carter

|votes = 13,841

|percentage = 24.04

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert William M. Walsh

|votes = 12,305

|percentage = 21.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,593

|percentage = 30.55

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 57,580

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Elections in the 1970s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1970: Epsom

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Rawlinson

|votes = 35,541

|percentage = 61.41

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = E. Guy Wilson

|votes = 12,767

|percentage = 22.06

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Hasler Billenness

|votes = 9,563

|percentage = 16.52

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 22,774

|percentage = 39.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 57,871

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References