Farnham (UK Parliament constituency)
| Farnham | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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| 1918–1983 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by |
Woking formed from part of Farnham: 1950 South West Surrey (remaining parts in 1983) Guildford (Seale and Tongham returned to) |
| Created from |
South Western Division of Surrey (also known as Guildford) (western and south-western parts of) (and later additions from) Chertsey (southern parts of) |
Coordinates: 51°12′50″N 0°47′46″W / 51.214°N 0.796°W
Woking formed from part of Farnham: 1950
Farnham was a constituency covering the south-westernmost and various western parts of Surrey for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 1918—1983. 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. In common with all 1918 and subsequently created seats it elected one Member of Parliament (MP). During its 65-year span its voters elected three Conservatives successively.
The constituency took its name from the town of Farnham and included other towns and a large agricultural and forested hills area with significant sandy heathland rising up to the north. The boundaries were altered at each redistribution of parliamentary seats, reflecting the increase in population of the area and thus the splitting of Western Surrey (or Guildford) into South West Surrey or Guildford and North West Surrey, followed by South West Surrey, most of Surrey Heath, and Guildford covering this part of Surrey, the arrangement by 1983.
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