General Election 2024 in Surrey: Jeremy Hunt holds on as Labour pull off huge win
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General Election 2024 LIVE in Surrey
Key Events
- Labour set for landslide victory
- Chancellor Jeremy Hunt holds on to seat
Conservatives hold Runnymede and Weybridge
Ben Spencer got 18,442 votes (38.2%) - the LibDems came second with 10,815 votes
Epsom and Ewell
The Liberal Democrats have won the seat for Epsom & Ewell - a gain from the Conservative party. Lib Dem candidate Helen Maguire won 20,674 votes
The Conservatives were runners-up with 16,988 votes.
Liberal Democrats win Woking
Will Forster, the new Lib Dem MP, got 24,019 votes, just under 50% of the vote
Spelthorne - Tory hold
New Conservative MP Lincoln Jopp got 14,038 votes.
In second place was Labour, who got 12,448 votes.
Reigate - Tory hold
New candidate Rebecca Paul received 18,822 votes
Labour came in second place, getting 15,635 votes
Godalming and Ash - Hunt holds on to seat
Heather Stewart: “Wow: on a catastrophic night for the Tories, Hunt holds on in Godalming and Ash, and lives to try and rebuild his shattered party. Jeremy Hunt (Con)- 23,293 Paul Follows (LD) - 22,402”
Surrey East result
Claire Coutinho has been re-elected as the MP for Surrey East.
She got 17,502 votes, which was 35.58% of the vote.
Labour came in second place with 10,052 seats (20.43%).
Despite the win, it was a notional 16.01% swing from Conservative to Labour.
Lib Dems gain Dorking and Horley
The Liberal Democrats have taken control of Dorking and Horley - a notional gain from the Conservatives.
Chris Coghlan got 20,921 votes, which was 41.87%.
The Conservatives came second, with 15,530 votes (31.08%).
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