Esher and Walton (constituency)
Esher and Walton is a constituency for the House of Commons in the county of Surrey . The constituency was created in 1997 and covers much of Esher , Walton-on-Thames, and Claygate . He sends a representative to parliament.
history
The constituency was created from the former constituencies Esher and Chertsey and Walton and has been represented by members of the Conservative Party since the 1997 general election. In the 1997 elections, Ian Taylor , who represented the predecessor constituency Esher, won the seat. This held office until the 2010 general election .
Since then, Dominic Raab , who is Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Boris Johnson , has represented the constituency in the House of Commons.
In April 2013 the constituency had an unemployment rate of only 1.3%. This value was significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%.
General election 2019
Former constituency representative Ian Taylor recommended voting the Liberal Democrats candidate for Monica Harding, not for his party colleague Dominic Raab in the 2019 general election. As a reason he gave the European policy course of the Tories under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Rogers, Lisa Evans: Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency. November 17, 2010, accessed November 28, 2019 .
- ^ Former Conservative MP for Esher and Walton endorses Liberal Democrats in seat. Accessed November 28, 2019 .