Runnymede and Weybridge (constituency)
Runnymede and Weybridge is a constituency for the House of Commons in the county of Surrey . The constituency was created in its current form in 1997 and covers much of Addlestone , Chertsey , Egham and Weybridge . He sends a representative to parliament.
history
Since its creation, the constituency has been represented in Parliament by Philip Hammond , who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 2016 and 2019 and previously as Foreign Secretary for two years . He originally wanted to run for re-election in the British General Election in 2019 , although it was unclear for a long time whether Hammond would apply with a new party, as a non-party or as a candidate for the Conservative Party . On November 5, he announced that he would not be re-elected. In the election, the seat went to the conservative politician Ben Spencer .
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%.
Individual evidence
- ^ Owen Bennett: Philip Hammond deselected as a Conservative candidate . In: The Telegraph . September 4, 2019, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed October 12, 2019]).
- ↑ Oliver Milne: Ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond may form 'group' with Tory rebels for next election. October 11, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Hammond in talks with ousted Tory MPs to form new grouping for the next election. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Hammond in talks with ousted Tory MPs to form new grouping for the next election. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond to stand down as MP . November 5, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed November 22, 2019]).
- ↑ Simon Rogers, Lisa Evans: Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency. November 17, 2010, accessed October 12, 2019 .