Surrey General Election candidates 2024: Every candidate standing including Guildford, Woking, Reigate, Staines and Dorking

Tom van Klaveren

30 June 2024 at 5:51 am·8-min read

It could be all change when Surrey heads to the polls in the General Election — -Credit: (Image: Getty Images)

The General Election is fast approaching and 80 candidates across Surrey’s 13 constituencies are after your vote. Every one of Surrey’s 11 MPs before the election was elected as a Conservative but if polls are to be believed the county could be a lot more competitive this time

Due to boundary changes, 13 constituencies now contain parts of Surrey. 11 of these are fully in Surrey while the seats of Farnham and Bordon and Windsor also contain part of the county.

Long-standing Surrey MPs including Surrey Heath’s Michael Gove, Esher and Walton’s Dominic Raab and Epsom and Ewell’s Chris Grayling are all not standing for reelection meaning whatever happens the county will be sending a lot of new faces to Westminster.

Election polls and projections, including those from YouGov, Election Calculus and Election Maps all suggest that seats could change hands in Surrey this time around with even Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s new Godalming and Ash seat thought to be under threat.

In Surrey, both the Liberal Democrats and even Labour will be hoping to take seats from the Conservatives while both the Green Party and Reform UK will be hopeful of securing significant vote shares.

Nationally Keir Starmer’s Labour will be hoping to form the national Government while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives will be hoping to limit losses as much as possible.

SurreyLive will be reporting live throughout the night and the day after polling day, bringing you the results as we get them from our reporters at counts. For more news about the general election in Surrey, visit our page here.

See below for a full list of Surrey candidates. All poll and projection data is correct as of the time of publication but is subject to change.

Dorking and Horley

This is a new seat after boundary changes to the previous seat of Mole Valley, which was held by Conservative Sir Paul Beresford, who is standing down as MP.

Most of the constituency remains in Mole Valley district including the towns of Dorking and Leatherhead, which has a Lib Dem run council. Currently, the latest YouGov and Election Calculus MRP projects and Election Maps UK Nowcast model all predict a Lib Dem victory.

Nadia Burrell, Lab
Chris Coghlan, Lib Dem
Marisa Heath, Con
Lisa Scott, Green
Craig Young, Reform

East Surrey

The seat, which includes the towns of Caterham and Oxted, is currently held by Conservative Claire Coutinho who is standing for reelection and defending a majority of more than 24,000 votes from the 2019 election.

Projections from YouGov and Election Maps forecast the Conservatives will hold the seat, all be it with a vastly reduced majority, while Election Calculus currently forecasts a Labour win.

Tom Bowell, Lab
Claire Coutinho, Con
Martin Hogbin, Montster Raving Loony
Shasha Khan, Green
Claire Malcolmson, Lib Dem
Judy Moore, Ind
Chris Scott, Reform

Epsom and Ewell

This seat is currently held by former Conservative cabinet minister Chris Grayling who is standing down ahead of the 2024 election.

Election Calculus and Election Maps currently forecast the seat will be taken by the Lib Dems while YouGov’s latest MRP projection suggests the Conservatives will narrowly hold the seat.

Mhairi Fraser, Con
Helen Maguire, Lib Dem
Stephen McKenna, Green
Gina Miller, True & Fair Party
Mayuran Senthilnathan, Reform
Mark Todd, Lab
Damon Young, Social Democratic

Esher and Walton

Esher and Walton, which also includes the towns of Molesey and Claygate, is the seat of former cabinet minister Dominic Raab. The seat was the centre of national attention in 2019 when it emerged as a major Lib Dem target, however, Mr Raab held his seat.

He is now standing down as an MP and all three of YouGov, Election Calculus and Election Maps are forecasting that this time, the Lib Dems will take the seat.

Richard Bateson, Social Democratic
John Cope, Con
Yoel Gordon, Lab
Alistair Gray, Reform
Monica Harding, Lib Dem
Maciej Pawlik, Green

Farnham and Bordon

Farnham and Bordon is a new constituency made up of part of the old South West Surrey area and parts of neighbouring Hampshire. South West Surrey is the seat of the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, but he is standing in the new Godalming and Ash seat.

This could be one of the closest seats in Surrey with Election Calculus and Election Maps projecting the Lib Dems are on track to win while YouGov forecasts a very narrow Conservative win.

Ged Hall, Reform
Don Jerrard, Hampshire Independents
Alex Just, Lab
Claire Matthes, Green
Greg Stafford, Con
Khalil Yousuf, Lib Dem

Godalming and Ash

Another seat made up from part of the old South West Surrey constituency, Godalming and Ash will see Jeremy Hunt looking to retain his place in parliament.

This is also a seat that is forecast to be highly competitive with all three of YouGov, Election Calculus and Election Maps projecting narrow Lib Dem victories.

Graham Drage, Reform
Paul Follows, Lib Dem
Jeremy Hunt, Con
Ruby Tucker, Green
James Walsh, Lab
Harriet Williams, Women's Equality

Guildford

Guildford is the seat of Conservative MP Angela Richardson who won with a narrow majority of 3,337 votes in the 2019 election.

The council is now Lib Dem controlled and all three of YouGov, Election Calculus and Election Maps project sizeable victories for the party that came second in 2019.

Zoe Franklin, Lib Dem
Sarah Gillinson, Lab
John Morris, Peace
Sam Peters, Green
Angela Richardson, Con
Dennis Saunders, Reform

Reigate

Reigate is currently the only seat that technically does not have a Conservative MP as Crispin Blunt currently sits as an independent after having the whip withdrawn. However, Mr Blunt was elected as a Conservative in the constituency that also includes the town of Redhill.

He is standing down ahead of the 2024 election. Election Maps and YouGov project a Conservative win in the area while Election Calculus forecasts a win for the Lib Dems, who were second in 2019.

Stuart Brady, Lab
Jonathan Essex, Green
Joseph Fox, Reform
Mark Johnston, Lib Dem
Rebecca Paul, Con

Runnymede and Weybridge

This seat, which also includes Cobham and Addlestone, is another that is forecast to be incredibly close and, in some forecasts, is projected to be a three way marginal between the Conservatives, Lib Dems and Labour.

Conservative MP Ben Spencer currently holds the seat and won with a majority of just over 18,000 votes in 2019.

Currently, YouGov and Election Maps forecast very narrow Conservative wins, while Election Calculus forecasts an equally narrow win for the Lib Dems.

Michael Cressey, Ind
Robert King, Lab
Stewart Mackay, Reform
Ellen Nicholson, Lib Dem
Steve Ringham, Green
Ben Spencer, Con
Nicholas Wood, UKIP

Surrey Heath

Surrey Heath, which includes the towns of Camberley and Frimley, was the seat of long-time Conservative cabinet minister Michael Gove. Mr Gove announced he would not be seeking reelection shortly after the election was called.

He won the seat in 2019 with a majority of more than 18,000 votes. Surrey Heath council is currently Lib Dem controlled and in projections from YouGov, Election Calculus and Election Maps, the party is expected to take the seat.

Jon Campbell, Green
Sam Goggin, Reform
Jess Hammersley-Rich, Lab
Ed McGuinness, Con
Al Pinkerton, Lib Dem
Elizabeth Wallitt, Heritage

Spelthorne

Spelthorne, which includes the towns of Staines, Ashford and Shepperton, is the current seat of one-time Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, but he is standing down ahead of the 2024 General Election.

Surrey has not sent a Labour MP to Westminster for generations but Spelthorne is the seat where current polls suggest it is most likely. All three of YouGov, Election Calculus and Election Maps currently predict narrow Labour victories.

Harry Boparai, Lib Dem
Lincoln Jopp, Con
Alistair Miller, Social Democratic
Rory O'Brien, Reform
Manu Singh, Green
Claire Tighe, Lab

Woking

Woking has been the seat of Conservative MP Jonathan Lord since 2010 and has always sent a Conservative MP to Westminster since the seat was created in the 1950s.

However, after this year’s Local Elections, there are no Conservative councillors left on Woking Borough Council and all three of YouGov, Election Calculus and Election Maps currently project a Lib Dem win.

Nataly Anderson, Green
Richard Barker, Reform
Ese Erheriene, Lab
Will Forster, Lib Dem
Jonathan Lord, Con
Tim Red, Heritage

Windsor

The seat of Windsor is mostly within the county of Berkshire. However, boundary changes ahead of the 2024 election mean that the constituency now includes the Surrey areas of Virginia Water and Englefield Green.

Windsor was the seat of Conservative MP Adam Afriyie but he is not seeking reelection. The seat is the only one including Surrey the three seats project different winners. YouGov projects a Conservative hold, Election Calculus forecasts a Lib Dem win while Election Maps is forecasting a Labour win.

Michael Boyle, Green
David Buckley, Ind
Simran Dhillon, Workers Party of Britain
Harl Grewal, Reform
Pavitar Mann, Lab
Jack Rankin, Con
Julian Tisi, Lib Dem

For more news about the general election in Surrey, visit our page here.

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