Dorking and Horley (UK Parliament constituency)

Dorking and Horley is a new constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election,^[3] since when it has been represented by Chris Coghlan of the Liberal Democrats.

Dorking and Horley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Dorking and Horley in South East England
County	Surrey
Electorate	70,317 (2023) [1]
Major settlements	Dorking, Horley, Great Bookham
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Mole Valley

The constituency is named for the towns of Dorking and Horley in Surrey.

Boundaries

The constituency is defined as being composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

• The District of Mole Valley wards of: Beare Green; Bookham North; Bookham South; Box Hill and Headley; Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland; Capel, Leigh and Newdigate; Charlwood; Dorking North; Dorking South; Fetcham East; Fetcham West; Holmwoods; Leith Hill; Mickleham, Westhumble and Pixham; Okewood; Westcott.
• The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of: Horley Central & South; Horley East & Salfords; Horley West & Sidlow.
• The Borough of Waverley ward of Ewhurst^[4]

Following local government boundary reviews in Mole Valley^[5][6] and Waverley^[7][8] which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency is now composed of the following from the 2024 general election:

• The District of Mole Valley wards of: Bookham East & Eastwick Park; Bookham West; Brockham, Betchworth, Buckland, Box Hill & Headley; Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood; Dorking North; Dorking South; Fetcham; Holmwoods & Beare Green; Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood.
• The Borough of Reigate and Banstead wards of: Horley Central & South; Horley East & Salfords; Horley West & Sidlow.
• The majority of the Borough of Waverley ward of Ewhurst & Ellens Green.^[9]

The seat comprises the following areas of Surrey:^[9]

• 60% of the previous Mole Valley seat,^[10] including Dorking, Great Bookham and Fetcham
• The town of Horley from East Surrey
• The villages of Salfords and Sidlow from Reigate
• The village of Ewhurst from Guildford

Members of Parliament

Mole Valley prior to 2024

Election	Member	Party
2024	Chris Coghlan		Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Dorking and Horley^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Coghlan	20,921	41.9	+9.8
	Conservative	Marisa Heath	15,530	31.1	−20.1
	Reform UK	Craig Young	6,898	13.8	N/A
	Labour	Nadia Burrell	4,053	8.1	−1.8
	Green	Lisa Scott	2,563	5.1	+0.9
Majority			5,391	10.8
Turnout			49,965	70.1	−7.4
Registered electors			71,300
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+15.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,883	51.2
	Liberal Democrats	17,502	32.1
	Labour	5,415	9.9
	Green	2,302	4.2
	Others	1,393	2.7
Turnout		54,495	77.5
Electorate		70,317

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)