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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYConservative
ELECTORATE82,249 voters
AREA38 sq. miles


Woking is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Jonathan Lord of the Conservative party.

The Woking constituency has a total population of 106,365, of which 82,249 are eligible (18+) to vote (77.3%).

Woking ranks 324th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 136th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Jonathan Lord

Jonathan Lord

Jonathan George Caladine Lord (born 17 September 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Woking at the 2010 general election. He succeeded Humfrey Malins, his Conservative predecessor who stood down at that election.

While serving on Westminster City Council (1994–2002), he stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in Oldham West and Royton in 1997, becoming deputy leader of Westminster Council between 1998 and 2000. For the 2005 general election, he managed the election campaign for Anne Milton MP, subsequently becoming chair of her local (Guildford) Conservative Association and serving on Surrey County Council between 2009 and 2011.

Lord was selected to fight the Woking seat, during the Conservative Party's 2009 experiment with primary elections. He has a marketing background, having been a director of Saatchi & Saatchi for two years. He is one of 13 vice-presidents of The Debating Group.

Born in 1962 of His Honour John Herent Lord, a circuit judge, and (June) Ann Lord (née Caladine), his education included a scholarship to Kent School in Connecticut. He graduated in 1985 with a BA in History from Merton College, Oxford, and was president of the Oxford University Conservative Association in Michaelmas Term 1983. He married Caroline Commander in 2000, with whom he has two children: John and Katherine.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lord

MP DETAILS
AddressJonathan Lord MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyConservative
Email Addressjonathan.lord.mp@parliament.uk
ConstituencyWoking
GenderMale
Date of Birth17/09/1962
WebsiteWebsite
TwitterTwitter Profile
Party PageWebsite
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
56.2%
16.1%
11.6%
4.1 %
11.3%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Woking constituency in 2015 was 70.00%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Angela WoolfordThe Evolution PartyFemale---
Chris TookLiberal DemocratMale13 May 1980 (44)https://www.linkedin.com/in/christook-
Declan WadeCannabis is Safer than AlcoholMale---
Jill RawlingLabourFemale---
Jonathan LordConservativeMale17 September 1962 (62)-http://www.jonathanlord.co.uk/
Martin RobsonGreenMale11 April 1965 (59)--
Rob BurberryUK Independence PartyMale---
Ruth TempleMagna Carta Conservation Party Great BritainFemale01 November 1943 (81)--

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
50.3%
8.04%
37.4%
%
%
%
%
3.78%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Conservative
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 Conservative26,55150.3%
 Labour4,2468%
 Liberal-Democrat19,74437.4%
 MCP440.1%
 PPNV2040.4%
 UK-Independence-Party1,9973.8%
TOTALS
Electorate73,837
Votes52,786
Turnout71.5%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeLord, Jonathan
LabourMiller, Tom
Liberal DemocratSharpley, Rosie
UKIPBurberry, Rob
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Woking constituency in 2010 was 71.5%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

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