Electoral history of Ed Davey

Ed Davey is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020, having acted in the position from 2019 to 2020.[a] He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston and Surbiton since 2017, previously holding the seat from 1997 to 2015.[1][2]

Parliamentary history

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2020s

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General election 2024: Kingston and Surbiton[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 25,870 51.1
Conservative Helen Edward 8,635 17.0
Labour Eunice O'Dame 6,561 13.0
Reform UK Mark Fox 4,787 9.4
Green Debojyoti Das 3,009 5.9
KIRG - Justice For Sub-Postmasters Yvonne Tracey 1,177 2.3
Workers Party Ali Abdulla 395 0.8
Monster Raving Loony A.Gent Chinners 230 0.5
Majority 17,235 34.1 +16.9
Turnout 50,664 66
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2010s

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General election 2019: Kingston and Surbiton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 31,103 51.1 +6.4
Conservative Aphra Brandreth 20,614 33.9 –4.2
Labour Leanne Werner 6,528 10.7 –4.1
Green Sharron Sumner 1,038 1.7 +0.8
Brexit Party Scott Holman 788 1.3 New
Independent James Giles 458 0.8 New
Monster Raving Loony Chinners Chinnery 193 0.3 0.0
UKIP Roger Glencross 124 0.2 –0.9
Majority 10,489 17.2 +10.6
Turnout 60,846 74.2 –2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.3
 
Results of UK House of Commons seat Kingston and Surbiton
General election 2017: Kingston and Surbiton[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 27,810 44.7 +10.2
Conservative James Berry 23,686 38.1 −1.1
Labour Laurie South 9,203 14.8 +0.3
UKIP Graham Matthews 675 1.1 −6.2
Green Chris Walker 536 0.9 −3.0
Monster Raving Loony Chinners 168 0.3 New
Independent Michael Basman 100 0.2 New
Majority 4,124 6.6 N/A
Turnout 62,178 76.2 +3.3
Registered electors 81,588
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +5.7
General election 2015: Kingston and Surbiton[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Berry 23,249 39.2 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 20,415 34.5 −15.3
Labour Lee Godfrey 8,574 14.5 +5.2
UKIP Ben Roberts 4,321 7.3 +4.8
Green Clare Keogh 2,322 3.9 +2.9
CPA Daniel Gill 198 0.3 −0.1
TUSC Laurel Fogarty 174 0.3 New
Majority 2,834 4.7 N/A
Turnout 59,253 72.9 +2.5
Registered electors 81,238
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +9.0
General election 2010: Kingston and Surbiton[9][10][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 28,428 49.8 −1.3
Conservative Helen Whately 20,868 36.5 +3.5
Labour Max Freedman 5,337 9.3 −3.8
UKIP Jonathan Greensted 1,450 2.5 +1.2
Green Chris Walker 555 1.0 New
Monster Raving Loony Monkey The Drummer 247 0.4 New
CPA Tony May 226 0.4 New
Majority 7,560 13.3 −4.7
Turnout 57,111 70.4 +2.7
Registered electors 81,115
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −2.4

2000s

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General election 2005: Kingston and Surbiton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 25,397 51.0 −9.2
Conservative Kevin Davis 16,431 33.0 +4.8
Labour Nick Parrott 6,553 13.2 +4.4
UKIP Barry Thornton 657 1.3 +0.4
Socialist Labour John Hayball 366 0.7 +0.1
Veritas David Henson 200 0.4 New
Rainbow Dream Ticket George Weiss 146 0.3 New
Majority 8,966 18.0 −14.0
Turnout 49,750 68.5 +1.0
Registered electors 72,658
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −7.0
General election 2001: Kingston and Surbiton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 29,542 60.2 +23.5
Conservative David Shaw 13,866 28.2 −8.4
Labour Philip Woodford 4,302 8.8 −14.2
Green Christopher Spruce 572 1.2 New
UKIP Patricia Burns 438 0.9 +0.1
Socialist Labour John Hayball 319 0.6 New
Unrepresented People's Party Jeremy Middleton 54 0.1 New
Majority 15,676 32.0 +31.9
Turnout 49,093 67.5 −7.8
Registered electors 72,687
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +15.9

1990s

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General election 1997: Kingston and Surbiton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 20,411 36.7 +10.7
Conservative Richard Tracey 20,355 36.6 −16.5
Labour Sheila Griffin 12,811 23.0 +3.4
Referendum Gail Tchiprout 1,470 2.6 New
UKIP Amy Burns 418 0.8 New
Natural Law Mark Leighton 100 0.2 New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Clifford Port 100 0.2 New
Majority 56 0.1 N/A
Turnout 55,665 75.3
Registered electors 73,836
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

2020 Liberal Democrat leadership election

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Candidate Votes %
 Y Ed Davey 42,756
63.5
Layla Moran 24,564
36.5
Total 67,320 Turnout 57.1

Notes

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  1. ^ Serving alongside Sal Brinton from 13 December 2019 to 1 January 2020 and Mark Pack from 1 January to 27 August 2020.

References

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  1. ^ "RESULT: Lib Dem Ed Davey takes Kingston & Surbiton seat from Conservatives – South West Londoner". 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Orange Blossom". Liberator. 2004. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  3. ^ "UK Parliamentary election: Kingston and Surbiton constituency Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Kingston and Surbiton Parliamentary constituency".
  5. ^ "Kingston & Surbiton parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  6. ^ "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-25.
  7. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Election results for Kingston and Surbiton, 7 May 2015". 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ^ Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, 20 April 2010
  11. ^ Election results for Kingston and Surbiton – Parliamentary General Election – Thursday 6 May 2010 Archived 10 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
  12. ^ Election 2010 – Kingston & Surbiton BBC News, 7 May 2010