Electoral history of Michael Gove

This is a summary of the electoral history of Michael Gove, who was a prominent Conservative Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister under David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, and was a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2024.

Parliamentary elections

2005 general election: Surrey Heath^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gove	24,642	51.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalyn Harper	13,797	28.8	+3.1
	Labour	Chris Lowe	7,989	16.7	–4.7
	UKIP	Steve Smith	1,430	3.0	–0.3
Majority			10,845	22.7	–1.3
Turnout			47,858	62.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	–0.7

2010 general election: Surrey Heath^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gove	31,326	57.6	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hilliar	14,037	25.8	–3.0
	Labour	Matt Willey	5,552	10.2	–6.5
	UKIP	Mark Stroud	3,432	6.3	+3.3
Majority			17,289	31.8	+9.1
Turnout			54,347	70.0	+7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5

2015 general election: Surrey Heath^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gove	32,582	59.9	+2.3
	UKIP	Paul Chapman^[4]	7,778	14.3	+8.0
	Labour	Laween Atroshi	6,100	11.2	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ann-Marie Barker	4,937	9.1	–16.8
	Green	Kimberley Lawson^[5]	2,400	4.4	New
	Christian	Juliana Brimicombe	361	0.7	New
	Independent	Bob and Roberta Smith^[6]	273	0.5	New
Majority			24,804	45.6	+13.8
Turnout			54,431	68.5	–1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2017 general election: Surrey Heath^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gove	37,118	64.2	+4.3
	Labour	Laween Atroshi	12,175	21.1	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann-Marie Barker	6,271	10.8	+1.7
	Green	Sharon Galliford	2,258	3.9	–0.5
Majority			24,943	43.1	–2.5
Turnout			57,822	71.6	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	–2.8

2019 general election: Surrey Heath^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gove	34,358	58.6	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Pinkerton	16,009	27.3	+16.5
	Labour	Brahma Mohanty	5,407	9.2	–11.9
	Green	Sharon Galliford	2,252	3.8	–0.1
	UKIP	David Roe	628	1.1	New
Majority			18,349	31.3	–11.8
Turnout			58,654	72.1	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	–11.0

Candidate		First ballot: 5 July 2016		Second ballot: 7 July 2016		Members' vote (Cancelled)
Candidate		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Theresa May	165	50.2	199	60.5	Unopposed
	Andrea Leadsom	66	20.1	84	25.5	Withdrew
	Michael Gove	48	14.6	46	14.0	Eliminated
	Stephen Crabb	34	10.3	Withdrew, endorsed May
	Liam Fox	16	4.9	Eliminated, endorsed May
Turnout		329	99.7	329	99.7	—
Theresa May unopposed

Candidate	First ballot: 13 June 2019		Second ballot: 18 June 2019			Third ballot: 19 June 2019			Fourth ballot: 20 June 2019			Fifth ballot: 20 June 2019			Members' vote: 6-22 July 2019
Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	%	% Votes Cast
Boris Johnson	114	36.4	126	12	40.3	143	17	45.7	157	14	50.2	160	3	51.1	92,153	57.8	66.4
Jeremy Hunt	43	13.7	46	3	14.7	54	8	17.3	59	5	18.8	77	18	24.6	46,656	29.3	33.6
Michael Gove	37	11.8	41	4	13.1	51	10	16.3	61	10	19.5	75	14	24.0	Eliminated
Sajid Javid	23	7.3	33	10	10.5	38	5	12.1	34	4	10.9	Eliminated
Rory Stewart	19	6.1	37	18	11.8	27	10	8.6	Eliminated
Dominic Raab	27	8.6	30	3	9.6	Eliminated
Matt Hancock	20	6.4	Withdrew
Andrea Leadsom	11	3.5	Eliminated
Mark Harper	10	3.2	Eliminated
Esther McVey	9	2.9	Eliminated
Votes cast^[a]	313	100.0	313		100.0	313		100.0	313		100.0	313		100.0	139,318	87.4	100
Spoilt ballots	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0.0	2	2	0.6	1	1	0.3	509	0.3
Abstentions	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	20,085	12.6
Registered Voters	313	100.0	313		100.0	313		100.0	313		100.0	313		100.0	159,403	100.0

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