England · Constituency
Dorking and Horley
Covers Great Bookham · Horley
Photograph shows Great Bookham, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Dorking and Horley.
Your member of parliament
Chris Coghlan
Liberal DemocratLiberal Democrat won Dorking and Horley at the 2024 general election with a majority of 5,391 votes, or 10.8 points. A swing of 5.4 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 244 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 406.
Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site
How safe is this seat?
Competitive
A majority of 10.8 points, which is larger than 244 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Liberal Democrat finished ahead of Conservative by 5,391 votes.
Majority
5,391
10.8% of votes cast.
Turnout
69.7%
+10.0 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
5
49,965 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris CoghlanElected | Liberal Democrat | 20,921 | 41.9% | +29.7 |
| Marisa Heath | Conservative | 15,530 | 31.1% | +7.4 |
| Craig Young | Reform UK | 6,898 | 13.8% | -0.5 |
| Nadia Burrell | Labour | 4,053 | 8.1% | -25.6 |
| Lisa Scott | Green Party | 2,563 | 5.1% | -1.3 |
Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
Coming soon
Local news for Dorking and Horley
We’re working on pulling local reporting into each seat page, from across the spectrum and sourced the same way as everything else here. It isn’t built yet, and we’d rather say so than fill the space.
Nearby in the list
One email each morning
The morning email, and Dorking and Horley when it lands
One email each morning on where Britain stands, and local news for your seat as soon as we build it.
We’ll ask for your constituency and year of birth next. Both optional, and the year only so we know readers are 13 or over.