History
The constituency was established for the February 1974 general election, largely replacing the previous Epsom constituency. Epsom had been held by the Conservatives since its creation in 1885.
In Westminster elections, Epsom & Ewell is one of the strongest Conservative areas in the country. However locally the borough council is controlled by the Epsom and Ewell Residents Association, with the Conservatives lacking a firm base here and until recently rarely contested elections. There are also a number of Residents Association councillors in the Reigate & Banstead wards in the constituency, although in the Mole Valley wards the Conservatives have a stronger base and several elected councillors.
In 1987, Barbara Follett, later Member of Parliament for Stevenage, stood for Labour in the constituency.
The seat is not expected to change hands in normal circumstances, unless there is an apocalyptic election for the Conservatives.
Read more about this topic: Epsom And Ewell (UK Parliament Constituency)
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“A poet’s object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably.... For this reason poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts.”
—Aristotle (384–323 B.C.)
“The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)
“In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)