The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 75,816 · 2023 boundaries

Godalming and Ash.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Jeremy Hunt holds the seat on 42.6% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentJeremy Hunt · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilsWaverley · Guildford
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001249
Electorate · 2024
75.8k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
42.6%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +1.6pp over LD
Settlements
14
Largest: Ash and Ash Vale
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
11.1
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Once Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt has kept a notably low parliamentary profile since losing office -- voting in just 42% of divisions, well below the Commons average. His most distinctive recent activity came on the assisted dying bill in June 2025, where he broke from most Conservative colleagues on multiple amendments, voting to tighten eligibility criteria around voluntary starvation. His position sits 30 percentage points below his party's average on end-of-life autonomy, marking him as a sceptic of the bill's current safeguards rather than a straightforward opponent or supporter.

His voting record is reliably Conservative on economics -- 91% against tax increases, 86% pro-business -- but he deviates meaningfully in two areas. He votes for Lords scrutiny in every relevant division (100% aligned, 36 points above his party average) and scores 36 points above his party on pension protection, reflecting his visible opposition to the government's Pension Schemes Bill powers that would let ministers direct pension fund investments. His speeches cluster around economy and jobs, defence, social care, and health -- areas consistent with his former roles as Health Secretary and Chancellor. He holds no current committee seat, a notable gap given his experience.

Constituency coverage has been broadly positive: he intervened publicly over a 10-year-old stranded abroad by Home Office errors, questioned the housing minister over an infrastructure levy affecting local residents, and condemned an unauthorised development in a Surrey village. Local electoral polling from October 2025 flagged his seat as genuinely at risk. He currently sits on no select committees, so no committee data is available to supplement the voting and speech record above.

42.6%
Con vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
16
Wards · 31 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.16 wards · 31 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Alfold Dunsfold Hascombe(2 seats)Relleen · Deanus966Waverley LDMay 2023
Bramley Wonersh(3 seats)Austin · Atkins · Goodridge4,513Waverley LDMay 2023
Chiddingfold David Busby668Waverley LDMay 2023
Cranleigh East(3 seats)Reed · Townsend · Reed3,874Waverley LDMay 2023
Cranleigh West(2 seats)Morrison · Townsend1,946Waverley LDMay 2023
Elstead Peper Harow Gemma Long649Waverley LDMay 2023
Ewhurst Ellens Green Michael Higgins462Waverley LDMay 2023
Godalming Binscombe Charterhouse(3 seats)Palmer · Rivers · Williams3,718Waverley LDMay 2023
Godalming Central Ockford(2 seats)Follows · Kiehl1,736Waverley LDMay 2023
Godalming Farncombe Catteshall(2 seats)Crowe · Rivers1,792Waverley LDMay 2023
Godalming Holloway(2 seats)Duce · Martin1,799Waverley LDMay 2023
Milford Witley Laura Cavaliere1,152Waverley LDMay 2024
Pilgrims(2 seats)Furniss · Barker1,584Guildford LDMay 2023
Shalford(2 seats)Houston · Williams1,707Guildford LDMay 2023
Tillingbourne(2 seats)Hughes · Newson1,582Guildford LDMay 2023
Western Commons(2 seats)Munro · Staunton1,602Waverley LDMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.14 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Ash and Ash Vale (20,452), with Rural & dispersed (16,764) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 96,477.

large-town 20,452town 62,381village 13,644

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Ash and Ash Vale20,452large town
Rural & dispersed16,764town
Farncombe11,842town
Cranleigh11,792town
Godalming11,484town
Milford and Witley5,461town
Showing 6 of 14·All 14 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate59.7%57.1%+5%
Owner-occupied73.6%63.1%+17%
Private rented14.0%20.0%-30%
Social rented12.4%16.8%-26%

Ethnicity.

White93.8%
Asian2.6%
Black0.7%
Mixed2.2%
Other0.7%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.4% Female 51.6% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£36,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£66,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
6,155
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
53
30 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
72.7%
Attainment 8: 50.8

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£939m
Taxpayers57,000
Median per taxpayer£4,040
Mean per taxpayer£16,400

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
11.1
-46% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
3.7
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
36% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences4.0
Anti-social behaviour1.8
Public order1.1
Criminal damage & arson0.8
Other theft0.8
Burglary0.5
Shoplifting0.5

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Jeremy HuntWONCon23,29342.6
Paul FollowsLD22,40241.0
Graham DrageRef4,8158.8
James WalshLab2,7485.0
Ruby TuckerGrn1,2432.3
Harriet WilliamsInd1950.4

Turnout 54,696

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission