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.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfold Dunsfold Hascombe(2 seats) | Relleen · Deanus | 966 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Bramley Wonersh(3 seats) | Austin · Atkins · Goodridge | 4,513 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Chiddingfold | David Busby | 668 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Cranleigh East(3 seats) | Reed · Townsend · Reed | 3,874 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Cranleigh West(2 seats) | Morrison · Townsend | 1,946 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Elstead Peper Harow | Gemma Long | 649 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Ewhurst Ellens Green | Michael Higgins | 462 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Godalming Binscombe Charterhouse(3 seats) | Palmer · Rivers · Williams | 3,718 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Godalming Central Ockford(2 seats) | Follows · Kiehl | 1,736 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Godalming Farncombe Catteshall(2 seats) | Crowe · Rivers | 1,792 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Godalming Holloway(2 seats) | Duce · Martin | 1,799 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
| Milford Witley | Laura Cavaliere | 1,152 | Waverley LD | May 2024 |
| Pilgrims(2 seats) | Furniss · Barker | 1,584 | Guildford LD | May 2023 |
| Shalford(2 seats) | Houston · Williams | 1,707 | Guildford LD | May 2023 |
| Tillingbourne(2 seats) | Hughes · Newson | 1,582 | Guildford LD | May 2023 |
| Western Commons(2 seats) | Munro · Staunton | 1,602 | Waverley LD | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Ash and Ash Vale | 20,452 | large town |
| Rural & dispersed | 16,764 | town |
| Farncombe | 11,842 | town |
| Cranleigh | 11,792 | town |
| Godalming | 11,484 | town |
| Milford and Witley | 5,461 | town |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 59.7% | 57.1% | +5% |
| Owner-occupied | 73.6% | 63.1% | +17% |
| Private rented | 14.0% | 20.0% | -30% |
| Social rented | 12.4% | 16.8% | -26% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £939m |
| Taxpayers | 57,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £4,040 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £16,400 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Waverley and Guildford. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy HuntWON | Con | 23,293 | 42.6 |
| Paul Follows | LD | 22,402 | 41.0 |
| Graham Drage | Ref | 4,815 | 8.8 |
| James Walsh | Lab | 2,748 | 5.0 |
| Ruby Tucker | Grn | 1,243 | 2.3 |
| Harriet Williams | Ind | 195 | 0.4 |
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
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo