UK Explained

East Surrey

Represented in Parliament by Claire Coutinho (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Claire Coutinho, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How East Surrey compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 108 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £868£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 198 areas and lower than 450.

UK 3.9%This area 2.6%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
East Surrey£8682.6%
Woking£8622.7%
Windsor£8622.7%
Edinburgh West£8662.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in East Surrey

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people99,17159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over20%19%1 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher37%34%4 points higher
Households that own their home75%62%12 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately13%20%7 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Claire Coutinho

Conservative

MAJORITY
7,450

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Claire Coutinho won with 36% of the votes, and Thomas Bowell (Labour) came second with 20%.

Votes for each party

Conservative36% · 17,502
Labour20% · 10,052
Liberal Democrat18% · 8,833
Reform UK17% · 8,380
Green Party6% · 2,957
Independent2% · 1,145
Everyone else1% · 327
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Claire CoutinhoConservative17,50235.6%
Thomas BowellLabour10,05220.4%
Claire MalcomsonLiberal Democrat8,83318.0%
Chris ScottReform UK8,38017.0%
Shasha KhanGreen Party2,9576.0%
Judy MooreIndependent1,1452.3%
Martin HogbinOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party3270.7%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£868 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026