Constituency profile

Godalming and Ash

South East · County constituency

Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
Sitting MP

Sir Jeremy Hunt

Conservative

First elected May 2005

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
45.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -6.6pp below mean
Current outlook
Conservative +1.6pp
vs Liberal Democrats 33.7%
SouthernBrexit-marginalGraduate-heavy

About the Godalming and Ash constituency

Godalming and Ash is a county constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Sir Jeremy Hunt (Conservative), first elected in May 2005. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 42.6% to 41.0% for the Liberal Democrats, a majority of 891 votes on a 72.1% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 35.3% and the Liberal Democrats on 33.7%, a margin of 1.6 points.

Who lives in Godalming and Ash? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
45.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
44.2%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
12.5%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
72.0%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
26.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
45.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
26.4%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
23.9%
UK average ~28%

How did Godalming and Ash vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 891 votes (1.6pp) · turnout 72.1%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Godalming and Ash

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Godalming and Ash within Waverley and Guildford

Godalming and Ash crosses council boundaries: Waverley (66%), Guildford (34%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Waverley
40 LSOAs
66%
Guildford
21 LSOAs
34%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
27 Sep 2024Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse
Waverley
Con GAIN from Lab
9 May 2024Milford & Witley
Waverley
LD HOLD

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Alfold, Dunsfold & HascombeConservative 46.8%vs Lib Dem 39.3%2023 Conservative 57.0%vs Lib Dem 22.3%--
Ash SouthLib Dem 41.4%vs Conservative 36.9%2023 Others 46.9%vs Lib Dem 34.0%-33.8%
Ash ValeConservative 42.2%vs Lib Dem 40.1%2023 Lib Dem 67.8%vs Conservative 32.2%-33.9%
Ash WharfConservative 43.3%vs Lib Dem 38.6%2023 Lib Dem 48.8%vs Conservative 31.7%-34.9%
Bramley & WonershConservative 47.1%vs Lib Dem 39.0%2023 Conservative 56.1%vs Lib Dem 26.7%--
ChiddingfoldLib Dem 52.2%vs Conservative 33.0%2023 Lib Dem 75.1%vs Conservative 24.9%--
Cranleigh EastLib Dem 42.5%vs Conservative 41.4%2023 Lib Dem 64.6%vs Conservative 31.3%-44.0%
Cranleigh WestConservative 45.0%vs Lib Dem 40.4%2023 Lib Dem 56.0%vs Conservative 37.6%-42.3%
Elstead & Peper HarowLib Dem 46.5%vs Conservative 38.6%2023 Lib Dem 60.9%vs Conservative 39.1%--
Godalming Binscombe & CharterhouseLib Dem 44.9%vs Conservative 36.7%2023 Conservative 42.9%vs Lib Dem 21.1%--
Godalming Central & OckfordLib Dem 46.5%vs Conservative 36.1%2023 Lib Dem 72.1%vs Conservative 27.9%-31.6%
Godalming Farncombe & CatteshallLib Dem 46.1%vs Conservative 36.4%2023 Lib Dem 41.4%vs Conservative 30.9%-60.2%
Godalming HollowayConservative 44.4%vs Lib Dem 38.7%2023 Conservative 44.8%vs Lib Dem 23.9%-90.4%
Milford & WitleyConservative 41.6%vs Lib Dem 41.0%2023 Conservative 47.3%vs Independent 21.0%--
PilgrimsConservative 53.3%vs Lib Dem 30.0%2023 Conservative 57.4%vs Others 21.6%-39.3%
ShalfordConservative 44.6%vs Lib Dem 40.1%2023 Lib Dem 47.8%vs Conservative 26.5%-48.4%
TillingbourneConservative 47.6%vs Lib Dem 37.8%2023 Conservative 42.6%vs Lib Dem 42.1%-44.9%
Western CommonsConservative 38.5%vs Lib Dem 31.3%2023 Independent 38.8%vs Conservative 37.9%--

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Godalming and Ash at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Godalming and Ash at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorCon holdJeremy Hunt South West Surrey MP6.0%58.7%30.2%2.6% UKIP1.2%1.3%16,31874.8%
2015predecessorCon holdJeremy Hunt South West Surrey MP9.5%59.9%6.3%9.9% UKIP5.4%9.1%28,55673.7%-1.1
2017predecessorCon holdJeremy Hunt South West Surrey MP12.6%55.7%9.9%1.8% UKIP-20.0%21,59077.4%+3.7
2019notionalConservative winnerJeremy Hunt South West Surrey MP, pre-review boundary8.9%53.4%34.1%-1.6%2.0%10,72078.0%
2024Con holdJeremy Hunt5.0%42.6%41.0%8.8% Ref2.3%0.4%89172.1%-5.9

Godalming and Ash was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat South West Surrey (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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