Runnymede and Weybridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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Runnymede and Weybridge is a constituency[n 1] in Surrey represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ben Spencer, a Conservative.[n 2]
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Runnymede and Weybridge | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Surrey |
Electorate | 77,196 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Addlestone, Chertsey, Egham and Weybridge |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Ben Spencer (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
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The constituency was created for the 1997 general election and represented from then until 2019 by Philip Hammond, who served as Foreign Secretary from 2014 to 2016 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019. Hammond sat as a Conservative before becoming an Independent backbencher for the last two months of his final term.