Dorking and Horley: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Dorking and Horley is Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat), returned on 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat) 20,921 votes and Marisa Heath (Conservative) 15,530, a majority of 5,391. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 69.7% (49,965 of 71,645).
Key figures
What the figures show
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £500,000 and half for less. That is up 27% on £395,000 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £511,200, in the year to March 2024. It ranks 59th highest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,051 recorded sales.
DWP figures count 2,616 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 15.0% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. Before housing costs the share was 9.1% in 2024/25, from 8.1% in 2021/22.
About 97,300 people live in Dorking and Horley: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 97,333. Children under 16 numbered 17,414; people aged 65 and over, 22,006.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £36,288 for jobs in Dorking and Horley and £43,874 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £46,052. The residents' figure ranks 122nd highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Dorking and Horley counted 39,123 households on Census day 2021; 25.1% of adults were retired and 42.6% of those in work were mostly working from home.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 79.2% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 7.3 points. The economically inactive share was 19.1%.
5,570 business sites were registered in Dorking and Horley in March 2026 (5,555 a year before), and employed 35,000 people in 2024.
In September 2026, 2.0% of 16 to 64 year olds in Dorking and Horley were claimants (1,150 people). September 2025 had 1,085.
MP
Chris Coghlan, Liberal Democrat
- MP for Dorking and Horley since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Chris Coghlan on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Chris Coghlan's latest words in Parliament, from 14 July 2026 to 21 October 2026. Hansard search returns 105 spoken contributions by Chris Coghlan since 4 July 2024.
I thank my hon. Friend for calling this important debate. In my constituency, we have a serious problem with antisocial motorbike noise from modified exhausts.
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We owe our special forces an enormous debt. I understood that more clearly when I served in counter-terrorism in the Foreign Office. That debt has not been honoured with the endless and unjustified litigation against Northern Ireland veterans.
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In 2006 my constituent, Ruth, had pelvic mesh implanted. It has corroded and caused her severe pain. She has been desperate for me to raise this issue with the Government.
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12. Whether she plans to implement a redress scheme for people harmed by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate.
I have given the Government evidence that hundreds of children with special educational needs and disabilities are avoidably killing themselves because of public authority negligence and misconduct, including my constituent Jen Bridges-Chalkley.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Coghlan | Liberal Democrat | 20,921 | 41.9% | +9.8 |
| Marisa Heath | Conservative | 15,530 | 31.1% | −20.1 |
| Craig Young | Reform UK | 6,898 | 13.8% | |
| Nadia Burrell | Labour | 4,053 | 8.1% | −1.8 |
| Lisa Scott | Green Party | 2,563 | 5.1% | +0.9 |
Result summary as published: LD gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Liberal Democrat 41.9% | Conservative 31.1% | 5,391 | 69.7% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 51.2% | Liberal Democrat 32.1% | 10,381 | 77.5% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Dorking and Horley covers wards in 3 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Mole Valley E07000210
- Reigate and Banstead E07000211
- Waverley E07000216
Who has power over Dorking and Horley
Every body that makes decisions for Dorking and Horley, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Dorking and Horley this page: Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Dorking and Horley?
UK Parliament lists Chris Coghlan, Liberal Democrat, as the Member of Parliament for Dorking and Horley since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Dorking and Horley?
Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat) won with 20,921 votes, a majority of 5,391, on a turnout of 69.7% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Dorking and Horley?
2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 1,150 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Dorking and Horley?
The median price paid was £500,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Dorking and Horley?
Median full-time pay of residents was £43,874 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Dorking and Horley live in low income families?
DWP counts 2,616 (15.0% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Dorking and Horley?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 97,333 residents.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.