This spelt the loss of all three large, overpopulated and dual-member divisions (namely West, Mid and East) but Chertsey was one of the six non-metropolitan seats created in their large rural-suburban fringe (from Richmond and Hindhead to Lingfield and Warlingham); to do so Kingston was created as a seat which took in Richmond to its north and the Guildford seat was radically enlarged into a county division.
This resulted in the loss of all three large, overpopulated, and dual-member divisions (namely West, Mid, and East), but Chertsey was one of the six non-metropolitan seats created within their large rural-suburban fringe (from Richmond and Hindhead to Lingfield and Warlingham); to do so Kingston was created as a seat that encompassed Richmond to its north, and the Guildford seat was significantly expanded into a county division.