Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Dorking. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Dorking RegD/PLU
Dorking ArchD
Dorking RDean
Dorking RD
Dorking UD
Dorking and Horley RD
Dorking SubD
Dorking USD
Dorking LabMkt
Dorking RSD
Dorking St Paul EP
Dorking Rural CP
Dorking AP/CP
Dorking EP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Dorking.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Dorking.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Dorking CCon	1949	1982

Additional constituencies that covered Dorking may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Dorking:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Dorking AP/CP
Dorking UD
Dorking RegD/PLU
Mole Valley District
Surrey County O41area
Surrey AdmC
Surrey AncC
Surrey
Surrey RegC
the South East GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Dorking.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Surrey Western PDivCon	1832	1884
Surrey South Eastern Or Reigate PDivCon	1885	1917
Surrey Reigate PDivCon	1918	1948
Dorking CCon	1949	1982
Mole Valley CCon	1983	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Dorking. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.